UNCP’s Jonathan Ricks Earns National Honor for Impact on Future Counselors
Dr. Jonathan Ricks believes the most effective counselors see people not as problems to solve, but as individuals with strengths, experiences and the capacity to grow.
UNCP Occupational Therapy Program Earns Full Seven-Year Accreditation
Less than two years after welcoming its first cohort of students, UNC Pembroke’s Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program has earned full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE), marking a major milestone for the university’s expanding healthcare education efforts.
Graduate Commencement Celebrates Purpose and Perseverance
The 517 graduates who crossed the stage Friday night at UNC Pembroke did not arrive there by chance. They came from hospital floors, classrooms, military service, leadership offices and communities where earning a graduate degree means more than adding another line to a resume. For many, the walk across the stage was a promise kept.
UNCP’s Irene Pittman Aiken Named to Conference of Southern Graduate Schools Executive Board
Irene Pittman Aiken, PhD, dean of The William Howard Dean Graduate School at UNC Pembroke, has been elected to the Executive Board of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
UNCP’s Dr. Irene Pittman Aiken Inducted into Prestigious Kappa Delta Pi Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter
Dr. Irene Pittman Aiken, dean of the Howard Dean Graduate School at UNC Pembroke, has been selected for induction into the Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi — one of the organization’s highest and most selective honors.
UNCP Awards First Doctoral Degrees, Marking a New Chapter in University History
As the lights rise inside Givens Performing Arts Center tonight, eight nurse leaders will step onto the stage and into the history books. Their doctoral hoods, symbols of perseverance, scholarship and service, mark a moment 138 years in the making for the University of North Carolina Pembroke.
Graduate student, fourth-grade teacher Shane Henderson receives Milken Educator Award
Shane Henderson, a fourth-grade teacher at Pittsboro Elementary School and a graduate student in UNC Pembroke’s Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction program, has been named a Milken Educator Award recipient.
UNC Pembroke announces 2025-26 OPTIMISE Rural NC trainee cohort
Fifteen graduate students at UNC Pembroke have been selected for the 2025-26 OPTIMISE Rural NC cohort, a yearlong training experience that prepares future behavioral health professionals to serve in rural communities across southeastern North Carolina.
UNC Pembroke Honors Dr. William Howard Dean with Graduate School Naming
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke held a naming ceremony on Wednesday honoring Dr. William Howard Dean, the university’s first director of graduate studies, for whom The Graduate School now proudly bears its name.