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Chowan University Takes It To The Next Level
Graduate School Announced For Fall Semester
University Relations
December 11, 2009

MURFREESBORO, NC – An official announcement from the Commission on Colleges of the SACS accreditation body launched Chowan University into another exciting new chapter of its 160-year history – offering Masters Degrees.

The founding of Chowan University’s School of Graduate Studies follows the SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) approval of Level III status for the historic Christian campus, further expanding Chowan University’s calling of service for educating the area.

“The significance of this action cannot be overstated,” explained CU President Christopher White, “For it is a commendation of Chowan’s academic quality, fiscal soundness and prospects for continued growth.”

To meet the greatest need of Chowan’s primary constituency of eastern North Carolina and eastern Virginia, Chowan University’s first Masters program will be in Elementary Education with classes beginning in the Fall of 2010.

The new program will be based on a two-year format designed specifically in mind for already employed teachers to further their own educations to the next degree, while still maintaining their current full-time employment. Classes would be offered at night to conveniently fit into their schedules and commutes.

Chowan’s new School of Graduate Studies would offer the only Christian university Masters Degree program east of North Carolina’s I-95, and the only Elementary Education Masters Degree within a 60 mile radius.

“Chowan University championed this cause for the sake of the region as a whole, to first meet the regional needs,” said CU Associate Provost Dr. Kirk Peterson, recently named Dean of the new School of Graduate Studies. “By using a dynamic approach, in the Chowan way, we’re following the best practices that will lead to exceptional faculty throughout the area, which will lead to improving future leaders and growth for the region.”

The Master of Elementary Education degree is only the first in line for Chowan University’s School of Graduate Studies, with several other disciplines like Psychological Counseling, Business Administration and Sports Management vying for Masters programs to begin shortly after.

This announcement follows closely on the heals of other recent milestones for Chowan University this year including a record enrollment breaking the 1000 student goal, Hawks Volleyball winning their first championship in CU’s new CIAA conference, and several campus improvement projects like the successful renovation of the historic 1851 Columns Building.

For more information on Chowan University’s new School of Graduate Studies and our Masters in Elementary Education Degree, contact Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Dr. Kirk Peterson, at peterk@chowan.edu.

Chowan University, a Christian liberal arts university founded in 1848, enrolls approximately 1000 students each year and is located in the Historic Inner Banks community of Murfreesboro in Northeastern North Carolina. The university is in close proximity to the Outer Banks and Hampton Roads Virginia. Chowan’s park-like campus features 300 acres including Lake Vann, the beloved “Squirrel Park” and the original McDowell Columns Building, erected in 1851 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Chowan offers 63 undergraduate academic programs among The School of Arts and Sciences, The School of Education and The School of Business, and offers Masters Degrees through the School of Graduate Studies. Several departments are also individually accredited, such as Teacher Education Program’s accreditation by NCDPI and NCATE, as well as the Music program’s institutional accreditation by NASM. Chowan offers 11 varsity programs in the CIAA conference as well as co-ed cheerleading, with dual-affiliation in the NCAA D-II and NCCAA.

For more information about Chowan University, visit www.chowan.edu or call 1-888-4-CHOWAN.

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