Darion Bayles
Assistant Director of Campus Activities & Programs
Darion (He/Him/His) supports the Campus Activities and Programs team of professional, graduate, and undergraduate staff who execute 140+ annual events a year through the Association for Campus Entertainment (ACE), Boseman Art Gallery, UNCWeekends, and more. He spearheads the campus-wide coordination of Fall and Spring UNCWelcome as well as supervises Campus Life Marketing, a student-driven creative promotions team managing visual design projects, social media, and event publicity for the Department of Campus Life. During his time at UNCW, he has had the opportunity to coordinate numerous signature campus events including Dub After Dark, Hawk Fest, Involvement Carnival, Big Show, Festapalooza, and the Homecoming Royal Court Coronation.
Darion previously served as the Coordinator for Campus Activities & Programs and Graduate Assistant for Campus Activities and Programs and has been at UNCW since Fall 2019.
Clifton Strengths Coach: Individualization, Strategic, Ideation, Command, Communication.
Education
B.S. in Exercise and Sports Sciences, Guilford College '17.
M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration, UNCW '19.
M.A in Integrated Marketing Communications, UNCW '26.
Professional Service
UNCW Student Wellbeing Council
UNCW Mobile-App Workgroup
UNCW Campus Communications Liasions Workgroup,
UNCW Homecoming Workgroup
CliftonStrengths Coach
Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Member
National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) Member
UNCW National Survey for Student Engagement Workgroup, 2022,-2024
UNCW Belonging and Connections Committee, 2021-2022