Monday, May 05, 2003

Wilmington, NC – Programming for the week of May 12 for UNCW Community Link, a new interactive, public affairs television show, features a segment discussing the wellness of our community and the quality of life for citizens in Southeastern North Carolina.

This week Betty Ann Sanders speaks with UNCW Dean of Nursing Virginia Adams and Dan Gottovi, founder of Wilmington Health Associates. Dean Adams said, “As a community we are not collaborating on major health issues. Community partnerships are key to solving these issues.”

"Interdisciplinary education in the field of health care is an important aspect of the solution. We must educate health profession students together, medical doctors, registered nurses, nutritionists, physical and respiratory therapists, etc.,” Dean Adams explained.

Also this week, H. E. “Hunter” Thompson, Jr. chats with UNCW Political Science professor and chair Milan Dhuly and Ric Kolenda, chair of the Safe Communities’ Emerging Issues and Funding Action Group, regarding the 2nd annual UNCW Quality of Life Conference scheduled for May 9.

The Regional Progress Board is working in conjunction with the UNCW Quality of Life benchmarking project. Ric Kolenda explained that “The Progress Board is an important part of the process because it brings all of the players to the table: business, nonprofits, government, health-and-human services, the faith community, and citizens. It is important to have all of these groups together as the board sets goals and looks at where we want to be as a community.”

"The information that is collected every year for the conference is utilized by decision-makers and planners in the region,” said Dhuly.

UNCW Community Link reaches beyond the television studio to allow citizens to sound off on compelling issues facing Southeastern North Carolina. Hosts Betty Ann Sanders and Hunter Thompson engage and challenge the region’s newsmakers and opinion-shapers and then ask viewers to voice their opinions. Through collaboration with the Southeast Public Interest Network of North Carolina (www.SpinNC.org), citizens can use the latest Internet technologies to continue the dialog on show topics and community ideas.

UNCW-TV has won four Awards of Excellence from the Alliance for Community Media.

For more information on the Quality of Life in Southeastern North Carolina please visit:

2nd Annual UNCW Quality of Life Conference

http://www.spinnc.org/statistics/QoL_Conference.html

Safe Communities Emerging Issues and Funding Action Group

http://www.spinnc.org/statistics/



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4:30 p.m. Wednesdays

1:30 p.m. Thursdays

The Learning Network on Time Warner Ch 5 and Charter Communications Ch 12

Pender County 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

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