UNCP’s Alicia Thomas Earns Statewide Museum Professional Award
Alicia Thomas, curator of museum education and community engagement at the Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC Pembroke, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Emerging Museum Professional Award by the North Carolina Museums Council.
Tonya Holy Elk Named 2026 Lloyd Oxendine Artist in Residence
The Museum of the Southeast American Indian (MSAI) at UNC Pembroke has named Tonya Holy Elk, ’18, as the 2026 Lloyd Oxendine Artist in Residence.
Susan Bird Reese makes $100,000 gift to UNC Pembroke
UNC Pembroke alumna Susan Bird Reese ’79 has made a $100,000 gift to her alma mater in loving memory of her late husband, Arthur “Randy” Ray Reese ’77.
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.
UNCP Curator Honored with National Award for Advancing American Art
UNC Pembroke’s Museum of the Southeast American Indian director and curator Nancy Strickland Chavis has been awarded the 2025 William Collins Smith Auburn Award for Advancing American Art by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.