Helpful LInks

Business and Economic Development

The Entrepreneurship Center

The mission of the UNCW Entrepreneurship Center is to be a catalyst for entrepreneurial growth in Southeastern North Carolina by linking together emerging and high-growth ventures, entrepreneurs, and relevant support organizations to create business growth, jobs, and innovation through events, opportunities, research, education and relationships. More

Swain Center for Business and Economic Services

With nearly a 30-year history on the UNCW campus, the H. David and Diane Swain Center for Business and Economic Services emphasizes outreach into the private and business community to meet the needs of North Carolina. More

Quality Enhancement for Non-Profit Organizations (QENO)

QENO, a multi-agency partnership, builds the capacity of nonprofit organzations and increases philanthropy in southeastern North Carolina. QENO is a partnership between UNCW, funders, civic leaders and other community organizations to help build the capacity of nonprofit organizations and increase philanthropy in southeastern North Carolina. QENO currently works within a ten county radius and with more than 2,000 501(c)(3) organizations in the health, human services, arts, environmental and educational sectors. More

Feast Down East

Feast Down East is a fully integrated local food system. Feast Down East helps small and limited resource farmers gain access to markets such as restaurants, grocers, schools and hospitals, which means we shorten the distance between the farm and your fork. More

Hillcrest Community Campus

The Wilmington Housing Authority (WHA) and the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) have a long history of working together to offer a range of tutoring, mentoring, educational, social, wellness and cultural programs. More

Career Center

The UNCW Career Center is a comprehensive career counseling and resource center dedicated to empowering students and alumni as active participants in their own career development. More

Small Business and Technology Development Center

The Small Business and Technology Development Center is a business development service of The University of North Carolina system that provides management counseling and education services to small and mid-sized businesses in all of North Carolina‘s 100 counties. The SBTDC at UNCW provides services in New Hanover, Pender, Onslow, Duplin, Brunswick, Bladen and Columbus counties. The center helps established firms, high-growth companies and start-up businesses meet today‘s challenges, manage change, and plan for the future More

Watson College of Education Professional Development System

One of the strongest and most comprehensive examples of university–school partnerships in the nation is the exemplary Watson College of Education Professional Development System Partnership. This collaborative has established collegial working relationships with 12 school districts (including one Department of Defense) and two charter schools. More

Cameron School of Business Executive Involvement

The purpose of the Executive Advisory Board is to support the growth and development of the Cameron School of Business's educational programs for the benefit of its graduates and the business community of Southeast North Carolina. More

CREST Research Park

The CREST Research Park is one of the most advanced biotechnology research centers on the East Coast. Operated by the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the park offers flexible research space for established firms, entrepreneurial start-ups, government agencies and universities focusing on biotechnology, analytical and environmental sciences, and early stage pharmaceutical research and development. More