Four new members of the Board of Trustees were officially sworn-in during the September 20 trustee meeting. The new appointees are Jesse Thomas, vice president of Medicaid and CEO of Healthy Blue for Blue Cross NC; Ed Brooks, managing attorney with the Law Office of Edward Brooks, and UNCP alumna Dr. Bobbi Locklear Stanley, owner of Stanley Dentistry in Cary.

Thomas Crowe-Allbritton, Student Government Association president, also holds a seat on the board, representing the student body. Each trustee has been appointed to serve a four-year term. 

District Court Judge and UNCP alumna Angelica Chavis McIntyre administered the oath of office.