ACADEMIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Summer School
Through the Office of Academic
Affairs in Lumbee Hall, the University offers a three‑week
MayMester, two five‑week terms, and two three‑week
intra‑sessions. Special workshops
and institutes enrich the regular summer program, and visiting specialists
augment the regular faculty when the need arises.
Through many curricular and
extra‑curricular activities, the summer session provides special
opportunities for
teachers and others who are free for summer study. Many courses and workshops are open to
individuals not seeking a university degree but interested in gaining personal
or professional knowledge.
A student entering the
Transient students—students
who are regularly enrolled at another institution of higher education and who
wish to take courses at UNC Pembroke during the Summer Session for transfer to
their home institution—must submit a form available from the Registrar’s
Office. This form must show that they are in good standing at their home
institution and have their Dean’s or Registrar’s permission to enroll at UNCP.
Admission to the Summer Session does not constitute admission to the
University.
In‑service teachers who
wish to attend the Summer Session for license renewal or other purposes must
submit an application. The application form and Summer Session Catalog may be
obtained from the Academic Affairs Office.
Continuing Education
Evening Classes:
Through the Office of Continuing Education and Distance Education in the D.F.
Lowry Building, UNCP offers a number of evening classes for individuals who
wish to earn degrees as full‑time or part‑time students.* Degree‑seeking
students should contact the department chair for assistance in working out
plans to fulfill degree requirements.
*All requirements for the B.S. degree in
Business Administration, with a concentration in Management may be completed
while attending only evening classes. (See
Students admitted for degree‑credit
course work in the evening must meet minimum University requirements for
admission. Applicants meeting minimum University requirements will be admitted
as special, part‑time, or regular students (see Admissions).
Extension Courses:
Extension instruction leads to earned credit toward a degree
offered at UNCP but is offered outside the regular session.
Distance Education Programs*: UNCP offers one graduate and four undergraduate
degree programs at Richmond Community
College in Hamlet, N.C.; two graduate and two undergraduate programs at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, N.C.; and one
undergraduate program at Fayetteville Technical Community College in
Fayetteville, N.C. All formal education
requirements, including residence requirements, may be fulfilled at each
campus. Internet-based programs include
the B. S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management for
graduates of accredited two-year institutions or those with 60 hours of
undergraduate credit. The Masters in Public Administration (MPA) is also
available in an on-line format. Both programs can be completed entirely through
the Internet under the auspices of the respective faculties. Contact the
department chairs for current information about these programs.
Distance Education Courses*: Distance Education Courses lead to earned credit at
the university. Courses are offered in a number of off-campus locations,
including
* All students seeking degree credit through distance education must meet the minimum requirements for university admission.
Short Courses, Institutes, and Conferences:
Mary Livermore and Other Library Services
Named for a former UNCP Dean
of Women and Professor of Religious Education, the Mary Livermore Library
serves as the chief information resource center for the Pembroke campus and
also as a link with other libraries within The University of North Carolina and
the world.
Providing approximately 358,000
volumes and 27,250 periodical subscriptions (print and electronic), the
Livermore Library serves as a depository for selected state and federal
documents and houses local history materials, including the Charlie Rose
Archival Collection. Library patrons are
offered services which include reference and information consultation and assistance,
assistance with computerized database searching, interlibrary loan, orientation
tours, and library use instruction.
Resources available to patrons
include print materials for research and recreational reading; print and
on-line databases; a computerized catalog; Internet access; microform and photo
copiers; typing and study facilities; a computer laboratory; and multimedia
equipment and materials.
The resources are available to
patrons 105.5 hours a week during academic sessions, with extended hours during
fall and spring exam periods, and on a reduced schedule during summer, holiday,
and between‑session time periods. For information concerning services and
hours, please phone the circulation desk at 910.521.6516.
Specialized libraries, featuring resources appropriate to particular programs
and departments, are found in several locations. In the
Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
The Division of Information
Technology (DoIT) provides the technical resources
necessary to meet the University’s mission of teaching, research, and
service. The office operates a
campus-wide network with a 2Gb fiber backbone and a 4Gb
connection to the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NC-REN). NC-REN provides access to the Internet and
Internet2. All buildings have LAN access
and dedicated 10 or 100Mb desktop connections. ResNet
connections are available in each dorm room, and CommuterNet
is available in selected areas of the
To facilitate campus
computing, DoIT operates dual Sun e450
The office provides traditional
and computer-based training for faculty, staff, and students. Individual support is available to faculty or
staff, and faculty may request workshops tailored to the needs of specific
classes. Information Technology provides technical support for over 56 microcomputer
labs and directly supervises the Livermore Library lab. Help Desk assistance is available during
normal business hours at (910) 521-6260 or helpdesk@uncp.edu or 24/7 Blackboard
support at 866-518-3954.
DoIT also manages the Interactive Video Facility, which
provides H.323 and H.239 videoconferencing.
These allow UNCP to participate in live, two-way video classes and
conferences with other sites connected to NC-REN and the North Carolina
Information Highway (NCIH).
Academic Computing Resources
UNC Pembroke recognizes the
importance of computer skills. Although no specific computer courses are
required, students have many opportunities to gain computer proficiency.
Freshman Seminar classes include sections on computing. In freshman composition, most students learn
how to use a word processor and use it for writing papers. All Teacher
Education programs require the development of basic computer skills, and
students majoring in Business Administration are required to take BUS 1090,
Business Uses of the Computer. Most
departments expect students to use computer software in some courses. In addition, DoIT offers
free training for students and faculty throughout the year.
UNC Pembroke provides its
students with a wealth of computer resources.
Each classroom building houses one or more microcomputer laboratories
that are available during normal business hours. In addition, the
All permanent faculty members
have their choice of a PC or Macintosh computer, desktop or laptop, with access
to the campus LAN, the Internet, and Internet2 from their office. Almost all classrooms have LAN connections,
computers, and digital projectors.
Blackboard is used to support class web sites. DoIT offers laptops
and digital projectors for faculty checkout for short periods. A Sun e250 provides minicomputer support for
academics.
Faculty have access to email, web hosting, network file storage,
and course web sites in Blackboard.
Students have access to email and network file
storage and may access the campus LAN from any computer lab or their dorm rooms. Student accounts can be created online at http://
braveweb.uncp.edu. Online access to
grades and registration is available at http://braveweb.uncp.edu.
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Center for Academic Excellence
The Center for Academic
Excellence, located in Jacobs Hall, Suite H, is designed to provide a support
system for students through numerous programs and activities: academic
advisement, career/major counseling, major declaration, and Early Alert
consultation. Through the Early Alert Program, a professor or staff member may
recommend that a student seek help for a problem that threatens the student’s
academic success. Continued absence from class is usually the first and most
significant indication that a student should be referred. Academic advisors
from the office work with the student to determine appropriate help and draws
on existing programs and offices to find a workable solution. In addition, FRS
1000 (Freshman Seminar) is coordinated through this office.
Office of International Programs
In today’s global economy, the
need for college graduates equipped with the skills to succeed in that economy,
and for faculty prepared to teach them, has never been greater. Citizens of all types—whether parents of
students, or local or other residents or interested parties—also need to
understand the current world, the challenges that it presents, and the benefits
to be accrued through informed participation.
Businesses, likewise, must be prepared to compete in—and understand—the
complexities of the contemporary world and marketplace.
The International Programs
office advises the university and others on international matters, directs and
carries out the university’s international education activities, and serves as
its main representation abroad.
Consistent with its mandate to internationalize the university community
and to serve as a dynamic resource for the local community and beyond, the
office promotes UNCP abroad; recruits and supports high-quality international
degree-seeking and exchange students from all over the world; offers, creates,
and manages Study Abroad opportunities for UNCP students while offering
students and parents alike outstanding support from pre-departure onwards; serves
as an internationalization support office for UNCP faculty and for in-bound and
resident foreign scholars; and works with industry and community leaders to
promote international understanding and skill sets. International Programs also directs the English
Language Institute, which is described in more detail below.
Working with the University
Attorney, International Programs is responsible for managing international
contracts, has concluded—and continues to seek—contracts with a large number of
high-profile institutions throughout the world, and offers (in concert with
various UNCP offices and academic departments) cooperative degree and
non-degree programs with partner institutions abroad. International Programs, in cooperation with
the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs, also coordinates international
grant and funding activities, and works closely with the Office for
Advancement.
English Language
Institute/ESL
The English Language Institute
(ELI) offers innovative programs in English as a Second Language (ESL) to UNCP’s growing population of international students. Overseen by the International Programs
office, ELI offers high-quality English instruction to non-native
speakers. ELI’s
ESL instruction prepares international students to succeed, both academically
and culturally, at UNCP and to perform at very high levels, whether in the
classroom or off-campus in social, cultural, or professional settings. In addition to the achievement of linguistic
competency, the program also aims at making international students more
comfortable with, and better-informed of, life in the
Center for Adult Learners
The Center for Adult Learners’
goal is to help meet the needs of the adult learner who attends UNCP by
providing resource and referral information about campus and community
resources. The center is designed to be
a comprehensive resource and referral area for nontraditional students. It offers extended evening hours, a special
freshman seminar class, readiness workshops, academic advising, orientation
programs, and a Peer Mentoring Program. The Center for Adult Learners is
located in Jacobs Hall, Suite F.
TRIO Programs
TRIO Programs at UNCP, located
in Jacobs Hall, Suites I, J, and N, are designed to help meet the academic,
cultural, and financial needs of participants in order that they may achieve a
high success rate while in school. The two projects included are Upward Bound
and Student Support Services.
Upward Bound
is funded to serve seventy‑five Robeson and Hoke
County high school students who have the academic potential to become first‑generation
college students but lack certain skills or motivation to demonstrate that
talent. The program consists of an academic and a summer phase. During the
academic phase, students are encouraged to achieve their educational potential
with the help of weekly tutoring sessions in their high school courses. Assistance is also provided for seniors in
completing college and financial‑aid applications. During the summer
phase, participants live on campus for six weeks and attend a daily schedule of
classes in the mornings and afternoons. This summer component familiarizes
students with college life, motivating students and developing and enriching
their basic skills. Recreational and
human development activities are also incorporated into the schedule.
Student Support Services is funded to serve two hundred college students at
UNCP. The program offers the following services:
* instruction in Freshman Seminar
* tutoring on a one‑to‑one or a small group basis in all majors offered at the University
* study skills assistance in developing techniques of note‑taking and test‑taking
* assistance in applying for financial aid and scholarship programs
* guidance in academic, vocational, and personal/social concerns
* opportunities to participate in cultural activities
* access to reference and resource materials, which include magazines, paperbacks, and a file on current events.
Disability Support Services
The office of Disability
Support Services, located in the
Disability Support Services
may be reached by calling (910) 521-6695 or by email at dss@uncp.edu. Office hours are Monday through Friday from
8:00am - 5:00pm. Appointments are
requested.
Any student requesting
services must register with the office, provide documentation of a disability,
and agree to follow the policies and procedures of Disability Support
Services. An opportunity to register as
a student with a disability is provided in the acceptance package from UNCP’s Admissions Office.
A student may register with Disability Support Services anytime by
making an appointment and providing necessary information to the Director. Accommodations for students with disabilities
are not retroactive.
The North Carolina Health
Careers Access Program (NC‑HCAP) at The University of North Carolina at
Pembroke, located in Jacobs Hall, Suite K, is one of three centers of the North
Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC‑HCAP). This interinstitutional
program of the
Mission: To increase the number of underrepresented minorities
or economically/educationally disadvantaged persons being trained for and
employed in the health professions.
Purpose: The purpose of NC‑HCAP is to provide recrui
The NC‑HCAP at The
University of North Carolina at Pembroke serves the Southeast region of
* provides information on over 200 different
health careers and on a broad range of health professions programs available in
* provides counseling for individuals seeking careers in the health professions for which training is available in the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and in the North Carolina technical institutes and community colleges;
* provides retention and enrichment services for students enrolled in pre‑profession health programs;
* provides professional study guides and review materials to assist students in preparing for health professions schools admissions tests (i.e., MCAT, DAT, PCAT, etc.);
* provides assistance with AMCAS applications;
* provides assistance with individual student mock interviews;
* coordinates seminars on admission procedures, entrance exams, curriculum requirements, and financial aid for health professions schools and graduate biomedical science programs;
* provides educational field trips to medical centers and health professions schools in North Carolina, and interaction with health professions schools’ faculties, administrators, and students and with practicing health professionals;
* assists students interested in health professions programs in identifying adequate financial aid resources;
* conducts Health Careers Information & Enrichment (HCIE) workshops for high school students and health careers clubs;
* sponsors a Health Careers Club at UNCP for enrolled health science majors and others interested in pursuing careers in the health professions.
Clinical Health Summer Program (CHSP)
NC-HCAP also sponsors a
seven-week educational work/learning clinical health experience held each year
during May through June. The 40‑hour-a-week
salaried positions consist of both clinical experiences in health care agencies
and academic enrichment experiences for underrepresented minorities or
economically/educationally disadvantaged health science majors interested in
health-related careers. For additional
info, please visit our webpage: www.uncp.edu/hcap
Health Careers
Purpose: The
purpose of HCOP is to increase student awareness of health careers and health
training programs in Medicine, Optometry, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine,
Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatry, Pharmacy, and Public Health.
UNCP Academic Year Activities:
* Support and counseling provided daily by Health Careers office staff.
* Resources available with information and statistics on various health professions.
* A Health Professions Leadership Series designed to address pertinent concerns and issues for health career students.
* Assistance with AMCAS and financial aid packets.
* Special workshops for the development of communication skills, test‑taking skills, science/mathematics problem‑solving workshops.
* Health Profession Examination Review Courses to assist pre‑health students with profession examinations, writing professional essays, and planning course curriculum.
* Interview techniques to enhance admission to health professions institutions.
* Monthly seminars pertaining to professional development and admissions advocacy with health profession schools.
* Field trips to recruitment fairs, health profession schools, hospitals, and clinics.
* Information on financial aid, research fellowships, summer programs, and grant opportunities for pre‑health students.
Summer Science Enrichment Program:
This six‑week summer
program, held on the campus at UNCP, is designed to expose graduating high
school seniors to a university-level pre‑health curriculum.
This program includes courses
in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, master
student/study skills, and oral/written communications.
The Summer Science Enrichment
Program was made possible through a grant from the
The Native American Resource Center is a multi-faceted
research institute and museum. The mission of the Native
American Resource Center is to educate and serve the public about the
prehistory, history, culture, art, and contemporary issues of American Indians,
with special emphasis on the Robeson County Native American community; to
conduct scholarly research; to collect and preserve the material culture of
Native America; to encourage American Indian artists and craftspersons;
and to cooperate on a wide range of projects with other agencies concerned with
American Indians.
Located on the first floor of
Old
WNCP Television Station
WNCP-TV is the University’s
cable television station. The station is operated by the students, staff, and
faculty of the Department of Mass Communication and supports the academic
program in Broadcasting by providing its students with a strong practical
working environment to gain needed production experience.
WNCP-TV also supports both the
university and the surrounding communities by broadcasting its signal
throughout the local area, and worldwide through its webcasting efforts.
The shows produced for WNCP-TV
cover a wide range of topics including news, sports, public affairs,
entertainment, and special programs such as live events around the campus.
WNCP-TV facilities include a
three-camera studio, control room, video editing suites, Media Integration Mac
Lab, and remote production van.
The Teaching and
The Teaching and
Center for Sponsored Research and Programs
The Center for Sponsored
Research and Programs facilitates the University’s sponsored research, grant,
contract, and cooperative agreement activities.
The center’s staff provides guidance and assistance to faculty and staff
in identifying funding sources, developing grant proposals, and ensuring
compliance with University and federal regulations. Additionally, the center maintains
University-wide grant records and reports institutional grant activity to the
UNC system. Grant programs include
research grants, national research service awards, research career programs,
instructional and training projects, undergraduate research opportunities,
minority programs in science and math, community outreach programs, and
economic development projects, partnerships, and cooperative agreements. The office conducts grant writing workshops
on various aspects of proposal development and grant management. Forms for developing proposals may be found
at http://www.uncp.edu/csrp.
Institutional Effectiveness
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness
collects and analyzes data regarding students, faculty and staff, facilities,
and institutional programs, services and operations. Reports generated from this data are used
internally to support institutional decision making and planning, and are also
disseminated to the
The
Professional Development: The center offers over 30 non-credit workshops
leading to a certificate in Management Development with concentrated study in
group dynamics, communications, quality, change, and strategic planning. These programs can also be tailored to meet
an organization’s specific needs, and instruction can be arranged on-site, and
courses may qualify for Continuing Education Units of credit (CEUs).
Short Courses, Institutes, and Conferences: In addition to helping students meet licensure
requirements, the University meets special needs of students through this
program and continues the tradition of providing education to all segments of
the population.
The University awards
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to participants in
qualified programs. Continuing Education Units are a part of a nationwide
recording system to provide a uniform measure of attainment in non‑credit
educational programs. One CEU at UNC Pembroke is defined as “ten contact hours
of participation in an organized continuing education experience under
responsible, capable direction, and qualified instruction.”
Small Business and
Community Services: The center supports community agencies and
the nonprofit sector through services such as grants assistance, community
organizing, and leadership development.
Healthy Start, a national infant mortality initiative, is administered
by the
The
Established
in 2006, the TFCE was enabled by a generous gift from The Thomas Family
Foundation, founded by James and Sally Thomas.
TFCE
consultants reach out and support the community by providing one-on-one
consulting and evaluation services for local entrepreneurs while assisting
students in developing entrepreneurial competencies and knowledge. The result is to extend entrepreneurship
education outside the classroom by allowing students to work with local
entrepreneurs on critical business challenges.
Experiential learning is a great asset to the entrepreneurship
students. At the same time, local
businesses benefit from the knowledge and advice provided. The TFCE web site (http://www.uncp.edu/tfce/) provides
details on the academic and entrepreneurial business consulting provided.