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Award-winning Native American author Tommy Orange to speak at UNCP
PEMBROKE — Tommy Orange, the author of the New York Times bestselling novel "There There," will speak at UNC Pembroke as part of the 2021-2022 Distinguished Speaker Series.
UNCP School of Education secures $1.1M grant to train American Indian educators
PEMBROKE — The UNC Pembroke School of Education has been awarded a five-year, $1.1 million federal grant to increase the number of highly qualified American Indian teachers committed to serving American Indian communities.
4th annual Lumbee Film Festival postponed for spring 2022
PEMBROKE — The 4th Annual Lumbee Film Festival, originally slated for later this month, is being moved to the spring of 2022. The decision comes after recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in the county and across the state.
Alumna Bianca Hernandez, grad student, finds new family at UNCP
PEMBROKE — Five years ago, while deciding which college to attend, Bianca Hernandez was determined to find an institute of higher education that best met her academic needs, and just as important, gave her a feeling of home.
UNCP to host Virtual Diversity event focusing on Native, Black histories
PEMBROKE — Drs. Malinda Maynor Lowery and Arwin Smallwood will facilitate a discussion titled “Sharing Black and Native Histories” as part of UNC Pembroke’s Virtual Diversity Series.
