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Summer Session I 2025. See the Summer Session website for additional information.

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, and STAFF!

The Coalition Against Interpersonal Violence was formed to promote extensive collaboration and engage stakeholders across campus. This collaborative approach acknowledges the complexity of addressing interpersonal violence, emphasizing the need for coordinated action across sectors. Alongside these offices, the coalition includes staff, faculty, and students from various offices, departments, and student groups. Together, we amplify our impact, fostering synergy in tackling interpersonal violence. With collective dedication, we aim to cultivate a safer and more supportive campus environment for everyone.

If you are interested in joining the Coalition Against Interpersonal Violence, please reach out to one of our Co-chairs.

• Hannah Dean – Assistant Director of Wellbeing, Interpersonal Violence Prevention 
• Deb Marke – Associate Director, Democratic Engagement and Justice Programs

Tobacco has played a significant role in shaping North Carolina’s cultural, economic, and social identity, even before the state’s official establishment. Early depictions of Native American communities along the coast at the end of the 16th century show cultivation and use of the plant.

During the 19th century, tobacco became a cornerstone of the plantation economy, generating immense wealth for select families. In the 20th century, the rise of mass production and commercialization, along with an expanding labor force dedicated to its cultivation and processing, further embedded tobacco in North Carolina’s way of life. Marketing campaigns and iconic imagery tied to tobacco are deeply woven into the state’s historical narrative.

This exhibit showcases images, artifacts, and records from Special Collections & Archives, spanning from the sixteenth century to the modern era. It also features contributions from North Carolina artists and photographers, including Daisha Bunn and Erin Kye and their families, as well as works by photographer Dan Routh.

 

Experience the world of medieval China through the imaginative artistry of miniature ceramic figurines. This exhibit features dozens of ceramic figurines in the Changsha style, a type of pottery manufactured in southern China from the 8^th to the 10^th centuries CE. The figurines represent a range of subjects including domestic animals, mythological creatures, commoners, elites, and esoteric symbols. This exhibit features original research by WFU students. Their work explores themes of miniaturization, ancient technology, and the culture of medieval China that inspired the figurines. Admission is free.

The Lam Museum of Anthropology is excited to showcase a selection of newly acquired objects from the closed Museum of World Cultures at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. This partnership brings back into public view nearly 300 ethnographic, historical, and archaeological pieces from around the world, and adds significant depth to the Lam Museum’s already expansive collection. This exhibit celebrates some of these objects spanning cultures, continents, and centuries. Although only a portion of the collection is on display, these highlights demonstrate the rich variety and interconnectedness of humanity. Admission is free.

Colors have many symbolic meanings in East Asian fashion. This exhibit features clothing from China and Japan organized by the five basic colors of black, red, green-blue, white, and yellow. These colors are traditionally associated with the elements of water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, respectively. Originating in the mythical past, color symbolism was popularized throughout East Asia with the spread of religious and philosophical ideas. Just as the elements were thought to combine into more complex materials, colors could be combined into complex poetic expressions. Visitors can explore these connections between color, nature, and fashion in this student-curated exhibit.

Summer Session I 2025. See the Summer Session website for additional information.

Experience the world of medieval China through the imaginative artistry of miniature ceramic figurines. This exhibit features dozens of ceramic figurines in the Changsha style, a type of pottery manufactured in southern China from the 8^th to the 10^th centuries CE. The figurines represent a range of subjects including domestic animals, mythological creatures, commoners, elites, and esoteric symbols. This exhibit features original research by WFU students. Their work explores themes of miniaturization, ancient technology, and the culture of medieval China that inspired the figurines. Admission is free.

The Lam Museum of Anthropology is excited to showcase a selection of newly acquired objects from the closed Museum of World Cultures at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. This partnership brings back into public view nearly 300 ethnographic, historical, and archaeological pieces from around the world, and adds significant depth to the Lam Museum’s already expansive collection. This exhibit celebrates some of these objects spanning cultures, continents, and centuries. Although only a portion of the collection is on display, these highlights demonstrate the rich variety and interconnectedness of humanity. Admission is free.

Colors have many symbolic meanings in East Asian fashion. This exhibit features clothing from China and Japan organized by the five basic colors of black, red, green-blue, white, and yellow. These colors are traditionally associated with the elements of water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, respectively. Originating in the mythical past, color symbolism was popularized throughout East Asia with the spread of religious and philosophical ideas. Just as the elements were thought to combine into more complex materials, colors could be combined into complex poetic expressions. Visitors can explore these connections between color, nature, and fashion in this student-curated exhibit.