<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/unc-pembroke-celebrates-careers-28-staff-faculty-retirees.html" dsn="blogs"><title>UNC Pembroke celebrates careers of 28 staff, faculty retirees</title><pubDate>06/07/2024 12:00:00 AM</pubDate><author/><intro>As the longest-serving female faculty member in the Chemistry and Physics Department at UNC Pembroke, Felicia Scott was affectionately known to her students as ‘Mama.’</intro><image><img src="/_images/blogs/retirement-dinner-2024.jpg" alt="(left to right) Taylor Fields, Everette Strickland, Mary Parker, Mickey Hunt, Dr. Gary Mauk, John Haskins, Felicia Scott and Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings"/></image><cap>(left to right) Taylor Fields, Everette Strickland, Mary Parker, Mickey Hunt, Dr. Gary Mauk, John Haskins, Felicia Scott and Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings.</cap><tags><tag>Event</tag><tag>Faculty and Staff</tag></tags></item>