UNCP students earn statewide recognition at 2025 NC SHAPE Convention
UNC Pembroke health and physical education students and faculty recently stepped onto a statewide stage at the 2025 NC SHAPE Convention, presenting original sessions and earning top honors at the professional gathering for health and physical education educators across North Carolina.
UNC Pembroke professor earns national teaching award for creative use of AI, music and podcasts
UNC Pembroke faculty member Dr. Bryan McLeod has been honored with the 2025 Innovations in Teaching Competition award from the Society for Marketing Advances for his presentation, “Using AI to Reach More Students: Engaging Students Through Music and Podcasts,” at the organization’s annual conference in Las Vegas.
Carrying Forward a UNCP Legacy
A trailblazing alumnus and his daughter share a full-circle moment that spans generations at UNC Pembroke.
UNC Pembroke’s Historic Winter Commencement Celebrates Graduates, Inspires Them to ‘Go Beyond’
Once quiet and reserved, Andrew Cart arrived at UNC Pembroke focused on his studies and content to stay out of the spotlight — but over time, he found his voice, his confidence and his path.
UNCP Awards First Doctoral Degrees, Marking a New Chapter in University History
As the lights rise inside Givens Performing Arts Center tonight, eight nurse leaders will step onto the stage and into the history books. Their doctoral hoods, symbols of perseverance, scholarship and service, mark a moment 138 years in the making for the University of North Carolina Pembroke.
Graduate student, fourth-grade teacher Shane Henderson receives Milken Educator Award
Shane Henderson, a fourth-grade teacher at Pittsboro Elementary School and a graduate student in UNC Pembroke’s Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction program, has been named a Milken Educator Award recipient.
A Day of Culture and Connection for Thousands at GPAC’s Lumbee Showcase
For a heartbeat, the audience sat in silent anticipation. Thousands of elementary students leaned forward in their seats and strained to make out figures on the darkened stage of the Givens Performing Arts Center.
UNC Pembroke Welcomes Dr. Daniel LaDu as Adolph Dial Distinguished Scholar of American Indian Studies
As UNC Pembroke strengthens its role as a leader in American Indian education, the university recently appointed archaeologist and scholar Dr. Daniel LaDu as the Adolph L. Dial Distinguished Scholar — a milestone that signals new opportunities for collaboration, research and student engagement.
UNCP Celebrates Inaugural Cohort of the Exceptional Executive Assistant Certificate Program
The University of North Carolina Pembroke recently marked an important milestone in employee development as 21 staff members completed the university’s inaugural Exceptional Executive Assistant Certificate Program, a new initiative designed to strengthen administrative leadership and build community across campus.
UNCP faculty featured in statewide historic sites video project
Two UNC Pembroke faculty will appear in new video materials produced for North Carolina State Historic Sites.