http://www.uncw.eduUNCW official news feed12/16/2011 3:11:29 PMen-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssUNCWeditor@uncw.eduwebmaster@uncw.eduhttp://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?ID=3306Determined to maintain a high quality academic experience in the face of decreasing state financial support, the University of North Carolina Wilmington Board of Trustees today approved a 6.5 percent tuition increase for the 2012-13 academic year. In addition, UNC system universities were permitted in this year’s guidelines to recommend a “peer alignment” adjustment for student tuition. UNCWeditor@uncw.edu (UNCW Relations)12/16/2011 3:07:10 PMhttp://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?ID=3305Fall 2011 Commencement exercises for the University of North Carolina Wilmington will be broadcast live in their entirety on Saturday, Dec. 17 by UNCW Television. The broadcast will be available on the Learning Network on Time Warner Cable channel 5 and Charter Cable channel 12. UNCWeditor@uncw.edu (UNCW Relations)12/14/2011 12:39:00 PMhttp://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?ID=3304The Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina Wilmington will hold a special called meeting at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16, in the Golden Hawk Room in Nixon Annex, adjacent to Trask Coliseum.UNCWeditor@uncw.edu (UNCW Relations)12/14/2011 10:03:41 AMhttp://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?ID=3303The University of North Carolina Wilmington announced today that it has received its second $1 million gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation to support programming for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). Endowed in 2007 by an initial $1 million Osher grant, OLLI provides non-credit university courses, seminars and other educational opportunities to adult learners. UNCWeditor@uncw.edu (UNCW Relations)12/12/2011 2:49:05 PMhttp://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?ID=3302A new flock of Seahawks -- an estimated 1,119 undergraduate, 250 graduate and 9 doctoral students -- will fly out of the University of North Carolina Wilmington at the fall 2011 commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17.UNCWeditor@uncw.edu (UNCW Relations)12/7/2011 12:29:26 PMhttp://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?ID=3301Measurement Incorporated of Durham, North Carolina is supporting the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Watson School of Education in its effort to implement a national grant called i3 Reading Recovery: Scaling Up What Works. UNCWeditor@uncw.edu (UNCW Relations)12/6/2011 12:27:47 PMhttp://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?ID=3300The University of North Carolina Wilmington is offering an opportunity for regional nonprofits seeking additional hands to help them serve their communities. UNCW’s Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations (QENO) is seeking nonprofit organizations in Columbus, Onslow and Robeson Counties who can benefit from the assistance of an AmeriCorps VISTA member in the upcoming year. UNCWeditor@uncw.edu (UNCW Relations)12/6/2011 10:37:44 AM