UAPB Magazine | Summer 2016

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Founders Celebration The week-long celebration commemorated the 143 year existence of the institution with events for educators, students and the community. One of the highlights of the week was the Founders and Honors Award Assembly and Convocation.

Above: Faculty and Staff in regalia enter the H.O. Clemmons Arena during their formal procession. At top right: Convocation speaker and 1999 alumnus Dr. John Kuykendall, Jr., who serves as the interim department chair and associate professor of Higher Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, addresses the crowd.

At right: The African Drum Ensemble plays during the opening of the Founders and Honors Award Assembly and Convocation. The group is directed by Mr. Harold J. Fooster (far left).

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