HONOR A LOVED ONE WITH A GIFT TO UNCW
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a gift that keeps on giving with a year-end, tax-deductible donation
to UNCW. You can make
your gift using a MasterCard or Visa credit card online – www.uncw.edu/giveonline –
or by calling 910.962.4186. Your contribution will make a difference at
UNCW. All contributions must be received by Dec.
31.
CELEBRATE
THE SEAHAWKS
The UNCW Alumni Association invites alumni and friends to Tealgate – Seahawk
style – with food, games and spirit-filled fun. Tealgates start
two hours before the tip-off of men’s basketball games on Jan.
26, Feb. 9 and March 1 at Trask Coliseum. Advance tickets are $12 for
adults and $5 for children 6-12; children under 6 are admitted at no
cost. Admission includes food and beverages, but not game ticket. Tickets
can be purchased online at www.uncwalumnitickets.com.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Homecoming 2008 will be Feb. 8-10. As part of the weekend celebration,
the alumni association will recognize Herbert
Fisher ’53 and Sylvia Fisher ’50 as Alumni of the Year,
Bill Mayhew ’97,
’98M as Young Alumnus of the Year and Tyrone Rowell as Citizen
of the Year at the annual
awards banquet and scholarship endowment gala on Friday, Feb. 8.
On Saturday, Feb. 9, Coach Benny Moss will be the featured speaker at
the Tealgate,
followed by the men’s basketball game at 7 p.m. when the Seahawks
play the James Madison Dukes. To register for any of these events visit http://www.uncwalumnitickets.com or
call 910.962.2682.
WIN
A HOMECOMING PACKAGE - Jan. 9 is deadline
Take a shot at winning:
- 2 tickets to
the men's basketball game on Feb. 9
- A 2-night stay at the Hilton Wilmington
Riverside
- 2 tickets to the UNCW Alumni Association Tealgate
- 2 tickets to tour a historic house in downtown Wilmington
- Dinner for two
at The Oceanic
CREW CLUB ALUMNI GATHERING
Crew Club alumni will have their annual
rowing and networking social on March 15. Last
year more than 20 alumni and 12 current Crew Club members met at the UNCW
Boathouse for a row. They had lunch, a campus tour and then finished
the evening with dinner. Contact Jennifer
Triplett ’97 or
Curt Browder ’92 for
more information.
GET ON BOARD
The UNCW Alumni Association is seeking “active” alumni
to fill vacant positions on its board of directors. Resumes and a completed
application (pdf) can be sent by e-mail. For more information call
910.962.2682 or 800.596.2880.
LINC
FOUNDER GETS 'ANGEL WINGS'
Local humanitarian Frankie
Roberts will receive his angel wings at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 when
he is honored at UNCW’s
10th annual screening of It’s A Wonderful Life. Roberts
is the co-founder and executive director of Leading Into New Communities
Inc. (LINC), a nonprofit agency that provides shelter and services for
men and women returning from prison.
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| Frank Capra Jr. was honored by the UNCW Alumni Association in 2007 as Citizen of the Year. |
UNCW
FILM STUDIES ICON PASSES AWAY
Frank Capra Jr., president of EUE/Screen Gems Studios and the person
many consider the father of the Wilmington film industry, died Wednesday,
Dec. 19. He was 73 years
old. Capra also served as the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Film
Studies at UNCW and helped set up the university’s original film
studies program. As studio chief, he established internships for UNCW
students at the facility.
UNCW
HELPING TO CURB NURSING SHORTAGE
Taking action to address the acute shortage of nurses in the state,
the UNCW School of Nursing is accepting
and graduating more nursing students, including its first class of prelicensure
nurses to graduate in December. On Saturday, Dec. 15, 31 new nurses
left UNCW to fill critically needed nursing positions. Every
student had accepted a job or received job offers prior to graduation.
Twenty-five are staying in North Carolina, going to nursing jobs at
New Hanover Regional Medical Center, UNC Hospitals, Carolinas Medical
Center, Duke University Medical Center, Wake Med and other health care
facilities in the state.
TRUSTEES APPROVE 2008-09 TUITION AND FEES
The UNCW Board of Trustees approved
tuition increases for the 2008-09 academic year in the amount of $46
for in-state undergraduate students, $55 for in-state graduate students,
and $250 for out-of-state undergraduate or graduate students. Fee increases
totaling $82.75 for athletics, health services, student activities and
education/technology also were approved.
Tuition and fee requests from all of the UNC campuses will be presented
to the Board of Governors for final approval at its February 2007 meeting.
WATCH COMMENCEMENT ON TV OR ONLINE
The UNCW 2007 Fall Commencement
broadcast can be viewed online at publicservicemedia.uncw.edu.
It will also be rebroadcast on The Learning Network during the following
dates and times:
11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24; noon, Wednesday, Dec.
26; 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28.
SEAHAWKS TOMORROW LAUNCHED
The UNCW Athletics Department has announced the launch
of Seahawks Tomorrow, a community outreach program designed to give the
university’s
student-athletes the opportunity to encourage elementary and middle school
children to stay in school, achieve academic success and stay physically
active.
BUS TRIP PLANNED TO ECUThe Seahawk Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Saturday, Dec. 22, men’s basketball game with East Carolina in Greenville. The Seahawks, 7-4, will face the Pirates, 4-5, in a 7 p.m. tip-off at Minges Coliseum. It marks the 59th meeting between the eastern North Carolina rivals. MORE BASKETBALL NEWS
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets for the seventh induction of the UNCW Athletic
Hall of Fame may be purchased in the Athletic Department
in the Nixon Annex.
The banquet will be Saturday, Feb. 9 in the Warwick Center Ballroom. The
reception begins at 11:30 a.m. with the luncheon and
ceremony slated to get under way at noon.
Tickets are $15 each.
NIXON TO SPEAK AT BANQUET
Major league outfielder Trot
Nixon will be the keynote speaker at UNCW’s Spring Training
Baseball Banquet at 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Hilton Wilmington
Riverside. Individual tickets are $60;
corporate tables are $600. To purchase tickets or
for more information call the Seahawk baseball office at 910.962.3570,
contact coach Mark Scalf or download
a ticket application at
UNCWsports.com.
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LIFELONG
LEARNING
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNCW offers adult non-credit
classes, activities and special events for personal enrichment and enjoyment.
ADMISSIONS
UNCW is one of the South’s best public undergraduate teaching institutions
as evidenced by a high demand from talented students seeking admission,
national recognition and growth in regionally relevant programs such
as marine science, gerontology, psychology, public administration and
film studies.
Annual holiday screening of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and presentation of second annual Clarence Award, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, Kenan Auditorium
UNCW's Evolution Learning Community hosts a lecture
by world-famous evolutionary geneticist Stephen O'Brien – 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9, Lumina Theatre. O'Brien, chief of the Laboratory
of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute, will discuss "Felidae
Genomics for Conservation, Species Recognition and the Rest: One Amazing
Journey."
Alumni Film Series – Bummin' It: The Life and Times of Oyster Bummins – 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, Lumina Theater. UNCW film studies grads present their full-length indy film with discussion.
Rooms presented
by alban elved – premiere
at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 with a preview gala performance and post-performance
reception at Kenan Auditorium. Additional performances Sat., Jan.
19 and Sun., Jan. 20.
Classical Singer Competition – 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, Cultural Arts Building
Cape Fear Jazz Society presents live jazz from The Imposters – 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, Cultural Arts Building, Room 2033
Wilmington
Concert Association presents Teatro Lirico d'Europa performing
Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca – 8
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, Kenan Auditorium.