Damp from pelting rain, Jim Roberts sauntered into Harris Teeter's Port City Java, ordering his third cup of coffee for the day. He is already hard at work getting UNC Wilmington’s new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship facility open, and his stay in Wilmington has barely exceeded two weeks. 

Amidst cheers of elation, shouts of joy and a collective sigh of relief, Chancellor Miller announced there would be no cuts to the UNC Wilmington athletic department.

On May 15 the Intercollegiate Athletic Review Committee released its recommendation to Chancellor Gary Miller to eliminate five programs from the athletic portfolio—men's indoor track, men's cross country, softball, and men's and women's swimming and diving. 

In August 2012, newly named D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy re-opened its doors to more than 100 sixth graders who spent the school year working with UNC Wilmington volunteers and broadening their previously limited classroom experience. 

UNC Wilmington students have been waiting—some patiently, some not so patiently—three semesters for the opening of the new Student Recreation Center expansion to open, and at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 26, the wait was over. 

April 18 through April 26 marks UNCW’s eighth annual Showcase of Undergraduate Research, highlighting innovative research and activity that Honors students conduct over the course of the year. 

UNC Wilmington students in Randall Library Monday morning found their studies accompanied by a piercing drilling coming from minor construction projects on the first floor.  According to various tweets from UNCW students, the drilling started around 10 a.m. 

50 percent of women worldwide are victims of physical or sexual violence. 70 percent of women and girls will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime. People of all ages gathered in Hugh MacRae Park to raise awareness of issues like these.

Pi Sigma Epsilon, the marketing fraternity on campus hosted UNC Wilmington’s first ever dance marathon on Saturday, April 20, raising approximately $7,500. The dance marathon was coordinated by junior Michelle Montpetit and will benefit the Betty H. Cameron Women’s and Children’s Hospital located in Wilmington. 

The STEM Expo, which was hosted by the Watson College of Education, was put together to heighten the community’s interest and engagement in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. During April, similar events are held all over the state in partnership with the North Carolina Science Festival.

In April, reactions to Cape Fear Community College student, Joshua Proutey’s, untimely death are everywhere.  The first of many hearings for his murder began April 9 with one of Proutey’s shooters, Quintel Raheem Grady.  On April 12, Josh would have transitioned out of his teenage years and turned 20 years old—his mother, Patty Gabello, planned to buy a birthday cake to celebrate. 

There are over 50 sexual offenders living within a three mile radius of UNC Wilmington’s campus; nine live on Racine Drive alone. 

The position of non-traditional senator, which acts as a representative for about 20 percent of students at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, will remain unfilled until the fall, when the Student Government Association will appoint someone to the position.

Scholars of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism visited UNC Wilmington to share their enthusiasm for religious studies with students, faculty, and community members April 11 through 13. The Frank Hall-Megivern Interfaith Conference was arranged by UNCW’s Philosophy and Religion department.

North Carolina may not be the first place that comes to mind when it comes to sex trafficking, but Calyn Ranieri, a student in Wilmington, knows from experience that the danger exists.

UNC Wilmington is looking for a local contractor to help amp up the bike program that is already offered to students on campus.

It’s not about making money, though; it is about pulling in the community and students. 

Mary Gornto, UNC Wilmington’s vice chancellor of University Advancement, announced she will retire July 15. After loyally serving the university for 12 years, Gornto has decided to step down.

The election for student body vice president had to be decided by a run-off, but in the end, Brett Pinnix was the last one standing. 

Elizabeth Stone mailed four tax forms this year. They were filled out neatly, put into four different white envelopes, and mailed to four different places: the federal government, and the state governments of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.