NCW toda
news from UNC by the sea
Vol. XI, No. 1
FALL 1986
ROTC program
host status
The Army Reserve Officer
Training Corps unit at UNCW
now stands on its own with a new
name, the Seahawk Battalion. In
September the unit was elevated
to host status and will no longer
be an extension of the Army ROTC
program at Campbell University.
The elevation signifies increase in
resources, better training
opportunities for cadets, and direct
contact with the Army’s regional
ROTC command at Fort Bragg.
As a host battalion, the ROTC
program budget will almost triple,
increasing from $221,765 in
1985-86 to $588,832 in 1986-87.
Army personnel assigned to the
campus will also increase from
four to seven. The unit
commander’s rank has been
promoted from major to lieutenant
colonel, and all ROTC instructors
hold faculty rank commensurate
with their academic qualifications.
Increased funding will allow the
program to offer four-year ROTC
scholarships to cover student’s
A fighting Seahawl
receives
tuition, fees and expenses except
room and board, plus $100 a
month. The extension program
only offered two- and three-year
scholarships.
UNCW is one of two universities
in the First ROTC Region to
receive host status in 1986. The
First ROTC Region, headquartered
at Fort Bragg, is comprised of 16
states in the Eastern United
States as well as Panama, the
District of Columbia, the Virgin
Islands, and Puerto Rico. Only 112
colleges of 500 from the Eastern
Seaboard have been granted host
status.
ROTC Commander Martin sees a
high potential for growth in the
newly designated UNCW program.
“There’s much potential here,” he
said. “The number of students in
ROTC can easily double in a short
period of time.”
Brig. General Peter W. Lash,
commander of the First ROTC
Region, said that host status
signifies the confidence the U.S.
UNCW’s mascot
has remodeled
look
(Far right) Brig. Gen. Peter W. Lash, commander of the First ROTC Region, presents the
general order designating UNCW as a host battalion to Chancellor William H. Wagoner
(c) at a ceremony held on campus in September. Lt. Col. Ronald Martin (I) commands
the UNCW ROTC unit.
Army has in the UNCW program.
“Our mission is to commission
the future officer leadership of the
Army. We are committed to
excellence just as this university
is. Our presence on this campus
publicly underlines that point,”
said Lash.
The ROTC extension program
was established at UNCW in 1981.
The program has grown from six
cadets, commissioned in 1982, to
110 students enrolled in the
current program, plus 30 second
lieutenants completing their
degrees at UNCW.
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It is still green and gold, but its
chest is proudly protruding, its
arms are locked in a fist-clenched
swing, and a teeth-baring stare
snarls from its sailor-capped head.
The UNCW Seahawk is not
just a bird anymore.
“The remodeled
Seahawk is a more
easily identifiable
figure with which to
promote UNCW
athletics,” said Jim
Bass, associate athletic
director and executive
director of the Seahawk
Club. “The feedback on the
logo change has been 90 percent
positive.”
The new Seahawk was
introduced in August. Local
media immediately tagged
the bird as a “fighting”
Seahawk.
“That name may well stick as
the new look is not a timid one,”
said Bass.
The remodeled logo followed a
move by the athletic
department to purchase a new
Seahawk mascot uniform to
replace the worn-out one
familiar to home game audiences.
The new uniform was made by a
company in Cincinnati that
designed the Louisville Cardinal
and the Wake Forest Deacon.
“We believe the new Seahawk
will evoke the same response by
UNCW students, graduates, and
fans as the ECU Pirate or the N.C.
State Wolf,” said Kitty Parker of
the UNCW athletic department.
“The look shows a sense of pride
in this university,” said Allan
Dudley, president of the UNCW
Student Government Association.
“It was time for a change. Other
schools have updated their looks
with logo changes, and we need to
keep up with the current trends,”
said Dudley.
The new Seahawk is quickly
becoming associated with UNCW
athletics. The logo appears on all
athletic department stationery and
publications, and will be featured
on promotional items and apparel.
The new Seahawk mascot will be
introduced at UNCW’s exhibition
basketball game against Dalhousie
University, November 13 at 7:30
p.m., in Trask Coliseum, and will
continue to be featured at all home
games.
1986-87 UNC-WILMINGTON
MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
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13
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DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
ARMY
at DePaul University
AUGUSTA COLLEGE
at Indiana Univ. Classic
(UNCW. Indiana. Southern
Illinois & East Carolina)
at Wake Forest University
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY
ATUNTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
at Navy
'vs. American (at GMU)
WILLIAM AND MARY
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
at Coastal Carolina College
at East Carolina University
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
at James Madison University
at George Mason University
NAVY
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
at University of Richmond
at William and Mary
COASTAL CAROLINA COLLEGE
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
at Boston College
at Campbell University
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
7:30 p.m.
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7:30 p.m.
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Mar. 2
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CAA TOURNAMENT
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HAMPTON, VA.
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