Showcasing alumni on the Seahawk Summer Feature

UNCW has more than 55,000 alumni since the first graduating class of 1947. With its record setting enrollment of nearly 13,000 in 2009, UNCW continues to grow. Encompassing a wide area of study, UNCW offers bachelor’s degrees in 52 majors, 35 master’s degrees, a Ph.D. in marine biology and an Ed.D. in educational leadership and administration. Each one of our alumni come out of UNCW with their own experiences and goes on to lead lives of success in many different ways.

Over the next few weeks, the Alumni Blog will feature some of our alumni and the exciting ways they are making an impact in their communities, work places, with the next generation and around the world. Using their courses of study, mentoring from professors and networks of friends, they have built their lives around doing what they love. And we love them for it.

Each week will feature different alumni with a story to tell. Find a new connection with your fellow Seahawks and remember why you chose to get an education at our university on the coast.

Congratualtions to our newest alumni!

This past December, a record number of students graduated to alumni status at UNCW. The commencement ceremonies held on December 12th saw 1,729 receive their undergraduate and graduate degrees. With the challenge of finding a way to fit all those people and their families into Trask Coliseum, winter commencement ceremonies were split into two ceremonies for the first time.

As more are coming back to complete their degrees and also pursue graduate programs, this trend is likely to continue to grow. UNCW is stepping up to the demand and staying true to it's mission of providing the most powerful learning experience possible. Evidence is shown by the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program which is one of the top 25 MFA programs in creative writing in the nation. Take a look at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry which ranks 10th out of more than 650 colleges and universities nationwide in production of bachelor of science graduates certified by the American Chemical Society, according to an ACS committee and you'll see another reason why students are flocking to UNCW.

For more than 60 years UNCW has grown and flourished. We're excited to see what's to come in 2010 and beyond!