years Class of 1986 Nathan Williams was recently promoted to area sales manager for Miller Coors, managing five beer distributors. He lives in Lynchburg, Va. James Ayars is the owner/ president of Sandhills Academy of Gymnastics, located in Aberdeen. His company was founded in 1991 and serves families in Moore county and surrounding areas. He resides in Pinehurst. master’s degree in music education, Master of Arts in divinity, Master of Arts in ethics and a doctorate in education. He is writing his third book. Class of 1974 Class retiring; he resides in Hampton Bays, N.Y. George Rogers is a retired educator. He resides in Aiken, S.C. Dr. Reginald Oxendine is an assistant professor in the School of Education at UNC Pembroke. He lives in Pembroke. Class of 1981 Class of 1984 Catherine Evans, ’68, ’76, ’84 is a retired educator and resides in Newport. Delois Hines is a library technician with Brunswick Community College. She lives in Bladenboro. Charlotte Williams received her doctorate in education from the University of Phoenix. In 2010, she retired from the Public Schools of Robeson County. She resides in Lumberton. Class of 1980 Class of 1983 Craig Freeman resides in Wake Forest. Since graduating from UNCP, he has earned the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts in the music industry, Peggy Cecil Owens completed her Doctor of Ministry degree at Columbia Theological Seminary in December 2011. She married Mark Hind on Nov. 11, 2011. Ruth Dial Woods ’80 in Women’s Hall of Fame r. Ruth Dial Woods ’80 was inducted into the North Carolina Women’s Hall of Fame in late 2011. She was one of four inducted, but those who know her say she is one of a kind. Dr. Woods, a 27-year veteran educator, directed Indian Education for the Public Schools of Robeson County for many years and later joined the faculty of Fayetteville State University. She was the first woman to be appointed to an at-large seat on the UNC Board of Governors. 34 D UNCP Today , William Roy is a senior environmental compliance officer with Cape Fear Public Utility Authority. Class of 1972 Jackie Warner, a retired principal with Cumberland County Schools, was sworn in on Dec. 5, 2011, as the first woman major for the Town of Hope Mills. She recently opened a gift shop, Carleen’s, in Hope Mills. Class of 1967 Class of 1970 Howard Barley is a retired educator; he lives in Mint Hill. Class of 1968 Frank Baker recently started a home renovation business after Matthew Kemp Gwynee retired from McDonald’s Corporation in 2008 where he had been the vice president and director of worldwide security for 30 years. In 2011, he became a civics and economics teacher for Western Harnett High School. He resides in Angier. A life-long advocate of American Indian education, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Meredith College, a master’s degree in education from UNCP, an Ed.D. in educational administration from South Carolina State University and a Ph.D. from UNCChapel Hill in curriculum and instruction. She advocated for the establishment of the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs. She also camped out on Alcatraz joining in the 1969 American Indian protest. In retirement, Dr. Woods has not rested in her pursuit of helping out the Pembroke Community. In 2006, she founded Sacred Pathways, a nonprofit that fights hunger and is a haven to those in need in her hometown. In a recent interview with the Fayetteville Observer, she said “I carry my people on my back,’’ she said. “I carry them in my heart. I’m not just representing myself. “It’s close to my heart because it’s a way to reach out to people who don’t have families or have gotten off the tracks somewhere along the way because they need to feel that somebody cares and there needs to be a place where they feel they are welcome.” Spring 2012