ROWLAND - UNC Pembroke junior Lindsey Oxendine has organized a "Reading and Literacy Kickoff" event at Harvest Church on Oct. 12. Oxendine said she was inspired to by a conversation with the ...

The UNCP board of trustees approved a report Thursday that explains the logo, which depicts an Indian with a hawk on his shoulder, and the Braves nickname. The school's students, who are more than ...

UNC-Pembroke's nickname is the "Braves." Its logo is an American Indian with a redtail hawk. "We were founded as a Native American school in 1887," said Angela Weston, of the UNC-Pembroke ...