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Cats photo c/o CFCC's Wilson Center
BROADWAY RETURNS TO WILMINGTON
TThe PNC Bank Presents Broadway series returns to CFCC’s Wilson Center with shows ranging from classics to musical tributes.
The touring productions kick off with Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville on November 2 and 3, the
Wilson Center announced last month. Other shows in the upcoming lineup are An Officer and a Gentleman;
SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hairspray, and Rodgers &
Hammerstein’s South Pacific. The series also includes going into next year, Beautiful-The Carole King Musical,
CATS, and Blue Man Group. Info: wilsoncentertickets.com
WHQR NAMES BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS GLOW WELCOMES TAYLOE AS PRINCIPAL UNCW NAMES INTERIM CIE DIRECTOR, DEAN
WHQR announced new members to the Friends of Public Radio Inc. Board of Directors.
The new members are JOSEPH CASARES, radiology manager at Novant Health; TERRI EVERETT (above), former deputy director of the Intelligence Staff of the Director of National Intelligence; BRIAN VICTOR, a clinical psychologist and associate vice chancellor of Student Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington; and ROB ZAPPLE, a New Hanover County commissioner.
The board officers are JON MCLAMB, chair; KELLY LUCKHAUS, vice chair; STEPHANIE MEYERS, secretary; and NICOLAS MONTOYA, treasurer.
Other board members are KATHLEEN BERKELEY, ANDRE BROWN, JOSEPH CONWAY, TIM COSTELLO, SAMANTHA DOOIES, BRENDA ESCH, CHRISTOPHER FIKRY, STEPHEN FORTLOUIS, KRISTINE MOORE, and JOHN SCHERER.
WHQR Public Media is a nonprofit, member-supported, community-based public radio station, broadcasting from Wilmington.
The Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington announced this summer that KATE TAYLOE is the school’s new principal.
GLOW Academy is a single-gender charter school and has an enrollment of 450 students in grades 6-11. It opened in 2016 and will graduate its inaugural class in 2023.
“Tayloe has been a top-performing principal in the New Hanover County school system, implementing programs to improve school performance, enhance faculty professional development, and lead school communities through remote learning,” school officials say.
Tayloe was the former principal of Alderman Elementary School, a role she had since 2017. She has worked with New Hanover County Schools since 2001 as a principal, assistant principal, and educator.
“Kate is a natural leader for today’s educational demands and GLOW Academy’s unique culture,” GLOW Academy CEO Todd Godbey says. “Her instructional and strategic leadership reinforces GLOW Academy’s vision that ‘She will graduate, go to college and succeed in life.’”
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HEATHER MCWHORTER is serving as interim director of the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
She is filling the role after the recent departure of former director Diane Durance, who announced she was stepping down to move to Michigan.
McWhorter (above), the regional center director of the UNCW Small Business and Technology Development Center, will keep working in that position while a search is on for a new CIE head.
“Heather and the SBTDC have been strong collaborators with CIE, so she has intimate knowledge of many of the existing CIE initiatives and programs,” says Stuart Borrett, UNCW associate provost for research and innovation.
The university also recently named MICHELLE SCATTON-TESSIER as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) for this school year.
Scatton-Tessier, professor of French in the CAS, brings over 11 years of UNCW administrative experience including as director of the Women’s Studies and Resource Center and department chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures.
“Dr. Scatton-Tessier is a skilled leader and valued member of our university community,” says Provost James Winebrake. “I am confident she will be successful in providing the leadership and advocacy that will allow the college to thrive in the upcoming academic year.”
