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You can give a gift that keeps on giving with a year-end, tax-deductible donation
to UNCW. Your gift this holiday season can mean even more thanks to philanthropists
Mark Griffis and Dave Robertson who have made a $100,000 challenge to alumni
and friends. Matching dollar for dollar, it is the goal of this challenge to
support alumni association scholarships. All contributions must be received by
Dec. 31. You can make your gift by credit card by calling 910.962.4186. http://www.uncw.edu/uniadv/
Visit http://www.uncw.edu/alumni/Homecoming2007.htm to
get your homecoming ticket package. The “Inferno” package
includes a ticket to the alumni association’s awards
banquet and scholarship endowment gala where the young
alumna, distinguished citizen and alumnus of the year award
winners will be honored.
Also available are the “Low Grade Fever” and
AAGA ticket packages as well as reunion activities for the
classes of 1957 and 1978-1983.
Men’s basketball pregame socials will be held Saturday,
Jan. 13 when the Seahawks play Georgia State University and
Homecoming, Saturday, Feb. 10 when the Seahawks play William & Mary.
RSVP online.
A
pregame social will be held Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Georgia
State Sports Arena, where the Seahawks will play the Georgia
State Panthers. Social and game tickets are available at http://www.uncwalumnitickets.com.
The Wilmington College Alumni Chapter meets every third
Wednesday of each month at Jackson's Big Oak BBQ.
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UNCW is one of only two public universities in the nation
to be honored for leadership and innovation in teacher
education with the 2006 Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence
in Teacher Education. The award recognizes excellence in
teacher education programs and advances teacher education
by identifying promising practices and critical issues
related to measuring the impact of programs on teacher
candidate knowledge and the impact of these teachers on
pupil learning. MORE
The Marines of Montford Point: Fighting
for Freedom debuted
at a private screening Nov. 14. The hour long documentary,
written and co-produced by UNCW, chronicles the largely untold
story of the first African-Americans to serve in the United
States Marine Corps. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. narrates the
film. MORE
Ronald Baird, former director of the National Sea Grant College
Program and currently a research professor of marine science
at UNCW, received a 2006 Presidential Rank Award, the most
prestigious federal award given to senior professionals. MORE
Lawrence B. Cahoon, professor of biology and
marine biology, was one of 20 scholars selected nationwide
as a BEN Scholar. Funded by the National Science Foundation
through the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS), the BiosciEdNet (BEN) Scholars Program is designed
to promote the use of digital resources in undergraduate
biology courses and curricula. MORE
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Senior guard Blake Ahearn scored 18
points to lead five players in double figures as Missouri
State won its fourth straight with a 78-62 victory over
UNCW on Dec. 9 at Trask Coliseum. The Seahawks close out
the pre-Christmas portion of their schedule Saturday, Dec.
16 with a 7 p.m. test at Mid-American Conference foe Toledo. MORE
Jerry Narron, manager of the Cincinnati
and a North Carolina native, will be the keynote speaker
at UNCW’s spring
training baseball banquet Friday, Jan. 19 at the Hilton
Wilmington Riverside. MORE
Season tickets are now available for the
upcoming UNCW baseball season as the defending Colonial Athletic
Association champions tackle one of their most ambitious
schedules ever. MORE
Junior midfielder Jenny Cauble and sophomore
forward Kelly Renkin were named to the North Carolina Collegiate
Sports Information Association’s University Division
All-State women’s soccer team. MORE
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University
of North Carolina Wilmington
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life will
be shown Friday, Dec. 15 at Kenan Auditorium. At 6:30 p.m. festivities
to benefit Salvation Army efforts to help families and children
this holiday season begin on the steps of the auditorium. Holiday
singing, hot cider and cocoa will be available at no charge. 