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The McClellan family of Belmont, S.C., checks in at the UNC Wilmington Alumni Association's tailgate picnic prior to the Jo Dee Messina concert Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

OVER 100 ALUMNI AND FRIENDS GATHER FOR TAILGATE PARTY
Over 100 alumni and friends gathered for fun and food before the Jo Dee Messina Concert on Sept. 24. The Alumni Relations Office is planning more get-togethers at future events. MORE

GOLF CLASSIC RESCHEDULED FOR NOV. 7
The Cape Fear Alumni Chapter will sponsor a golf tournament to benefit the UNCW Alumni Association on Monday, Nov. 7 at Echo Farms Country Club. The event was rescheduled from Oct. 7 due to inclement weather. Team sponsorships are $350 and include 18 holes of golf, cart and practice balls; gift bag (including a UNCW alumni T-shirt); bagged lunch provided by Chick-fil-A; beverages; social hour and awards dinner cookout. Corporate sponsorships are available for $1,000. Bagged lunches and beverages will be provided. The deadline for entries is Nov. 3. Entries must be accompanied by payment. Contact the Alumni Relations Office at alumni@uncw.edu or 910.962.2682.

AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE AGREEMENT BENEFITS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
American Home Mortgage, one of the nation’s leading mortgage lenders, and the UNCW Alumni Association, are offering the “Seahawk Reward Program,” in which alumni would will receive a $200 closing cost credit and $100 will be donated in their name by AHM to the UNCW Alumni Association. MORE

ALUMNI RELATIONS SOCIALS AND EVENTS FOR AWAY GAMES
Alumni relations staff will be traveling to away men’s basketball games to coordinate alumni socials and fan support: Nov. 17, when the Seahawks take on the Colorado Buffalos in Boulder, and Dec. 12, when the Seahawks play the Wisconsin Badgers. MORE

DINNER AND THEATER WITH THE CRUCIBLE
The alumni association will hold a Thanksgiving Feast at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Madeline Suite before the performance of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m., then guests will move to Kenan Auditorium for the performance. Cost is $25 for active alumni and $30 for all others. Reservations, due by noon Nov. 16, can be made online or by calling 910.962.2682.

PLANNING FOR HOMECOMING 2006
Homecoming 2006 events, scheduled for Jan. 27-29, are in the planning stages. Please check www.uncw.edu/alumni/homecoming2006 for more information.

UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION
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PARKING DECK PLANS POSTPONED
Because of the escalating cost of construction and the subsequent impact on parking fees, University of North Carolina Wilmington has postponed plans for a new parking deck. UNCW has been exploring different options to meet the need for additional parking including the pending purchases of new property. These properties have the potential to create nearly 600 parking spaces, virtually the same number that would have been provided by the deck, which was slated for completion in 2007. MORE

$1.3 MILLION GRANT FOR MARINE BIOTECH RESEARCH
National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a $1.3 million marine biotechnology grant to University of North Carolina Wilmington. The three-year, $1.3 million grant will be used to develop 100 new chemical structures from cultured marine microalga only available at the UNCW Center for Marine Science. MORE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETS
The regular quarterly committee meetings of the UNCW Board of Trustees will take place Thursday, Oct. 27 and Friday, Oct. 28. MORE

LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
What do ancient Chinese empires, shape-shifters, Broadway musicals, globalization, wine and Microsoft have in common? Explore Pathways, UNCW’s lifelong learning catalog, and find out. MORE

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MEN’S BASKETBALL OPENS SEASON WITH MIDNITE MADNESS
The 2005-06 edition of the UNC Wilmington men's basketball team officially kicked off its new season Friday night with Midnite Madness (see photo gallery) and makes its first public appearance Saturday, Nov. 5, with an exhibition matchup against Mount Olive. MORE

SEAHAWK SPORTS ROUNDUP BEGINS SECOND SEASON
“The Seahawk Sports Roundup,” a television show featuring UNC Wilmington’s athletic department, has started its second season on Time Warner Cable’s The Learning Network (Channel 5). The show is a joint venture of the athletic department and UNCW-TV. The first of four episodes will run the next three weeks on TLN. MORE

MURTAUGH NAMED UNCW ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Marissa Murtaugh collected Athlete of the Week honors for the second time this fall after finishing third out of 124 runners in Appalachian State’s Blue Ridge Open. She clocked 18:26.9 on the 5K course at State Farm Fields, finishing behind only Davidson’s Brenna Burns and Allie Martin. MORE

SEAHAWK CLUB HOLDS HALLOWEEN BASH
The Seahawk Club, in conjunction with Cape Fear Community College, presents the Halloween Bash. The bash will be from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Oct. 28 at the Schwartz Center on the CFCC campus. Tickets are $25 and include unlimited food and beverages, dancing and live entertainment. All proceeds benefit student scholarships at UNCW and CFCC. Contact the Seahawk Club at 962.3571 for more information. MORE

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Support UNCW – The UNCW Annual Fund Phonathon is underway. Last year, the phonathon took in a total of 4,380 pledges amounting to $224,478.42. Money raised from the phonathon went to more than 55 different programs and organizations on campus. An effective way for the university to raise funds and maintain connections with alumni and friends, the phonathon will run during both the fall and spring semesters. Students will call graduates of all the academic areas, UNCW parents and UNCW friends.

UNCW Alumni Association – Be sure to visit our newly redesigned Web site and send us your comments on how we can serve you better. We invite you to become an active member of the organization by making a gift to the university, joining a chapter, attending events or serving on the board of directors. Call 910.962.2682 or 800.596.2880 for more information.

Campus News – Read more of the latest news and events happening across campus.

Planned Giving – Surf our new Web site where you can review in-depth articles about estate planning and planned giving, use our online gift calculator, read donor stories, request complimentary e-brochures and learn about our donor lifetime income plans. For more information, please contact Chris Clapp, director of planned giving, at 910.962.3214 or clappc@uncw.edu.

Lifelong Learning

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 gerontology, public administration and film studies.

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