years , Ralph D. Wellons First President O.R. SAMPSON HALL - 1949 MARY LIVERMORE LIBRARY - 1967 HERBERT G. OXENDINE SCIENCE BUILDING - 1967 First African-American Graduates Four Year Accreditation 1946 1949 1942 1951 PEMBROKE STATE COLLEGE Christian White 1953 - 54 First Non-Native Graduate Walter J. Gale English E. Jones Sylvia Baugham Banks 1967 - 69 Larry Barnes 1967 - 71 1954 1956 1962 1967 1969 1972 PEMBROKE STATE UNIVERSITY Joins UNC System 1953 Ira Pate Lowry & Reba Lowry ‘Hail to PSC’ - 1954 1946 - 1950 ‘Braves’ Nickname Adopted 1946 Football Cross Country National Champs 1978 Old Main Burns 1973 ANDERSON LOCKLEAR HALL - 1950 24 UNCP Today W. L. MOORE HALL - 1951 Spring 2012