Cape Fear Academy is beginning preparations for its next transition. Current Head of School Donald Berger has announced he will step down at the end of private school's 2019-20 academic year, and a search committee has been formed to identify his successor. Berger came to Cape Fear Academy in July 2012. The school has retained Wickenden Associates of Princeton, N ...

The Swain Center for Executive Education and Economic Development at University of North Carolina Wilmington has a new director. Following a national search, Richard Walsh has been named to that position, according to a news release. His appointment is effective Monday. Walsh succeeds Matt Mylott, who has served as the center’s acting director since former dire ...

With an increasing threat of cyberattacks on financial, health and other institutions, the University of North Carolina Wilmington is looking ahead with the goal of preparing students in the information technology and cyber defense field. That was one main message from UNCW officials and featured speakers at the annual WITX (Wilmington Information Technology eXchange) conf ...

Having two University of North Carolina Wilmington graduate programs rise in the U.S. News & World Report's graduate school rankings will likely benefit the university, its chancellor said Thursday. Both UNCW's master's degree in nursing and master's degree in public administration programs moved up 12 points on the publication's lists. The unive ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s master’s degree programs in nursing and public administration each moved up 12 places on the U.S. News & World Report list of 2020 Best Graduate Schools, according to an announcement from UNCW on Tuesday.   Three other programs – social work, education and part-time M.B.A. – also mad ...

Brunswick Community College and the Cape Fear Workforce Development Board were recently awarded a $400,000 grant to help fund a program that aims to build a talent pipeline into the area’s construction industry. The grant award stems from the NCWorks Local Innovation Fund, which Gov. Roy Cooper established last year as part of the NC Job Ready initiative, accordin ...

With Cape Fear Community College’s Schwartz Center reopening this week, the school will focus on hosting athletic events in the new space and will no longer rent out space for non-sports related events, college representatives said Thursday. CFCC officials have decided to use the renovated center for collegiate sports events and to host tournaments, said Sonya Joh ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington has ranked eighth in the nation for its online bachelor’s program, according to U.S. News & World Report. The report, 2019 Best Online Bachelor’s Programs, recognized UNCW for its nursing and clinical research programs, two online programs that qualified for the ranking. The ranking was based on different cr ...

UNCW is taking a different route than it has in the past to add student housing to its campus in the amount of about 1,800 beds. "The university is pursuing the financing and construction of the project through a public-private partnership," said Miles Lackey, vice chancellor for business affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. "We believe ...

Cape Fear Community College on Thursday announced a new executive director for the college’s foundation. Veronica Godwin has been selected to lead Cape Fear Community College Foundation Inc., a nonprofit that supports the college and its students, faculty, staff, programs, scholarships and specific capital projects, according to a news release.    ...