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Veronica Wernicke, News Editor

Veronica is a senior majoring in communication studies and minoring in journalism. After college Veronica hopes to write for a print newspaper like The New York Times or Boston Globe. Outside of writing, Veronica enjoys riding her bike, hammocking, reading, volunteering, and cheering on the Cubs. You can contact her at [email protected].

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The fountain in downtown Wilmington.

Wilmington City Council gives more time for redesign of WAVE Transit, anticipates great year for film production

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
May 7, 2021
The late Vice Chancellor Pat Leonard.

Senior medallion renamed to honor late Pat Leonard

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May 6, 2021
The North Carolina State Capitol Building in Raleigh, North Carolina.

North Carolina gains one new house seat

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May 6, 2021
A look across the UNCW pond.

Board of trustees meeting recap: diverse student acceptances is up and construction continues

Veronica Wernicke and Andrew Lemon
May 5, 2021
Cooper lifts outdoor mask requirements

Cooper lifts outdoor mask requirements

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 29, 2021
UNCW staff member recieves the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Burney Center clinic.

Burney Center COVID-19 virus vaccine clinic reopens to Wilmington community

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 27, 2021
Period products ready for transport.

‘Periods Don’t Stop for Pandemics’ campaign collecting menstrual hygiene products for local women

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 22, 2021
Preparing to administer a vaccine in the Burney Center.

UNC System will not require COVID-19 virus vaccine for fall 2021 return

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 22, 2021
Center for Healthy Communities.

UNCW receives funding for community COVID-19 virus relief

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 21, 2021
The amphitheater.

Student Media Center to move to new location

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 20, 2021
The health center is inside Depaolo Hall.

The Board of Governors increases security and health fees

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 15, 2021
UNCW student, Alfredo Espinal, receives his vaccine.

UNCW pauses COVID-19 vaccination clinic

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 13, 2021
Boxes of tampons are in a pharmacy in New York.

North Carolina Senate proposes bill to exempt feminine hygiene products from sales tax

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 9, 2021
Screen capture taken of the UNCW website page on tuition.

UNCW’s recent change in billing practices could result in lower tuition costs

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 8, 2021
A resolution thanking Chief Donaldson from the SGA.

SGA passes 2 resolutions thanking Chief Donaldson, faculty and staff

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 8, 2021
UNCWs Fisher Student Center.

Senate approves 2021-2022 SGA budget

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 6, 2021
UNCW mourns the loss of professor Jeffrey Brudney

UNCW mourns the loss of professor Jeffrey Brudney

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
April 6, 2021
A view of the Wilmington riverwalk.

Where to get vaccinated in Wilmington

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 30, 2021
The fountain between Morton and Leutze Hall.

UNCW offering in-person and virtual spring graduation ceremonies

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 26, 2021
UNCW student, Jacobi Loyd, receives his vaccine.

Students and staff receive the COVID-19 virus vaccine at UNCW clinic

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 26, 2021
Social distancing.

Cooper eases North Carolina’s COVID-19 restrictions

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 25, 2021
UNCW campus police chief retiring

UNCW campus police chief retiring

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 24, 2021
Burney Center on campus.

UNCW COVID-19 vaccine registration now open

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 24, 2021
Robby Fensom (left) with running mate, Thomas Wilson (right) are running in the 2021-2022 SGA election.

Fensom and Wilson win SGA student body election

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 23, 2021
A table is set up for drive-through COVID testing from this past fall.

UNCW opens a drive-through community COVID-19 testing site

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 23, 2021
The UNCW columns.

SGA denounces organizations using hate speech against Asians

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 19, 2021
A SGA display in Fisher Student Center.

2021-2022 SGA student body president and VP will be decided in a runoff

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 18, 2021
Trees and bikes on campus.

UNCW planning for normal fall semester

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 15, 2021
Dr. Lowell K. Davis named new vice chancellor for student affairs.

Dr. Lowell K. Davis named new vice chancellor for student affairs

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 12, 2021
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 3/9 meeting recap: Senate approved discretionary funding for Swipes for Seahawks and hear updates on new dining hall

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 12, 2021
Kyle Glover (right) with running mate, Jake Linker (left) are running in the 2021-2022 SGA election.

Kyle Glover and Jake Linker want to be your next SGA president and vice president

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 11, 2021
Data on childhood vaccines can provide hints about how well the COVID-19 vaccine will perform in specific communities.

Student employees now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 11, 2021
Alisa Newber (left) and a Food Pantry volunteer (right).

511 House provides space for human trafficking victims

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 8, 2021
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

News Editor SGA 3/2 meeting recap: MySeaport gets update and several campus transportation projects in the works

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 5, 2021
The UNCW columns.

Class of 2021 start petition for in-person graduation

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 5, 2021
Burney Center on campus.

UNCW to open a vaccine clinic soon

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
March 4, 2021
Students on Chancellors walk. Photo by Lauren Wessell

SGA 2/23 meeting recap: BOG approves security fee increase and hear sophomore housing requirement updates

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 26, 2021
NC lifts modified stay at home order

NC lifts modified stay at home order

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 25, 2021
Walking to class.

UNCW hosted virtual forums with the final 3 Vice Chancellor candidates

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 23, 2021
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 2/16 meeting recap: Talone hopes to receive $3,000 for feminine hygiene products project

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 19, 2021
Graduation online-- class of 2020.

Spring 2021 commencement ceremonies will be virtual

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 17, 2021
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 2/9 meeting recap: After continued heated discussions, the first week of February is declared National Gun Violence Survivors Week at UNCW

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 12, 2021
The nurses prepare to administer the vaccine.

CHHS nursing school students and faculty help deliver vaccines in Wilmington

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 6, 2021
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 2/2 meeting recap: Senate tables gun violence survivors awareness resolution

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 5, 2021
UNCW to start conducting COVID-19 virus surveillance testing on Feb. 8

UNCW to start conducting COVID-19 virus surveillance testing on Feb. 8

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
February 3, 2021
The UNCW clocktower

UNCW board of trustees emphasize the need for free speech at their quarterly meeting

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 29, 2021
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 1/26 meeting recap: Join SGA, CARES act 2.0 and COVID-19 updates

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 29, 2021
Roy Cooper extends N.C. modified stay-at-home order

Roy Cooper extends N.C. modified stay-at-home order

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 29, 2021
Students on Chancellors walk. Photo by Lauren Wessell

First diversity committee meeting reveals only 8% of Black students feel like they belong at UNCW

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 28, 2021
President Joe Biden signs an executive order after speaking during an event on his administrations COVID-19 response with Vice President Kamala Harris, left, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Photo by Irfan Khan - TNS

Biden signs 17+ executive orders in his first week in office

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 27, 2021
A BLM poster near the UNCW pond. Photo by Kaylin Damico

UNCW’s demographic data reflects a struggle to diversify the student population

Veronica Wernicke and Cierra Noffke
January 23, 2021
Board of trustees members accuse The Seahawk and Port City Daily of political bias

Board of trustees members accuse The Seahawk and Port City Daily of political bias

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 22, 2021
NC officials respond to Trump insurrection

NC officials respond to Trump insurrection

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 19, 2021
The North Carolina State Capitol Building in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Dreamstime/TNS)

How NC Capitol is prepping for the presidential inauguration

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 18, 2021
UNCWs Fisher Student Center.

UNCW announces returning testing requirements, other spring semester updates

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 17, 2021
Front of UNCWs campus .

UNCW faculty and staff respond to insurrection at the Capitol

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 15, 2021
NC updates vaccine plan

NC updates vaccine plan

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 14, 2021
Members of the National Guard take a rest in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 13, 2021, ahead of an expected House vote impeaching US President Donald Trump. The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives on Wednesday opened debate on a historic second impeachment of President Donald Trump over his supporters attack of the Capitol that left five dead.Lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote for impeachment around 3:00 pm Photo by Saul Loeb - TNS

House votes to impeach Trump for the second time

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 13, 2021
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces a stay at home order for the entire state starting Monday at 5 p.m. to help slow the spread of coronavirus. Cooper made the announcement during a briefing Friday, March 27, 2020 at the State of North Carolina Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh.

NC extends modified stay at home order

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 7, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis watches Seminole County resident Gloria Calderone receive the Moderna vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus during a press conference touting the expanded rollout of the state vaccination program, at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 in Longwood, Florida.

NC rolls out phased COVID-19 vaccine plan

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 5, 2021
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) attend a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 22, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Democratic committee members boycotted the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.

NC Senator Thom Tillis co-sponsors bill making streaming pirated content a felony

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 2, 2021
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts after signing an executive order following his remarks on his health care policies on Thursday, September 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trumps trip to North Carolina marks his fifth time in the state within the last 30 days.

Second COVID relief package passes

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
January 2, 2021
Screenshot of estimated cost for first year resident student at UNCW.

UNCW Board of Trustees approves two fee-increase proposals for FY 2021-2022

December 15, 2020
UNCW Chancellor Jose V. Sartarelli answering questions front of the new sculpture.

UNCW Board of Trustees announces full support of Chancellor Jose. V. Sartarelli

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
December 11, 2020
Starting Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. NC will move into a modified stay at home order.

NC moves into a modified stay at home order

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
December 11, 2020
COVID testing site at UNCW.

UNCW provides more information regarding spring return COVID-19 testing

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
December 8, 2020
This image depicted a test tube rack that had been stocked with examples of various electronic cigarettes, referred to as e-cigarettes, or e-cigs, and vaping pens. These items would undergo testing inside a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) laboratory environment.

New Hanover County Commissioners approves ordinance limiting e-cigarette and combustible tobacco use in the county

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
December 2, 2020
NC remains in Phase 3 and expands mask mandate

NC remains in Phase 3 and expands mask mandate

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 28, 2020
The Seahawk statue on UNCW campus.

2021 UNCW teaching award nominations open through January

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 25, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 11/17 meeting recap: Senate passes several items of legislation

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 20, 2020
Swipes for Seahawks allows UNCW students to donate one guest swipe per semester to food insecure students.

Swipes for Seahawks allows students to donate meal swipes to food-insecure classmates

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 19, 2020
A screenshot from the UNC Systems Board of Governors Race and Equity Task Force meeting on Nov. 10.

UNC System Racial Equity Task Force hosts key findings meeting

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 15, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 11/10 meeting recap: Pass/fail to update, DRC, and director of sustainability

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 13, 2020
A sign on UNCWs campus detailing when masks should be worn.

UNCW releases details for winter break and spring return

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 12, 2020
The riverwalk along the Cape Fear River in downtown Wilmington.

New Hanover County 2020 election results

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 7, 2020
The North Carolina State Capitol building, where these bills discussed by Judge JH Corpening were deliberated over by NC officials.

NC 2020 election results

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 7, 2020
View looking down Chancellors walk at UNCW.

UNCW mourning the loss of Carly Rae Baron

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 2, 2020
The Greenhouse and garden operated on UNCWs campus.

Sustainability office working on climate resilience and action plan

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
November 2, 2020
COVID-19 testing site at UNCW.

UNCW collaborating with the local health department to host a COVID-19 testing site

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 31, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 10/27 meeting recap: DACA, Swipes for Seahawks and COVID-19

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 30, 2020
UNC System host town halls discussing race and equity

UNC System host town halls discussing race and equity

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 28, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 10/20 meeting recap: SGA discusses parking, POD gouging and DACA

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 23, 2020
A nurse administers a flu vaccination shot to a woman at a free clinic held at a local library on October 14, 2020 in Lakewood, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/TNS)

New Hanover County offering free flu shots

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 22, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 10/13 meeting recap

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 16, 2020
Stage IV or metastatic breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast.

Oct. 13 is metastatic breast cancer awareness day

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 13, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 10/6 meeting recap: SGA passes pass/fail resolution for the fall semester

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 9, 2020
Due to the coronavirus social distance measures, exercise equipment has been spaced at least 6 feet apart.

An inside look at the Student Recreation Center reopening

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 8, 2020
The view a Chancellors Walk on UNCWs campus.

UNCW Student Ambassadors no longer solely responsible for giving campus tours

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 5, 2020
From left, Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC), Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), speak during a committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2020. (Carolyn Kaster/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

Senator Thom Tillis tests positive for COVID-19

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 4, 2020
NC shifts to Phase 3

NC shifts to Phase 3

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
October 4, 2020
The Student Government Association (SGA) meets every Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

SGA 9/30 meeting recap: SGA denounces administration’s decision to remove BLM banners

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
September 30, 2020
Expanded and socially distanced outdoor seating located between the Fisher buildings.

UNCW updates and tightens mask mandate

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor
September 28, 2020
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