University of North Carolina at Pembroke
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1887 |
| Chancellor | Robin G. Cummings |
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326 full-time |
| Students | 6,222 (Fall 2013) |
| Undergraduates | 5,429 |
| Postgraduates | 793 |
| Location | Pembroke, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Rural 153 acres (0.6 km2) |
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NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference 16 varsity sports |
| Colors | Black & Gold |
| Nickname | Braves |
| Mascot | Red-Tailed Hawk |
| Website | www |
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| Location | W of jct. of NC 711 and SR 1340, Pembroke, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°41′6″N 79°12′7″W / 34.68500°N 79.20194°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1921 |
| NRHP Reference # | 76001335 |
| Added to NRHP | May 13, 1976 |
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), also known as UNC Pembroke, is a public, co-educational, historically American Indian liberal arts university in the town of Pembroke in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. UNC Pembroke is a master's level degree-granting university and one of 17 schools that constitute the University of North Carolina system.
The educational institution that developed into the early 21st century UNC Pembroke has its origins in the circumstances of the post Civil War South. This school was a part of the effort of the Lumbee Nation in North Carolina to preserve their unique identity. Access and authority over their own educational system was understood to be of key importance to retaining Lumbee culture, instilling a sense of pride, and to improving the groups economic and social conditions.
Croatan Normal School was created by the General Assembly on March 7, 1887 in response to a local petition, sponsored by North Carolina Representative Hamilton McMillian of Robeson County. This event occurred in the context of competition for support between the Democratic and Republican parties on North Carolina. Hamilton MacMillian's support for the school was connected to his personnel interest and research on Native American history and culture. The school's initial name, Croatan Normal School, was selected in accordance with the debatable view that this tribe were descendants of the Outer Banks Lost Colony of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Fifteen students and one teacher composed the initial complement. With the goal of training American Indian public school teachers. Initially enrollment was limited to the American Indians of Robeson County. In this period school enrollment was often quite limited among the general population. Funding by the state was patchy at best and there was high level of illiteracy. The creation of a centralized training school for teachers was thought to be the best method of addressing this problem in the given circumstances.
In 1909, the school moved to its present location, about a mile east of the original site. The name was changed in 1911 to the Indian Normal School of Robeson County, and again in 1913 to the Cherokee Indian Normal School of Robeson County, tracking the legislature's designation for the Indians of the county, who at one time claimed Cherokee descent. In 1926 the school became a two-year post-secondary normal school; until then it had provided only primary and secondary instruction.
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