Welcome to the official site for the UAPB Founders’ Week Celebration at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff! Our annual Founders’ Week Celebration has been a formal tradition for over 80 years, blending academics, social activities, and history to communicate the history of the University and the importance of remembering how history built the school into this great institution we affectionately call “Dear Mother.” #uapb1873
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Please check back as we add additional events and activities!
2024 THEME: “Lifting Our Voices with Power and Pride Since 1873”
Monday | April 22, 2024_______________________
“Spotlight On YouAPB” Founders’ Week ’24 Instagram Posting Party! Be sure to “get ready” by using this link: https://www.twibbonize.com/uapb1873 to download the official UAPB frame, add your photo, save your file, and share on ALL your social media accounts NOW! Remember to Join the UAPB Instagram Posting Party, “Spotlight on YouAPB,” on Monday, April 22, by following us on Instagram at @uapb, posting to “your” story, and tagging us @uapb to be included in our “Founders’ 2024 Highlights.”
Tuesday | April 23, 2024______________________
Campus Kick-off Celebration/Spring Unity Fest | 11 am – 3 pm | W. E. O’Bryant Bell Tower | Kick-off the 151st Founders’ Week with a blast at our annual 2024 Unity Fest Celebration! This exciting event is designed to bring together the entire University and our surrounding community for a day filled with entertainment, delicious food, thrilling games, vibrant vendors, informative booths, exciting novelty attractions, and spirited contests.
UAPB Golden Lions Softball vs Ouachita Baptist Tigers | 3 pm | Torii Hunter Softball Complex
UAPB Golden Lions Baseball vs U of A Razorbacks | 6 pm | North Little Rock, AR. (Dickey-Stephens Park)
Paint & Chill (Student Activity) | 7 – 10 pm | W. E. O’Bryant Bell Tower
Wednesday | April 24, 2024_____________________
Fashion Show | Noon – 2 pm | W.E. O’Bryant Bell Tower | Come out and wear your denim and purple.
Talent Show | 6-9 pm | STEM Conference Center
Thursday | April 25, 2024_______________________
Founders’ and Honors Awards Convocation | 10 am | H.O. Clemmons Arena –
Kenneth L. Johnson, Sr. , HPER Complex | Keynote Speaker,
Honorable Alex Guynn ’02, Circuit Court Judge.
Alex Guynn Bio – UAPB 2024 Convocation Keynote Speaker
Digital Program Booklet link or scan below:
Skate Night (Student Activity) | 7 – 11 pm | Skateland 3210 Old Warren Road, PB, AR | Free Admission for Students with UAPB I.D. 
Friday | April 26_________________________________
UAPB Arbor Day Program | 1 pm | S.J. Parker Research Building – UAPB Campus | Attend a brief celebratory program in the auditorium followed by a tree planting near the building in collaboration with U of A Division of Agriculture, Research & Extensions and CEA, Urban Stormwater, Jefferson County. Light refreshments will be provided at the program. Contact klharris@uada.edu with questions.
UAPB/AM&N National Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting | 1 – 3:30 pm | Pine Bluff Library 600 South Main Street, PB, AR | Contact: LaDonna Hendrix at 816-536-0562 or lkhendrix@att.net
Alumni Student Reception | 4 – 6 pm | UAPB/AM&N National Alumni Association Building, 27 Watson Boulevard, PB, AR. Contact: Joy Matthews at 501-891-2226 or jnrm84@gmail.com
Social Work Banquet | “All Black Gala” is open to Social Work Department faculty and staff, graduating seniors, and their families | 6 pm | STEM Conference Center | Contact: cooperf@uapb.edu for more information
Silent Headphone Party (Student Activity) | 7 – 10 pm | Bell Tower
Saturday | April 27_______________________________
Black and Gold Game | 2 pm | Simmons Bank Field
ROTC Military Banquet
Sunday | April 28_______________________________________
Sunrise Service and UAPB/AM&N National Alumni Association Breakfast | 8 am | STEM Conference Center | Sunrise Address by Rev. Basil Joiner ’97, Pastor, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Bay, Arkansas Digital Sunrise Service 2024 Program. Click to View the Event on UAPB TV.
Rev. Basil L. Joiner Bio UAPB Sunrise Service Address
UAPB Jazz Ensemble | 3 pm | Caldwell Hall
Learn about the founding father, Joseph C. Corbin, and the early days of Branch Normal College. 
Learn about the leaders that took the college through two major eras in the institution’s development.
UAPB Founders' Celebration 2024 - Official Schedule of Events 