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UNCW links with gbbal schools
Brittany Andrews
Staff Writer
In an attempt to better connect the uni
versity to the rest of the world and address
the needs of the university’s 115 interna
tional students, the university has estab
lished an International Cabinet. The cabi
net consists of 23 volunteers, mostly
business and statewide leaders, who will
donate their time and experience to
UNCW on matters concerning interna
tional affairs.
“ The whole idea of the cabinet is to
raise awareness of the critical need to be
come intemationally committed,” Assis
tant Provost for International Programs Dr.
James P. McNab said. “The university has
to reflect the global reality of the world
outside.”
McNab said that the purpose of the in
ternational program and the new cabinet
is to help our students prepare to deal with
the world they will enter when they leave
Wilmington.
The cabinet is one of the first oigani-
zations of its kind in the country.
After the first official meeting of the
cabinet on Tues. Aug. 22, a reception was
held in Madeline Suite in honor new cabi
net members, past supporters and students.
“ Our cabinet will play a vital role in
building a network with international col
leges and leaders that will dramatically
benefit our students and businesses in our
state,” Chancellor James R. Leutze said
in a recent press release. The purpose of
the new cabinet is to prepare students for
a life in a world that is very much focused
on global unity and cultural acceptance.
The cabinet will be advised by a group
of UNCW alumni who have participated
in the study abroad programs, called “One
World Alumni Ambassadors.” The group
will travel around North Carolina, speak
ing in schools, and relay the input they
receive from these talks to the cabinet
members. They wiU focus their speeches
on how to improve international accep
tance and understanding.
The university’s international pro
grams consists of study abroad programs
and a strong foreign language department
that encourages students to not only leam
the language of another country but to
immerse themselves in a culture different
from their own. The university has also
recently made an agreement with a French
business school that will allow students
to obtain a degree fran either or both in
stitutions.
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Etheridge welcomed to
the Board of Trustees
Tamara RosENBLoaM
Staff Writer
The North Carolina Board of Governors
recently appointed Jeff D. Etheridge, Jr. to
UNCW’s Board of Trustees al the board’s
quarteriy meeting July 20-21 in New Bern.
Etheridge, who has an expansive histofy in
education, will fill the seat left by Jay
Robinson, who died of lung cancer in April.
“I consider it an honor and a privi
lege to be asked to avsist the university as it
grows and prospers,” Etheridge said.
As an educator in the banking field
Etheridge has been located in southeastern
North Carolina for more than twenty years,
and he brings a vast knowledge of UNCW’s
cultural and economic needs to the univer
sity.
“Jeff understands the need.s, the strengths
and the potential of southeastern North Caro
lina,” said Special AssLstant to the Chancellor
Mark Lanier “[He] has the drive, energy, and
ability to help the university achieve its mis
sion for this region.”
After he earned his bachelor’s degree in
business administratitxi at Campbell Univer
sity, Eitheridge served as an instructar at the
American li^titute of Banking. He then be
come an instructor at the School of Banking
at University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
Etheridge gained administrative experi
ence when he became associate dean aixl then
dean at the UNC-CH Banker's A.s.sociation.
He also served as chief credit officer at the
United Carolina Bank Shares Corporati(wi,
which was purchased by BB&T in July of
1997.
Etfieridge serves as regional president for
BB&T and serves on the Board of Trustees
of the Southeastern Community College
Foundation, which provides scholar^>hips for
the kxal community college.
Other community involvement credits in
clude servk^e on the Executive Board of the
Cape Fear Council of Boy Scouts of America
aixl the BoarxLs of Directors for the Colum
bus County Committee of 100 and the North
Carolina Museum of Forestry.
“He’s very involved in a variety of orga
nizations and activities in southea-sttm North
Carolina, which is very consistent with our
goal as a university to condnue to serve this
JEFF D. Etheridge, Jr.
region..." Lanier said.
Former BOT member Jay Robinson was
named one of Teacher Magazine's ten most
influential people in American education
during the past century in honor of his suc
cessful eflbrts to convince legislalors and
educators to implement the program.
North C.amlina's school accountability pro
gram.
“Jay Robinson was one-of-a- kind. His
positive influence on education throughout
North Carolina and at UNCW would be neariy
impossible for anyoiK to replicatc,” said
Lanier, who had a bng-standing professional
and personal friendship with Robinson.
Robinson’s many professional achieve
ments include positions as vice president for
public affairs and vice piesklent for special
projects for the UNC General Administratiixi.
He served to the external affairs committee
of the UNCW Board ofTrustoes, and ncceived
the Razor Walker Award for Educational Ad
ministration.
“Although Jay wouW disagree with this
statemenL it is true that no other individual
had a greater positive impact on education in
North Carolina in the 20'“ century than Jay
Robinson,” sakl Chancel k>r James R. Leutze
in a May 31 article in the Seahawk.
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