UNCW hosted events with numerous well-known celebrities in recent months. In October, Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning writer John Updike fielded questions following a lecture and reading of his poems to a sold-out audience in Kenan Auditorium as part of the Katherine K. Buckner Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of Creative Writing. In November, a tribute was held for veteran actor Pat Hingle (who played Commissioner Gordon in the Batman movie series) recognizing him for his on-going support of the UNCW Theatre Department and the Pat Hingle Guest Artist Endowment Fund. At the 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in January, actor and activist
Danny Glover read a selection of poetry and prose in a performance billed as An Evening with Langston and Martin.
Chancellor honored
for community impact
The Omicron Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity presented its Citizen of the Year award to Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo during the fraternity’s National Achievement Week. The award, given to the citizen who has made the greatest contribution to and impact on the community, is the fraternity’s highest honor. It acknowledged DePaolo’s commitment to inclusion as well as her continued outreach to the less fortunate and those who are often overlooked within the Wilmington community. The plaque was presented by James Jones. Others who were recognized included former UNCW trustee Linda Upperman Smith, Humanitarian Award; Lillian Barfield ’07, Omega Youth Award; UNCW undergraduate students Uri Robinson, Derek Waddell and Justin Anderson, Scholarship Award; and development director P. Kevin Williamson, Uplift Award. In 2006 the fraternity endowed a $25,000 scholarship to UNCW for those seeking degrees in the education field in honor of Ernest Swain, now deceased. SPRING 2008
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