Canvas: Canvas is the online learning management system used by faculty and students. The system allows students to interact with each other through discussion boards, take quizzes, view notes or PowerPoints used in class, and track grades.
CAIC: Fisher Student Center
Campus Activities & Involvement Center (pronounced “cake”) is the student gateway to entertainment, involvement, and leadership on campus. The Association for Campus Entertainment, Student Government Association, and UNCWeekends are student-led organizations advised by CAIC.
Chancellor’s Walk: Academic corridor of campus
This 2,416-foot walkway between UNCW Library and Wagoner Hall carries pedestrian traffic through the heart of campus.
Clock Tower: Campus Commons in front of UNCW Library
The Clock Tower is an iconic campus symbol that plays the fight song, alma mater, and chimes on the hour and half-hour.
Dub’s: Dub’s Café is a dining facility located in the Warwick Center offering a buffet with a seasonal menu that is locally inspired. In August 2018, Dub’s Café became the first 3-Star Certified Green Restaurant® in Wilmington.
Fisher: Fisher Student Center and Fisher University Union
UNCW named the student center in honor of alumni Herbert and Sylvia Fisher, whose ties to their alma mater extend back more than 50 years to the early days of Wilmington College. The Fisher Student Center and the Fisher University Union house programs, support services, and student dining options.
Hawk’s Nest: Fisher University Union
Hawk’s Nest is a food-court style dining location offering a variety of food options including burritos, tacos, salads, flatbreads, burgers, sushi, and fresh-grilled choices. Panda Express, Chick-fil-A, and Subway are adjacent to Hawk’s Nest.
Healthy Hawks: Healthy Hawks is UNCW’s well-being initiative in collaboration with Campus Recreation, the Counseling Center, and the Student Health Center. UNCW defines well-being as a holistic approach to daily life that acknowledges the integration of many facets that contribute to an individual’s experiences of the self, others and world.
The Hub: The Hub is a dining location between Galloway Hall and Graham-Hewlett Halls which includes Mooyah, Starbucks, and a Provisions on Demand (P.O.D.) Market.
Links: Seahawk Links are student peer mentors assigned to first-year seminar courses who assist incoming students as they acclimate to UNCW during their first year.
LiveSafe: LiveSafe is an app UNCW students, family members and guests can use to access university maps, emergency procedures, university and local resources, message University Police or report incidents to other campus offices, use SafeWalk (a peer-to-peer virtual escort tool), and receive emergency notifications.
Lumina: Fisher Student Center
Lumina Theater offers a professional movie theater experience on campus and screens blockbusters, independents, cult classics, art films, international films, and student films throughout the academic year.
RA: Resident Assistants (RAs) are responsible for an on-campus residential floor, wing, pod, building, or area. The RA serves as a facilitator to encourage a positive and welcoming, healthy and safe, cooperative and considerate living environment.
Reading Day: A reading day is set aside by the university to allow time to study for final exams. It is scheduled after all the regular classes are completed and before final exams.
S.I.: Supplemental Instruction is an academic support service for courses that are traditionally more challenging for students. The University Learning Center hires and trains an S.I. Leader (an upperclassman who has taken the course) who works with the instructor and provides weekly peer-facilitated learning sessions based on what is being covered in the course.
SeaNet: SeaNet is the online system UNCW students use to add and drop courses, check grades, find their advisor, submit timesheets, apply for financial aid, check financial aid status, and view a degree audit.
UNI: UNI 101 is a first-year seminar course required for all incoming first-year students. University Studies 201 is an optional seminar course for transfer students. The purpose of UNI is to support new students as they integrate into UNCW and the college experience.
Wag: Wagoner Hall offers all-you-care-to-eat dining with cutting-edge American entrées, ethnically-inspired foods, vegetarian selections, and more!
Office of the Registrar Common Definitions (Academic Focus)
