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Trustees authorize
four-year status study
The Chowan College Board of Trustees
adopted a record $9,250,000 budget for
1989-90 and approved a study of the
four-year versus two-year status for
Chowan when the regular September
meeting was held in Rocky Mount.
The trustees met at the Sheraton, with
spouses as guests of the college.
The previous largest budget of
$8,660,000 was adopted last year.
Following a feasibility study completed
in 1985 the Board of Trustees voted to
maintain Chowan’s two-year status.
President Jerry F. Jackson said May,
1990 was the target date for a report from
the committee.
Inauguration Scheduled
The trustees, headed by Thomas M.
McCrary of Raleigh, approved the
inauguration for new President Jerry F.
Jackson for April, 1990.
In other action, trustees established a
new schoarship for children of Southern
Baptist Missionaries. The full
scholarship will provide for all expenses
except books. To qualify, missionary
children must apply and be accepted for
admission to Chowan and apply for
available Southern Baptist Convention
and government grants.
Trustees also increased scholarships
from $500 to $1,000 a year for the
children and spouses of ordained
Southern Baptist ministers and
dependents of full-time employees of
North Carolina and Virginia Baptist
State Conventions and the Southern
Baptist Convention. The scholarships
will also be available to graduates of the
Baptist Chidren’s Homes of North
Carolina.
The Board of Trustees reviewed and
approved the 1988-89 audit. McCrary
noted that the college has operated in the
black for the past 32 years
Development Plans
The Board endorsed a planned giving
“deferred giving” program. They ap
proved the writing of charitable gift
annuities and working with the North
Carolina Baptist Foundation, Southern
Baptist Foundation in Nashville, Tenn.,
and bank trust departments in the
managing of trusts written by the
Development Office.
Resolutions to the memory of Maggie
Boone Bridgers of Jackson were adopted.
At the time of her death on Sept. 3, 1989,
Mrs. Bridgers was vice chairrnan and
serving her fifth term as a member of the
Board of Trustees.
The Rev. Dennis Bazemore of Wallace
was elected vice chairman to complete
the unexpired term of Mrs. Bridgers.
A New Publication
Hold on to this issue—
don Y throw it away!
This premier issue of tlie Chowan College newsmagazine for alumni,
parents, and friends, is certain to become a collector’s item!
The reason? Look at the flag again. You will notice the name has been
changed to CHOWAN TODAY to better reflect the contents and goal of
the newsmagazine to keep you informed of the happenings, activities, and
changes on campus.
This is the prized Volume 1, Number 1 issue.
The former name, THE CHOWANLAN, will now grace the top of page
one of the students’ newspaper, formerly called SMOKE SIGNALS.
For the student paper, this is not a radical change. In fact, it is a return
to its roots.
The student paper was formerly called THE CHOWANLAN. Then,
when the paper was also prepared for and mailed to alumni, it lost its
exclusive meaning and purpose to students. The name change to SMOKE
SIGNALS foUowed.
With the return of the name THE CHOWANLAN to the student paper,
the paper’s name has gone full cycle and is back in its historical position.
What does all this mean? Just that there is a concerted effort to improve
the communications role of each of the papers, to better inform the
students with THE CHOWANIAN and the alumni, parents and friends
with CHOWAN TODAY.
Enough said —now enjoy Vol. 1, No. 1 of
CHOWAN TODAY.
Students prepared for 21st Century
“We think we’re headed into the 21st
century,” is the way a Chowan science
professor assesses the department’s new
computer laboratory.
Located on the third floor of Camp
Hall, science-engineering facility, the
computer laboratory houses seven
Macintoshes (commonly called Mac’s),
all linked to a printer.
Phyllis Dewar, chemistry professor,
said the lab was opened last year with two
Mac’s and a laser printer. Five more
Students engrossed in their work is a common sight at the computer laboratory of the
Department of Science. Dr. Garth Faile, chairman, who suggested the creation of the
lab. helps a student as others work independently or with a partner.
Mac’s were added this year. She called
the Macintosh the “top of the line, the
Mercedes Benz of computers.”
“Dr. Garth Faile, chairman of the
Science Department, had the original
idea to create a computer laboratory,”
Dewar explained. “He shared the idea
with other members of the department
and we were all enthusiastic.
Providing Many Benefits
“Dr. Faile suggested making the lab
from two existing rooms on the third
floor. The wall was removed between the
rooms giving us ample room for the lab.”
She said the lab provides many
benefits to the students. She said as
students become familiar with com
puters, they prepare for their transistion
to senior colleges, where computers are
in wide use.
“At some colleges, science students are
expected to do a lot of their work with the
use of computers. They have to be
familiar with them or they’re at a
disadvantage,” she noted.
She said the lab also promotes
teamwork among students. “On oc
casions, students will work together,
sharing ideas to find solutions. A student
from the United States may be working
with a student from Japan. In this way,
they get to know each other better.”
Keeping Up-to-Date
She said the faculty is ever alert to
locate and purchase the latest software.
She said the department recently bought
Wingz, that enables students to easily
design professional-looking graphs, “like
you see in TIME magazine or USA
TODAY.
“Some students have remarked that
they save so much time doing their
graphs on the computer that the only
thing left is to think and that’s the
essential thing.”
Dewar said the students love the
computer laboratory and it is receiving
wide use. The lab is open each day,
Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m.
to 5 p.m. “It is open to any student at
Chowan. Our students will bring their
friends with them to use the computers.”
She said some professors require that
their lab assignments be done on the
computer. She said this helps both the
professor and the student.
“In the computer lab, everyone
essentially is a student. We all share with
each other.”
She believes the Science Department
will be ready for the 21st century. “We
have a foundation to build on. We don’t
expect to be outdated. We’ll be adding
the latest software and additional
computers,” she declared.
Dewar attends workshops and
seminars to keep current on computers.
She came to Chowan in 1966. Over the
years, she has seen her students and
other science and mathematics students
transfer to senior institutions and then
return as medical doctors, scientists,
pharmacists, engineers, teachers,
veterinarians, etc. She said a recent
example is Dr. Darlene Jacquelyn Keene,
a 1981 pre-med graduate from Ahoskie,
■who is serving her residency at Pitt
County Memorial Hospital, Greenville.
After completing the two-year
program at Chowan, she transferred to
East Carolina University where she
received her B.S., and M.D. from the
School of Medicine.
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