The president of Wingate University in Union County said he was stunned to learn recently that his school is named for a slave owner. “This truth hurts,” President Rhett Brown said in a statement on ...

WINGATE, N.C. — Wingate University honored one of its longtime educators. “It’s more than a job. It has always been more than a job,” said Dr. Sylvia Little-Sweat, a professor at Wingate. ALSO READ: ...

Wingate University, a private liberal arts college in North Carolina, has set up a committee to determine “next steps” after learning its namesake, Washington Manly Wingate, sold slaves a year before ...

Wingate University’s new art museum is home to the latest fresco by prominent North Carolina artist Ben Long. He created a 10-by-7-foot, free-standing fresco that will be unveiled Thursday at the ...

Wingate President Rhett Brown and Central Piedmont President Kandi Deitemeyer display T-shirts from each other's schools Tuesday. Wingate University and Central Piedmont Community College announced a ...

After Gov. Roy Cooper leaves office, he'll take a few months off before making a decision on his future, he told the Citizen Times.