UNC Pembroke News

Evert Garcia-Guzman
May 24

Alumnus Evert Garcia-Guzman accepted into Physics Ph.D. program at UNC-Chapel Hill

Chemistry has always been Evert Garcia-Guzman’s strength academically. However, when he enrolled at UNC Pembroke four years ago, Guzman decided to push the boundaries and challenge himself by studying physics–a subject guaranteed to offer the academic rigor he needed. “I had never taken a physics course, and I wanted to learn more,” he said.

STEM video
May 07

COMPASS2 Program to participate in 2021 STEM for All video showcase

The 2021 STEM for All Video Showcase will feature UNC Pembroke’s COMPASS2 scholarship program. The event will be held online May 11-18 at https://stemforall2021.videohall.com/.

Staal
April 29

Dr. Laura Staal wins Board of Governors 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching

Hannah Middleton reached a crossroads during her sophomore year at UNCP. She began questioning whether a career in teaching was in her future. “I began having doubts about whether teaching was for me. I was actually about to talk to my advisor about getting out of the teaching program altogether,” she said. After taking Dr. Laura Staal’s Foundations of Reading course, Middleton rediscovered her passion. Rejuvenated, she went on to earn her degree and is weeks away from completing her first year as a special education teacher in Robeson County.

Lead author Michael Almeida (left) and Dr. Ben Bahr of the William C. Friday Laboratory & Alzheimer's Disease Research Laboratory
March 08

Bahr Lab’s Paper on Traumatic Brain Injury Makes Headline News

Ben Bahr’s lab has made dramatic and award-winning progress in understanding and addressing the underlying causes and risk factors with regard to Alzheimer’s disease.  In collaboration with researchers at the U.S.

Croatan Indian Normal School
March 07

UNCP Celebrates Founder's Day 2021

On March 7 we honor the commitment of seven visionary American Indian men who believed in the power, the promise and the potential to education has to shape the future. Their influence is thriving today at UNC Pembroke. To those seven and the generations who have made this university what it is today, we thank you.

March 02

Two graduate counseling programs earn re-accreditation

UNC Pembroke has been granted extension of accreditation of two of its graduate counseling programs. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Professional School Counseling programs received accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Both programs received an eight-year extension through March 2029. Both programs offer a hybrid approach to course delivery which combines face-to-face classroom instruction with online activities.

January 27

College of Business and Economics ranked among Best 1-Year Online MBAs

College of Business and Economics at UNC Pembroke began offering an accelerated version of its online MBA program in 2017, allowing students to complete the program in one year.