In an effort to attract international students and globalize UNCP, the Office for International Programs Office changed its name to the Office of Global Engagement. The International Programs Office at UNCP plays multiple roles. It is responsible for handling and processing applications from regular and international exchange students. The office is also responsible to arrange workshops and presentations to familiarize the foreign students with the US environment at UNCP. Acc

• A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit the gulf of Alaska on Jan. 23 early in the morning. There were no casualties reported, but the aftershock created a change in water levels all the way down in Florida. • The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles won their division playoff games and will be advancing to the 52nd Super Bowl, which is to be held on Feb. 4 at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. • A finalization in the decision of relocating the American embassy in Tel Avi

After a terror attack on London that claimed five lives, President Trump offered “the full support of the U.S. government” in the investigation and finding those responsible, according to Press Secretary Sean Spicer in a press briefing. The victims that were fatally wounded include: Kurt Cochran, an American tourist; Police Constable Keith Palmer, who was an unarmed guard outside Parliament; Aysha Frade, a teacher at a DLD College in London and Leslie Rhodes, 75, according to

“The 13th”, a documentary by Ava DuVernay, follows the path of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” Through her documentary, DuVernay alludes to a notion that the U.S. uses that excerpt as grounds for keeping minorities enslaved. She attempts to prove this point by showing how the amount of prisoners in the U.S has risen while politicians have used certain language like “law and order

Global tempers flared over the “Muslim ban” after President Trump signed an executive order concerning immigration on Jan. 27 that prevents citizens of seven different Muslim-majority countries from gaining entry into the United States for 90 days following the order. Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen have been named as the seven countries referenced to in the executive order. Protests also took place inside airports across America where many travelers from