First-year UNC Pembroke physics student Sharon Daminabo is spending her summer teaching high school students the science behind rocket propulsion and design––proving it’s never too early to apply classroom learning to real-world experiences.
Being prepared for classes has never been so easy! This fall, UNCP students will save money and have faster, easier access to their textbooks and course materials through the recently launched program UNCP IncludED.
More than 40 future teachers in the School of Education at UNC Pembroke got to network and learn from experienced educators who led professional development workshops and roundtable discussions addressing challenges and issues facing education today.
Matthew Miles didn’t know what to expect like most first-time parents. His wife, Tiara, didn’t experience significant issues during her pregnancy. But that quickly changed during an unexpected cesarean delivery.
The nursing program at UNC Pembroke can be challenging for the average college student––but Keely Jones isn’t your average student. Jones aced the program, graduating with honors last May and doing so as an Army ROTC cadet––which is no cakewalk.
UNC Pembroke undergraduates Ahelayus Oxouzidis and Unmai Arokiasamy have been interviewing Lumbee elders this summer as part of a community-driven oral history project they will develop this academic year.
UNC Pembroke students Darryll Malachi and Priscilla Hunt are participating in paid summer internships with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as part of the department’s Minority Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges Internship program.
Hannah Evington has been interested in science since childhood, but a trip to the eye doctor when she was 10 indeed opened her eyes to the world of optometry––solidifying her future career path.
Dr. Joanna Hersey, professor of music and associate dean of Student Success and Curriculum for the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC Pembroke, was honored at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference held May 29-June 3 at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
Strike at the Wind! ––which tells the story of Henry Berry Lowrie––returns for two shows this summer on the Givens Performing Arts Center (GPAC) stage on the campus of UNC Pembroke.
As a student service leader in UNC Pembroke’s Office for Community and Civic Engagement (CCE), Taley Hunt ’18, (MBA)’20 was profoundly impacted by the opportunity to give back to others.
James Bell was all smiles as he watched the rocket he spent days building ignite and launch into the sky above the ROTC training field on the campus of UNC Pembroke.
“This was awesome!” said Bell, pointing upward to the trail of white smoke.
Taliyah Daniels, a 2023 graduate and former SGA president at UNC Pembroke, has been selected as a Presidential Scholar for the UNC System for the 2023-2024 academic year.
A daughter of Mexican immigrants, Magally Ortiz-Rojas has witnessed firsthand the hardships and struggles of family and others in the Hispanic community in their pursuit of U.S. citizenship.
Ed Hunt, the sustainable agriculture coordinator with the Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub at UNC Pembroke, recently completed Leadership North Carolina (LNC)––the state’s premier leadership engagement program.
UNC Pembroke’s rocket team took home hard-earned hardware at NASA’s 14th annual First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
