News & Events from Around the College

Symposium

Social Justice Symposium to be held Feb. 9

February 3, 2022
| News

The Office of Student Inclusion & Diversity and the Social Justice Symposium Committee at UNC Pembroke will hold their annual Social Justice Symposium virtually on Feb. 9.

Katina Oxendine

New agriscience program offers innovative career opportunities for UNCP students

January 10, 2022
| News

After discovering UNC Pembroke’s emerging agriculture science program, Katina Oxendine was inspired to return to her alma mater—this time with hopes of transforming her passion for medicinal plant research into a career.

Dr. Erika Young

Erika Young Joins NC Sea Grant as Education Specialist

January 4, 2022
| Biology

Sea Grant North Carolina News

Contact: Katie Mosher, kmosher@ncsu.edu

Erika Young has joined North Carolina Sea Grant as the coastal and marine education specialist. 

Leeanna Earp

UNCP art student receives printmaking assistantship

January 4, 2022
| News

UNC Pembroke’s Leeanna Earp has been selected as an assistant for the 40th annual Frogman’s Print Workshops.

Rocket Launch

UNCP Rocket Team to compete in national rocket competition

December 16, 2021
| News

The UNC Pembroke Rocket Team has been awarded $9,000 in grants and will participate in the First Nations Launch (FNL) National Rocket Competition April 22-24.

Katrina McMillan, "Storytelling", Intaglio and Chine Colle.  2021

McMillan's Print on Display in California

December 7, 2021
| News

Graduating Art major Karina McMillan's work has been accepted into the The Fierce Urgency of Now: Socially Engaged Printmaking exhibit at the Turner Print Museum in Chino, California.

Fazio

Professor Fazio, graduate students give presentations advocating for first-generation students

December 6, 2021
| News

Professor Michele Fazio and her graduate students at UNC Pembroke gave presentations at the 9th annual Class Action First Gen Summit.

High tunnel

UNCP partners with Farm Bureau to expand agriscience research

December 6, 2021
| News

Eric Schwarz gained insight into agricultural practices of third-world countries while serving in the military. When he retired, Schwarz decided to enroll in the emerging Agriculture Science program at UNC Pembroke to study ways to make farming practices more sustainable.

Model UN

Model United Nations team wins six awards at Atlanta Conference

November 29, 2021
| News

UNC Pembroke's Model United Nations team, attending its first in-person conference in two years, came home with six awards after a hard-fought weekend at the Southern Regional Model United Nations (SRMUN) Conference held in Atlanta on November 18-20.

Dr. Bryan Sales

Discussion: The Innovators (with Dr. Bryan Sales)

November 23, 2021
| Biology

PBS NC’s Deborah Holt Noel sits downs with Dr. Kimbro and Kenisha Webb who talk about their work in the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical and Biotechnical Research Institute at NCCU. Dr. Bryan Sales discusses innovative agricultural science breakthroughs at UNC Pembroke.