UNCP’s Lindsay Branch motivated by tragedy to become physician
Lindsay Branch and Sophie El-Mahdy shared a passion for medicine at a young age. After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, El-Mahdy knew she wanted to become a doctor. Tragically, she never got that chance. She died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism. She was 16. Since that day, Branch has remained focused on her path. She graduated at the top of her high school class, and when fall classes at UNC Pembroke begin this month, Branch will enter her third year as a pre-med student.
UNCP launches joint enrollment collaboration with Fayetteville Academy
UNC Pembroke faculty will soon be teaching college-credit courses at Fayetteville Academy thanks to a joint enrollment partnership launched this week. The initiative will offer academy students access to select college courses and expand the pipeline to postsecondary education. On Tuesday, leaders from both institutions signed an agreement establishing the UNCP and Fayetteville Academy Joint Enrollment Partnership. Beginning this fall, eligible students can enroll in a college course to be taught at Fayetteville Academy, regarded among the top college prep schools in the state.
Senior Alexis Jones featured in Golden LEAF scholar spotlight
Alexis Jones is currently a senior at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She is studying biology with an interest in being a physician assistant.
Healthy Start Robeson at UNC Pembroke celebrates 25 years
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. “Some parts of the delivery were terrifying,” Miles said. “It was really scary at times.”
UNCP Army ROTC graduate pursues military nursing career
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. Additionally, the newly commissioned second lieutenant completed both programs while taking advanced courses, conducting undergraduate research and service-learning courses as a member of the Maynor Honors College.
REACH Fellows at UNC Pembroke outline research proposals
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.
REACH Fellows at UNC Pembroke outline research proposals
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. Oxouzidis and Arokiasamy will be compiling and archiving an oral history of the Lumbee Tribe as part of a comprehensive research project. The pair are among 18 REACH fellows paired with faculty mentors to shape their individual research projects.
UNCP pair selected for NCDHHS summer internship
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. Malachi and Hunt will be working on projects with the NCDHHS in the Division of Public Health. The internship will last 10 weeks and will include work in their assigned project area, weekly seminars, presentation practice and an immersion event at the end of the internship experience.
UNCP Board of Visitors welcomes three members
UNC Pembroke has appointed three new members to its Board of Visitors––Dr. Hannah Woriax, Robert Nunnery and Calstain Ganda. Dr. Woriax is an assistant professor and fellowship-trained Duke Health breast surgeon who practices at the Duke Cancer Network-affiliated Scotland Cancer Treatment Center (Scotland Health) and Gibson Cancer Center (UNC Southeastern). She completed her undergraduate studies in molecular biology at UNCP, where she was selected as a RISE fellow and graduate of the Honors College.
UNCP’s Hannah Evington eyes career in optometry
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. She’ll never forget Dr. Katherine White’s warm disposition and how comfortable she made her feel while being fitted for glasses. Evington’s passion for optometry was cultivated through job shadowing opportunities with White and other optometrists like UNCP alumnus Dr. Jared Lowery.