PEMBROKE, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The University of North Carolina-Pembroke issued the following news: * * * UNCP to Award First Doctoral Degrees, Marking a New Chapter in University History As the lights rise inside Givens Performing Arts Center tonight, eight nurse leaders will step onto the stage and into the history books. Their doctoral hoods, symbols of perseverance, scholarship and service, mark a moment 138 years in the making for the University of North Carolina Pembroke. For gra  more