The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
(UNCW), sometimes referred to as UNC Wilmington, is a public, co-educational university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 located in Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...

. UNCW enrolls approximately 13,000 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students each year as part of the 17-campus University of North Carolina System.

History

UNC Wilmington opened its doors on September 4, 1947 as Wilmington College. At the time the school operated as a junior college, offering freshman-level courses to nearly 250 students during the first school year, many of whom were veterans returning from military service following World War II. Under the control of the New Hanover County Board of Education, Wilmington College earned accreditation from the North Carolina College Conference in 1948 and became a member of the American Association of Junior Colleges. Further accreditation came in 1952 from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

In 1958, Wilmington College was placed under the Community College Act of North Carolina, passing control from the New Hanover County Board of Education to a board of trustees as a state-supported college under the supervision of the North Carolina Board of Higher Education.

Wilmington College became a senior college on July 1, 1963, when the North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina General Assembly

The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...

 passed legislation allowing the school to offer a four-year curriculum and award bachelor's degrees. Six years later, July 1, 1969, the name of the school was changed to The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, making UNCW the fifth campus of the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina

Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...

 system. On August 22, 1977, UNCW was authorized to offer its first graduate programs at the master's level.
Currently, UNCW has around 13,000 students enrolled and nearly 500 full-time faculty members. The school offers fifty-two bachelor's degrees, thirty-six master's degrees and doctoral degrees in marine biology and educational leadership and administration.

Campus Life

The university offers degrees in humanities

Humanities

The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....

, sciences, health

Health

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...

, business

Business

A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...

 and professional fields. The university’s highly ranked marine science program draws a variety of undergraduate and graduate students from across the United States. The proximity to the Atlantic Ocean is a draw for incoming freshman.

Teal

Teal (color)

Teal is a medium blue-green color. It is named after the Common Teal, a member of the duck family, whose eyes are surrounded by the color.Teal is one of the initial group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors formulated in 1987, shown below....

 is the official school color of UNCW, with navy

Navy

A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...

 and gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 as alternate colors. The school color has become a point of pride for students, which is widely illustrated with spirit shirts bearing slogans such as “Feel My Teal” and exclusive teal-colored Rainbow Sandals

Rainbow Sandals

Rainbow Sandals Inc. was established in 1974 in Laguna Beach, California by Jay "Sparky" Longley and is currently based out of San Clemente, California...

 being offered through the university bookstore.

The average SAT

SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...

 score for incoming freshman in 2010 was 1170, with an average GPA of 3.79. The freshman class in 2010 was 1,992.

Student Facilities

In 2000, the Student Recreation Center was opened to students, staff, and faculty members. It houses three basketball courts, exercise machines, a weight training area, an indoor running track, and an indoor climbing wall. It also includes a group exercise room which supports multiple clubs and activities, including Yoga, Pilates, and an Aikido club. By 2012, the Student Recreation Center will complete an expansion of facilities, as well as construction on a new nadatorium. This construction will double the size of the existing Recreation Center.

Lumina Theater, named after the boardwalk theater that was once found on Wrightsville Beach features 360 stadium seats, a 15.5' x 30' screen, Dolby Digital surround sound, 35mm capabilities and a digital projection system. Lumina screens blockbusters, independents, cult classics, art films, international films and student films throughout the academic year, four or more days a week, except during University holidays and breaks. Some notable Lumina events included a multi-part, high-definition screening of BBC's Planet Earth series over the span of several weekends, and a yearly 24-hour lock-in.

Residential Accommodation

Galloway Hall is UNCW's first residence facility on campus, and has a standard hall-style double room arrangement with shared bathrooms for the entire hall. Housing 400 students, predominately first-years, Galloway has a very social atmosphere.

Graham-Hewlett and Belk dormitories are configured in suite-style dorm arrangements with eight to ten individuals sharing a bathroom. Graham-Hewlett houses 384 residents and Belk houses 192 residents, and both facilities consist of predominately first-year students. Belk is the only dorm on campus which is exclusively female, as all other dorms are coed.

Schwartz Hall houses 160 residents, and is home to mostly first-year students. A double room layout features shared bathrooms but is distinguished by its "pod" layout in contrast with the typical hall style dorms. Schwartz Hall is also home to special interest housing, which includes the "Men of Teal" floor, "Teaching Fellow" floor and "Wellness" floor.

Newer dormitories on campus include Honors (100 Honors Scholar residents), International (100 international and American residents) and Cornerstone Hall (265 residents arranged in "Learning Communities") and are arranged with a courtyard between them to form what is referred to as "Tri-house". These dormitories were constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s and are considered to be the most luxurious and well-maintained freshmen residences on campus.

In addition to dormitories, UNCW also has on campus apartments and suites. There are 13 apartment buildings which can serve as home to 400 students. The University Apartments house 4 students, who all have separate bedrooms but share a bathroom, living room, and kitchen.

The University Suites, built in the late 1980s include seven suite buildings which can also house 400 students. Two floor plans consist of six bedroom units housing 12 students and 10 bedroom units housing ten students. All residents of the Suites share bathrooms, living rooms, and kitchens. University Suites are home to various sororities and fraternities on campus.

Seahawk Village is a luxury apartment complex of six buildings housing 85 students each. With a similar design to off-campus accommodations, Seahawk Village houses predominately upperclassmen. Seahawk Village features a club house with swimming pool, and includes a mix of two, three, and four bedroom apartments with a total of 524 beds. The apartments are fully furnished and feature a full service kitchen and washer and dryer in each apartment.

Seahawk Landing features living arrangements similar to that found in the Seahawk Village facility, with expanded amenities including a sandwich/coffee shop, convenience market, and small-scale recreation facility located on site. Seahawk Landing houses 603 students in seven apartment buildings, predominately upperclassmen.

Seahawk Crossing, opened in 2009, is the most recent addition to residential facilities on campus. Seahawk Crossing’s four apartment buildings comprise four, six, and eight bedroom apartments and house 662 students. Apartment-pod style rooms are fully furnished, and residents are allowed access to the Seahawk Crossing parking deck.

Off-Campus Housing

There are many apartments and condos in the neighborhoods surrounding the university. The Seahawk Perch, which is maintained by the Dean of Students Office, is available to assist off-campus students.

Campus Dining

UNCW has several options for campus dining. The primary venue for dining on campus is Wagoner Hall. Wagoner Hall serves as a standard dining hall setup, with various stations offering a variety of foods, including a salad bar and assorted desserts. Wagoner Hall is also host to "Wagsgiving", an annual Thanksgiving feast arranged for students.

The newly renovated Dub’s Café, located in Warwick Hall, offers fewer options than Wagoner Hall, but is modeled in a similar cafeteria style.

The Fisher University Union houses Hawk’s Nest, a dining center where students can choose from a wide assortment of available options. Hawk’s Nest offers Mexican food, pizza, Asian cuisine, hamburgers and fries, sushi, Chick-fil-A and Quiznos.

Other on-campus dining options include Einstein's Bagels, Courtside Bagel Shop, Dunkin Donuts, Java City, Landing Sandwich Shop and multiple convenience stores.

Greek Life

Greek-letter societies became an early part of student life at UNCW when the first social fraternity was formed in January of 1964, just six months after Wilmington College became a four-year institution. Fraternities and Sororities have continued to grow at UNCW with membership now above 10 percent of the overall student population, exceeding the national average. The Interfraternity Council (IFC) comprises 12 fraternities, and the Panhellenic Council is made up of 9 sororities. The National Pan-Hellenic Council has 7 historically-black organizations, three fraternities and four sororities. UNCW also has two additional special interest sororities. Several fraternities and sororities have on-campus housing in Schwartz Hall, University Suites and University Apartments.

UNCW Fraternities

The twelve Interfraternity Council members include:

• Alpha Tau Omega
  Alpha Tau Omega
  Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
  
  
• Delta Chi
  Delta Chi
  Delta Chi or D-Chi is an international Greek letter college social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890,at Cornell University, initially as a professional fraternity for law students. On April 29, 1922, Delta Chi became a general membership social fraternity, eliminating the requirement for men...
  
  
• Delta Tau Delta
  Delta Tau Delta
  Delta Tau Delta is a U.S.-based international secret letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, . It currently has around 125 student chapters nationwide, as well as more than 25 regional alumni groups. Its national community service...
  
  
• Kappa Alpha Order
  Kappa Alpha Order
  Kappa Alpha Order is a social fraternity and fraternal order. Kappa Alpha Order has 124 active chapters, 3 provisional chapters, and 2 commissions...
  
  
• Kappa Sigma
  Kappa Sigma
  Kappa Sigma , commonly nicknamed Kappa Sig, is an international fraternity with currently 282 active chapters and colonies in North America. Kappa Sigma has initiated more than 240,000 men on college campuses throughout the United States and Canada. Today, the Fraternity has over 175,000 living...
  
  
• Lambda Chi Alpha
  Lambda Chi Alpha
  Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
  
  
• Phi Gamma Delta
  Phi Gamma Delta
  The international fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is a collegiate social fraternity with 120 chapters and 18 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and its headquarters are located in Lexington, Kentucky, USA...
  
   (FIJI)
• Pi Kappa Alpha
  Pi Kappa Alpha
  Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
  
  
• Pi Kappa Phi
  Pi Kappa Phi
  Pi Kappa Phi is an American social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina...
  
  
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon
  Sigma Alpha Epsilon
  Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
  
  
• Sigma Nu
  Sigma Nu
  Sigma Nu is an undergraduate, college fraternity with chapters in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia...
  
  
• Tau Kappa Epsilon
  Tau Kappa Epsilon
  Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
  
  

UNCW Sororities

The 8 Panhellenic Council members include:

• Alpha Delta Pi
  Alpha Delta Pi
  Alpha Delta Pi is a fraternity founded on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The Executive office for this sorority is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi is one of the two "Macon Magnolias," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Phi Mu...
  
  
• Alpha Gamma Delta
  Alpha Gamma Delta
  Alpha Gamma Delta is an international women's fraternity, who are mainly sluts, founded in 1904 at Syracuse University. The Fraternity promotes academic excellence, philanthropic giving, ongoing leadership and personal development, and a spirit of loving sisterhood. Also known as "Alpha Gam" and...
  
  
• Alpha Phi
  Alpha Phi
  Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Alpha Phi currently has 152 active chapters and over 200,000 initiated members. Its celebrated Founders' Day is October 10. It was the third Greek-letter organization founded for women. In Alpha...
  
  
• Alpha Xi Delta
  Alpha Xi Delta
  Alpha Xi Delta is a women's fraternity founded on April 17, 1893 at Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois. Alpha Xi Delta is one of the oldest women's fraternities as well as one of the ten founding fraternities of the National Panhellenic Conference...
  
  
• Chi Omega
  Chi Omega
  Chi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega has 174 active collegiate chapters and over 230 alumnae chapters. Chi Omega's national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee....
  
  
• Delta Zeta
  Delta Zeta
  Delta Zeta is an international college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Today, Delta Zeta has 158 collegiate chapters in the United States and over 200 alumnae chapters in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada...
  
  
• Phi Mu
  Phi Mu
  Phi Mu is the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The organization was founded as the Philomathean Society on January 4, 1852, and was announced publicly on March 4 of the same year...
  
  
• Sigma Sigma Sigma
  Sigma Sigma Sigma
  Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members. Sigma Sigma Sigma is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and hosts chapters on more than 110 college campuses and 89 alumnae chapters in communities all...
  
  

National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc.

The 3 historically-black fraternities include:

• Alpha Phi Alpha
  Alpha Phi Alpha
  Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
  
  
• Kappa Alpha Psi
  Kappa Alpha Psi
  Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
  
  
• Omega Psi Phi
  Omega Psi Phi
  Omega Psi Phi is a fraternity and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. The founders were three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos...
  
   http://www.iotalambdaques.com

The 4 historically-black sororities include:

• Alpha Kappa Alpha
  Alpha Kappa Alpha
  Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
  
  
• Delta Sigma Theta
  Delta Sigma Theta
  Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...
  
  http://www.thetaiotadeltas.com
• Sigma Gamma Rho
  Sigma Gamma Rho
  Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Butler University on November 12, 1922, by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana...
  
  
• Zeta Phi Beta
  Zeta Phi Beta
  Zeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered sorority and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.Zeta Phi Beta is organized into 800+ chapters, in eight intercontinental regions including the USA, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean...
  
  

No Council Affiliation

• Lambda Theta Alpha
  Lambda Theta Alpha
  Lambda Theta Alpha is a Latina sorority in the United States.The idea for Lambda Theta Alpha began in the late 1970s, when colleges and universities experienced an influx of Latino enrollment; the organization came into being at Kean University in 1975 with Lambda Theta Alpha's seventeen founding...
  
   Latin Sorority
• Sigma Alpha Omega
  Sigma Alpha Omega
  Sigma Alpha Omega is a nationally incorporated Christian sorority for women, founded at North Carolina State University in 1998. However, they can trace their roots back to the once co-educational Chi Alpha Omega fraternity founded at East Carolina University in 1987...
  
   Christian Sorority

Academics

The university is organized into five colleges:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Cameron School of Business
• College of Health and Human Services
• Watson School of Education
• Graduate School

The university has 52 undergraduate degree programs, 36 masters degree programs and two doctoral programs.

Randall Library

William Madison Randall Library supports the mission of the UNCW through the provision of information resources, services and programs relevant to the needs of its students, faculty and staff. To accomplish this mission, the library provides diverse collections of informational resources in multiple formats, access to informational resources and assistance and instruction in identifying, evaluating and interpreting information.

Randall Library has two floors. The first floor features computer banks, group work areas, the Technology Assistance Center, and a coffee shop for students. The floor has a very social atmosphere, and is commonly used to complete group assignments. The second floor has a strictly enforced quiet policy.

National Undersea Research Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , pronounced , like "noah", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere...

 (NOAA) founded the National Undersea Research Program

National Undersea Research Program

The National Underwater Research Program is a U.S. government program that operates six facilities for undersea research, including the world's only permanent undersea research facility, Aquarius. The program is operated under the auspices of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, a...

's National Undersea Research Center (NURC) for the Southeastern United States and Gulf of Mexico at UNCW in 1980. NOAA's Aquarius laboratory

Aquarius (laboratory)

The NOAA Aquarius Reef Base is an underwater habitat located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, adjacent to Conch Reef. It is one of the few underwater research facilities in the world dedicated to science...

 is an underwater habitat

Underwater habitat

Underwater habitats are underwater structures in which people can live for extended periods and carry out most of the basic human functions of a 24-hour day, such as working, resting, eating, attending to personal hygiene, and sleeping...

 located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys. It includes the Florida Reef, the only barrier coral reef in North America and the third-largest coral barrier reef in the world. It also has extensive mangrove forest and seagrass fields...

, adjacent to Conch Reef

Conch Reef

Conch Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the southeast of Plantation Key. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area . Adjacent to the SPA is a "Research Only" zone and the Aquarius underwater laboratory is at the center of the zone...

 and is operated by UNCW/ NURC.

2010 - 2011 Rankings

In 2010, Forbes

Forbes

Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...

 ranked UNCW 17 on the 2010 list of "America's Best College Buys."

Kiplinger

Kiplinger

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:

• 3rd "Best Value" for in-state students among public universities in North Carolina.
• 25th "Best Value" for in-state students among public universities in the United States.
• 35th "Best Value" for out-of-state students among public universities in the United States.

Among its peer institutions (public master's universities), UNCW ranks fourth nationally (behind James Madison, College of New Jersey, and Truman State).

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report

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:

• Top 20 (currently 13th) public master's universities in the South.

UNCW ranked 6th among the top public master's universities in the South in 2010.

Athletics

The UNCW athletic teams are known as the Seahawks. They are NCAA's

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 Division I members and field 19 varsity athletic teams for men and women. UNCW has the highest student-athlete graduation rate for public universities in the state of North Carolina.

UNCW is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

. Other members of the conference include University of Delaware

University of Delaware

The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

, Drexel

Drexel

-People:* Anthony Joseph Drexel I, a Philadelphia banker, founder of Drexel University* John Armstrong Drexel, aviation pioneer* Elizabeth Wharton Drexel, socialite and author* Francis Anthony Drexel, a Philadelphia banker...

, George Mason

George Mason

George Mason IV was an American Patriot, statesman and a delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention...

, Georgia State

Georgia State University

Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...

, Hofstra, James Madison

James Madison

James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...

, Northeastern, Old Dominion

Old Dominion

Old Dominion may refer to:*Old Dominion, nickname for the U.S. State of Virginia*The Old Dominion, a reference to the Colony of Virginia, which became the "Dominion of Virginia"*Old Dominion , former Amtrak passenger train...

, Towson

Towson

-Places:In the United States:*Towson, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Maryland**Towson Center, an arena in Towson, Maryland**Towson Town Center, a shopping mall in Towson, Maryland*Fort Towson, Oklahoma, a community in Oklahoma...

, VCU and William & Mary.

Baseball

UNCW won the CAA’s automatic bid to play in the NCAA Regionals in 2004 and 2006. In addition, the program received at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament in 2003 and 2008. UNCW set a CAA record with four consecutive 40-win seasons from 2003–06 and set a school record with 44 victories in 2008, including a 21-game winning streak. The rich heritage of UNCW baseball began when the Seahawks captured the NCJAA 1961 and 1963 National Championships. The Seahawks have sent over 82 players to play professionally. UNCW has hosted the CAA baseball tournament at Brooks Field eight consecutive years and 10 times overall.

Men's Basketball

UNCW basketball has been popular on campus since the program moved to Division I in 1976-77. The Seahawks finished their inaugural season with a 16-10 record, a rare accomplishment for any program in their first year of D-I competition. Success continued in the second season when a sellout crowd attended the opening game in Trask Coliseum and witnessed a near upset of nationally-ranked Wake Forest 83-79. The Seahawks finished the 1977-78 season with a 19-7 record.

In 1984, the Seahawks joined the ECAC-South Conference (also known as the Colonial Athletic Association). In their first conference home game at Trask Coliseum the Seahawks defeated George Mason. The first appearance in a CAA championship game came in 1987, just their third season of league play that saw them finish the regular season in 2nd place. UNCW would appear in three more CAA title games (1989, 1996, 1998) before capturing their first championship in 2000 with a 57-47 win over Richmond. UNCW won the title again in 2006 by beating Hofstra, 78-67.

The Seahawks’ first votes in any Top 25 poll came early in the 1992-93 season. Other notable wins that captured the attention of pollsters included roads wins at Miami(FL) and NC State (96-84). The first appearance in post-season play came in 1998 when they were selected for the NIT. They played again in the NIT in 2001.

UNCW has made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Their first trip came in 2000, where they lost to the #2 seed Cincinnati, 64-47.

In their second appearance in 2002, the 13th seeded Seahawks shocked the 4th seeded Trojans of USC with a 93-89 overtime win. They were defeated by Indiana in the second round, 76-66.

In 2003 the Seahawks faced off against Maryland. Maryland won the game, 75-73.

In 2006 the Seahawks earned a ninth seed and met #8 seed George Washington. Despite an excellent first half, the Seahawks saw an 18-point lead evaporate in the second half before losing in overtime, 88-85.

Women's Basketball

The UNCW women’s basketball program completed its 37th season of competition in 2010-11, including the last 25 as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks. The Seahawks began as a member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) in 1973-74 and spent 10 years as a member of the AIAW until the association’s disbandment following the 1982-83 season.

UNCW joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for one season, recording a then-program best mark of 22-6 in its lone year of competition in the NAIA before joining the NCAA Division I ranks as a member of the ECAC-South Conference in 1984 (the league changed its name to the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985).

As a member of the CAA, the Seahawks have made two appearances in the CAA championship game, falling both times to Old Dominion (92-49 in 2000 & 76-48 in 2002). UNCW’s best regular-season finish came in 2010-11, when the Seahawks finished in a tie for second place with ODU, one game behind regular season champion James Madison.

The Seahawks are coached by Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, who was named the ninth coach in program history on May 10, 2010. A member of the Naismith Basketball Hall-of-Fame, Cooper-Dyke enjoyed a landmark playing career both in the WNBA as a member of the Houston Comets and internationally in Italy and Spain. She was a member of back-to-back national champion squads at the University of Southern California (1983, 1984) and represented the United States in international competition on five occasions, including the games of the 1988 and 1992 Olympiads.

In its first season under Cooper-Dyke, UNCW established a program record for victories in a season with 24 wins and made its first post-season appearance, accepting an at-large invitation to the 2011 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Seahawks defeated Richmond, 63-54, in the first round, but fell to Eastern Michigan at home in the second round by an identical 63-54 margin.
The loss to EMU on March 21, 2011, was the first post-season game ever to be played in Trask Coliseum.

The 2010-2011 Seahawks were led by point guard and team captain Emily Jurenka, whose tremendous work ethic had a major impact on the team. "Her hustle was infectious," Cooper-Dyke said. "She did everything at 110 percent, and I've never seen a player spend so much extra time in the gym." In honor of her contributions, Cooper-Dyke decided to create the coveted Emily Jurenka Hustle Award, given out each year to the team's hardest working player.

Additional Athletic Achievements

The men’s swimming and diving team has won the CAA title for 10 consecutive years, from 2002 through 2011. The men's track & field team won its 10th team title in 2009. The men’s tennis team has won the CAA title twice in the last three years (2009, 2011) by defeating VCU. The men’s golf and women’s golf teams each won the CAA title in 2011 to give them three conference championships apiece. UNCW also captured the men's and women's CAA soccer titles in 2009.

Club Sports

UNCW club sports include teams in baseball, crew, equestrian, gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's lacrosse, women's soccer, men's soccer, surf, triathlon, men's volleyball, women's volleyball, water-ski, field hockey, ice hockey, rugby, women's rugby, swimming, men's ultimate frisbee, women's ultimate frisbee, water polo, women's basketball, cycling, golf, sailing, softball, tennis, wakeboard and wrestling.

Both of UNCW's club ultimate frisbee teams, the Seamen and the Seaweed, are nationally-ranked contenders in USA Ultimate's college Open and Women's divisions respectively. In 2010, both teams won their way to the quarterfinals of the USA Ultimate College Championships, each coming away tied for 5th overall.

The club ice hockey team plays in the Blue Ridge Hockey Conference in the Carolina division. The won their division in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons. They were runner ups in the BRHC Championship in the 2007-2008 season. They are currently ranked in the South division of the D3 American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). The team is funded by players and sponsorship donations, for more information, or to donate, visit www.uncwhockey.com.

The UNCW Mens Rugby team, the Clamdiggers, was recently admitted back on campus in spring 2010. Since then they have achieved national ranking in the D2 division and was ranked 18th in Fall 2010 and 22nd in spring 2011 with victories over Nationally ranked D1 NC State and Previously #1 ranked Appalachian State"

In addition, numerous other clubs have attained notable accolades. The Surf Club finished 3rd in the 2011 NSSA National Championships, won the NSSA Eastern Championships, placed in the 2010 NSSA National Championship, were NSSA Easterns Champions 2010, were NSSA National Runner-up 2009, and were NSSA Easterns Champions 2009. The Golf Club won the National Championship in 2009 and was a 2011 National Championships Qualifier. The Women's Club Basketball Team won the East Coast Division II Championship. In 2011, the Men's Club Lacrosse Team won the War at the Shore Lacrosse Tournament. There are 29 active spots clubs on campus.

Intramural Sports

Intramural sports involve a large percent of the campus body population with dozens of sports from flag football to volleyball to bocce. With warm sunny weather favorable to being outside the majority of the year, the student body is in tuned with participating in IM sports to get involved, meet new people, have fun, and stay active.

Chief Executives

Presidents

• Thomas Tristram Hamilton, Jr. (1947–1951)
• John T. Hoggard (1951–1958)
• William M. Randall (1958–1968)
• William H. Wagoner (1968–1969)

Chancellors

• William H. Wagoner (1969–1990)
• James R. Leutze (1990–2003)
• Rosemary DePaolo (2003–2011)
• Gary L. Miller (2011-present)(link)

Athletic Directors

• William J. Brooks (1951–1991)
• Paul Miller (1991–1999)
• Peg Bradley-Doppes (1999–2004)
• Mike Capaccio (2004–2007)
• Kelly Mehrtens (2007–2010)
• Jimmy Bass (2010–present)

Notable Professors

Prof. Joseph Arthur Chambers, Thomas S. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Jazz.

Dr. Clyde Edgerton

Clyde Edgerton

Clyde Edgerton is an American author and English literature professor.Born in Durham, North Carolina, his books are known for endearing characters, small-town Southern dialogue and realistic fire and brimstone religious sermons...

, Professor of Creative Writing, Noted Southern Author

Dr. Thomas Simpson, Senior Adviser to The Federal Reserve Board of Governors and U.S. Treasury

Dr. Gerald Shinn, founder of the Albert Schweitzer International Prizes

Dr. L. Drew Rosen, Past International President, Professor of Operations Management, Cameron School of Business

Dr. Stephen Harper, Progress Energy/Betty Cameron Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship:

Dr. Russell Herman, Physics

Dr. Milan Dluhy, Former Senior Policy Analyst U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Dr. David Sepkoski, Historian of paleobiology

Dr. Patricia Kelley, Professor of Paleontology, Past President of the Paleontological Society

External links

• Official website
• Official Athletics website