UNCW & Wilmington College History -- Women & Gender

April 9, 1981. The "New Classroom Building" officially became Morton Hall, named after Margaret Shannon Morton, the first chair of Wilmington College's Department of English and the first Dean of Women.

August 17, 1996. Jo Ann Seiple is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Pat Leonard is Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

October 21, 1998. 100 students and community members show support at a memorial for Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming.

May 31, 2002. Location chosen to house Women's Studies minor

March 27, 2003. Chancellor-elect Rosemary DePaolo addresses UNCW

September 19, 2013. Reporting on same-sex marriage in North Carolina from the campus of UNCW.

This is a newsletter published by the University of North Carolina Wilmington from 1982-1990. It's currently presented by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, a statewide digitization program and digital publishing platform.

The WWAY Television News Archive is a unique audiovisual chronicle of a period of tremendous growth and change for Southeast North Carolina. As one of only two stations in the region for much of its history, WWAY informed viewers from Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson, and Sampson Counties – as well as those of Horry County, South Carolina – of the events of the day.

News about Wilmington College and the University of North Carolina Wilmington from local newspapers and other publications starting in the 1950s.

Theseahawk.org, the student news organization of UNC Wilmington providing online news since 2001

As the official news bulletin for university faculty and staff from 1970-2004, the Campus Communique includes campus events, faculty and staff awards, and advertisements.

CoastLine is a variety interview, arts, and occasional news show, hosted by Rachel Lewis Hilburn. Interviewees include UNCW faculty and scientists. CoastLine airs on WHQR 91.3 and is available on podcast platforms.

Published for alumni and friends of the University of North Carolina Wilmington since 1990.