Dr. Laura Staal wins Board of Governors 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching
Hannah Middleton reached a crossroads during her sophomore year at UNCP. She began questioning whether a career in teaching was in her future. “I began having doubts about whether teaching was for me. I was actually about to talk to my advisor about getting out of the teaching program altogether,” she said. After taking Dr. Laura Staal’s Foundations of Reading course, Middleton rediscovered her passion. Rejuvenated, she went on to earn her degree and is weeks away from completing her first year as a special education teacher in Robeson County.
UNCP research scientist Ben Bahr earns top mentoring award
UNC Pembroke neuroscientist Ben Bahr has received the 2021 Outstanding Mentor Award from the health sciences division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The award is a testament to Dr. Bahr’s passion for teaching the next generation of scientists and researchers. The award honors exceptional mentoring and advising by higher education faculty across all subdivisions of health sciences. Bahr joined the UNCP faculty in 2009 as the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
Undergraduate Researchers in Bahr Lab win Conference Awards
Undergraduate researchers Mercedes Dos Santos and Jared Tuton won awards for their oral presentations during the 117th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science. Their presentations, based on research in Ben Bahr’s Alzheimer’s Disease Laboratory, were judged in the “Cell & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Physiology” section of the Collegiate Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Science (CANCAS).
Bahr Lab’s Paper on Traumatic Brain Injury Makes Headline News
Ben Bahr’s lab has made dramatic and award-winning progress in understanding and addressing the underlying causes and risk factors with regard to Alzheimer’s disease. In collaboration with researchers at the U.S.
UNCP Celebrates Founder's Day 2021
On March 7 we honor the commitment of seven visionary American Indian men who believed in the power, the promise and the potential to education has to shape the future. Their influence is thriving today at UNC Pembroke. To those seven and the generations who have made this university what it is today, we thank you.
College of Business and Economics ranked among Best 1-Year Online MBAs
College of Business and Economics at UNC Pembroke began offering an accelerated version of its online MBA program in 2017, allowing students to complete the program in one year.
UNCP students, faculty share experiences at First Gen Summit
Being a first-generation college student brings an overwhelming sense of pride. On the other hand, forging a new path as the first in the family to attend college can also invoke feelings of uncertainty, and even guilt. Students and a faculty member from UNC Pembroke were among dozens of attendees who shared these and other personal stories during Class Action’s eighth annual First Gen College Student Summit. The event was held remotely in November.