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UNCW celebrates the official inauguration
of the Cultural Arts Building, the university's new academic,
exhibit and performance venue for art, music and theatre,
Thursday, Jan. 25 through Sunday, Jan. 28. The celebration
will feature special performances and exhibits in each of
the new state-of-the-art venues: the art gallery, recital
hall, SRO (black box) theatre and mainstage theatre. MORE
Look for your copy of Pathways in the Tuesday,
Jan. 16 edition of the Wilmington Star-News, or access
it online.
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. All Seahawks
coming back to Wilmington for Homecoming 2007, please visit
www.uncw.edu/alumni/Benefits.htm#Hotels
to get your hotel discounts today.
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.
The UNCW Alumni Association is proud to
bring to you a new and more interactive alumni Web site. New
features include an online directory, chapter news and events,
alumni career services, S.T.A.R.T. Program, new membership
benefits and a very cool Where Do Seahawks Live Map. MORE
ATLANTA -
A pregame social will be held Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Georgia
State Sports Arena, where the Seahawks will play the Georgia
State Panthers. Attention all School of Nursing Alumni: Dean
Virginia Adams will be a special guest at the social. Make
sure to sign up today to learn more about the new School of
Nursing Building. Social
and game tickets.
The Wilmington College Alumni Chapter meets
every third Wednesday of each month at Jackson's Big Oak BBQ.
The 14th
UNCW Alumni Association Golf Classic will be Thursday,
April 26 at Magnolia Greens. You are invited to be a sponsor
of this fun event. Proceeds will be used to support the Gerald
Shinn Scholarship. Participants have a chance to win a
2007 Hummer from Rippy Autopark. Lunch will be provided by
Chick-fil-A. Sign
up to be a sponsor or to register your alumni team.
The UNCW
Alumni Association scholarships, funded by alumni contributions,
are awarded annually to full-time UNCW undergraduate and graduate
students. The application deadline for the 2007-08 school
year is Friday, March 16. You
can help support student scholarships.
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Every academic department at UNCW now has
an endowed scholarship, thanks to the generosity of philanthropists
Mark Griffis and David Robertson. MORE
The UNCW Center for Marine Science has
established the Hodder Hall of Mentors to honor Walter James
Hodder and Katherine Hanson Hodder, volunteers and donors.
MORE
The UNCW Board of Trustees approved tuition
increases of $192 for in-state students and $220 for out-of-state
students for the 2007-08 academic year. Fee increases totaling
$46.65 for athletics, health services, student activities
and transportation also were approved. The increases are within
the guidelines set by the UNC Board of Governors in October.
MORE
The Office of International Programs and
UNCW Presents host the 14th Annual Intercultural Week and
Festival, Feb. 12-17. Events are planned to celebrate the
rich diversity of cultures within UNCW and the Wilmington
community. MORE
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Junior forward Todd Hendley poured in a
career-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to give UNCW
skipper Benny Moss his first CAA men’s basketball victory
in an 80-66 triumph over visiting James Madison Jan. 10 in
Trask Coliseum. The Seahawks snapped a six-game losing streak
and won for the first time in the conference to improve to
4-10 overall and 1-4 in the CAA. UNCW concludes a two-game
homestand Saturday, Jan. 20 when Georgia State pays a 2 p.m.
visit in a game slated for live television coverage via Comcast
SportsNet. MORE
Kyra Kaylor, reigning CAA Player of the
Year, scored 19 points, shooting 7 of 14 from the field and
pulling down 11 rebounds, to lead the William & Mary women’s
basketball team to a 60-50 win over UNCW Thursday, Jan. 11.
With the loss the Seahawks drop to 5-9, 1-2 CAA. MORE
Fresh off its fourth straight 40-win season,
including a school record 42 victories and third NCAA Tournament
appearance, UNCW enters the 2007 campaign looking to defend
its second CAA title in three seasons. MORE
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Seahawk athletics news
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CULTURAL
ARTS BUILDING INAUGURATION
14th
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
SEAHAWKS
SCORE FIRST CAA WIN
Carolina
Piano Trio performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 in the UNCW Cultural
Arts Building Recital Hall. Tickets are $15. 
Pianist
Andreas Klein performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 in the Cultural
Arts Building Recital Hall. Tickets are $5.