(12-05-2016 11:25 PM)Seahawkfan716 Wrote:  Wilmington may not be in Charlotte, but we have alumni there. The Cameron School of Business holds a regular NYC alumni mixer. It is a matter of connecting with the alumni where they are to get money back to the campus.

And while Wilmington may not have the banking industry, the CRO industry is strong (and very profitable), there is money to be pulled in from the community IF you can get people to support UNCW over Chapel Hill. But is there a big enough draw to get people to commit?

You can't compare alumni from Duke to alumni from UNCW. As much as I wish we could, that is apples to oranges. Many of Duke's alumni come from wealthy pockets to begin with. On top of that, their alumni go on to much higher paying jobs much quicker. Lastly, the numbers. Go take a look at the annual graduating numbers going back several decades and compare that to UNCW. There's a much larger pond to fish for money in.