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Campus News Graphics Foundation kicks off three-year financial campaign for four-year program A three-year Graphic Arts Founda tion Campaign has been undertaken by the Qiowan College Graphic Arts Foundation. The purpose is to equip the Krueger School of Graphic Com munications for transition to four-year institutional status beginning in the fall of 1992. The kick-off for the campaign took place in January at the mid-winter meeting of the North Carolina Press Association. Morgan Dickerman, III, publisher of the Wilson Daily Times was named campaign chairperson. “I am very excited about the fact that Chowan has decided to go four- year,” states Dickerman. ‘This will be very beneficial for the newspaper and printing industry with all the new serv ices to the industry we can expect from this transition. The campaign kick-off has been well-received by the news paper industry and we are anticipating a very successful campaign.” The campaign goal has been set for $ 150,000 over a three-year period from January, 1991 through December, 1993. Members of the newspaper in dustry throughout the state of North Carolina will be asked to make three- year campaign pledges based on cir culation. The $150,000 goal will be used to secure needed equipment for the Krueger School in order to offer the four-year curriculum in printing technology in the fall of 1992. Joseph M. Parker, of Ahoskie, is president of the Graphic Arts Founda tion. Since its incorporation in 1967, the foundation has contributed in ex cess of $500,000 to the development of printing technology at Chowan. “Funding is needed to provide equipment for teaching the new four- year curriculum. Also, some of the funds received will assist the Krueger School in offering seminars and work shops for personnel currently em ployed by newspapers in the state,” states Herman Gatewood, chairman of the Krueger School of Graphic Com munications. “Some of the seminar topics suggested include electronic typesetting, web press operation, and color separation techniques.” Members of the campaign commit- On Campus in brief The Chowan College Boards of Trustees and Visitors met on campus for their armual joint meeting on December 18. Following an afternoon of meetings, they were invited to a buffet dirmer at the home of President and Mrs. Jackson where trustees and visitors received a surprise visit from Santa Qaus. The Jacksons also hosted the faculty and staff for the armual Christmas party in their home on December 19. Christmas happenings on campus included the lighting of the tree in the Susan Parker Kerr Alumni Gazebo on December 6 and the Chowan Stage Band and Chorus concert on December 4. Chowan College was host campus to the Carolinas Junior College All- Star Football banquet on December 7. Players and coaches from junior colleges on the eastern seaboard participated in the All-Star game and banquet. Chowan said “Thank-you” to the town of Murfreesboro on New Year’s Day when approximately 800 town citizens enjoyed ham and cabbage, sweet potatoes, and black-eyed peas in Thomas Cafeteria compliments of the college. The African-American Student Association celebrated the birthday of Martin Luther King in a tribute on his birthday, January 21, in Marks Hall Auditorium. Dr. Jerry Jackson was a guest on WTKR television’s noon news program on January 16 discussing the rise in crime on college campuses today and the effects of declining student enrollment on Chowan and other colleges. The works of artist Steve Reid, of Greenville, were on display in the Green Hall Art Gallery during the month of February. A candlelight vigil in support of the troops in Saudi Arabia was held on the campus green on February 5. Students gathered to pray and listen to remarics from students and Dr. Ken Craig, professor of religion and phi losophy. Musical Petformances The TAC Air Force Jazz Band performed in the Helms Center to a large audience on February 13. Dr. Henry Doskey, concert pianist, perfonned in Daniel Recital Hall on February 17. TTie Crescent City Jazz Band came to Chowan on February 24 at 3:00 p.m. in the Helms Center. Math-Science Day took place on March 7 when students from area high schools came to Camp Hall to experience college classes in math, science, and graphic communications. Students come as far away as from Virginia and the Outer Banks of N. C. to participate in this event held at Chowan since 1974. New faces in the dorms New full-time Resident Directors have been employed in each of the dormitories on campus. Those serving as R.D.’s are: Belk Hall: Diarma Freshour, Jenkins Hall: Inez Gibbs; Mixon Hall: Dan Butler, Simons Hall: Terry Barber; Dunn Hall; Melissa Goff; Parker Hall:-Larry Meeks. tee are: Peggy Allen, The Wake For est Weekly, Jack Andrews, The Raleigh News and Observer, John Ashcraft, The Monroe Enquerer-Journal; Harry Coleman, The Butner-Creedmoor News', Chester Middlesworth, The Statesville Record', Joseph Parlcer, Raleigh, Rick Stewart, The Kenly News; Hal Tarmer, Jr., The Goldsboro News-Argus; Jon Witherspoon, The Winston-Salem Journal. Chowan will continue to offer a two-year degree in printing technol ogy as well as the four-year curricu lum. Gatewood cites several needs of the department in making the transi tion to four-year, including, a printing unit for the News King Web Offset Press, one Linotronic 200P Imag esetter, one set of typefaces for that equipment; one datacopy scarmer, six Macintosh 1 lex computers; one laser- printer IINT; and one Magnum Offset plate burner. Harden to retire after 21 years teaching math Professor Acheson Harden will re tire at the end of this semester and the math department at Chowan College just won’t seem the same. Professor Harden (Ach to his friends) has been teaching and advis ing students at Chowan for 21 years. A “Yankee” bom in New York City, he came to this small southern town in 1970 after 26 years of service in the Army. To many students, faculty, and staff, Ach Harden is the epitome of the “crusty old professor,” a former Army lieutenant colonel who can give stu dents a “look to kill,” but who they discover is just a “push-over” ready and willing to help. He is always look ing for a math student who “really enjoys math and wants to learn.” “I enjoy teaching,” he says. “And every now and then I get a student who really enjoys math and who does well. I try to motivate my students to motivate themselves. I have to per suade them that math is not hard. You know, everyone thinks math is so hard, and it’s not. It’s cut and dry and pretty objective. We just can’t persuade the numbers to behave the way we can persuade words to behave.” Ach Harden did his undergraduate work at Williams College (“You can’t get any more Yankee than Williams," he says), and received his T.M. A. from North Carolina State University after he retired from the Army. He then began his second career teaching at Chowan. “While I was at N.C. State, I heard Chowan was looking for a math pro fessor, so I came here. I told them I thought I would stay if I ended up liking it as much as I thought I would.” Evidently he has “liked it” a little bit, because he lives next door to the college campus within walking dis tance and has made Murfreesboro his home. What will he do in his retirement years? “Well, I might go back up north to Portsmouth, New Hampshire where I have a home. I might even continue to teach up there, peiliaps at a technical school where students are interested in pursuing career skills.” From the sound of it, the 70-year- old professor will probably not retire Ach Harden at all. This sportsman who lists bird- hunting, trout fishing and gourmet cooking (though not anymore) as his hobbies, does not express much inter est in retirement and wiU probably keep busier than ever. He has two daughters living in Vermont and one son who lives in Montana. His wife, Mary Carus Harden, died six years ago and since then, he has been living on his own, something he got used to in the Army. In the Army Signal Corps, he traveled and served in World War II. He served overseas in the Aleutian Islands, Ger many, Korea, and Taiwan. His office walls testify to that fact for hanging there are plaques, awards, honors and hangings from other countries to re mind him of his Army days. Always a teacher, as an officer, he trained hun dreds of enlisted men in communica tions. He remarks he was used to the South, however, because he spent much time stationed at southern bases, including Atlanta. He hasn’t lost his Yankee accent and even though he holds the southern way of life very dear, and knows he wiU miss Chowan, dearly, it’s not hard for us to imagine Professor Harden- trout fishing in a northern stream in New Hampshire. Wherever he may be in his “retire ment,” whether in New Hampshire, or right here in Murfreesboro, all of his friends, students, members of the fac ulty and staff of Chowan College wish Ach Harden the very best. Chowan Today — Spring, 1991— PAGE 3
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