A giant QR code is taped to junior Sklyer Davies’ chest. His tall basketball player frame makes a perfect billboard for those arriving to scan with their phones. The code takes the participants to the songs and scripture for the evening’s Holy Week Revival Service. Skyler and other Chowan University Campus Ministry students hosted the […]
At an event held at the Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons, Koury Convention Center on Tuesday, April 4th, on behalf of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the North Carolina Baptist Foundation, Chowan University honored Addison Duke Askew with the NC Baptist Heritage Award for 2023. Mr. Askew was one of thirteen individuals […]
In 2020, amid the unknown of a pandemic, Chowan University and its supporters launched a campaign for the university’s first free-standing chapel. From the words in Jeremiah 29:11, the family of Bucky ‘74 and Jan Glover made a lead gift to launch the fundraising efforts for a new chapel at Chowan University. Chowan was founded […]
On Monday, April 3rd, author David Sanchez was awarded the 2023 Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters. Following the dinner and prize conferral, Sanchez delivered the annual Hobson Lecture in Vaughan Auditorium of Robert Marks Hall. Following a six-week course reading Sanchez’s book, “All Day is Along Time,” students anxiously […]
On March 30, 2023, three students and one faculty member attended the Annual Alpha Chi National Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Alpha Chi student executives Elijah Brown, Erica Mock, and Olivia Wheeler were joined by Alpha Chi Faculty Sponsor Dr. Lia Walker, who served as a judge for presentations in the field of biology at […]
On Thursday, March 30, 2023, the Department of Business at Chowan University continued its esteemed Visiting Executive Program with the visit of alumnus Malek Leach. Having graduated from Chowan with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2018, Leach now serves as a financial contractor for the United States Government within the Department of Commerce. […]
Chairman Kemper Baker announced to faculty and staff today that the Board of Trustees has named Charles “Chuck” Taylor as interim president of the University, effective tomorrow, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Charles E. Taylor, “Chuck,” has spent the last 54 years serving higher education institutions in North Carolina. A native of Rocky Mount, NC, he […]
Rev. Dr. Carolyn L. Gordon will deliver this year’s Taylor Religious Heritage Lectures on Monday, September 18th, and Wednesday, September 20th, at 11:00 a.m. in Turner Auditorium within Chowan’s historic McDowell Columns Hall. She is the Associate Professor of Mass Communication, Acting Chair and Coordinator of the Convergent Media Graduate Program at Mississippi Valley State […]
On Thursday, March 23rd, Dr. Torrence Gill, Assistant Professor of Biology at Chowan University, served as a guest scientist during Ridgecroft School’s Science Day. He was a guest alongside Zach Holder, chief meteorologist of WITN 7 out of Washington, NC. Dr. Gill shared a presentation with the 3rd and 5th-grade students called “what is an […]
On Friday, March 24th, Dr. Pamela Woodard’s Criminal Justice 410 Senior Seminar class had a Zoom event with the authors of “Click, Click, Click,” Anne Varner and Karen DeVanie. The authors, who are sisters from nearby Franklin, VA, started a Podcast called “Sugar Coated Murder.” The event had over 25 attendees, including some residents of Franklin, […]