College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910.521.6198
Fax: 910.521.6606
Relay: 910.521.6198
Email: cas@uncp.edu
Location: Old Main, Suite 241
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Great opportunities
In the College of Arts and Sciences, learning goes on both inside and outside the classroom. Often working alongside their professors and each other, students conduct and present research, serve their communities, take on the roles of political leaders in Model United Nations and Model Arab League, travel to other countries, and engage in other great opportunities.
Three AIS students present papers at NC Indian Unity Conference
Myranda Locklear, Brittany Dorman, and Jennifer Dorman, students in a class taught by Dr. Jane Haladay (American Indian Studies) delivered papers at the 37th Annual North Carolina Indian Unity Conference in Charlotte in March.
The students gave their papers in a workshop called "Recuperating Native Womanhood through Story Power." The papers had their origins in a course called "American Indian Women," which Haladay taught in the fall.
UNCP's Gunther wins brass competition
Ed Gunther, a UNCP freshman studying under Dr. Tim Altman (Music), won the senior brass competition in southern division. Sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the competition took place in Clinton, Mississippi, and featured musicians from other parts of the south. Gunther played an Arutunian Concerto, a Neruda Concerto, and a Torelli Sonata, each from a different era. He is competing in the national competition in New York this month.
A member of UNCP's contemporary, trumpet and jazz ensembles, as well as the University Band and the Faculty Brass Quintet, Gunther also is performing this spring at the National Trumpet Competition for players under 25.
Students collaborate with meneses on presentations
Two students, Natalie Klemann and Kellie Van Dyke, are collaborating with Professor Rohald Meneses (Sociology and Criminal Justice) on presentations at the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association conference in Raleigh, NC, this month. Klemann, a sophomore majoring in criminal justice, will join Meneses in presenting "Bullying and School Shootings: An Exploratory Study of Their Correlation and Causes." Van Dyke, a junior double-majoring in criminal justice and sociology, will collaborate with Meneses to present "An Explanation of Veterans' Criminal Behavior that Suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder through the General Strain Theory," a qualitative study of the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and criminal behavior.
Klemann and Van Dyke are both student-athletes who play on UNCP's softball team, as well as members of the Criminal Justice Club. Both plan to attend law school after graduation.
Pre-Engineering Students Work in MAST Lab
Dr. Jose D’Arruda, UNCP Pre-Engineering advisor, and two pre-engineering students, Fredrick Schirmer and Andrew T Neal, were at the University of Minnesota Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) lab at the University of Minnesota this summer. The MAST lab allows researchers to test the strength of structural components up to two stories high at full scale or higher at partial scale. Researchers use the MAST Lab's equipment to twist, compress, or stretch components of large structures such as buildings or bridges to study what happens to them during earthquakes and other extreme events. The MAST system is capable of applying up to 1.32 million pounds of vertical force and nearly 900,000 pounds of horizontal force. Structures up to 28.75 feet (8.7 m) in height and 20x20 feet (6.1x6.1 m) in plan can be tested at the MAST Laboratory. The Lab is part of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). The research is funded by the National Science Foundation. D’Arruda is co-director with NC State's Dr. Tasnim Hassan, director of the $600,000 grant.
Model United Nations (MUN)
Open to all majors, Model United Nations is a student organization that prepares students to participate in simulations of the United Nations' committees and agencies. Student-delegates attend regional and national conferences, where they meet and collaborate with their counterparts from other campuses. For more information, contact Kevin Freeman at kevin.freeman@uncp.edu or 910.521.6447.
Model Arab League (MAL)
Open to all majors, Model Arab League is a student organization that prepares students to participate in simulations of the United Arab League's committees and agencies. Student-delegates attend regional and national conferences where they meet and collaborate with their counterparts from other campuses. For more information, contact Kevin Freeman at kevin.freeman@uncp.edu or 910.521.6447.
Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
PO Box 1510 Pembroke, NC 28372-1510 • 910.521.6000