MOUNT OLIVE – High school FFA students and teachers from across North Carolina recently participated in a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Camp at the University of Mount Olive. Participants of the weeklong event, sponsored by the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, enjoyed learning, fun, and all things agriculture.… read more »
MOUNT OLIVE — The tenth anniversary of Steele Memorial Library in Mount Olive is being held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 on Aug. 13. The public is invited to celebrate the library’s tenth anniversary and to hear from people who helped make the library happen.… read more »
MOUNT OLIVE — Westbrook Park was full on Thursday with Wayne County residents of all ages as the Town of Mount Olive held its annual Fourth of July Celebration. … read more »
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The University of Mount Olive will add Women’s Flag Football as its 25th varsity intercollegiate sport, with its first season of competition set to start in Spring 2026 in the Conference Carolinas, as announced by league commissioner Chris Colvin and Director of Athletics Joey Higginbotham on Tuesday morning.… read more »
In March 2023, the University of Mount Olive (UMO) officially opened the NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Agricultural Commodity Building at the George R. Kornegay, Jr. Student Farm.… read more »
MOUNT OLIVE – University of Mount Olive Director of Library Services Pam Wood will check in her final book at Moye Library on June 30.… read more »
MOUNT OLIVE — The University of Mount Olive is announcing a new scholarship initiative established by the International Harvester Collectors Chapter 37. This scholarship fund aims to support students pursuing degrees in agriculture or closely related fields, furthering the mission of preserving the legacy and history of International Harvester.… read more »
The Arts Council of Wayne County has received a donation of $25,000 from Southern Bank, headquartered in Mt. Olive, through the Southern Bank Foundation.… read more »
MOUNT OLIVE – It was an evening for celebrating Mrs. Rose M. Raper, First Lady of Mount Olive College (MOC), now the University of Mount Olive (UMO) from 1954-1995. With 41 years of stalwart service by the side of her late husband, Dr. W. Burkette Raper, Mrs. Raper still holds the title of longest-serving University of Mount Olive First Lady.
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MOUNT OLIVE — On Sunday afternoon, members of VFW Post 9959 gathered along with guests in Maplewood Cemetery to honor fallen veterans ahead of Memorial Day.… read more »
