for 2010!" by G.I. Jobs magazine.
The honor ranks UNCP in the top 15 percent of all col-
leges, universities and trade schools nationwide. UNCP
serves Ft. Bragg through an office on base at the EArmyU
Building.
As a "Military Friendly School," UNCP will be included
with a basic listing in G.I. Jobs' annual "Guide to Military
Friendly Schools," which was published in September
2009.
"Clearly, UNCP has an interest in recruiting military
students, and I urge you to continue your already stellar
efforts by improving your military-friendliness every year,"
said Rich McCormack, publisher of G.I. Jobs.
"You can do so by improving the policies, efforts and
results used to recruit and retain military and veteran stu-
dents," McCormack said. "These policies, efforts and results
were carefully gleaned through our survey and weighted
into our rankings.
"On behalf of the eight million military members and
veterans seeking a school, I thank you for your commitment
to educating our nation's most deserving heroes," he said.
Chancellor Jenkins said the listing is indicative of an
excellent level of support to all students at UNCP.
"UNCP is proud to offer a high quality education to all
of its students," Chancellor Jenkins said. "Military members
and veterans face unique challenges when earning a col-
lege degree due to the sacrifices they make for this country.
UNCP recognizes these challenges and works diligently
to ensure that students in the military are offered the same
campus."
UNCP offers undergraduate programs at Ft. Bragg, in-
cluding the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Bachelor
of Arts in criminal justice and Bachelor of Science in busi-
ness administration (management concentration).
Graduate programs include the Master of Business
Administration (MBA), Master of Public Administration
(MPA) and the Master of Arts in teaching, physical educa-
tion (sports administration and exercise and fitness), middle
grades (6-9) (mathematics and social studies), mathemat-
ics education (grades 9-12) and social studies education
(grades 9 12).
Dr. Charles Tita is director of Distance Learning at
UNCP and supervises satellite campuses, including Ft.
Bragg.
"At UNCP, we are fully engaged in our efforts to ensure
that military families have access to a hassle-free, high
quality education," Dr. Tita said. "UNCP understands the
challenges soldiers face, as they are frequently deployed
and may not stay long enough in one place to complete
their college degrees."
As a member of the Servicemembers' Opportunity Col-
lege (SOC), UNCP is part of a consortium of colleges and
universities that collaborate in accepting transfer credits
from each other in an effort to assist soldiers and their
families toward degree completion. The University is also a
member of the SOC Degree Network System (SOC DNS), a
subset of SOC that is selected by the military.
ago, Kenney Companies contributed to the construction of
a town park adjacent to UNCP, scholarships and to the new
football program.
"This is an impressive company that, when they came
here, said they would be good corporate and community
citizens, and they certainly have done that," said R.D.
Locklear, representing the Pembroke Area Chamber of
Commerce. "They are the largest donor to our park project,
which speaks to their interest in improving our commu-
nity."
Chancellor Jenkins thanked Kenney.
"This is an opportunity to say thank you for your great
support of our University," Dr. Jenkins said. "Pembroke
Pointe is a leader in student housing for the University, and
Pembroke Pointe has joined in the life of the University
in a variety of ways, sponsoring an intramural beach vol-
leyball tournament and a barbecue cook-off during Home-
coming. They also participated in UNCP's Relay for Life, a
fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
UNCP students are served by four private apartment
complexes. Until the new Pembroke Pointe development,
the apartments were designed to house four students.
The completion of phase II at Pembroke Pointe is the
culmination of a year of improvements, Hammond said.
"We have made several upgrades to our clubhouse and
have installed controlled-access gates for our parking area,"
he noted. "We constantly look at ways to improve the resi-
dent experience at Pembroke Pointe."