Friday, October 20, 2006

By Adam Wade, marketing and communications intern

Wilmington, N.C. - The University of North Carolina Wilmington's College of Arts and Sciences invites the public to become college students for a day by attending the fifth annual College Day from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. Registration for the program is now open online at www.uncw.edu/collegeday.

Participants in College Day can choose one class from each of two morning and two afternoon sessions. The 48 one-hour presentations represent the range of the liberal arts tradition within the College of Arts and Sciences as well as guest presentations from the Cameron School of Business, School of Nursing and Watson School of Education. For detailed descriptions and faculty presenters, please visit the College Day Web site www.uncw.edu/collegeday.

The cost is $35 per person and includes a catered lunch at Warwick Center. Payment may be made by cash, check or credit card. Registration assistance is available by calling 910-962-3195, in person at the Division for Public Service and Continuing Studies, 5051 New Centre Drive, Suite 107, and at the College Day Web site www.uncw.edu/collegeday.

The following is a sample of topics being offered and presenters:

• Killer Algae: The Occurrence of Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Waters - Carmelo Tomas, Ph.D., Biology and Biological Sciences

• Adjusting to Widowhood - Candace Ashton-Shaeffer, Ph.D., Health and Applied Human Sciences

• Quality of Life in Southeastern North Carolina: Progress or Setbacks? - Milan Dluhy, Ph.D., Political Science

• Crazy as a Loon? Fact and Fiction about Mental Health - Donna Hurdle, Ph.D., Social Work

• Computer Programming? Isn't That Supposed to be Hard? - Laurie Patterson, Ed.D. and Marni Ferner, M.S., Computer Science

• Gold is Where You Find It: The North Carolina Gold Rush, 1799-1849 - Michael S. Smith, Ph.D., History

• Strokes and Heart Attacks … What Can We Do? - Stephanie Turrise, RN, BC, MSN, APRN, BC, Carol Highsmith, RN, BSN, MPA, and Diana Topjian, RN, MSN, CCRN, APRN, School of Nursing

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For more information about College Day, please contact Woody Sutton, 910.962.7074.