After testing more than 2,000 students for Covid-19 last week, UNCW reported only four positive cases. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon) WILMINGTON — Knowing that many professors become eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine within a month, UNCW hopes to eventually operate as a vaccine provider. The university sought approvals from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, the gatekeepers of vaccine supply, but its application has not yet been approved. DHHS officials repeatedly emphasize that onboarding new providers will be a slow process, until the weekly vaccine shipments from the federal government substantially increase in size. RELATED: Katrin Wesner-Harts, the university’s top health official, recalled the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, when UNCW administered more than 3,300 vaccines to community members.