33-556: Shorter College may refer to: Shorter College (Arkansas) , a junior college in Little Rock, Arkansas Shorter University , formerly known as Shorter College, a liberal arts college in Rome, Georgia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shorter College . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
66-542: A classroom, student seating and computer area, office space and 3,215 square feet (298.7 m ) of bookstacks. Shorter College's parent organization is the Twelfth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. The college is organized under a board of trustees, with the presiding bishop of the Twelfth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church as chairman. The majority of
99-687: A four-year institution after earning an associate degree at Shorter College. After a period of decline caused by internal political division and debt throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Shorter College lost accreditation and federal funding in 1998. By 2000, after enrollment had significantly decreased and its buildings were shuttered, Shorter College had entered into an agreement with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff that offered accredited courses to Shorter College students. By 2011, after years of fundraising and debt cancellations, Shorter College reopened its facilities and earned accreditation candidacy through
132-582: A means to increase literacy among Arkansas's African-American population and foster their civic engagement by offering them access to education and spiritual direction once the Civil War and slavery had ended. In 1885, under presiding Bishop T. M. D Ward , the A.M.E. Church approved the establishment of a joint commission on church schools during its annual conference in Arkansas. In May 1886, five commissioners from regional state conferences were appointed to found
165-457: A partnership a with UALR William H. Bowen School of Law . UAPB students with at least a 3.4 cumulative GPA, minimum 154 LSAT score, and a clean disciplinary record will automatically be admitted. In addition to being admitted, they will receive a 25 percent tuition scholarship. The University Museum and Cultural Center on the campus of UAPB contains photographs, catalogs, yearbooks, letters, artifacts, portraits and other ephemera that document
198-485: A partnership with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UA) that allow qualified students to spend three years to complete an engineering related bachelor's degree at UAPB then automatic admissions into UA to complete their engineering bachelor's degree in two years. Students who successfully complete the UAPB-UA engineering program will have two bachelor's degrees in approximately five years. In 2019, UAPB established
231-522: A principal only. 34°45′34″N 92°15′38″W / 34.75931°N 92.26050°W / 34.75931; -92.26050 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff ( UAPB ) is a public historically black university in Pine Bluff, Arkansas . Founded in 1873, it is the second oldest public college or university in Arkansas. It was one of about 180 " normal schools " established by state governments in
264-761: Is a private , historically black , liberal arts junior college in North Little Rock, Arkansas . It is the only private historically black junior college in the United States. Shorter College was founded in 1886 as Bethel University by the Twelfth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church . The college is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools and offers associate degrees through its six programs. Shorter College began as
297-460: The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville , wrote that therefore AM&N being in Pine Bluff "might actually have slowed development of an integration movement" for that community. In 1972, Arkansas AM&N re-joined what is now the University of Arkansas System . As a full-fledged campus with graduate study departments, it gained its current name and university status in the process. Since 1988,
330-526: The 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools. UAPB is part of the University of Arkansas System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund . The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was authorized in 1873 by the Reconstruction-era legislature as the Branch Normal College and opened in 1875 with Joseph Carter Corbin principal. A historically black college , it
363-560: The Second Chance Pell program, an initiative that offers Pell Grants to students who are incarcerated. As of fall 2020, Shorter College's student body consists of 223 students. There are 89 percent full time and 11 percent part time students. The following student groups operate at Shorter College: Black Male Initiative, Health and Wellness Club, National Association of Black Men United, Phi Beta Lambda and Student Government Association. Everyone listed prior to 1893 served as
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#1733084711068396-615: The Shorter College community. The building was donated to the school in 2014 and renovated the following year. In 2015, Shorter College purchased property near the Health and Wellness Center and partnered with the Arkansas Minority Health Commission to open the property as a free medical clinic for the greater Shorter College community. The A.W. Young Library is a 6,818 square foot (633.4 m ) facility that contains
429-671: The Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. In 2013, the college attained full accreditation. Shorter College is located at 604 Locust Street in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and covers three and one-half square blocks. The campus houses Sherman-Tyree Hall, the F.C. James Human Resources Center, S. S. Morris Student Center, Henry A. Belin Health-Plex, Alexander-Turner Child Development Center, Health and Wellness Center and A.W. Young Library. Tyree Hall
462-501: The board members, who are clergy or lay members, are elected through the four annual Arkansas A.M.E. Church conferences. The president of Shorter College is an ex-officio member who reports to the board through the Twelfth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church. Shorter College offers six degree programs: Child Development, Christian Leadership, Criminal Justice, General Studies, Entrepreneurial Studies and Computer Science. A typical academic year contains two 15-week terms during
495-502: The college as Bethel University, which would fall under the jurisdiction of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Little Rock. Classes commenced in September 1886 in the basement of the church with 109 students enrolled. The school's first-elected principal and assistant teacher were A.D. Delaney and Mary Jane Murphy, respectively. Initial course offerings included teacher training. In 1888, the school
528-581: The conference in 1998, and competes in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) for football . Home football games are held at Golden Lion Stadium . Men's sports also include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff houses over 1,000 students on campus. Hunt Hall (named in memory of Silas Hunt ,
561-450: The end of Reconstruction and didn't start desegregation until 1948.) It later was designated as a land-grant college under the 1890 federal amendments to Morrill Land-Grant Acts . As Congress had originally established the land grant colleges to provide education to all qualified students in a state, in 1890 it required states maintaining segregated systems to establish a separate land-grant university for blacks as well as whites. In 1927,
594-461: The fall (August–December) and spring (January–April). There are two accelerated four-week summer sessions that run from May to June and June to July. An academic year begins on the first day of the fall term and ends on the last day of the second summer term. Shorter College has an open admissions policy. The college offers early entry and dual enrollment programs to local high school students. Since 2016, Shorter College has participated in
627-637: The first black law student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ) houses male students. The Harrold Complex, consisting of four halls, Johnson, Copeland, Fischer, and Stevens, is for females. Freshman males are assigned to Johnson and Copeland. In 2008, UAPB's band known as the Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South (M4), made their debut appearance at the Honda Battle of the Bands . In 2009, M4
660-416: The health-plex. The Alexander-Turner Child Development Center offers child care services to college students and the greater Shorter College community. Completed in 1995, the facility partnered with Headstart to attain funding for facility renovations. The center contains observation rooms for Child Development students. The Health and Wellness Center offers health screening and health information to
693-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shorter_College&oldid=606105476 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shorter College (Arkansas) Shorter College
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#1733084711068726-646: The lives and culture of African-Americans who helped shaped the history of UAPB and the Arkansas Delta . It is the only museum of its kind in Arkansas and was established in 2005. UAPB's colors are black and gold and their nickname is the Golden Lions. Arkansas–Pine Bluff's sports teams have participated in NCAA Division I in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) since re-joining
759-542: The school operated campuses in Arkadelphia and North Little Rock (formerly Argenta). Its North Little Rock campus began in Bethel Church and had transitioned to its own property in the city by 1896. In 1903, the two campuses were merged at the 604 Locust Street location in North Little Rock, and the school was renamed Shorter College. Shorter College was offering courses from grades three through college by 1917, and
792-477: The school severed its ties with the University of Arkansas and became Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College ( Arkansas AM&N ). It moved to its current campus location in 1929. In the mid-1950s AM&N administrators asked students not to support civil rights causes perceived as radical by Arkansas politicians as they feared getting their funding cut by the state. John B. Pickhart, an alumnus of
825-461: The university has gained recognition as a leading research institution in aquaculture studies, offering the state's only comprehensive program in this field. It supports a growing regional industry throughout the Mid-South (according to the school, aquaculture is a $ 167 million industry in Arkansas alone and worth approximately $ 1.2 billion in the Mississippi Delta region). In 2012, the program
858-469: Was North Little Rock's only high school for black students until 1928. For a time, the college operated as a four-year institution until 1955, when it reverted back to its status as a two-year institution due to financial constraints. In 1981, Shorter College attained full accreditation, which was required to establish transfer agreements with four-year institutions in Arkansas. The agreements would allow students to transfer their Shorter College credits to
891-426: Was completed in 1979. It was named after Bishop Frederick C. James, a civil rights leader and one of the people credited with achieving initial accreditation for Shorter College. It includes a 148-seat auditorium that was fully-renovated in 2015. A weekly College Assembly/Chapel service has been held in the facility. The S.S. Morris Student Center was fully constructed in 1974 and underwent renovations in 2014. It
924-493: Was designed to be the hub of student activity and houses a banquet hall, kitchen, student lounge and activity spaces and the Division of Student Affairs. The Henry A. Belin Health-Plex is home to the college's gymnasium, which was completed in 1992. The health-plex serves as the venue for physical education classes and sports, career fair and commencement events. A weekly College Assembly/Chapel service has been also been held at
957-577: Was enhanced by the addition of an Aquaculture/Fisheries PhD program. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is the oldest and largest HBCU in Arkansas. UAPB is divided into eight academic divisions. UAPB is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission . UAPB has the only comprehensive aquaculture program in Arkansas, established to help support the state's $ 167 million aquaculture industry. Since UAPB offers only one engineering degree program ( agricultural engineering ), it has
990-413: Was nominally part of the "normal" (education) department of Arkansas Industrial University, later the University of Arkansas . It was operated separately as part of a compromise to get a college for black students, as the state maintained racial segregation well into the 20th century. (Although the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville was integrated when it opened in 1872, it soon became segregated after
1023-437: Was renamed Bethel Institute. In September 1891, classes recommenced at the school's new location in Arkadelphia, which was purchased with a $ 3,000 pledge fund . In 1892, it was renamed Shorter University to honor Bishop James Alexander Shorter, who is credited with establishing Arkansas as nationally recognized southern hub for the A.M.E. Church. The college received a charter two years later. Between 1895 and 1898,
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1056-577: Was selected to participate in the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade . M4 is one of the top three largest collegiate marching bands in Arkansas and is accompanied by two auxiliaries. The dance auxiliary is known as the "Golden Girls" and the flag auxiliary is known as the "24K Golden Silks." M4 is a five drum major led marching band. Eight of the nine National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) fraternities and sororities are represented on campus. Less than five percent of
1089-443: Was the first permanent building on campus. Completed in 1903, it was a three-story brick structure for classrooms, offices, a library, and boys’ dormitories. After undergoing a full demolition in 1957, the rebuilt two-story facility was dedicated as Sherman-Tyree Hall in 1961. It currently serves as the main administrative and instructional facility for Shorter College. The F.C. James Human Resources Center took two years to build and
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