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UNC-Pembroke

UNC System's historically minority-serving universities given $6 million for COVID-19 research

By Emma Geis | June 11

The UNC System's six historically minority-serving institutions are receiving $1 million each from the N.C. Policy Collaboratory to support COVID-19 related ...

'College was not even an option': UNC system promises a more affordable future

By Evelyn Gandy | October 2

N.C. Promise Plan kicks off the semester by bringing cheaper bill

By Blake Weaver | August 21

UNC system happenings for April 16, 2018

By Ana Irizarry | April 15

Location: Pembroke, N.C.

Type: four-year, public

Year founded: 1887

Total enrollment (fall 2014): 6,251

Undergraduate enrollment: 5,429

Undergraduate applicants (fall 2013): 2,811

Acceptance rate: 70.7 percent

Graduation rate (after four years, 2013): 15 percent

In-state undergraduate tuition and fees (2014-15): $5,287

Sports nickname: Braves

Website: www.uncp.edu

UNC President Margaret Spellings speaks about her review at the Spellings Commission on Sept. 26, 2017.

UNC BOG defends President Spellings' bonus

By Anna Pogarcic | April 8

The UNC-System Board of Governors voted in favor of giving President Spellings a bonus.

UNC-Pembroke Entrepreneurship Incubator graduates first business

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | October 30

The Entrepreneurship Incubator at UNC-Pembroke graduated its first business, a federal contractor called Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC, Sept. 14. ...

UNC-system happenings Aug. 26, 2016

By CJ Farris | August 25

Zoe Woodell Locklear, UNC-Pembroke provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, has announced her retirement, effective June 30, 2017.

Universities aid the new majority

By Haley McDougal | November 20

When Thomas Lindsay first heard then Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s call for college degrees costing a total of $10,000, he had his doubts.

UNC-system happenings for Oct. 26

By Marisa Bakker and Anica Midthun | October 26

Sixteen students from UNC-Pembroke lent a helping hand to three families in South Carolina who were affected by the early October flooding.

UNC-system happenings for Sept. 11, 2015

By Yoon Ju Chung and Anica Midthun | September 11

Laverne Cox to speak at NCCU Laverne Cox, an Emmy-nominated transgender actress and the first trans woman of color to play a leading role on mainstream ...

Gay marriage discouraged within American Indian tribes

By Hayley Fowler | August 18

Celebrations from this summer’s landmark decision on same-sex marriage haven’t quite reached all corners of the 50 states — specifically American ...

UNC-system happenings for August 18

By Benji Schwartz | August 17

400 middle schoolers to explore STEM fields at N.C. A&T Middle school minority boys will be working with local innovators at N.C.

UNC-system happenings for Jan. 21, 2015

By Eric Surber | January 21

Part of an update on UNC-system schools.

UNC-system happenings for Sept. 15, 2014

By Sarah Brown and Hayley Fowler | September 15

A regular update on UNC-system schools.

UNC-system happenings for September 2, 2014

By Tat'yana Berdan | September 2

A recent report analyzing poverty in the U.S. put four North Carolina cities among the top 15 urban areas with the fastest growing number of poverty-stricken ...

UNC-system happenings for August 19, 2014

By Hayley Fowler | August 19

Around 400 people attended a peaceful protest Monday at N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University over the Aug. 9 shooting death of 18-year-old ...

Schools near Fort Bragg see big GI Bill numbers

By Benji Schwartz | March 5

Fayetteville State University and UNC-Pembroke, both located close to the state’s largest military base, Fort Bragg, have the highest number of students ...

UNC system not alone in reviewing out-of-state enrollment

By Sarah Brown | June 19

The UNC Board of Governors might slacken a long-standing rein on admitting out-of-state students to UNC-system campuses next year, joining a nationwide ...

Standardized test could ?become required

By Lucinda Shen | April 7

UNC-system students might have to add one more test to their planners if a pilot program administered next year is successful.

NC A&T exceeds out-of-state student cap

By Amy Tsai | January 24

A UNC-system proposal to raise the out-of-state enrollment cap has found an unexpected proponent — one of the system’s smaller schools. At their January ...