University of Arkansas Pine Bluff News

Sweet potato growers in southeast Arkansas are getting ready to plant this year's crop, and they are hoping that yields improve over 2008.

MIAMI, FL, June 5, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Eddie D. Braddy, Accountant II for Miami-Dade County Seaport Department, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of accounting.

The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved a $389.6 million system-wide budget for fiscal 2010 Friday that for the first time in 24 years will not include a tuition increase at the university's flagship campus in Fayetteville.

CHICAGO, IL, June 5, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Glenn L. Girtman, Senior Manager for FedEx, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of logistics management.

Gloria, 37, is an Air Force nurse who's been stationed in Balad, Iraq, since February.

Second year students in the Building Trades class at the Holmes County Vocational-Technical Center, along with their instructor, Rob Sanford, received 100 Percent Chapter Membership Certificates from the student organization SkillsUSA for perfect membership.

Call them fish detectives. Using high-tech equipment, staff and students at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff examine fish to make sure they're not carrying any significant viruses or unwanted hitchhikers.

A new fish diagnostic lab has opened in Lake Village, a facility that will aid fish farmers in battling disease and keeping optimal conditions for growing.

In the not-too-distance future, school districts across the state will be able to evaluate a teacher using the same criteria - not with a test, but with a research-based list of criteria.

Armed with words of encouragement and praise, Linda Courtney Weathers and Glinda Courtney Foots once owned and operated a motivational speaking and consulting firm.

On a cold April morning, a group of men gathers at a cluster of catfish ponds. Two use tractors to slowly pull a wide net through each pond while others, in waterproof gear, scoop fish from the icy waters for research at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

With the theme a oeKnowledge is Power in a Changing World,a the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff/ AM&N alumni chapter of Pulaski County held its 2009 Scholarship Banquet on April 10 at the Adult Leisure Center in Little Rock.

Area institutions of higher learning will receive a financial boost from the state thanks to Sen.

Bass fishing continues to be a popular recreational activity here in the Natural State, and the Arkansas River is one of the state's best destinations.

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Without a new, major employer arriving in Pine Bluff, area officials say the city and Jefferson County will likely continue its trend of shrinking in population.

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Department of Agriculture has 10 summer internships available to incoming high school juniors and seniors.

Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Chianti M. Kight has an interesting job which recently involved marching in the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D. C. Sgt.

" Unless they grew up on a farm, many teenagers never consider a career in agriculture.

More than 250 catfish farmers from across the Southeast met here March 5-7 for the 2009 Catfish Farmers of America Annual Convention and Research Symposium, which was held at the Natchez Convention Center and ...