Campus News
New information center welcomes visitors to campus
It’s a lot easier for visitors to receive information
and directions when they enter the campus of
Chowan College now. A^en alumni return to alma
mater, they now receive an even warmer welcome at
the front entrance to the campus.
A new Chowan College Infoimation Center has
been constructed at the main entrance of the college
(on High Street) to assist visitors entering the cam
pus. Chowan’s building and maintenance staff built
the center which is staffed twenty-four hours a day.
“We are interested in welcoming visitors to our
campus and providing them the information they
need to make their visit a positive and pleasant one,”
states President Jerry Jackson.
The information center is equipped with a tele
phone to provide additional security for the campus.
According to Dr. Jackson, all cars will not be re
quired to stop at the center upon entering the campus.
After twelve midnight, however, cars may be stopped
so students can receive assistance with dormitory
entrance and for other assistance as needed.
“We are trying to make the campus as secure as
we can,” explains Dr. Jackson. “The center is sepa
rate from the college’s main security office, but will
provide additional security for the campus, especially
at night.”
Students serve as welcoming attendants at the
center some hours during the day, and visitors to the
campus receive a brochure entitled “Introducing
Chowan College” which includes a camps map and
infomiation about the area.
Chowan College is the host to approximately 30
campus and summer programs each summer and has
hundreds of visitors to the campus each year. The
college is also on the Murfreesboro historical tour
and is a site of local interest for tour buses and
tourists throughout the year. Thecenter is designed to
provide groups with the directions and information.
Campus clubs busy with projects to help community
Clubs perform service
Chowan College clubs have been
very busy this fall, not only educating
themselves about topics such as the
environment, and business, but helping
to educate others through community
projects. Many clubs have sponsored
projects to help the community.
The Fellowship of Christian Ath
letes have been raking leaves in the
yards of elderly and disabled commu
nity members this fall.
The Social Science Qub continues
its “Adopt-a-Highway” program with
members volunteering to pick up trash
along their ‘adopted’ stretch of high
way near Murfreesboro.
The Baptist Student Union members
are preparing ‘care packages’ for
students during exam time.
The ACES (Achieving Chowan’s
Excellence through Service) are
selling Christmas wreaths as a fund
raiser during the holiday season.
Many clubs have sponsored educa
tional speakers this fall. The Environ
mental Qub, a new group on campus,
brought in a speaker on waste develop
ment who spoke about the importance
of recycling.
The International students, always
interested in learning more about
American ways, attended a Halloween
party in the home of Jackie Ashley,
director of student health. Students
carved pumpkins into jack-o-lantems
and went on a real hay ride.
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Members of the new Environmental Club are promoting the recycling of paper
and cans on campus and discouraging the use of styrofoam products such as the
ones used by some fast food restaurants. Club leaders are, (left to right) Renee
Sheldon. Alison Crouch, Jennifer Forehand. Faculty advisor for the club is Ken
Craig, acting chairman of the department of religion and philosophy.
Alpha Beta Gamma hosts dinner
Back by popular demand of student
leaders in Alpha Beta Gamma, busi
ness honor organization at Chowan,
Mr. Norwood Boyd, vice president of
Wheat First Securities in Franklin,
Virginia, recently made a presentation
to the business student body entitled,
“The Stock Market: Investing for
Future Financial Security”.
President Greg Rollins introduced
Mr. Boyd to students and faculty in the
president’s dining room, which was
filled to capacity for the occasion.
In addition to sharing with students
ways they can become effective
investors in the stock market, Mr.
Boyd talked about the tremendous
changes in Eastern Europe. He related
how under the Communist govern
ment, almost all businesses and
factories were owned and operated by
the government and how inefficiently
they were operated.
“Now, businesses and factories are
being privatized (sold off to private
owners). There is now a stock market
in Budapest, Hungary, and East
Europeans are trying to do in two or
three years what has taken many years
to develop in the United States—
efficient stock markets,” stated Mr.
Boyd.
In his presentation, Boyd expressed
much more optimism about Eastern
Europe than for the Soviet Union.
Eagle Scout
builds benches
for campus
Joe Tripp, an Eagle Scout
from Murfreesboro, made
the campus green much
more comfortable for stu
dents when he built five new
wooden benches as an Eagle
Scout service project. He put
45 hours of work into the
project and gathered do
nated materials to assemble
and paint the benches
himself. Joe is the son of
Gilbert Tripp, professor of
science, and Linda Tripp,
director of counseling at
Chowan.
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Chowan Today — Winter, 1990 — PAGE 3