In 2016, UNC Pembroke and N.C. State University established a joint engineering degree program allowing students to spend three years at UNCP and two years at N.C. State and graduate with bachelor’s degrees from both institutions. Dana Lamberton was among the first cohort of students at UNCP to take advantage of the 3-plus-2 program. This …
A team of physics students at UNC Pembroke won first place for best oral presentation at the 10th annual First Nations Launch National Rocket Competition in Wisconsin.
As of July 2019, the new System-wide Advanced Placement (AP) credit policy has come into effect. With this new policy now firmly in place, a score of “three” or higher has become the across-the-board standard for credit throughout the UNC System, except in cases when a course has been granted an exception by an institution’s board of trustees.
Meet NC State students and alumni who have used their passion for sports and penchant for data crunching to become MVPs in sports analytics.
Tykira Beasley got a taste of success when she participated in the Thurgood Marshal College Fund (TMCF) Pitch 2019 innovation and entrepreneurial competition. The Elizabeth City State University student who is a double major in graphic design and computer programming, was a member of the first place team, developing an app to aid teachers in the classroom.
UNC Charlotte’s Levine Scholars Program has selected the 20 young leaders from across the United States who will be the members of the 10th class of this prestigious, academically competitive scholarship program.
Fairley Lloyd ’20 not only followed in her brother’s footsteps in becoming a Seahawk, she also received the same scholarship from the Black Faculty and Staff Association as her sibling.
The poorest among us is quietly working through the system, day-to-day, to survive. That is in brief the message a “Poverty Simulation” exercise is attempting to convey to students.
Almost as ubiquitous as hiking boots is a hiking stick, an age-old means to steady a climb, keep one’s balance, push aside brush and ease a descent. Now, add one more function: phone charger, thanks to the ingenuity of Western Carolina University engineering student Kyle Monaghan.
Three University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students are being recognized by the National Security Education Program with Boren Awards, which support fields of study identified as critical to the national security of the United States, particularly language study.