UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA W I L M I N G TO N Latest News
UNCW earns
first LEED
certification
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Collaboration
for Assault
Response &
Education
4
Off Campus
Living
4
Inside
every issue:
Healthy
Living:
Transitioning 5
to an empty
nest
6
Time
Management
Traditions: 2-3
Students Get
Involved
We’ve
Heard
Your Voice: 7
Transition
Programs
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Summer
2010
Barlow Appointed UNC Wilmington Provost
and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Cathy L. Barlow has
been named provost
and vice chancellor for
academic affairs at the
University of North
Carolina Wilmington,
effective immediately.
Barlow, former dean of
the Watson School of
Education, has served
as the university's interim provost since May
2009.
education, school partnership and regional
outreach efforts, and
established a doctoral
program in educational
leadership.
An experienced educator and administrator in
both higher education
and public schools, Barlow came to UNC Wilmington to lead the
Watson School in July
2000.Under her leadership, the Watson School
established its undergraduate and graduate
teacher licensure programs as some of the
best in the nation, received full reaccreditation from the National
Council of Accreditation
for Teacher Education
(NCATE) with no areas
for improvement, received multiple competitive grants to
strengthen its teacher
"Cathy has demonstrated that her vision
as an academic and administrative leader expands beyond the campus to help identify, address and meet the
needs of our community
and our state," said
UNCW Chancellor
Rosemary DePaolo. "As
education dean, she balanced her priorities to
provide the highest
quality preparation for
UNCW teacher education students, helping to
meet the state's critical
need for teachers, while
also providing support
and counsel to current
teachers and administrators in numerous re-
Outside of the university, Barlow has served
on three national boards
and as the president of
two national organizations.
gional school districts.
"I know she will bring
that same approach to
her role as provost, balancing the university's
focus on excellence in
undergraduate education, strong graduate
programs focused on
areas of high need and
programmatic outreach
to address the issues being faced in the areas we
serve."
The provost and vice
chancellor for academic
affairs reports directly
to the chancellor, oversees all academic units
of the university and
serves as chief operating
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officer. While in the interim
provost role, Barlow noted that
she met with administrators,
faculty and staff from across
the university, learning about
the specific goals and challenges for each unit and developing a better understanding of
how all parts of the campus
work to strengthen the whole.
In her permanent position, she
will begin to work immediately
on strategic planning for academic affairs and work closely
with university vice chancellors
and other administrators to address critical needs for the
campus.
"As provost and vice chancellor, I want to listen and learn
from all members of the university community as well as
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our external partners and constituents. Together, we can
continue to build on those
strengths and collaborate on
initiatives for the next decade.
"Communication with faculty
and staff will be my number
one priority moving forward,"
she said. "We have so many
strengths on this campus –
highly qualified and dedicated
faculty, top-notch academic
programs, mutually beneficial
community relationships at the
local and state level, a culture
that values diversity and international experiences, and high
achieving students who are
willing to work hard to learn
and succeed."
Prior to coming to UNCW, Barlow served as interim dean of
the College of Education and
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Behavioral Sciences at Morehead State University in Kentucky from 1999-2000, as department chair at that same
institution from 1994-1999,
and as interim dean and dean
of the College of Education and
Health Sciences at the University of Evansville in Indiana
from 1991-1994. Prior to 1991,
she held several administrative
positions in public schools and
district offices, including associate superintendent, director
and assistant principal. She
earned her doctorate in leadership/administration statistics
from the University of Tulsa,
her master's degree in special
education from Ball State University and her bachelor's degree in psychology and education from Milligan College.
Joy Davis
Marketing and Communications
Students Get Involved
There are several reasons why your student
may have chosen to come to UNCW. Some may
have chosen to come here for our close proximity to the beach and others because UNCW is
a close drive to home. Many of our students tell
us they wanted a school that would provide
them with opportunities to get involved outside
the classroom to experience events that would
contribute to and complement their in-class
learning. This is where the Campus Activities &
Involvement Center (CAIC) can help. On the
evening of your student’s first day of orientation, we had a brief chance to explain our office
to them so we wanted to introduce ourselves to
you as well at this time.
The Campus Activities & Involvement Center is
the students’ gateway to entertainment, involvement, and leadership on campus. As part
of the Division of Student Affairs, we are creating experiences for life by providing opportunities for students to participate actively, grow
personally, and explore new ideas and interests
through a variety of entertainment and involvement experiences. Our staff, and the students
with whom we work, are committed to creating
a vibrant campus community filled with diverse
activities for all students.
The Involvement Center is located in the Fisher
Student Center where we provide a facility
where students come and see how they can get
involved during their time at UNCW. This Involvement Center is open into the later evening
and houses offices for the Student Government
Association (SGA), the Association for Campus
Entertainment (ACE), Fraternity and Sorority
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Life, as well as the full-time CAIC staff. Our center also has many resources for all students to
help them get engaged and to find their place at
UNCW.
It is our hope that every student will, in one way
or another, get involved with at least one student
organization during their college experience at
UNCW or other involvement experience such as
study-abroad, part-time employment, community
service among others. One of the best ways for
your student to learn about involvement opportunities and how they can get engaged is to come to
the Involvement Carnival which is being held on
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Wednesday, August 25th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on
the Campus Commons. We will be showcasing
nearly 250 different involvement opportunities,
both on campus and from the local Wilmington
community.
We hope to see your student either through the
Involvement Carnival or involved with a student
organization or other means of engagement. If
you, or your student, has any questions, please
feel free to contact us at 910-962-3553, email us
at activities@uncw.edu or visit our website at
www.uncw.edu/activities.
Jon Kapell
Associate Director
Campus Life
New Green Building Certification Is a First for
UNCW; a Rare Distinction in the Area
For the first time, the University of North Carolina Wilmington has earned Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) certification
from the U.S. Green Building Council for environment-friendly building design and operations.
UNC Wilmington’s newest campus housing complex, Seahawk Crossing, earned a Silver LEED
rating for advanced sustainable practices in its
parking deck and four student apartment buildings.
Every step of building planning – design, construction, structure, surrounding environment
and internal operations – is scrutinized by the
LEED rating system. The certification has grown
in visibility over the past five years, but few buildings earn the honor because of the complex planning and resources involved. UNCW gained certification for the use of the most energy efficient
heating and air systems, high-efficiency low-flow
plumbing, storm water management with an underwater vault, environment-friendly cleaning
products in buildings, and the implementation of
ongoing sustainability education for student residents and numerous other innovative practices.
Such sustainable building elements can cut down
on pollution and the use of natural resources and
even reduce utility costs. The installation of highefficiency low-flow fixtures such as toilets and
showers in the Seahawk Crossing residence hall
have already resulted in an estimated 40 percent
overall reduction of water use compared to other
low-flow systems.
Ed Shuford, UNCW director of project design and
management said, “We believe that this is simply
the right thing to do. As a public university, we
want to be good stewards of the earth and teach
our students to do the same.”
Shuford said that the university has made a commitment to strive for LEED certification on all
campus construction projects started after September 2007, when planning for the Seahawk
Crossing complex began. The complex was completed in July 2009, and now accommodates 662
UNCW students in suite-style living facilities and
houses 980 cars and 20 motorcycles in the parking deck, which includes spaces for alternative
fuel vehicles and covered bicycle storage to encourage alternative transportation.
After a thorough review, UNCW earned the Silver
LEED certification last week. The achievement is
the result of a collaboration of the construction
partners, who include UNCW, the UNCW Corporation, Clark Nexsen Architecture and Engineering, Weaver Cooke Construction, Donely’s Construction and KCI Associates.
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CARE: Collaboration for Assault Response & Education
You want your students to have a safe and
healthy college experience, including their interpersonal relationships. Yet, recent national
events and media stories might raise questions
and concerns for you about how our campus addresses these issues. UNCW CARE is available
to UNCW students and their families. The CARE
Program offers presentations on healthy relationships, long-distance relationships, and programs on how to help a friend or how to recognize a problem and intervene. The CARE program serves victims of sexual assault, sexual
harassment, domestic/dating violence and
stalking. The CARE Program has a full-time Victim Services Practitioner, Kathy Ross. Kathy is a
UNCW alumna and brings a diverse background
to CARE. Kathy has over 8 years of experience
working in the field. Kathy is a former Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault Specialist and Director of a Victim Witness Program. Kathy provides direct services on an on-call basis to students and their families that includes, but is not
limited to the following: crisis intervention,
court advocacy, hospital accompaniment, information & referrals, support groups, and educational presentations on violence and prevention.
All services are provided on a confidential basis.
For questions or concerns, please feel free to
contact Kathy Ross at (910) 962-7514 or (910)
962-CARE. You can also email Kathy at
rossk@uncw.edu.
In addition to our prevention programs, CARE
also offers many opportunities for the men on
campus to become involved in violence prevention. Adam Tate is UNCW’s Coordinator for
Men’s Programs and Violence Prevention Coordinator.
UNCW students can become directly involved by:
• Joining One-in-Four (an all-male sexual assault education group) • Participating in our annual Men's Leadership Summit • Joining the CARE Peer Educators • Inviting a program by CARE to their student
organization, • Attend a training to learn more about how to
help other students. •
For more information on how to get involved,
please contact Adam Tate at (910) 962-7004 or
feel free to email Adam at tatea@uncw.edu.
Off-campus living: How to stay connected
Living off campus can create a new sense of independence and freedom for a college student. However, it can
also make your student feel “out of the loop” with the campus community. At UNCW, we want your student
to feel that they are a Seahawk through-and through. In order to stay connected, students can keep track of
UNCW events using the University calendar and the Hawk E-news. They should also think about joining a
group through the Campus Activities and Involvement Center. In addition, your students should utilize the
Seahawk Perch, UNCW’s resource center for off-campus, graduate, military-affiliated, and nontraditional students. The Seahawk Perch creates programming for off-campus students throughout the year, including free
coffee and breakfast every Wednesday from 10:30-11:30 and other great events throughout the semester.
In addition to maintaining a connection to the campus, it is important for students who live off campus to
remember that they still represent the UNCW community. This means that UNCW expects their off-campus
students to be good neighbors, follow city protocols and being respectful of others who live in their community. The Seahawk Perch spends a good deal of time each semester promoting their “Good Neighbor” campaign, as well as providing tips for success to the off-campus community so that they can live responsibly and
say that they are a Seahawk with pride.
Jessica Thummel
Graduate Assistant
Seahawk Perch
HEALTHY LIVING
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The Transition from Full House to
Empty Nest
“Dropping” your student off
at college is a HUGE milestone for many families.
Whether you’re bringing
your son or daughter to
UNCW for the first time or
the fourth time, it can be an
emotional adjustment for
your student, yourself, and/
or your entire family. Going
to college is such an exciting
and life altering time. With
your son or daughter soon
to be gone (again), you may
experience a void, a feeling
of being “left out,” and
maybe even a loss of control.
As you know, your relationship will most likely change,
but will grow as your student becomes more mature.
A new schedule, tougher
classes, finances, stress
management, and making
new friends are a few of the
concerns students face –
and in turn, may become
concerns of your own.
Fortunately, all of these
challenges can be tackled by
utilizing the appropriate
UNCW resources. Oftentimes, a student simply
needs to ask for help and
there tends to be an easy solution. Here at UNCW, we
really encourage our students to seek out help, contact advisors, and research
on-campus resources in order for us to help them as
much as possible. We also
advise parents to continue
doing an amazing job at parenting, but also allow your
son/daughter to grow and
change.
Children always need parents, but the relationship
may become more peer-like.
Accepting that adult children want more privacy in
certain areas of their lives
can be quite a process, but
it’s also a part of them finding their independence.
Ideally, we also encourage
discussions about values
and specific college-related
issues involving sex, drugs,
alcohol, and of course academic and interpersonal issues. Communicating goals
and expectations should be
done in a respectful manner
where you are guiding,
rather than pressuring.
It is also important to address your son/daughter’s
individual needs. For many,
heading to college is a fresh
start: new friends, new
classes, new environment,
new everything. Keep in
mind, that learning disabilities, mental illness, or physical conditions do not go
away when your son/
daughter leaves your sight.
In fact, college may elevate
former concerns. Make sure
you arrange for necessary
services before a problem
arises.
This time of change is a
combination of scary, exciting, stressful, and maybe
even shocking. One minute
your student seems like Little Mr./Ms. Independent
and the next minute they
are calling you in tears. The
roller coaster of emotions is
to be expected, but both you
and your student must become comfortable and confident in the ability of the student to handle the situation
on their own as best he/she
can.
Before you know it, you’ll be
saying “see you later,” and
unloading the vehicle. Although you may feel anxious
and worried, remember that
you played an integral role
in why your student is attending college. He/She is
most likely going to become
an independent, educated,
and well-rounded adult, if
you let them.
Trisha M. Schleicher,
MS, CHES
UNCW Health Educator
Health Promotion
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The Truth about Time Management
Likely one of the first pieces of advice that college students receive is to manage their time
effectively. Well, the truth is, unless you have some sort of extra-dimensional super powers, you can't truly manage time. Time is a constant. There are 24 hours in a day, 7 days
in a week, 52 weeks in a year, etc. You cannot make more time nor can you truly lose time,
despite our perceptions or wishes. So, in order for students to meet the demands of college
life they shouldn’t be thinking about managing time, but rather taking responsibility to
manage themselves.
Self management is directing one’s self in a purposeful manner to meet life demands and
to accomplish goals and wishes. In the competition for their attention and resources, students are constantly making choices to meet life demands. To encourage your student to
develop their self management skills, share the following ideas with them.
Know yourself. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Do you like to listen to music
when you study or do you need a quiet space? How many hours of sleep do you need?
Making choices about personal resources means understanding your needs, your
strengths, and your challenges in meeting life demands. (Note: Sleep is the first thing most
students sacrifice to meet competing demands. Regular, restful sleep is actually more
helpful in meeting your life demands than a semester of pulling all-nighters.)
Find a system that works for you. People use different methods to keep track of tasks
and activities related to meeting life demands. Some use paper planners, some make lists,
others use post-it notes on bulletin boards, still others use phones or electronic organizers.
Maybe you keep track of things in your head. The idea is to find a system that fits and
works for you.
Set priorities. Develop an overview of all the things you need and wish to do, then prioritize activities in an order that makes sense to you. Consider your choices and the outcomes of these choices. Some outcomes are more tolerable or pleasant than others. This is
when you discover the trade-offs you are willing to make to meet competing demands.
Plan ahead. Knowing your priorities can help you develop plans for meeting life demands. Think about how you want things to be at the end of the semester and plan accordingly. For example, a course syllabus provides a timeline for due dates. Knowing how
long it takes you to write a paper informs your choice about when to start writing in order
to make a due date.
Adapt. Often the best made plans don't turn out exactly as we hoped. Meeting life demands requires adapting to changing circumstances and coping with missed expectations.
Plans are best used as guides not goals. As you learn more about yourself, your goals, and
your dreams, your decision making skills and plans must adapt to promote choices based
on new needs and demands.
Jim Dolan, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
UNCW Counseling Center
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“We’ve Heard Your Voice” in Transition Programs
The goal of “We’ve Heard Your Voice” is to communicate how students’ and parents’ feedback
has been used to improve activities, services, and
programs in the Division of Student Affairs. This
article focuses on the changes made in the Office
of Transition Programs to meet the needs of students and parents. This past year, The Office of
Transition Programs reviewed all of the recommendations and survey data they had collected
and found that changes could be made to the areas of orientation, SPLASH, Family Weekend,
Seahawk Links, and commencement.
The largest initiatives undertaken by the Office of
Transition Programs have been for orientation,
which have helped to address three major recommendations. First, students and parents asked
how orientation could be better adapted to the
needs of transfer students. Those concerns were
addressed by including optional breakout sessions, tours, and opportunities to meet other
transfer students. Next, parents and students
had lots of questions about Financial Aid and
Student Accounts. Transition Programs responded by including sessions on Financial Aid,
Student Accounts, and Auxiliary services earlier
in the program. These include breakout sessions
where it is easier to ask questions, as well as a
clarifying handout. Finally, people asked if there
is a single source of contact information for each
of the offices presenting at orientation. Transition Programs has a resource sheet that is distributed at orientation that includes all the con-
tact information.
Aside from orientation, the Office of Transition
Programs has worked to make enhancements to
SPLASH, Family Weekend, the Seahawk Link
program, and commencement. Parents asked if
SPLASH could be expanded to include more information. Over the past year, the number of articles and regular columns increased.
Several recommendations have also been made
concerning Family Weekend. Information about
Family and Alumni Weekend is sent sooner, participants register on-line, Ghost Walk Tours are
back in the schedule, and there’s a Meet and
Greet on Saturday. In addition, the menu now
features hamburgers, hot dogs, cotton candy,
candy apples and other state fair type foods.
Parents and students asked if commencement
could be expanded so students could invite more
guests. Three new ceremonies (one in December, and two in May) were added, which allows
students to invite as many guests as they wish.
It is essential for students and parents to know
that the time taken to complete surveys is worth
it, and that the information from the surveys to
enhance their overall experience.
Nathan Lindsay & Jonathan Peterson
Director & Graduate Assistant
Office of Student Assessment
The Office of Transition Programs provides a comprehensive array of programs designed to meet the unique needs
of undergraduate students and parents from orientation
through graduation. Programs generate an intentional
Office of Transition Programs
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-5997
Phone: 910-962-3089
Fax: 910-962-7151
E-mail: transitions@uncw.edu
connection for the students through engaging interactions
with other students, faculty and staff. Ultimately through
this community participation each student is provided the
opportunity to improve critical thinking, problem solving,
academic achievement, interpersonal and intrapersonal
growth and civic responsibility.