Campus News
Chowan opens doors for 144th year
Chowan College opened its doors for
the 144th year to new and returning
students on August 28 when classes
begin following four days of orien
tation, meetings with faculty advisors,
and registration.
Student enrollment at Chowan this
fall is 738 students, according to
Winslow Carter, vice president for
student enrollment. The admissions staff
recruited 450 freshmen for the academic
year. The office experienced a 13%
decrease in applications for the year
which was expected because of the
"demographics crunch" most colleges
are facing with lower numbers of
graduating high school seniors during
the early 1990's.
Freshmen and U'ansfer students arrived
Saturday, August 24 with class
registfation beginning on Tuesday,
August 27. The three days of orientation
mcluded a social orientation called "Life
Outside the Classroom" on Saturday
evening for new students. Small group
.sessions of new students and resident
advisors took place on Saturday
afternoon to orient freshmen to
Chowan.
On Sunday, students met in Tumer
Auditorium in the afternoon to meet
their faculty advisors. That evening all
students were invited to dancc in the
Braves Den Student Center featuring the
band "Power Play."
Academic advisement continued on
Monday with entertainment by Kyle
Davis in the afternoon at the new snack
bar in the Braves Den. A President's
Reception for new and transfer students
was hosted by President and Mrs.
Jackson at the Ella Cobb Camp
President's Home at 8:00 p.m. that
evening. Entertainment continued each
day at the gazebo on Tuesday and
Wednesday as students complete
registration and began classes for the
year.
Faculty and staff prepare for the fall
semester opening with a workshop in
Marks Hall Auditorium on August 22
and 23. The workshop was led this year
by consultant Patti Crane of
Communicorp, Atlanta, Ga., who
discussed motivating students,
developing posi-tive relationships
between faculty/siaff and students;
recruiunent and retention of students.
Dr. B. Franklin Lowe Jr., vice president
for academic affairs, conducted a session
on faculty ranking and proposed new
procedures for awarding tenure and
faculty rank. On Friday morning. Dr.
Jack Allen, associate executive director,
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, discussed with faculty/stalT the
requirements for transition from two-
year to four-year status.
A number of special events are
McGinniss elected
SGA President
Ken McGinniss, a
rising sophomore,
was elected president
of the Student
Government
Association for
1991-92 last
semester and was in
training for the job throughout the
summer.
Working as a student intern in the
deparunent of student development,
Ken, from Wilmington, Delaware,
assisted Director of Student Activities
Elizabeth Genshaw in planning student
activities for the fall semester. He also
worked in the office of the president of
the college, attended board meetings to
see how the college is governed, and
met with new students and parents to
orient them to the campus.
Ken, who was a peer counselor in
high school, said the experience has
been "lots of fun" and that he learned a
lot about how the college is governed.
He is also a resident assistance director
at Chowan and a member of the Baptist
Student Union. He is majoring in
printing technology.
Dr. G. Kenneth
Wolfskin, chairman
of the department of
language and
literature at Chowan,
has been selected as
an outstanding
collegc academic
advisor by the National Recognition
Program for Academic Advising of the
American College Testing (ACT) in
Iowa City, Iowa.
He was named a Certificate of Merit
recipient in recognition of his demon
strated abilities as an advisor in
nationwide competition, according to
the NACADA selection committee.
Dr. Wolfskin was nominated by his
students and advisees at Chowan for his
dedication to them as their advisor.
"In the judgment of the Commiuee,
Dr. Wolfskin has consistently evi
denced the qualities associated with the
outstanding advising of students," stated
David Goldenbcrg, a member of the
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selection committee.
"1 am very appreciative of this
recognition," states Dr. Wolfskill. "I
believe it is important for teachers to be
recognized for academic advising
because it is something extra that we
do. Because I enjoy working with
students, 1 especially enjoy my role as
an academic advisor at Chowan.”
Dr. Wolfskill received the B.A. from
Samford University, the M.A. from the
University of Kentucky and the Ph.D.
from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. As an English professor
at Chowan, he is a favorite among
students, according to Austine Evans,
director of academic advisement for the
college.
Wolfskill, who was instrumental in
starting the new freshman experience
program at Chowan, which orients new
students to college life, is teaching one
of those courses in the fall semester.
He is married to Jayne Wolfskill, has
two children, and resides in
Murfreesboro.
planned for the fall semester this year.
Founder's Day will be observed on
October 10; Campus Evangelism Week
is scheduled for November 11-15.
Parents' Day will take place on
November 2. The Chowan athletic
department's annual Hall of Fame
banquet will be held on October 26. The
annual Day for Chowan when
volunteers support the college will take
place on November 7. Mid-term break
will be October 18-23, and Thanks
giving Holidays will be November 27-
December 2. Final exams will be given
December 14-19, and Christmas Con
vocation will be held on December 10.
Christmas holidays begin at the end of
examination schedule on December 19.
Wolfskill named outstanding
college academic advisor
Dr. Jack Allen, (left) of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, outlines
plans for four-year status with Dr. Frank Lowe, vice president for academic affairs.
Taylors initiate funding
for Heritage Lectures
Funding for Chowan's first endowed
lecture series has been initiated through
the commitment of gifts over a three-
year period by Dr. & Mrs. R. Hargus
Taylor, veteran members of the
college's faculty/staff since the 1960s.
To be known as the Heritage Lec
tures, the series — according to mutual
agreement between the college and the
Taylors — is to be inaugurated once
funding has reached a minimum of
$5,000.
The primary objective of the Heritage
Lectures is to celebrate and promote the
relationships between faith and learn
ing. Lecturers and/or other programs in
the series are to be selected and
sponsored by the college's department
of religion and philosophy, with a focus
upon personalities and movements as
contributors to an understanding of our
Judaeo-Christian heritage. Frequent
emphasis is to be given to the contribu
tions of Baptists.
Dr. Taylor served as chaplain to the
College, 1963-90; assistant to the
president and denominational relations
representative, 1990-91. He currently
serves as chairman, department of
religion and philosophy, and director of
denominational relations. Mrs. Taylor
has been employed as acquisitions
assistant in Whitaker Library since
1969. Both have been enthusiastic
supporters of every facet of the educa
tional program throughout their careers.
Dr. and Mrs. Taylor
"Doris and I wanted to focus our
primary support of the college's
educational program on perpetuating
the opportunity for fostering greater
acquaintance with that religious
heritage which informs and influences
genuinely Christian higher education,"
noted Dr. Taylor. "Given the long
history of Christian sponsorship of the
education enterprise, it seems particu
larly appropriate that a lecture series be
devoted to an exploration of themes,
issues, or principles of mutual concern
to persons seeking to relate the ventures
of faith and learning — especially
among Baptists."
Friends, former students, and others
who are interested in the Heritage
Lectures are encouraged to participate
in the funding by contacting the Office
of Development.