The UNCW men’s basketball team, seeded 11th in the South Region,
will face sixth seed Maryland in a first-round matchup of the NCAA
Tournament at 9:30 p.m. Friday, March 21, at the Gaylord Entertainment
Center in Nashville, Tenn.
For the latest news go to
Tournament Central.
The Opryland Hotel in Nashville will be Seahawk Fan
headquarters. The UNCW Alumni Association and the Seahawk Club will
host the pregame hoopla at
5 p.m. during happy hour at Eddie George's Sports Grill at 121 4th
Avenue S.
Please join us! Wilmington fans who can't make it to Nashville can
get in on the fun locally beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Alleigh's. For
other Seahawk Fan gatherings contact the alumni chapter representative
nearest you. MORE
Go to the Seahawk Sports section
for more news on the CAA tournament and other sports action.
The Cape Fear Chapter hosts its fifth annual Grand Slam Jam on Wednesday,
April 9, at Brooks Field. The pregame cookout begins at 5:45 p.m.
and the UNCW Seahawks play the UNC Tarheels at 7 p.m. The cost of
the cookout is $7 for adults, $3.50 for children 6-12 and free for
children 5 and under. Game tickets are $2 a person and free for
children 14 and under. Reservations can be made by calling 910.962.2682
or 800.596.2880.
UNCW Student Ambassadors want to hear from all former ambassadors.
If you were an ambassador during your years at UNCW, please write
to ambassadors@uncwil.edu
and let us know what you are up to. If you have contact information
for other Ambassador alumni, please include that in your e-mail.
Livian Jones '95M has actively served on the alumni board since
1997 and was instrumental in the UNCW Alumni Association’s
investment success through the hiring of an investment manager and
the implementation of investment strategies. Her input was critical
to the success of selecting affinity bank partners over the years.
She has served as board treasurer and finance committee chair as
well as on other committees during her board tenure. Livian has
a Master of Business Administration degree from UNCW and is an avid
Seahawk fan, purchasing annual season tickets to support the ‘Hawks
and contributing to the Seahawk Club. Livian is married to Mike
and has one son, Michael, who brings so much joy to their lives.
Livian is employed by McKim and Creed and is known as an excellent
businesswoman in the community. Generous with her time, talent and
dollars, Livian is a tri-athlete on the McKim and Creed team that
has raised thousands of dollars for the cure for leukemia. The UNCW
Alumni Association salutes Livian for her longtime support of alumni
and the university!
• AAGA members will meet at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22,
at the Olive Garden in Cary (off I-440 south and US-1) The chapter’s
new officers will preside. Contact Karen Cheek at 919.718.6639 for
more information.
• The Young Alumni Council will meet at 2 p.m.
March 29 at Wise Alumni House.
• Jim Humphries Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Golf Tournament is at 1 p.m. April 12 at Echo Farms. The endowment
is now at over $28,000. The entry fee of $125 includes a round of
golf, shrimp-a-roo for the family, a donation to the effort, and
a special gift for the golfer. For more info contact Corbin Sapp
at corbin@ivars-sportswear.com.
• The 10th annual Cape Fear Alumni Golf Classic
will be held April 26 at Echo Farms Golf and Country Club with a
1 p.m. shot-gun start. Cost is $70 per golfer and proceeds benefit
scholarships and other projects of the UNCW Cape Fear Alumni Chapter.
For more information contact Tom Lamont at lamontt@uncw.edu or 800.596.2880.
• The New York/New Jersey Chapter will meet
at 3 p.m. April 27 at the Forest Hill Country Club, 9 Belleville
Ave., Bloomfield, N.J. For more information contact the chapter
president, Joan Clifford at cliff582@optonline.net.
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The UNCW Chancellor Search Committee submitted its final report
to the board of trustees March 10. Following a national search which
attracted 135 applications and nominations, the committee recommended
three finalists to the trustees who then passed them on to UNC System
President Molly Broad. President Broad will nominate one of those
individuals for election by the UNC Board of Governors. The finalists’
names are confidential under North Carolina state law and are not
subject to public release. It is anticipated that the president's
nominee for UNCW’s chancellor will be elected by the board
of governors and announced March 21. Check your e-mail on Friday
for an official announcement of UNCW’s chancellor-elect.
The Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program will receive $1.2
million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
An additional $860,000 will benefit mariculture research and launch
a pilot program on natural disaster mitigation. The appropriations
are part of the Omnibus appropriations for fiscal year 2003. MORE
Over the next six weeks, 137 trees will be relocated from building
sites around campus, including the expanded University Union complex,
general classroom building and outlying work zones, to areas not
affected by the construction. The cost of the project will be approximately
$13,000. MORE
Individuals interested in honoring a student, faculty/staff member
or someone from the community for their leadership on behalf of
the university have until April 18 to make a $200 contribution for
a tree in the UNCW Leadership Grove. A dedication ceremony will
be at 3 p.m. May 1 on the University Commons. For more information,
contact Shelly Hoover at 910.962.3877.
Creation of the N.C. Teachers Legacy Hall at the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington took a major step forward with a $150,000
contribution from Wachovia. MORE
National fund-raising consultant Robert F. Hartsook and the Hartsook
Companies Inc. have established the Austin Robert Hartsook Fellowship
in Creative Writing. Named in honor of Hartsook’s son, the
fellowship will support graduate students in the Master of Fine
Arts in Creative Writing Program with awards of up to $10,000 annually.
MORE
Robert Roer was approved as dean of the UNCW Graduate School at
the Feb. 14 meeting of the UNC Board of Governors. MORE
Richard Huber, a professor of curricular studies in the Watson School
of Education, was named the 2002 Carnegie Foundation North Carolina
Professor of the Year. MORE
Jack Hall, director of the environmental studies program, is featured
on ecology.com. Check it out at http://www.ecology.com.
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Brett Blizzard poured in 20 points, 13 in the second half, as the
Seahawks defeated Drexel, 70-62, to win the Colonial Athletic Association's
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Blizzard became the first
player in CAA history to be named Tournament MVP three times. Tim
Burnette and Craig Callahan helped fuel the Seahawks with 16 points
apiece as UNCW shot 51.9 percent from the field. Burnette and Callahan
were named to the All-Tournament team.
MORE
Brett Blizzard was named to the United States Basketball Writers
All-District III team. He was the only player outside the Atlantic
Coast Conference to be included on the 10-player list. MORE
Brett Blizzard was named the CAA men’s basketball Player of
the Year for the second consecutive season and became the first
player in league history to be named First Team all-conference for
four consecutive seasons. First-year coach Brad Brownell was named
CAA Coach of the Year after directing the Seahawks to a school regular
season record 21 victories. MORE
Sixth-seeded Virginia Commonwealth used clutch free throw shooting
to knock off third-seeded UNC Wilmington 76-66 in the quarterfinals
of the 2003 Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Basketball
Championship at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. MORE
Third-year skipper Ann Hancock was named Coach of the Year, junior
point guard Cherie Lea earned 1st-team All-CAA honors and senior
guard Rachael Friesen-Norwood was tabbed Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year.
MORE
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Seahawks
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Wachovia
contributes to N.C. Teachers Legacy Hall
Roer is Graduate School dean
Huber
named Carnegie Professor of the Year
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