PEMBROKE, N.C.—The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) announced that it has been awarded a $4,864,368 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support its new College of Optometric Medicine. UNC Pembroke said in the announcement that it will break ground on the new Clinical Sciences Building this Friday, April 10, and this grant will fund critical clinical and training lab equipment to enable hands-on learning and advanced technology-based patient care and is “helping shape the future of health care in southeastern North Carolina.”
