Contact us

Contact Amy Hathcock, Program Coordinator, at (910) 962-7742 or email hathcocka@uncw.edu.

ExCEL is located in University College, DePaolo Hall Room 1092. Program questions can be emailed to excel@uncw.edu.

ExCEL Program Overview

Learning Community

ExCEL is a Learning Community for first-year students that continues through the second year. A Learning Community is an educational experience that integrates both academic and social aspects of learning. Comunity members work together to facilitate learning centralized around a common theme.

Research indicates that student participation in a Learning Community leads to:

• Increased social integration and campus involvement
• Stronger intellectual development
• Higher satisfaction with the college experience

ExCEL's 2 Year Program

Fall 2013

• Students participate in 3 common courses (a combined 9 credit hours)
• Receive Peer Mentoring
• Earn the Personal Leadership Certificate

Spring 2014

• Students participate in 1 common course (1-2 credit hours)
• Receive Peer Mentoring
• Earn the Civic & Community Engagement Leadership Certificate

Fall 2014 - Spring 2015

Sponsored in partnership with The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion

• Attend extracurricular activities and workshops
• Earn Cultural Competencies Leadership Certificate