Professor Stephanie Peters has students in Costume Technology (THE 2360) hard at work sewing dresses for “Dress a Girl Around the World.” This international organization is designed to provide young girls with one new dress that will not only make them feel good, but that will “[present]
UNCP’s Model United Nations team had another exemplary conference, returning from the 2018 Spring Southern Regional Model United Nations Conference in Charlotte with eight awards, doubling their total from last year and nearly equaling the tally (eight) that the team won during the Fall conferenc
The UNC Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity (PURC) Center will host the 12th annual PURC Symposium, a campuswide celebration of undergraduate research scholarship, creativity, and scholarly entrepreneurship on April 11.
John Roe (Biology) was guest speaker at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in Whiteville, NC, on March 17th. As part of the “Meet Me at the Museum” series, he presented survival strategies used by box turtles. His ongoing research involves employing radio transmitters to tra
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has selected Jose D’Arruda (Chemistry & Physics) as recipient of a 2018 Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT.
Students participating in the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Fellows program attended the North Carolina Academy of Sciences (NCAS) annual meeting at Wake Tech Community College, Raleigh, NC, March 23-24, 2018. Three of the students won awards for their presentations:
Undergraduate Gabby Downs received the John Bowley Derieux Research Award, 3rd place, in the Botany, Ecology and Environmental Science section, from the North Carolina Academy of Science (NCAS) last week. Her work was presented at the 115th Annual Meeting of the NCAS, which was held at Wake
On Thursday, March 29th, the College of Arts & Sciences held its annual Academic Awards Day Ceremony in the University Center Annex. Family, friends and mentors joined in the festivities.
Golfers of all skill levels are invited to play in the 9th Annual “Make PAR for PR” Golf tournament sponsored by the UNCP Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. The tournament will be held Saturday, April 14 at Pinecrest Country Club in Lumberton.
While presenting at an academic conference is old hat for professors, it’s nerve-wracking the first time around. But as two Spanish undergraduate students learned, it’s also a deeply rewarding experience.
