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Alumni are invited back to campus Feb.
4-6 to celebrate Homecoming 2005. This year’s event
will recognize Delta Zeta, Chi Phi and Zeta Phi Beta as well
as the Class of ’95. Planned events include the annual
awards dinner on Friday, Feb. 4 and a pregame social at 2
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 in the Hawk’s Nest. The UNCW Seahawks
play Old Dominion University at 4 p.m. in Trask Coliseum.
Alumni board chair Ed Vosnock ’71 will crown the Homecoming
queen at half-time. On Sunday, Feb. 6 the Lady Seahawks play
Delaware at 2 p.m. in Trask Coliseum. Click HERE
for a complete listing of activities and to download a registration
form.
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| Diane Matthews |
The Seahawk Spotlight shines on Dianne
Matthews ’01 for her service on the alumni association
board of directors since 2002 and her work on both the awards/nomination
and student relations committees. Dianne has been a university
staff member for over 25 years, serving as National Testing
Program coordinator for over 20 years. She holds a bachelor
of arts degree in communication studies. Helping others is
an important part of Dianne’s life. She has numerous
volunteer interests in the community as well as on campus.
She was chair of the Relay for Life at UNCW in 1996-97, chair
of the Student Affairs Service Awards Banquet in 1996-97 and
member of National College Testing Association. Dianne supports
and volunteers with the local domestic violence shelter as
well as the New Hanover County Animal Shelter. She has been
actively involved in the annual Festival of Trees, benefiting
Lower Cape Fear Hospice, since 1996. She enjoys spending time
with her cat, Baby Cakes, and her hobbies include reading,
listening to music and walking. She also enjoys the thrill
of the hunt while searching through antique and thrift stores.
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| Matt Lutz |
ALUMNI
STARS
Matt Lutz co-stars in the Hallmark Channel movie
McBride: The Chameleon Murder at 9 p.m. Friday, Jan.
14. He plays a lawyer who quits his job as a public defender.
The movie is the first in a trilogy, and Lutz is working on
the third in Los Angeles. Read
a feature story on Matt.
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| Christy McDonald |
By
day, Christy McDonald is a receptionist for Warner Bros. Records
in Nashville, but by night she’s a country singer/songwriter.
Her “big break” may be coming soon. She is one
of 10 finalists competing on Nashville
Star, the USA Network original grassroots talent search
series that is looking for the next great country music star.
The first show airs at 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 1. Visit
Christy's Web site.
Have you moved, changed jobs, married, had a baby? UNCW wants
to know! With nearly 40,000 alumni on record, we need your
help in keeping your information up to date. Click HERE
to update your biographical information today!
The Friends of UNCW will host the first public tours of the
renovated Kenan House – one of the city’s most
notable historic homes and the chancellor’s residence
– Feb. 18-20. Tours will be conducted from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 19 and from 1 to
5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. Kenan House is located at 1705 Market
Street. Tickets, $15 per person, are available at Embellishments
in Lumina Station. They will also be available at the door.
Proceeds will benefit the Friends of UNCW Scholarship Endowment.
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James McNab has stepped down after serving for eight years
as the director of the Office of International Programs. He
is taking a leave of absence for the spring semester to teach
and consult at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port
Elizabeth, South Africa. In July 2005, he will begin phased
retirement as a professor of French in the Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures. Kim Sawrey, associate professor
of psychology, is serving as interim director. MORE
Nominations for the Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence
Awards and the Distinguished Teaching Professorship Awards
are due Friday, Jan. 21. Descriptions,
criteria and procedures
Tutoring in reading/language arts and mathematics is available
for children in kindergarten through sixth grade Jan. 24 through
April 21 at the Donald R. Watson School of Education Ed Lab.
Tutoring will also be offered for children with special needs.
The fee depends on the number of hours contracted. For more
information call 910.962.3633.
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| Brett Blizzard |
UNCW will retire the number of all-time great Brett Blizzard
during its men’s basketball game with George Mason on
Feb. 2, paying tribute to the primary cog in the school’s
impressive run to three Colonial Athletic Association championships
early this decade. MORE
The UNCW track and field teams kick off their indoor season
Saturday, Jan. 15 by competing in the Navy Invitational at
Halsey Field House in Annapolis, Md. MORE
After nearly a two-month break from competition, UNCW swimming
teams begin the second half of their season Saturday, Jan.
15 with a tri-meet against the College of Charleston and Virginia
Tech in Charleston. MORE
The UNCW women’s basketball team heads north this weekend
for a trip to battle Colonial Athletic Association foes Delaware
on Friday, Jan. 14 and Towson on Saturday, Jan. 16. The two-game
swing begins a tough stretch for the Seahawks that features
four games on the road in the next five outings. MORE
UNCW scored the first nine points of the second half and erased
a 14-point halftime deficit in posting a 81-74 come-from-behind
victory over Hofstra in Colonial Athletic Association men’s
basketball action Jan. 12 at Trask Coliseum. The Seahawks
host Towson Saturday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. MORE
MORE
Seahawk Athletics news.
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Secretary Hekmat Karzai, Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington, D.C.,
launches the 2005 Great Decisions foreign policy lecture series
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 in Kenan Auditorium. He will speak
on “Reconstruction and Democratization in Afghanistan.”
Tickets are $12 for the general public. There is no charge for UNCW
faculty, staff and students. 
Environmental
sociologist Robert Bullard will be the featured speaker for the
UNCW Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
20 in Kenan Auditorium. 
Jonah
Goldberg and Peter Beinart, editors from two of America’s
most conservative and liberal publications, debate media bias at
7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24. General admission is $6. 
Wilmington
Concert Association presents Opera Verdi Europa performing Aida
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19. Tickets are $45.
Marcus
Roberts Trio performs American jazz at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29.
General admission tickets are $18.
“Paintings
and Monotypes,” showcasing large oil and acrylic paintings
on canvas and monotype prints by local artist Gary Eyster, through
March 9, Warwick Center Gallery. 