UNCP Honors Its Roots, Celebrates Resilience During Indigenous Peoples’ Day Event
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, the only four-year university founded by American Indians for American Indians, celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday with a day filled with music, art and cultural traditions honoring Native heritage and resilience.
UNCP Curator Honored with National Award for Advancing American Art
UNC Pembroke’s Museum of the Southeast American Indian director and curator Nancy Strickland Chavis has been awarded the 2025 William Collins Smith Auburn Award for Advancing American Art by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.
Native American Astronaut John Herrington to Speak at UNC Pembroke
The Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC Pembroke will host Commander John B. Herrington, a trailblazing astronaut and member of the Chickasaw Nation, for a special public presentation.
UNCP Secures $1.3 Million for Historic Old Main Façade Restoration
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has been awarded $750,000 through a History of Equal Rights grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, to restore the iconic façade of Old Main, the most recognizable building on campus and a treasured landmark in the Lumbee community.
