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Jul 18, 2023

UNCW Taps Industry Leader To Head Swain Center

By Emma Dill, posted Jul 18, 2023

The Swain Center at the University of North Carolina Wilmington has a new director. The university has selected Yolanda Pollard to head up the center, which specializes in executive education and economic development. Pollard began her role on July 10, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the university. The center’s last permanent director, Richard Wa ...

Jun 27, 2023

Construction Begins On New CFCC Health Sciences Campus

By Johanna F. Still, posted Jun 27, 2023

Crews began gutting the first floor of the former Bank of America building earlier this month to make way for the property’s new operator, Cape Fear Community College. The renovated space will allow CFCC to expand its nursing and other allied health programs.  By early next year, the first floor of the downtown building – with floor-to-ceiling windows f ...

Apr 28, 2023

The Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW), an all-girls public charter school, this week announced the completion of its latest sustainability initiative – the installation of a 300.3-kW solar system. According to a news release, the initiative is one of the largest solar systems in New Hanover County and the largest on a scho ...

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Posted Feb 28, 2022
With more of us working from home than ever, it’s no surprise the average American spends 90 percent of their time indoors.  And considering the EPA has stated that indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air, the subject of how to improve indoor air quality has never been more relevant. 

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Mar 3, 2023

Short-term Training Boosts Workforce

By Johanna F. Still, posted Mar 3, 2023

In just five years, Cape Fear Community College has transformed and expanded its short-term workforce development programming designed to get quickly students into the local workforce.  “It was totally different,” said John Downing, the college’s vice president of economic and workforce development. “We didn’t have a lot of short-term ...

Jan 6, 2023

Economic development is surging in Wilmington, but it will be unsustainable without connecting to a strong education system. Simultaneously, our students cannot see themselves staying close to home after high school graduation to meet local workforce needs without the business community’s support and involvement in our schools. Fortunately, we have an engaged busi ...

Dec 2, 2022

UNCW Prepares To Launch Online Supply Chain Master's Degree

By Johanna F. Still, posted Dec 2, 2022

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is taking steps to launch a new master’s degree program focused on supply chain management.  The UNC Board of Governors approved the program in October. University officials are preparing to submit materials before the end of the year to seek final approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commi ...

Dec 2, 2022

Back To School At Any Age

By Scott Nunn, posted Dec 2, 2022

When Amy Keith arrived as a student at University of North Carolina Wilmington in the 1980s, she was on a direct track to a history degree and certification as a high school teacher. She never made it into the classroom, however, at least not in the traditional sense. “I had planned to teach high school and I got the certification to teach social studies,” K ...

Nov 7, 2022

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) recently designated the University of North Carolina Wilmington an “Innovation & Economic Prosperity University,” according to a UNCW announcement Monday. A news release stated the national designation "acknowledges public research universities working with public and private sector p ...

Sep 2, 2022

McWhorter To Engineer CIE's Future

By Lynda Van Kuren, posted Sep 2, 2022

Heather McWhorter, the new director of the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, hopes to solidify and expand Wilmington’s role as a breeding ground for entrepreneurs.   “There’s something magical in a community that creates entrepreneurs and helps them succeed,” she said. “My vision ...

Jul 22, 2022

The University of North Carolina Wilmington has been named in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023, an annual collection of information about 300 of the nation’s “best and most interesting” colleges and universities.  UNCW has landed on the list consistently since 2017, according to a university press release Friday.  Authored by New York ...

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