The University Newswire is the official source for up-to-date news about UNC Pembroke and the people who make it great! Find us online at www.uncp.edu/news/. http://www.uncp.edu/news/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:05 -0400 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:59:39 -0400 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ “Brave in service; brave in heart,” said Aubrey Swett, director of UNC Pembroke’s Veteran Education and Transition Program, during the Student Service Recognition program on May 3. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/vets_recognition.htm A1EFF75A-A1E8-48F4-8114-C460497874F7-2394-000017F9D6B81E7B-FFA Thu, 17 May 2012 15:59:52 -0400 The resurgent men’s basketball team is hitting the road next fall to gain early season experience and exposure, according to coach Ben Miller, and they may need a little help to get there. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/basketball_fundraiser.htm 3314EA26-C96D-4B6E-A01F-5B868314C61A-2394-000017F2C2F85267-FFA Thu, 17 May 2012 15:59:21 -0400 While offices that serve UNC Pembroke students will remain on their regular schedule, some university offices will close at noon on Fridays, according to an announcement from the Office of the Chancellor. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/events/summer_schedule.htm E4D925BF-849C-43B4-86C1-3E12D54BCC54-2176-0000154516C67717-FFA Thu, 10 May 2012 15:24:36 -0400 An educated military is critical to the defense of the nation, said Brig. Gen. Ferdinand Irizarry II. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/articulation_agreement_ftcc_special_forces.htm 72670A14-7098-4F4C-85BC-72103365BB13-1296-00000979CCD41113-FFA Fri, 11 May 2012 11:57:08 -0400 In two commencement ceremonies on May 4-5, speakers invoked history, both recent and long past, to challenge and counsel graduates. In the two events, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke celebrated the achievements of 670 graduates and its own 125-year history. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/commencement_may.htm 8A72F740-FA9C-4056-847B-A6DA5FE1FB42-2176-0000153FD507E3E4-FFA Thu, 10 May 2012 15:24:13 -0400 An overflow crowd of Lumbee tribal representatives, elected officials and invited guests attended a reception on May 4 in UNC Pembroke’s Thomas Assembly Room in Old Main to honor Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/kevin_gover_reception.htm C463D19E-1945-46CD-8ABF-ECAE038B695A-2176-0000152AE74DF1CD-FFA Thu, 10 May 2012 15:23:50 -0400 Dr. Ramin Maysami has been named dean of the School of Business at UNC Pembroke. He was acting dean during the 2011-12 academic year. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/ramin_maysami.htm 9BF1F1C8-E2CF-4237-859E-88092AFA9122-2050-000019A8CAF7F4DB-FFA Fri, 04 May 2012 16:26:54 -0400 Dr. Mark Canada has been named dean of UNC Pembroke’s College of Arts and Sciences. He has served as acting dean since June 2011. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/mark_canada.htm D3BF23A6-8290-4C34-B201-B3423409BDF4-2050-000019A21BA06A9D-FFA Fri, 04 May 2012 16:26:40 -0400 The second annual Braves Club Car Cash Bash raised more than $34,000 to benefit scholarships and programs for UNCP student-athletes. The event was held on April 4 in the Main Gym of the English E. Jones Health and Physical Education Center. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/car_cash_bash.htm 626908C8-C115-4D3F-AFCE-FAD44D43B24E-2050-0000199CBBC87481-FFA Fri, 04 May 2012 16:26:08 -0400 Matthew Godwin and Candace Locklear, seniors at Purnell Swett High School in Pembroke, will receive four-year scholarships from UNC Pembroke as participants in the new Early Assurance Program (EAP), which guarantees them a spot in East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine once they graduate from UNCP. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/early_assurance_prog.htm 02D038A4-F6B6-4564-AF7D-74D681186002-2050-0000199607424527-FFA Fri, 04 May 2012 16:25:49 -0400 UNC Pembroke’s Chancellor Emeritus Joseph B. Oxendine was awarded Catawba College’s Adrian L. Shuford, Jr. Award for Distinguished Service in a ceremony in Salisbury on April 15. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/joseph_oxendine.htm 6DC17A46-A8F1-41CF-8E4B-1A02E55F7449-2050-0000198F2C34B2F9-FFA Fri, 04 May 2012 16:25:20 -0400 More than 50 descendants of Ralph H. Lowry met in Old Main on April 13 to remember a patriarch and a former member of UNC Pembroke’s Board of Trustees. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/ralph_h_lowry.htm CF571D86-4353-467B-8F99-3624F9B8E7B7-2050-00001986A71BAD92-FFA Fri, 04 May 2012 16:24:49 -0400 North Carolina's "Southeast Regional Economic Profile" for 2012 was released on April 18th in Wilmington. It is the 14th annual publication. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/se_regional_econ_profile.htm 58159C34-A121-4EE8-A621-3DDA250D6A5F-2050-000019825B4EE845-FFA Fri, 04 May 2012 16:24:14 -0400 Two members of the UNC Pembroke community have been named to the Fayetteville Observer’s 40 Under Forty list. The list honors rising leaders from eight southeastern North Carolina counties. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/40_under_40.htm 8F6E82EB-0E75-40A0-85C3-90C7579D165C-2141-000017D0C893E0EF-FFA Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:22:12 -0400 Dr. David H. Nikkel is UNC Pembroke’s 2012 recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Nikkel, who is chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, is a teacher and scholar of religious studies. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/david_nikkel.htm 62E2032C-2311-4ED3-B6E7-05DBADEF0A35-2141-000017C9911AD564-FFA Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:21:57 -0400 Candidates for a master’s degrees at UNCP presented their research at the university’s 5th annual graduate student poster session on March 27. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/grad_student_poster_session.htm 3D4CBE08-332A-4319-9B03-C94274DA7AB3-2141-000017C365E82E7F-FFA Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:21:24 -0400 Dr. Larry Mabe condensed a lifetime of professional and personal experience into a “Last Lecture” at UNC Pembroke. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/last_lecture.htm ED739283-F6A1-4B58-8E68-C692EF323A8F-2141-000017BD5EDCBBB6-FFA Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:20:58 -0400 An anonymous contribution of $100,000 to UNC Pembroke was deposited into the Dr. Helen Maynor Scheirbeck Endowed Scholarship, according to an announcement by Wendy Lowery, vice chancellor for Advancement. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/helen_scheirbeck_gift.htm FFAB531E-E30E-4FF4-9248-A08500228A99-1471-00000E4C5DDBEED2-FFA Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:48:14 -0400 Jackie Clark, UNC Pembroke’s vice chancellor for the Office of Enrollment Management, will retire on June 30, 2012, according to an announcement from Chancellor Kyle R. Carter. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/jackie_clark_retirement.htm 5DABA0F0-809F-4552-994A-8FD4D785F7D7-1471-00000E475F0B6591-FFA Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:47:48 -0400 Neil Hawk, vice chancellor for the Office of Business Affairs at UNC Pembroke, will retire on May 30, according to an announcement from Chancellor Kyle R. Carter. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/neil_hawk_retirement.htm 5CF34CA1-B474-4392-BF0A-6FCF0A828CF3-1471-00000E41E43909A7-FFA Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:47:27 -0400 UNC Pembroke has been placed on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the fourth time since the program’s inception in 2007. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/president_comunity_service_honor_roll.htm D9F6E44F-D61D-4D82-BD6C-043C2DE89AAE-1471-00000E3C4D14E033-FFA Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:47:03 -0400 Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, will deliver the commencement address for UNC Pembroke’s graduation ceremony on May 5. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/events/kevin_gover.htm 360FFD21-FD60-4ED3-A848-48F06B13F53C-1471-00000E3651110C57-FFA Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:46:38 -0400 The UNC Pembroke Board of Trustees agreed to name an endowed professorship in science education in honor of Marion Bass, a 1965 graduate and longtime friend of the university. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/marion_bass_professorship.htm CCA540D2-AA81-42D9-BC27-C2FF9418219F-3288-00001AC71FA7419B-FFA Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:37:57 -0400 Sandhills Community College (SCC) President John R. Dempsey and UNC Pembroke Chancellor Kyle R. Carter signed an agreement on March 19 that will advance nursing in the region. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/nursing_uncp_scc.htm AD5B8664-7E0D-4F64-B7D7-8A1744930481-3288-00001AC0436D00EE-FFA Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:37:40 -0400 Chancellor Kyle R. Carter announced the formation of a Southeast American Indian Studies (SEAIS) program at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The program is expected to be ready by the fall semester 2012. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/125_seais.htm CD743F92-6D99-4B03-AF95-61021835B677-2729-00001C63571C9A8C-FFA Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:39:55 -0400 Dr. Carolyn Thompson, former dean of UNC Pembroke’s Esther G. Maynor Honors College and a member of the faculty in the Department of Political Science died on March 2. She was diagnosed in 2011 with myelofibrosis, a cancer of the bone marrow. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/carolyn_thompson.htm A7E09A01-35C4-4CA3-A9CD-7F6ABCFF4076-2729-00001C5D1B10E89F-FFA Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:39:28 -0400 With motorcycles rumbling and a giant birthday cake, UNC Pembroke kicked off 14 months of celebrating its 125th anniversary. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/125_kickoff_2.htm 94323C9A-7908-4A76-A079-51372CD29E0B-1670-00000F26A09F5BC3-FFA Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:16:31 -0400 On a sunny, spring afternoon, UNC Pembroke unfurled the 125th anniversary celebration banners on the columns of Old Main, the most historic building on campus. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/125-unveiling_old_main_banners.htm 13496DC1-7F73-4D1F-BBE3-5760CEDDC61C-1843-000010A441E5F26F-FFA Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:42:48 -0400 All-American wrestler Mike Williams won a NCAA national championship in the 165-pound weight class on Saturday, March 10. He is UNC Pembroke’s first national champion in wrestling, and it is the university’s first national championship in any sport since 1982. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/mike_williams.htm 71C313ED-CF41-45E4-80C7-3A67D9420107-3306-0000028A39182C38-FFA Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:35:48 -0400 In the future, UNC Pembroke will be greener, more pedestrian friendly and more welcoming to students and visitors. These designs were announced in the new master plan unveiled in a campus-wide meeting on February 20. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/master_plan.htm E6276209-FB76-4CF4-9F9B-1DB11075D53B-2868-00001FDB397CD222-FFA Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:45:53 -0500 The theme of “Growth and Sustainability” was fitting for the fourth annual Entrepreneurship Summit at UNC Pembroke. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/e-summit.htm C321F3D4-1BB8-4564-90C9-D83130F26B70-2868-00001FD4A98D1926-FFA Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:45:24 -0500 Alison DeCinti has been hired as director of development in the Office for Advancement at UNC Pembroke. She returned to the university in January. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/alison_decinti.htm D0267172-A297-4889-93BC-BCC533A06F5F-2868-00001FCFBA80E37F-FFA Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:44:55 -0500 Contestants and their families spent a long and exciting day on February 11 at UNC Pembroke’s 31st annual Region IV Science Fair. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/science_fair.htm 2061B7BD-9AF8-4839-BAF4-EAF5540DC4B4-2868-00001FCAFB382101-FFA Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:44:35 -0500 Chancellor Kyle R. Carter unveiled UNC Pembroke’s Downtown Development Project during a Board of Trustees meeting on Friday morning. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/downtown_dev.htm 08703EFF-56FC-47BA-AFF3-0CE016D1D0E9-2047-00001404F8D7FB81-FFA Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:33:26 -0500 The following students were granted degrees during commencement ceremonies on December 9-10, 2011: http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/grads_dec_2011.htm EA6C1F0D-C79E-460B-8373-1F9E858D56F5-2047-000014002383078D-FFA Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:32:55 -0500 UNC Pembroke turns 125 this year, and the university will throw a kick-off celebration on Wednesday, March 14, at 4 p.m. in the Main Gym of the English E. Jones Health and Physical Education Center. The celebration will go on for the next 14 months. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/125_kickoff.htm 45CE9A90-CBCE-482A-9795-EF64FEACC6DA-2319-00001179CA031641-FFA Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:15 -0500 Below is the list of students at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke who qualified for the Chancellor’s and Honors lists during the 2011 Fall semester. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/honors_list_dec_2011.htm 867EE884-1330-4DF7-B200-6C17CB8AD024-2319-000011736DD76471-FFA Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:26:46 -0500 Jocelyn Hunt, a senior public relations major, was crowned Miss UNCP 2012 on February 2 with a crowd of approximately 1,200 looking on in the Givens Performing Arts Center. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/ms_uncp.htm 5F722BDE-06B9-46F4-A9AC-7DE4A76F3B0A-4469-000019556D593A81-FFA Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:54:19 -0500 Dr. Diane O. Jones, UNC Pembroke’s vice chancellor for the Division of Student Affairs, will retire effective June 30, 2012. Dr. Jones worked in student affairs at UNCP for 34 years, beginning as director of the Career Center. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/diane_jones.htm 43BE21F7-2FE9-418C-81CE-B462E0EAE65F-1696-00000FD0152882B4-FFA Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:05:30 -0500 A politically charged monthly meeting of the UNC system’s Association of Student Governments (ASG) took place at UNC Pembroke on January 20-21. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/asg_meeting.htm 4D82AD48-609F-476A-BF67-4229C5574B3C-1696-00000FCB5BF70397-FFA Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:05:16 -0500 In Dr. Karen Pruett, UNC Pembroke’s Career Center gets an 11-year veteran of counseling in a variety of higher education settings. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/karen_pruett.htm 5FE7106F-F183-45C4-B285-1D2FA9F76312-1696-00000FC3EAE2CCA7-FFA Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:04:55 -0500 UNC Pembroke’s new director of Greek Life held up a report and smiled. It showed the combined grade point average (GPA) for fraternity and sorority members is higher than for all students. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/whitney_swesey.htm 2C5C951D-D1F1-48FB-9729-47C0BD12DEA5-1696-00000FB64C4348CD-FFA Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:04:17 -0500 A UNC Pembroke broadcasting professor and team of students won two top awards in a 2011 international competition, according to an announcement in January from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/mass_comm_award.htm F09CA55E-510C-42AA-8C51-452984264D3F-1696-00000FB1B0C8DEF3-FFA Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:03:25 -0500 “Playing Dead,” Shelby Stephenson’s ode to the underappreciated possum, was published in late 2011 by Finishing Line Press. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/shelby_stephenson.htm 5E77FDD4-5B7A-4745-A34C-9B3B11AE2334-1696-00000FAD11203A37-FFA Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:03:05 -0500 UNC Pembroke has joined a consortium of universities and other organizations led by UNC-Chapel Hill to fight diabetes in North Carolina. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/diabetes_consortium.htm 77238D86-B1F2-4CF7-9A0C-7180A63C7891-4667-000014B266DAD671-FFA Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:06:55 -0500 The University of North Carolina, Pembroke announced the induction of 54 students into the N.C. Kappa Chapter of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/alpha_chi.htm 7D81DE52-9AD8-4854-819C-AF26A59AB4AA-3721-00001C0262DC9A2A-FFA Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:52:36 -0500 The UNC Pembroke community reacted to the death of Dr. Dalton P. Brooks Sr. with sadness and praise for the long-time faculty member. He died on January 13 at the age of 76. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/dalton_brooks.htm 402CEF7E-7262-4C4A-9EED-C5553C97B355-3721-00001BFC84EAF9E8-FFA Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:52:10 -0500 Advancing nursing education was the issue at hand Monday morning as leaders of Robeson Community College (RCC) and UNC Pembroke signed an agreement to benefit nurses and improve community health. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/nursing_rcc_agreement.htm 7113AD04-0791-43F2-9A2F-F1A4305B1755-5113-00001BF479838212-FFA Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:19 -0500 UNC Pembroke’s Department of Art was granted associate membership in the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). UNCP is one of only five NASAD-accredited institutions in North Carolina. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/art_accreditation.htm 6FEB7455-51E0-4624-B3A4-0051E131B76F-5113-00001BEC6E870787-FFA Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:59:50 -0500 Nineteen Healthy Start CORPS program participants began a shared journey in late 2011 to increase their awareness of poverty as it affects their lives and the lives of almost a third of Robeson County residents. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2012/bridges_out_of_poverty.htm 4CA8CD2D-6836-468E-A869-8B1C79567025-5113-00001BE6A5105DF3-FFA Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:59:26 -0500 Commencement is a time to celebrate and to consider “paying it forward,” UNC Pembroke Chancellor Kyle R. Carter noted in his charge to the 557 graduates at two weekend commencements. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/commencement_dec.htm 05FBEE0D-C616-4311-90F0-BD43E9924493-4844-000014C3C83395F8-FFA Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:56:40 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/entrepreneurship_grads.htm 03290177-38FA-42EB-A028-7637CF5CD504-4844-000014C01772C779-FFA Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:55:58 -0500 A UNC Pembroke theatre professor got to spend the day on a movie set with two of Hollywood’s hottest stars. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/holden_hansen.htm 2D63ADAE-E6BB-4E41-A012-060510A73B2C-4844-000014B9153B77AF-FFA Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:55:34 -0500 The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) has awarded a $25,700 Lemelson Foundation grant to UNC Pembroke’s entrepreneurship programs. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/lemelson_foundation_grant.htm 61B8AA57-986E-4DD6-9142-8D159E428B89-4844-000014B3FAE1B0E7-FFA Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:55:13 -0500 If there is a make-or-break moment in a young teacher’s career, it is the student teacher experience. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/student_teaching.htm BED6DB8C-05E7-436D-9676-E22CD7BD6AFD-4844-000014AAF832C5A4-FFA Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:54:50 -0500 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 Belk Distinguished Professor of Management in the School of Business. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/john_parnell.htm F9AB7E07-8DCD-4515-9D67-5E9EBBE07038-1552-000007EB438FF9F3-FFA Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:23:01 -0500 Dr. Russell Thomas Cherry Jr., 84, died in Lumberton, N.C. on Friday, December 2, 2011. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/russell_cherry.htm 632CB76E-4827-42C3-B367-2B38D4E96FD0-1552-000007E54E93126E-FFA Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:22:42 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/msw_accreditation.htm 26F8E0E5-1038-4471-B462-3B01D7E8594E-2300-00001615F480996B-FFA Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:44:01 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/university_courtyard_apts.htm 653E5CF5-95B5-4B25-8460-8BD18115174B-2300-0000160FFE665FEA-FFA Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:43:29 -0500 Nearly 300 donors and scholarship recipients attended the Scholarship Recognition Dinner at UNC Pembroke on November 17. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/scholarship_banquet.htm AE29F007-6202-4803-BE6E-49ACECCDB77E-2510-000015B169AA28C6-FFA Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:17:21 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/veterans_day.htm 8BA07BD5-CE5E-4158-A830-C60D19A51401-2510-000015ABFDB721AA-FFA Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:14:35 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/tuition_hike.htm 6E9CFE7D-6540-43B0-9C22-1C79F32CFD3F-3053-00000C3F7CE04E65-FFA Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:04:54 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/honoring_native_foodways.htm AEDB4CF8-771F-471A-B212-C9F21588600F-2492-00001B3B8E1AFB39-FFA Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:01:05 -0500 Pembroke Magazine No. 43 was published in the early fall, and like the season, the journal is changing in ways both subtle and evident. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/pembroke_magazine_published.htm 28E20330-A47D-48F4-BCB2-92A5BDF83690-2492-00001B358690B667-FFA Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:00:45 -0500 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 technology for classrooms in Bladen and Sampson counties. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/ipad_grants.htm 113CD235-74FB-41AA-B3CF-0786D8BBD6B2-2492-00001B3091BAA6DC-FFA Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:00:19 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/cherry_laurel_scholarship.htm 0CEFE5BC-772F-4438-AB5B-BC1CEC4D1EC6-2507-00001BB59BD4ADF3-FFA Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:46:08 -0500 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/sandhills_leadership_academy.htm BEEB0E32-94D7-41E1-9ADD-3C4075C9A9C9-657-0000025D45F7FA3D-FFA Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:02:55 -0500 Cameron Adams has been named UNC Pembroke’s Robeson County Farm Bureau Scholar for 2011-12. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/cameron_adams.htm BF0D4B3D-234E-4AF3-9435-B695C417C1CD-4338-00001125B847D83C-FFA Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:41:33 -0400 The twin passions of the newest recipient of the Community Impact Student Award are her Native American culture and the environment. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/layla_locklear.htm C1E0A24A-095B-442C-BD82-FF403F13D16D-4338-000011207F2D7DC2-FFA Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:41:12 -0400 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 service project announced at the event. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/shrm.htm 7A49C8F9-4793-4853-8018-C64181E43D1B-4338-0000111B015C6F22-FFA Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:40:50 -0400 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. http://www.uncp.edu/news/2011/carter_addresses_lumbee_tribal_council.htm EDC44178-4A2E-44A4-BAA4-78351751EFFC-4338-00001115ABE9FAB1-FFA Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:40:28 -0400