PEMBROKE, N.C., Nov. 2 -- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke issued the following news release:

For former UNC Pembroke professor Janette Hopper, inspiration often begins outdoors - kayaking, hiking and observing the natural world. Now, the sale of paintings inspired by those experiences is helping create new opportunities for students studying art and biology.

Hopper, an internationally exhibited artist who taught at UNCP for a decade, has donated $11,450 from the sale of her artwork to support student research and scholarships in the university's art and biology departments.

The gift grew out of her 2025 solo exhibition, Acute Observations: Expansive Experimental Works Inspired by Water & Sky, at Red Springs Artspace. Featur...