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The UNCW Alumni Association will celebrate Homecoming
Feb. 4-6, 2005. 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.
For more information on these and other Homecoming activities, please
contact the UNCW Alumni Relations Office at 910.962.2682.
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding
contribution to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and
the community? The UNCW Alumni Association is seeking nominations
of such individuals for its annual awards program. Two awards will
be presented Feb. 5 at a formal dinner Homecoming Weekend in the
Warwick Center ballroom. MORE
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| Jenean Todd |
The alumni association spotlight shines on Jenean
Todd. She was elected to the board of
directors in 2003, and was named chair of the Alumni Development
Committee in 2004. Jenean is the exhibit manager for Cape Fear Museum
of History and Science. She attended UNCW, NCSU and The Art Institute
of Pittsburgh. In addition to her dedication to the alumni association,
she volunteers for Cape Fear Shag Club, the American Red Cross,
Echo Farms Swim Team and Water of Life Lutheran Church. Jenean is
married to Ken Todd and is the mother of three: Collin, Griffin
and Huston. She enjoys calligraphy, reading and traveling. In her
spare time she is president of Confidence Realty Inc.
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. Update
your biographical information today!
Paul Hosier, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, has
been named provost. He had been serving as interim provost and vice
chancellor for academic affairs since June 2002. MORE
UNCW’s Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program was awarded
$2.5 million from NOAA, among the largest research awards ever received
by UNCW. This funding will upgrade, enhance and expand onshore and
offshore oceanographic and marine meteorological instruments that
will ultimately extend from South Carolina to north of Cape Lookout,
N.C. Read the Wilmington
Star-News article.
The UNCW Office of Human Resources received the 2004 SunGard SCT
Technology Award at the College and University Professional Association
for Human Resources in Salt Lake City, Utah. UNCW was recognized
for developing a software program, originally called HRsearch, now
known as Consensus™, that facilitates employment searches,
particularly in an academic setting where large search committees
are the norm. MORE
In a race against time, the largely untold story of the nation’s
first African-American Marines will at last be made known through
a broadcast quality video documentary. More than 20,000 African-Americans
trained in segregated facilities between 1942 and 1949 at Montford
Point, N.C., and became the first African-Americans to serve in
the United States Marine Corps. MORE
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| Patricia Kelley |
Patricia Kelley, professor of earth sciences, was elected to the
rank of fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS). Fellows are AAAS members whose “efforts on
behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically
or socially distinguished.” Her letter states that she is
“…being honored for outstanding contributions to the
study of predator-prey interactions in the fossil record and for
contributions to public awareness of paleontology.” She will
receive her certificate and rosette during an induction ceremony
at the annual meeting of AAAS, Feb. 19 in Washington, D.C.
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A weeklong series of events, highlighted by the start of men’s
and women’s basketball practice for the 2004-05 season, continues
UNCW’s tradition of Midnite Madness. The annual “Fan
Jam” will kick off at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 in the Hanover
Hall parking area. The festivities include a live performance by
the band, 4th and Dock, inflatable games and contests. At 10:30
p.m. the doors to Trask Coliseum will open, signaling the start
to Midnite Madness. MORE
Four home non-conference games and a first-ever appearance at UNC
Chapel Hill’s Dean E. Smith Center highlight the 2004-05 men’s
basketball schedule at UNC Wilmington. MORE
Seahawk
hoopsters’ television schedule
Two-time men’s champion Minnesota and women’s titlist
New Mexico return to defend their golf crowns when the third edition
of The Landfall Tradition gets under way later this month at the
Country Club of Landfall’s Jack Nicklaus course. The 54-hole
event runs Oct. 29-31 and includes 12 of the nation’s premier
men’s and women’s collegiate teams. The 24 teams will
play a practice round on Thursday, Oct. 28, with the first-round
beginning at 7:50 a.m. (men) and 8:44 a.m. (women) on Friday, Oct.
29. MORE
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| Members of the women's swim team read the report
issued by Provost Paul Hosier on Sept. 29. |
The second investigation into an April incident involving the UNCW
women’s swim team produced no new facts, but the punishment
placed on the program has been lightened. Provost Paul Hosier announced
during a Sept. 29 news conference that his findings were consistent
with the original investigation conducted by the Division of Student
Affairs during the summer. His report also confirmed that some of
the team’s activities during an “initiation week”
were in violation of the school’s policy on hazing. Read the
report.
Read the Wilmington Star-News article.
The Seahawks have hit the small screen with “The Seahawk Sports
Roundup,” a new television show featuring UNCW’s sports
teams, head coaches and athletic administrators, that airs daily
on Time Warner Cable’s The Learning Network (Channel 5). The
37-minute show is a combined venture of the UNCW Athletic Department
and UNCW-TV. MORE
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Seahawk Athletics news.
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DOCUMENTARY EXAMINES EXPERIENCES OF FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MARINES
“Terrorism:
Past, Present and Future Trends” by Kim Cragin, international
policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct.
21, Warwick Center. The lecture is free; a reception immediately
follows. 
“More
Than a Few Good Men” by Jackson Katz, widely recognized for
his groundbreaking work in the field of gender violence prevention
education with men and boys, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19 in Trask
Coliseum. He will conduct two, three-hour workshops at 9 a.m. and
1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19 in University Union, Room 100. Admission
to all events is free. 
"Battle
for God: Fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism and Islam"
by Karen Armstrong, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, Kenan Auditorium. Tickets
are $6. 
Aquila
Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 15. Tickets are $18. 
Putumayo’s
Latinas: Women of Latin America, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, in Thalian
Hall. For tickets, call Thalian Hall box office at 910.343.3664
or 800.523.2820. 
Rani
Arbo and daisy mayhem play folk music at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.
Tickets are $18. 
Ronald
K. Brown/Evidence dance at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 at the Thalian
Hall Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $22. 