The University of Arkansas System is seeking to contract with a search firm that can provide expert services in the recruitment of the next Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). Located in the heart of the Arkansas Delta region, UAPB is an 1890 Land grant HBCU with a diverse student population, competitive degree offerings and stellar faculty. For more than 150 years, the university has worked to create an environment that inculcates learning, growth and productivity while affording a basic need to its students – a chance to advance. UAPB is the second-oldest public university and the only public HBCU in Arkansas with a historic mission to teach in areas related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, as well as scientific and classical studies and help solve economic, agricultural and other problems in the community, state and region. UAPB offers more than 30 undergraduate and master’s programs, as well as the state’s only Ph.D. in aquaculture and fisheries. The university’s bachelor’s degree program in regulatory science is a designated Center of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Other areas of emphasis at UAPB include teacher education, business development and student leadership development and its NSF funded Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academy.
