News & Events from Around the College

Tasia

Maynor Honors College student accepted to Duke pre-law program

May 1, 2019
| News

Sophomore Tasia Mears is among 20 students selected from 500 applicants for the prestigious Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program at Duke University.

Dr. Velinda Woriax, Chair of the Biology Department

Dr. Velinda Woriax on Communicating Science to the Public

April 30, 2019
| Biology

In UNC Pembroke Podcast 32, Drs. Velinda Woriax (Chair of Biology) and Amy Gross (Geology and Geography) discuss how scientists communicate complex ideas to the general public.

Dr. Michele Fazio (left) and Peter Grimes are shown with best-selling author David Joy (right) during the Pembroke Magazine 51st issue release party.

Pembroke Magazine Publishes 51st Issue

April 30, 2019
| English, Theatre, and World Languages

Faculty, students, and staff recently gathered to celebrate the publishing of the 51st issue of Pembroke Magazine.

Pembroke Magazine

Pembroke Magazine publishes 51st issue

April 29, 2019
| News

Faculty, students and staff recently gathered to celebrate the publishing of the 51st issue of Pembroke Magazine.

Migrant Farmworkers

Student project promotes awareness for migrant farmworkers

April 26, 2019
| News

UNCP undergraduates Emily Findling, Jessica Muniz, and Evert Garcia-Guzman, recently collaborated on a project designed to raise awareness about the hardships of children of migrant farmworkers.

Biology faculty awardees and some of their Department Supporters

Banner Year for Biology Faculty Awards

April 26, 2019
| Biology

Biology faculty took home no fewer than three awards for excellence and outstanding teaching for the 2018-2019 academic year.  Dr. Bob Poage won the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, and Drs.

World Lit Fair

Literature professor, students celebrate World Literature

April 26, 2019
| News

English, Theatre & Foreign Languages lecturer Autumn Lauzon, Ph.D., wanted to transform her experiences of students enrolled in ENG 2060: World Literature after 1660.

Scene from La fabula de la nevera, el cuchillo y el mechero performed by UNC Pembroke's Acto Latino

Acto Latino performs in Madrid

April 26, 2019
| News

UNC Pembroke’s Spanish theater group Acto Latino recently traveled to Madrid, Spain.  While in the Spanish capitol, the undergraduates performed Carlos Bernal's play La fabula de la nevera, el cuchillo y el mechero.

Katherine Rentschler, Ronald Long, Karen Farizatto, and Heather Romine of the Ben Bahr Lab

Ben Bahr Lab Publishes in Scientific Reports

April 25, 2019
| Biology

Today, Alzheimer’s-related research led by two UNC Pembroke professors and a former student has published in Scientific Reports. The study, which was funded by the Department of Defense, provides important advancement

Megan Brinson

Megan Brinson accepts offer to NC State Ph.D. program with full funding

April 24, 2019
| News

UNC Pembroke senior Megan Brinson, graduating this spring with a double major in Sociology and Music, will be continuing her studies in sociology at NC State in the fall. She has accepted an offer for a five-year Ph.D.