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Salt air.

Wind rustling the longleaf pines and live oaks. Azaleas in the spring.

Skateboards rolling across campus. A plate full of turkey, stuffing and potatoes at Wagsgiving.

Talking with your favorite professors. Presenting your research findings. Leading a student organization.

Landing an internship. Teaming up for academic projects, sports, plays and so much more.

Orientation. Move-In. Vacation. Graduation. And that feeling you get in Trask Coliseum when the lights get low, and the fans get loud.

ABOVE: Taniesha Young ’15, ’19M, Rita Cronin ’23, Stephania Bloodworth ’00 and Reilee Linner ’22

Special Seahawk memories can bring on a wave of emotion.

More than a dozen floats weaved their way through campus for the 2011 Homecoming parade.

Seahawks fans celebrate with the team at the 2014 Homecoming game in a packed Trask Coliseum.

I can show up in the athletic department and people still greet us like family. I say 'us' because it's my whole family. We still greeted each other with open arms. There’s a sense of pride because that’s your alma mater. That’s where you’re from.

- ALDO PLATA '03

UNCW’s Greek sororities and fraternities compete in the 2023 Homecoming Step Show in Kenan Auditorium.

I make my way back to Dobo Hall every summer... it's still home. The chemistry department holds a special place in my heart.

– LACIE CHAUVIGNE-HINES ’06, ’08M

Stephanie Lanier ’03, ’07M shows her Seahawk spirit at the sold out 2023 TEALgate event.

The campus has changed much in the 35 years since my graduation...I have enjoyed going back from time to time for Business Week and engaging with the young men and women that will at some point in the future be business leaders. Congratulations UNCW for 76 years!

– JEFF NEISEN ’89

As an alumnus, I eat, breathe, sleep and live for Homecoming. It gives you a chance to reconnect with the faculty and see how the university continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Every time you come back, it’s a new building, a new program, a new major. UNCW continues to astound me.

ROGER HYMAN '96, AAGA PRESIDENT

Alfred Addy ’15 and Esme Fussell ’15 were crowned the 2015 Homecoming King and Queen.

Even though your college years are behind you, alumni are invited to reinvest in UNCW as a volunteer, mentor, donor, sports fan or employer for other Seahawks. Network and reconnect at alumni.uncw.edu.

BY CAROLINE CROPP '99, '06M

CONTRIBUTORS: ALUMNI RELATIONS AND UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT