• Train crash simulation set for March

As safety remains a major concern for University officials, a train derailment exercise will be held on March 11, beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m.

• Campus QEP plan to improve student writing capabilities

The University is finalizing its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), a University-wide program to improve student learning in a particular area as part of the University’s reaccreditation process.

• Tuition and fees increase next fall

Tuition and fees for each of the campuses in the University of North Carolina system will increase next fall, but by how much is still up to the state legislators.

• Jenna Walters is Miss UNCP 2010

Senior Mass Communications major Jenna Walters was crowned on Feb. 4 at the 58th annual Miss UNCP Scholarship Pageant held in GPAC. More than 1,000 people watched the competition.

• Band performs tribute to America

When the Band of the Irish Guards and the Sutherland Highlanders 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland performed in GPAC on Jan. 19, patrons were treated to a rare sight as members of these legendary bands performed traditional European music dressed in full regalia.

• Campus mourns loss of international student, retired professor

The UNCP community is mourning the deaths of an international student and a retired history professor.

• New door alarms in dorms offer safety, piercing noise

Students living in residence halls were welcomed back with new alarms on the emergency exit doors when returning from winter break, an installation that has caused controversy with some students living in the residence halls.

• Students come together for Haiti relief

The devastation in Haiti is not as far away as some people may think. The earthquake that devastated the country has hit close to home with some of the students at UNCP, who are now working on ways to provide relief for Haiti.

• Holiday Inn opens doors for business

Pembroke’s new Holiday Inn Express, located at 605 Redmond Road, opened Jan. 20. after a year long building process.