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Commissioners keep UNCW medical-school support on consent after debate over funding language

New Hanover County Board of Commissioners · May 1, 2026
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The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners left a resolution supporting a proposed UNCW medical school on the consent agenda after a brief debate about wording that would foreground private philanthropic commitments; staff said the chancellor’s office had reviewed the language and will sign off on any edits.

The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners agreed Tuesday to leave a resolution of support for a proposed medical school at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington on the consent agenda after a short discussion about the resolution’s wording.

One commissioner asked that the clause referencing private philanthropic commitments be moved higher in the document to reflect that the proposal’s momentum in the…

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