Volume LVI, Number 13
Honors Program
receives accolades
Ashley Murphy
Staff Writer
The UNCW Honors Program
was recognized at the annual meet
ing of The National Collegiate
Honors Council Nov. 11-14.
Close to 1,800 people attended
the conference that was held in New
Orleans this year. The conference
allowed students to leam about hon
ors programs at other universities
as well as present programs that
UNCW has developed.
Students Jess Renaghan and
Rachel Hamm presented on the
honors buddy program, which
helps freshman honors students
get acquainted with life at UNCW.
Several students, including Carol
Dwan and Matt Collogan, presented
on honors classes that allow students
to travel abroad for spring break.
The presentations were well
received and helped honors students
showcase UNCW’s innovative
programs to other honors programs
around the country.
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December 2, 2004
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Tearing apart to rebuild: Construction doesn't come cheap
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Ashley Sheffield
Staff Writer
Fences, new sidewalks,
changed routes almost daily.
This is the construction scene
on campus.
Nearly half of the construc
tion plans being funded are
from the 2000 North Carolina
$3.1 billion Higher Education
Facilities Bond that was for
the 16 UNC-system universi
ties and community colleges.
From this bond, $109 million
went to UNCW according to
Kay Ward, senior associate
vice chancellor of Business
Affairs.
“The state of North
Carolina has issued bonds in the
amount of $3.1 billion over the span
of seven years. They sell them as
they need the funds, so they usually
sell a portion of the bonds every
year,” Ward said. UNCW has a
budget on how much can be spent
per project.
The $109 million covers the
Watson School of Education,
Creative Arts building, CIS
(Computer Information Systems)
building. King Hall, Westside Hall,
Kenan Hall, Friday Hall, Kenan
Auditorium renovations, the Marine
Science Operations facilities, and
the addition to Hoggard Hall for the
computer center and infrastructure
expansion.
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The other half of the university’s
projects is included under the non
bond category funding. These proj
ects include the Westside Hall addi
tion, the University Union expan
sion, the Kenan House renovation,
the Sports Medicine building, and
Warwick Center renovation.
In addition. The Burney Student
Support Center will also be changed
into a ballroom. The Friday Annex
where Student Health and Services
is now housed, will be a swing
building used to house different fac
ulty, staff, and students during con
struction. All of these projects are
explained in detail on the UNCW
website.
“We had $109 million coming
from the bond program; all the
other projects with the exception of
the Nursing School and public/pri
vate development, are funded from
university receipts, that’s student
fees, parking fees, and room and
board fees,” said Ed Davis, associ
ate vice chancellor for facilities.
“Those are types of things that
students, faculty, and staff paid for,
those fees paid for the construction
and renovation of specific facili
ties.”
When asked about the tremen-
doiis growth with the campus
facilities Davis said, “We’ve grown
as a campus...the majority of the
construction being done today is
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