Chancellor Carter addressed Lumbee Tribal Council
Chancellor Kyle R. Carter invited the Lumbee Tribal Council to work with UNC Pembroke to increase the number of American Indian high school graduates who attend college.
View ArticleNew student business organization offers leadership opportunities
UNC Pembroke’s new student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) was chartered on September 21. The chapter got off to a fast start with two scholarships awarded and a community...
View ArticleLayla Locklear named 2011 Impact Award winner
The twin passions of the newest recipient of the Community Impact Student Award are her Native American culture and the environment.
View ArticleCameron Adams named UNCP’s Farm Bureau Scholar
Cameron Adams has been named UNC Pembroke’s Robeson County Farm Bureau Scholar for 2011-12.
View ArticleUNCP alumni join ‘Turnaround Schools’ program
Last spring the Sandhills Leadership Academy (SLA) was planned and funded through a federal “Race to the Top” grant for the purpose of developing leaders for “turnaround” low-performing schools.
View ArticlePerseverance! UNC Pembroke establishes the ‘Cherry Laurel’ Scholarship
Since its founding UNC Pembroke has been an institution characterized by a spirit of perseverance. Many of its students too have overcome long odds to succeed.
View ArticleUNCP grad students win three technology grants
A UNC Pembroke graduate-level education class wrote three successful grant applications this fall to purchase Apple iPads. The grants totaled $5,603 and are being used to purchase much-needed...
View ArticlePembroke Magazine No. 43 is published
Pembroke Magazine No. 43 was published in the early fall, and like the season, the journal is changing in ways both subtle and evident.
View ArticleUNCP hosted 3rd annual Honoring Native Foodways feast
The 3rd annual Honoring Native Foodways celebration at UNC Pembroke attracted a crowd of more than 200 on November 10. They were eager to dine on good eats prepared by local cooks.
View ArticleUNCP’s Board of Trustees recommends tuition hike
The UNC Pembroke Board of Trustees recommended a $199 tuition increase for the 2012-13 school year, but left student fees unchanged, in part to keep the total cost to students as low as possible.
View ArticleUNCP honors veterans on their special day
There were many reasons to celebrate Veterans Day at UNC Pembroke on the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year of this century.
View ArticleDonors meet their scholarship recipients at annual banquet
Nearly 300 donors and scholarship recipients attended the Scholarship Recognition Dinner at UNC Pembroke on November 17.
View ArticleUNCP seeks to add Courtyard to university housing
UNC Pembroke’s Office of Housing and Residence Life will take over all operations of Courtyard Apartments on July1, 2012, if its request to the UNC Board of Governors and Council of State is approved.
View ArticleUNCP’s MSW program earns full accreditation
UNC Pembroke’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program received notification this fall that it has won full accreditation from the National Council on Social Work Education.
View ArticleDr. Cherry, adjunct professor of religion, passed away on Dec. 2
Dr. Russell Thomas Cherry Jr., 84, died in Lumberton, N.C. on Friday, December 2, 2011.
View ArticleUNCP business professor honored by Pope Center
UNC Pembroke business professor Dr. John Parnell was presented the Spirit of Inquiry Award on December 1 by the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. Dr. Parnell is UNCP’s William Henry...
View ArticleIn Scotland County, student teaching remains a critical rite of passage
If there is a make-or-break moment in a young teacher’s career, it is the student teacher experience.
View ArticleUNCP gets grant to foster entrepreneurship
The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) has awarded a $25,700 Lemelson Foundation grant to UNC Pembroke’s entrepreneurship programs.
View ArticleQ & A with Holden Hansen: UNCP’s ‘A-Lister’
A UNC Pembroke theatre professor got to spend the day on a movie set with two of Hollywood’s hottest stars.
View ArticleUNCP graduates three entrepreneurs; four win cash
UNC Pembroke’s Entrepreneurship Program awarded three certificates to its graduates on December 1 and awarded $1,100 in prizes to winners of its “elevator” competition.
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