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The UNCW Police Department, with support from Environmental Health and Safety and University Relations, routinely tests the UNCW Alert system to familiarize the campus community with emergency notification procedures and for system maintenance. The full-volume UNCW Alert system test (includes the outdoor siren system) will take place at noon on Aug. 27. This is only a test. No action from the campus or community is needed.

Avride will partner with UNCW to keep food order service rolling. Through a new partnership with Avride, a fleet of autonomous robots will begin delivering campus dining orders in Fall 2026. As Seahawks return to the nest this fall, robotic food delivery will look different. The autonomous Starship food delivery robots are no longer operating on campus following a strategic decision by Starship Technologies.

UNCW Chancellor Aswani K. Volety has been recognized on the 2026 Business NC Power List for his leadership and contributions to education in North Carolina. The recognition highlights Chancellor Volety's impact on higher education and his role in advancing the state's business community through education and workforce development.

Person writing on a clipboard beside a sign reading "Welcome to the Nest." UNCW is welcoming nearly 6,000 new and returning students ahead of the fall 2026 semester. In order to account for campus growth and infrastructure changes, a new Move-In experience for on-campus Seahawks is being implemented. The new model is a more decentralized, self-guided process. Students will arrive for the fall semester Wednesday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 16, based on assigned appointments by residential area.

Donesha Bradley - Academic Advisor, CHSSA Ulku Clark - Director, Center for Cyber Defense Education (CSB) Lance Cummings - Professor of English, Department of English (CHSSA) Melissa Duffield - Curriculum Support Specialist, Office of the Registrar Kelley Griffin - Records System Specialist, Office of the Registrar Candace Harke - Associate General Counsel, General Counsel’s Office Sara Hubbell - Assistant Director of Doctoral Programs, School of Nursing (CHHS) Andrea Ingle - Associate...

In the ‘90s, David Gessner spent six months studying ospreys at Cape Cod, observing them build their nests and marveling at their swift, dramatic plunges into the water to catch their prey. The population there was bouncing back after the insecticide DDT, which critically weakened their eggshells, was banned in 1972.

It’s been nearly 40 years since Carole Fink published her pivotal biography of French historian and resistance leader Marc Bloch, and it came full circle in late June when she visited Paris to attend a national ceremony honoring his legacy. Fink had received an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron for the event, in which Bloch and his wife, Simonne Vidal, were inducted into the Panthéon, a former church that houses the remains of distinguished French citizens.

The UNCW Board of Trustees will hold virtual quarterly meetings on Thursday, Aug. 6, in Randall Hall, Room 2005. Most, if not all, members will participate by electronic connection. Some business to be transacted may be discussed in closed session in accordance with the Open Meetings Act. Members of the media may contact Sydney Bouchelle, media relations and communications specialist, at bouchelles@uncw.edu. Thursday, Aug.

Seahawk FAM wordmark As part of Kenan Auditorium's Seahawk FAM, No Sleeves Magic will present “Tricky Ricky Ninja Show,” an action-packed magic and illusion performance, at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 30 in Kenan Auditorium. With surprise twists, audience participation, and tricks to keep everyone guessing, kids and grown-ups alike are entertained from start to finish.

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