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
University of North Carolina at Pembroke for the first time as a beginning
freshman, a transfer student, or a student who is returning to the University
after an absence of one semester or more must meet all requirements for
admission.
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.
Distance
Education
With funding from the
North Carolina Legislature, The University of North Carolina implemented
distance education in 1999 as a method of providing statewide educational
access through alternative program delivery methods to place-bound,
non-traditional students. Consistent with The University of North Carolina at
Pembroke’s credo to encourage and promote “the pursuit of education as a
lifelong experience so that its graduates will be equipped to meet the
challenges of the twenty-first century,” the Office of Distance Education
functions primarily as a portal that provides the administrative support
framework for various academic departments participating in exporting their
courses and degree programs across the state and beyond. Programs
designed for distance education delivery are offered through face-to-face,
interactive video, online, and hybrid formats.
Distance Education at UNC Pembroke is a dynamic program that seeks to
meet the workforce needs of North Carolinians.
Off-Campus Sites: Through
the Office of Distance Education, UNC Pembroke provides opportunities for
place-bound, non-traditional students to participate in several degree programs
(undergraduate and graduate) at a variety of off-campus sites across the
Southeast region of North Carolina, including Sandhills Community College in
Pinehurst, Richmond Community College in Hamlet, Fayetteville Technical
Community College in Fayetteville, Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington,
and Fort Bragg Military Installation in Fayetteville. At these remote
locations, students can take courses and complete their degree programs without
having to come to the main campus.
Online Programs: The
Office of Distance Education coordinates and supports the development,
authorization, and implementation of online degree programs. Internet-based
programs include the B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in
Management and the B.A. in Criminal Justice. At the graduate level, the Master
of Public Administration (MPA) is available in an online format. Several
stand-alone courses in the School of Education, the School of Business, and the
College of Arts and Sciences are also delivered fully or partially online to
fulfill varying student needs. Specific
information about online courses and programs may be obtained by contacting the
Office of Distance Education or the appropriate academic department. The Office
of Distance Education collaborates with the Southern Regional Education Board
(SREB) Electronic Campus by posting UNC Pembroke’s online courses and programs
on the Electronic Campus dashboard each semester for participation by
e-learners from SREB states.
Quality Assurance in Distance Education Courses: The academic integrity
of UNC Pembroke’s distance education
programs is assured, in part, by insisting that regular faculty teach a
significant number of the courses. Further, the full-time faculty who teach
distance education courses are supplemented by a cadre of well-qualified and
properly credentialed adjunct faculty. With the launch of UNC Online in 2008,
the Online Quality Council was formed with the mandate of making ongoing
recommendations for quality assurance in online programs at all 17 constituent
campuses of The University of North Carolina. UNC Pembroke is represented on
the council. The Office of Distance Education works with the Teaching and
Learning Center, DoIT, and the Library to provide the requisite training for
faculty who teach online or in the interactive video classroom. Additionally, one-on-one support is also
provided for instructors who develop courses for online delivery.
Support Services: Working
in conjunction with various student support services, the Office of Distance
Education assures that online and off-campus students are seamlessly linked to
critical learning resources and services.
A full-time distance education staff is available at each of the major
Distance Education sites to respond to student inquiries, assist with
registration for classes, schedule instructional space, proctor exams for
off-campus and online classes, and arrange instructional resources for faculty. Additionally, the Office of Distance
Education provides orientation for new online students as well as maintaining
equipment at off-site interactive video classrooms.
Library Services: The
Mary Livermore Library employs a full-time Distance Education Librarian who
provides students with individualized reference and instructional services and
expedites document delivery services where research materials (books, reports,
articles, etc.) are sent directly to the students. Some materials are digitized
and mailed to students. The Mary Livermore Library houses over 392,000 cataloged volumes and 41,000 subscriptions to print and electronic serials and provides access to
more than 212 electronic databases.
Lateral Entry Teacher Certification Support: UNC Pembroke’s School of Education supports lateral entry
teacher education candidates who take courses online to complete state
licensure requirements. As mandated by
the UNC Tomorrow Commission in 2007, “UNC should increase access to its
educational programs—including academic courses, degree programs at all levels,
and certificate programs—for traditional students, non-traditional students,
and lifelong learners” (UNC Tomorrow Recommendation 4.2.1). The Lateral Entry
Teacher Education Certification program is certainly one of the creative ways
in which UNC Pembroke is contributing to workforce development.
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 392,000
volumes and 41,000 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 Educational Center, the Department of
Education maintains a Curriculum Laboratory and a Test Review Resource Center.
Moore Hall houses a Music Library featuring recordings, scores, and listening
facilities.
Division of
Information Technology (DoIT)
The Division of
Information Technology maintains the cyber-infrastructure necessary for the
University to fulfill its mission of teaching, research, and service. By providing and managing campus
networks—both wired and wireless—as well as Internet connectivity, telephone
services, and technology infrastructure, DoIT provides the resources that
UNCP’s faculty, staff, and students rely on to do their work. Applications, servers, electronic file
storage, teaching technologies, extensive wired and wireless networking, and
Internet access are available throughout campus for the benefit of the
University community.
High speed connectivity to
the Internet and access to broadband research networks is possible through
DoIT’s agreement with the North Carolina Research and Education Network. This network access is provided in all
academic buildings, and most residence halls have wireless access
capability. In addition to information
technology and computer services, DoIT manages the campus telephone services by
using digital network telephony technologies (VoIP) with multiple connections
to telephone service providers.
DoIT has designed and
manages the campus’s administrative computing infrastructure with dual data
centers to ensure reliability of services.
With this set-up, even if one data center fails, UNCP faculty, staff,
and students continue to have access to vital applications. Advanced and energy-efficient technologies,
including virtual server technologies, are used extensively; in addition, DoIT
maintains a state-of-the-art Metrocluster Storage Area Network (one of few in
North Carolina) that provides high speed, secure, and reliable digital storage
to the University community.
A large part of DoIT’s own
mission is its commitment to clients.
The Client Services area of DoIT provides user support for anyone on
campus struggling with campus technologies by answering questions about both
hardware and software. In addition to
this targeted support, Client Services provides traditional and computer-based
technology training resources, as well as individual tutoring sessions. Training topics include various software
packages and, most importantly, computer security and appropriate use of
digital resources. DoIT’s Helpdesk is
available for extended hours Monday through Thursday and limited hours Friday
through Sunday by contacting the DoIT Helpdesk in person or calling (910)
521-6260 or e-mailing helpdesk@uncp.edu.
Academic
Computing Resources
UNC Pembroke recognizes
the importance of and promotes computer literacy among students, faculty, and
staff. Although no specific computer
courses are required, UNCP students have many opportunities to gain computer
proficiency. Freshman Seminar classes
include sections on computing, and in freshman composition classes, students
use word processing software for writing papers. All teacher education programs
require that future teachers have basic computer skills, and students majoring
in business administration are required to take BUS 1090, Business Uses of the
Computer. Additionally, many departments
expect students to use computer software in some courses. To improve computer literacy and proficiency
among the entire University community, DoIT offers free training to students,
faculty, and staff throughout the year. Helpful information concerning
appropriate use of digital resources including copyright issues related to
peer-to-peer file sharing is available on the DoIT Website at
http://www.uncp.edu/doit.
Students’ proficiency with
technology requires easy access to computer resources. Each classroom building
houses one or more computer facilities that are available during normal
business hours. In addition, the Chavis
University Center computer lab is available for extended hours; the Mary
Livermore Library computer cluster is open daily as well as during the evening
hours and on weekends, and computer labs in Cypress, Pine, and Oak Residence
Halls are available to their residents at any time; other UNCP students may use
those labs during the hours that personnel are staffing the facility.
DoIT promotes computer
proficiency at UNCP by providing the entire University community with a choice
of hardware, operating systems, and applications in classrooms, computer labs,
offices, and living quarters. PCs can be found across campus; labs with
Macintosh computers are located in Mary Livermore Library, Moore Hall, and
Locklear Hall. Workstations (both PCs and Macs) in computer labs run either
Windows or Macintosh operating systems and provide a variety of software
including the Microsoft Office suite of applications, discipline-specific
software, and a choice of Internet browsers.
Specialized labs throughout campus support various disciplines including
computer science, digital media creation, and geographic information systems.
Furthermore, students, faculty, and staff can access discipline-specific
software from any network connection by using a Web browser. The Virtual Computer Lab (VCL) provides
access to software such as Web publishing, statistical packages, Mathematica,
and other software packages specific to the sciences and other disciplines.
Most classrooms have network connections, computer teaching stations, digital
projectors, and various other teaching technologies. Blackboard, UNCP’s course management system,
provides fully online, hybrid, and traditional classroom courses. DoIT ensures computer proficiency and access
to all students, staff, and faculty, including those who are challenged. Students with disabilities have Assistive
Technology available to them, once the office of Disability Support Services
has determined their eligibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Amendment Act of 2009.
Once a person becomes part
of the UNCP community—whether as an employee or a student— DoIT’s support
begins. All permanent faculty members
have their choice of a Windows or Macintosh computer—either desktop or
laptop—with access to the campus network.
Faculty are provided an email account and can access Web hosting,
network file storage, and course Web sites via Blackboard. Further, faculty and
staff are free to attend computer training and to use DoIT’s Helpdesk as
needed. Student accounts are created
upon admission, and, once established, they can access e-mail, class registration,
course schedules, grades, and more through BraveWeb, the campus services
Website at http://braveweb.uncp.edu.
Student email is provided though the Microsoft-hosted BraveMail system,
and students have access to Sky Drive file storage and network file storage.
Students can access the campus network from any computer lab or their residence
hall room.
DoIT is committed to
supporting UNCP’s mission of teaching, research, and service by providing a
current, reliable, secure, and easily accessible computer infrastructure and
resources. As UNCP grows in size, student population, and reach, DoIT intends
to keep pace by increasing the resources necessary to ensure UNCP’s continued
success.
Division of
Information Technology Media Services
DoIT’s Media Services aids
teaching, learning, and research for the campus by providing digital and media
technology tools and services. Projects for classroom learning, research,
seminars, marketing, and outreach are some of the applications routinely
supported. Media Services maintains a
pool of audio, video, and presentation equipment in the Mary Livermore Library
for instructional and institutional use. Equipment is checked out to faculty
and students on a first-come/first-served basis, with classroom use as a
driving priority.
All general-purpose
classrooms at UNCP are equipped with a computer-equipped teaching station
featuring a standard wall-mounted remote control for the LCD projector and
audio. Many classrooms have DVD/VCR
combination players, and some rooms are also equipped with video presenters,
presentation whiteboards, and other technologies. In addition, the Center
provides media equipment set-up and operation services for special events on
campus. For more information concerning
Media Services, contact the DoIT Helpdesk at the 521-6260, or email helpdesk@uncp.edu.
Equipment requests may be submitted on-line using the request form available at
http://www.uncp.edu/doit/media_services.
University
Writing Center
The University Writing
Center, located in the D.F. Lowry Building, assists UNCP students at any stage
in the writing process, from conception and organization to revision and
publication. The Writing Center staff works with students on any writing task,
helping students focus, select, organize, and develop ideas in early drafts of
writing and helping them review, improve, and strengthen later drafts before
submission. Writing Center users have access to networked computers and
printers and an extensive collection of writing reference materials. The
Writing Center also provides assistance in computer-assisted writing and
research, in cooperation with faculty and other campus support areas.
The University Writing
Center staff includes a full-time director and a group of upperclassmen and
graduate students from across the disciplines, chosen by the director, who have
extensive training in the writing process, tutoring, and their Writing Center
responsibilities. The director of the Writing Center communicates frequently
with faculty to determine both the general needs of classes and the particular
needs of individual students who use the center’s services.
The University Writing
Center opened at UNCP in May 1994 as a Title III-funded student support program
and was granted permanent institutional support by the Office of Academic
Affairs and the Department of English and Theatre in August 1998.
Center for
Academic Excellence
The Center for Academic
Excellence, located in the D.F. Lowry Building, 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
Counsel, 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 Center for 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,
whether in the classroom or off-campus in social, cultural, and 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 United
States. A significant amount of content
and opportunity is leveraged through current and cultural events and by means
of local and regional excursions.
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 H.
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 D.F. Lowry Building, provides services to
students who are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
The mission of Disability Support Services is to create an accessible
community where people are judged on their ability, not their disability. Disability Support Services strives to
provide individuals with the tools by which they can better accomplish their
educational goals.
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. Special arrangements may be made to meet after hours for those who
need it.
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, through access statements on syllabi, or by walking in or
calling DSS to request an intake packet.
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.
North
Carolina Health Careers Access Program at UNCP (NC-HCAP)
The North Carolina Health
Careers Access Program (NC‑HCAP) at The University of North Carolina at
Pembroke, located in Jacobs Hall, Suite F, is one of three centers of the North
Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC‑HCAP). This interinstitutional program of the
University of North Carolina was established in 1971 to address the serious
shortage of health professionals in North Carolina, especially among
underrepresented minorities and disadvantaged population groups. Interested
students should contact the HCAP office at (910) 521‑6673 or (910) 521‑6493
or visit our webpage: www.uncp.edu/hcap.
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 recruitment,
counseling, and enrichment services and activities for ALL UNCP students who
are interested in pursuing medicine, optometry, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, and allied health
fields of study.
The NC‑HCAP at The
University of North Carolina at Pembroke serves the Southeast region of North
Carolina and offers the following services and activities:
* provides
information on over 200 different health careers and on a broad range of health
professions programs available in North Carolina and elsewhere;
* 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 system 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
program information, please visit our webpage: www.uncp.edu/hcap/chsp/
Native
American Resource Center
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 Main, the Center offers a rich collection of authentic American Indian
artifacts, handicrafts, art, books, and audio and video recordings about Native
Americans. An exciting variety of exhibits is on display, including prehistoric
tools and weapons, 19th century Lumbee household and farm equipment, and
contemporary Indian art. Indian cultures from various parts of the Americas are
represented by characteristic artifacts.
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 providing programming to
regional broadcast and cable outlets and the web.
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, Macintosh lab, and
remote production van.
The Teaching
and Learning Center
The Teaching and Learning
Center, located in the Health Sciences Building, promotes teaching excellence
by generating the ideas, activities, and enthusiasm that foster quality
teaching and learning. The TLC seeks to foster an environment
where teaching is rewarded and recognized as an opportunity and a
privilege. It provides faculty with
opportunities to attend weekly presentations and workshops on teaching, the
annual Summer Institute on Online and Hybrid Course Development, and the annual
Faculty Development Day. Faculty can
also participate in teaching circles; have access to learning resources; and
apply for grants for research and professional development, teaching enhancement,
and travel to professional conferences.
The Teaching and Learning Center provides instructional design services to
assist faculty with the incorporation of technology into teaching, assists
faculty with the preparation of promotion and tenure materials, and facilitates
the preparation of departmental plans for the assessment of student learning
outcomes. The TLC also provides mentors for new faculty and participates in the
annual New Faculty Orientation Program.
Office of
Sponsored Research and Programs
The Office of Sponsored
Research and Programs (OSRP) serves as the clearinghouse for externally
sponsored grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements engaged in by faculty,
staff, and administrators. The staff provides guidance and support in
identifying funding sources, developing grant proposals, and ensuring
compliance with University and federal regulations. The Office maintains University-wide grant
records and reports all proposals and awards through the UNC system electronic
research administration database. Common
types of funded activities include research grants, programmatic grants, training
grants, research career programs, undergraduate research, minority programs in
science and math, community outreach programs, and economic development
projects and partnerships. The Office
sponsors grant writing workshops on various aspects of proposal development and
grant management. More information may be found at http://www.uncp.edu/osrp.
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 University of North Carolina’s Office of the
President and other external agencies.
Selected information is compiled annually in the Fact Book, which is available at the Institutional Effectiveness
website (http://uncp.edu/ie). In
addition, the Office directs student assessment efforts and is a resource for
survey and questionnaire research concerning the university.
Regional
Center
The Regional Center is located off campus at the Carolina
Commerce and Technology Center (COMTech) on Livermore Drive. Established in 2000, the mission of the
Regional Center fosters regional collaboration, enhances business development,
and empowers communities for quality of life betterment in southeastern North
Carolina. The Regional Center addresses
the diverse needs of the region through initiatives to increase resources, establish
networks, and provide training. The Regional Center provides outreach services
to the citizens, businesses, governments and nonprofit organizations throughout
the region. These outreach services are executed in cooperation with
organizations to provide management development programs, health care
initiatives, customized training, consulting, planning and technical
assistance, conference designing and implementation, and economic and social
research.
Professional Development:
The center offers non-credit workshops leading to
certificates in areas such as management and leadership development with
concentrated study in group dynamics, communications, quality, change, and
strategic planning. These programs are
offered to the public but can also be tailored to meet an organization’s
specific needs. With instruction arranged on-site and online, 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 and continues the tradition of
providing education to all segments of the population for
personal and professional enrichment. 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.”
Youth
Programs: The
Regional Center provides numerous opportunities for youth involvement that
include summer programs such as Kids College, Teen College, EntreU, and, based on funding, a Summer
Transportation Institute and Summer Science Symposiums.
Small Business and Technology Development Center: Operated as an
inter-institutional program of The University of North Carolina, SBTDC provides
information and individualized counseling services to citizens who are starting
a business or existing businesses interested in expansion.
Community Services: The center supports community agencies and
the nonprofit sector through services such as community organizing and
leadership development. Healthy Start, a
national infant mortality initiative, is administered by the Regional Center
under Community Health Alliance, as is the YouthStart Program, which provides
comprehensive services for in-school youth ages 14-18.
Thomas Family Center for Entrepreneurship
The Thomas Family Center for Entrepreneurship (TFCE) is located in the Dogwood Building. The TFCE management recognizes the
correlation between economic development and entrepreneurship and therefore is
committed to entrepreneurship education and to entrepreneurial
development. Its ambition is to
stimulate entrepreneurial thinking amongst the UNCP student body as well as
assist and support entrepreneurs and new ventures in the Southeastern North
Carolina region. As a consequence, the mission of the TFCE is focused on
education, research, planning, and community engagement.
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.