Newsroom

Maddie Schwenneker, left, with her brother Mason Schwenneker

Brother, sister making an impact on residence life at UNCP

May 6, 2022
| News

Maddie and Mason Schwenneker are getting the rare opportunity of experiencing college life at UNC Pembroke together.

Mace Velarde, Bryan Martinez, Caleb Locklear (co-captain), Sydney Allen, Alex Velarde (captain), Micah Ferguson, Benjamin Savage

UNCP places third in First Nations national rocket competition

May 5, 2022
| News

UNC Pembroke placed third in the Mars Challenge at the 13th annual First Nations Launch National Rocket Competition in Wisconsin April on 22-24 in Wisconsin.

DeWhitt Locklear

UNCP's DeWhitt Locklear earns prestigious Presser Scholar Award

May 4, 2022
| News

The UNC Pembroke Department of Music hosted its 20th annual Honors Recital on Tuesday, in Moore Hall Auditorium, featuring student performances, award presentations and a tribute to a retiring faculty member.

Taliyah Daniels, De’maurion Shelley, Jacob Alvarez, and Yamil Hernandez-Sanchez

UNC Pembroke's SGA earn Delegation of the Year

May 4, 2022
| News

UNC Pembroke is fulfilling its mission of fostering, promoting and cultivating student leadership. The UNC System recently recognized those concerted efforts as UNCP was awarded Delegation of the Year accolades at the UNC System Association of Student Governments meeting.

Career Fair to be held at UNC Pembroke

May 4, 2022
| News

Recent college graduates, UNC Pembroke alumni, or anyone interested in a career change is invited to explore the career opportunities at UNCP during a Career Fair on May 11.

Service Awards

UNCP faculty and staff recognized for years of service

May 3, 2022
| News

For nearly 40 years, UNC Pembroke has been a second home for Donna Strickland.

H​ilda Pinnix-Ragland

Business executive Hilda Pinnix-Ragland to deliver UNCP commencement address

April 28, 2022
| News

H​ilda Pinnix-Ragland, a senior Fortune 500 business executive and philanthropist, will serve as keynote speaker at spring commencement at UNC Pembroke.

From left: Sen. Pro Tempore Phi Berger, Sally Thomas, Jim Thomas, Gov. Roy Cooper, Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings, First Lady Rebecca Cummings and House Speaker Tim Moore

UNCP celebrates opening of James A. Thomas Hall

April 28, 2022
| News

Under a beautiful blue sky, nearly 400 guests, including dozens of local and state officials, celebrated the opening of the James A. Thomas Hall––a state-of-the-art facility where UNC Pembroke is preparing future business leaders of our region.

Summer

UNCP's Summer Woodside wins national award for social work

April 26, 2022
| News

Summer Woodside, an associate professor in the Social Work Department at UNC Pembroke, is the recipient of the 2022 Gary Lee Shaffer Award for Academic Contributions to the Field of School Social Work.

EPICS

UNCP to hold Career Success Showcase

April 26, 2022
| News

Ten UNC Pembroke students will compete in the inaugural ePortfolio Initiative for Career Success (EPICS) Student Showcase on Friday, April 29.

Senior Capstone

Senior capstone exhibition on display at UNCP

April 25, 2022
| News

The senior art student capstone exhibition ‘In Living Color’ is currently on display at the A.D. Gallery at UNC Pembroke.

The exhibition will be on display through April 29. The gallery is located in Locklear Hall. It is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

ECU

UNCP expands partnerships with ECU

April 25, 2022
| News

Students graduating from UNC Pembroke have been eager to continue their education in our state’s top graduate schools, and ECU is an obvious choice. For years, and in many other programs, UNCP students have been admitted to ECU for master’s- and doctorate-level studies.

Ribbon Cutting to be held Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Ribbon-cutting ceremony set for James A. Thomas Hall at UNCP

April 21, 2022
| News

UNC Pembroke will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly opened James A. Thomas Hall at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

Blood

Actor Mike Wiley to present one-man performance of 'Blood Done Sign My Name'

April 14, 2022
| News

Acclaimed N.C. actor and playwright Mike Wiley will perform his one-person show "Blood Done Sign My Name" on Tuesday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Givens Performing Arts Center at The University of North Carolina Pembroke.

Drs. Camille Goins, Claudia Nickolson, Gerald Neal

Teaching and Learning Center presents Syllabus Transformation workshop

April 14, 2022
| News

The Teaching and Learning Center’s Shared Interest Group for Culturally Responsive Teaching in Higher Education recently presented a workshop for UNCP professors on “Syllabus Transformation: Creating Conditions for Students to Embrace Rigor and Succeed.” 

ST

UNCP’s Stewart Thomas wins BOG Excellence in Teaching Award

April 14, 2022
| News

Joe Williams acquired the skills at UNC Pembroke he needed to become a pharmacist and a multi-business owner.

FOM

Festival at Old Main at UNCP offers family fun

April 11, 2022
| News

The annual Festival at Old Main will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at UNC Pembroke on April 23.

TH

UNCP’s Tom Hall presents at Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond conference

April 11, 2022
| News

Thomas Hall, director of the Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub at UNC Pembroke, was among the featured panelists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Investing in Rural America Conference.

Thomas Hall

UNC School of Law partners with Thomas Entrepreneurship HUB to assist local startups

April 11, 2022
| News

An ongoing collaboration between UNC Pembroke’s Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub and the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law’s Institute for Innovation was highlighted during a ‘Celebrating Legal Service to the State’ event in Chapel Hill last week.

Loury

Dean Loury Floyd appointed to national teacher education committee

April 11, 2022
| News

Loury Floyd, dean of the School of Education at UNC Pembroke, has been appointed chair of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) Committee on Meetings and Professional Development.

Subscribe to News