CHAPEL HILL (October 22, 2020) â The UNC Board of Governors recognized professors from UNC Charlotte and UNC Wilmington today with the 2019 Governor James E. Holshouser Awards for Excellence in Public Service. DR. MARK WEST, a Professor of English at UNC Charlotte, is a pioneer in childrenâs literature and a passionate advocate for early-childhood literacy,… READ MORE
UNCW Chancellor: Growing numbers of qualified students
By DR. JOSE V. SARTARELLI Chancellor University of North Carolina Wilmington WILMINGTON (March 31, 2017) â We learn early in life to ask âwhy,â but I often prefer to ask âwhy not.â Our perspectives are shaped by our own experiences, and mine were shaped by growing up in the developing country of Brazil; the opportunity… READ MORE
UNCW a source of expertise for Cape Fear region
WILMINGTON â âWe are a source of expertise,â says UNC Wilmington Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli. âI see community engagement as give and take â we give to the community our expertise,â Sartarelli says in the accompanying video. Â â… And also we benefit from it â we learn from it.â Together, UNCW and Cape Fear Community… READ MORE
UNCW military outreach: We owe it to our heroes
WILMINGTON â UNC Wilmington Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli knows military veterans have the self-discipline it takes to be successful students. âMilitary students or military-associated students â either active-duty or veterans or family â are very important to us,â Sartarelli says in the accompanying video. âFirst of all, I think we owe to our heroes the… READ MORE
UNCW Marine Sciences: Making an economic difference
WILMINGTON â One of the things that attracted Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli to UNC Wilmington two years ago was the strength of its Marine Sciences and Marine Biology programs. The nationally recognized programs involve what Sartarelli calls âmulti-disciplinarityâ in the accompanying video â overlap with such diverse fields as geo-science, ocean physics, oceanography and economics…. READ MORE
An âinterconnected worldâ in UNCW Marine Sciences
WILMINGTON â UNC Wilmingtonâs Marine Sciences program isnât just nationally recognized â increasingly, itâs internationally known. âWe are living in a very interconnected world,â UNCW Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli says in the accompanying video. Sartarelli outlines relationships the Marine Sciences program has with major universities in Canada, the UK, France, China and South Africa. Â He… READ MORE
Translating thought to words at UNCW
WILMINGTON â We overflow with fascination about STEM fields these days. Â But UNC Wilmington hasnât lost sight of an enduringly important skill: How to write a sentence. In the accompanying video, Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli credits previous chancellors with developing a strong Creative Writing program at UNCW. âThey felt that that was an area that… READ MORE
UNC 2050: Â An educated populace critical to succeed
WILMINGTON â By 2050, rapidly growing Southeastern North Carolina could have 600,000 people â and the state as a whole could have 15 million, Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli says. As demands for a college degree increase, how will we educate those people? âWe are now educating 16,000 students here â I think the expectation is… READ MORE
UNCW Faculty: Adequate salaries important
WILMINGTON â Great professors are the heart of an institution. Â But until this year, faculty at North Carolinaâs public universities had received just one raise from the state legislature in seven years. âTo attract and retain great faculty, itâs a challenge,â UNC Wilmington Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli says in the accompanying video. Sartarelli notes that… READ MORE
UNCW: Great students, great faculty, great programs
WILMINGTON â Great students, great faculty, great programs â thatâs what UNC Wilmington Chancellor Jose âZitoâ Sartarelli says attracted him to Wilmington a year and a half ago. âWe had great students â we had quality students coming in,â Sartarelli says in the accompanying video. Â âWe had great faculty from all over the country, from… READ MORE