Development
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dance at Chamber of Commerce and other
community functions to jwomote knowledge of
the transition.
The second annual Chowan Classic Golf
Tournament was held at Beechwood Country
Club with a complement of 88 golfers from
North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and
Georgia. The tournament benefitted the General
Endowed Scholarship Fund. A new feature
added to the ’93 Classic was a putting contest
sponsored by Art Jones Travel, of Franklin, and
USAir. Charles H. Jenkins and Co. provided five
hole-in-one prizes.
The second annual Awards and Apprecia
tion Dinner was held in May in the President’s
Dining Room. One hundred guests attended the
gala celebration in recognition of those alumni
and friends whose consistent and exceptional
generosity undergirds the college’s life and work
with young people. Individuals receiving the
Golden Crown Award give a minimum of
$100,000 during their lifetime or pledge by will
an estate gift of at least $100,000. Individuals
receiving the Gold Circle Award give a mini
mum of $50,000 during their lifetime or pledge
by will an estate gift of at least $50,000.
Individuals receiving the Silver Circle
Award give a minimum of $25,000 during their
lifetime or pledge by will an estate gift of at least
$25,000. Individuals receiving the Founders
Club Award give a minimum of $2,500 during
the fiscal year (June 1 to May 31).
A new club was recognized at the 1993
Awards and Appreciation Dinner. Members of
the Codicil Club were given a distinguished pin
because they have made arrangements for a
deferred gift to come to Chowan by will, life
insurance, or planned gift instrument such as a
trust or annuity. There are currently 30 members
of the Codicil Club.
The development program during the fiscal
1992-93 was marked by a discernible enthusiasm
for Chowan’s future as a four-year college.
Chowan is blessed by her many alumni and
friends who have always been fw the institution
a source of strength and pride. As an institution
of Christian higher education affiliated with the
Bs^tist State Convention of North Carolina, the
college family remains most grateful for the
support of North Carolina B^tists.
Facf^Foeus
An article written by Dr. Carl Garrott,
professor of languages and literature, was
published in July by the Center for Applied
Linguistics. Entitled "Understanding the Haitian
Student: Resources for the French Instructor",
the article will also be included in Resources in
Education after completion of the abstract and
microfilming.
Dr. David Gowler, professor of religion, has
been chosen as the external examiner for a thesis
submitted by a student at the University of
Melbourne. Another volume edited by Gowler in
the Emory Studies in Christianity series has
been published and he is scheduled to review
four additional books later this year.
A paper by Dr. Ken Craig, assistant profes
sor of religion, entitled “Esther Reconsidered: A
Case for the Literary Carnivalesque”,has been
accepted to be read in the Semiotics and Exege
sis section at the National Society of Biblical
Literature meeting in Washington, DC.
Betty Batchelor, associate professor of
English, participated in the program, “Religion
and Politics in England from Henry VII to Oliver
Cronwell" at the University of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill.
A prayer . . .
as Chowan re-opens a chapter in history
Lord, we begin this new academic and fiscal year perhaps more fortunate, more favored, more blessed
than we may acknowledge.
We thank thee for these our chosen circumstances in which we delight:
For the institution called Chowan which provides us fulfilling work and meaningful
relationships;
For the adults called Chowan, all of whom are called to labor unselfishly, with the best of
intentions, to further this noble cause established October 11,1848, with 47 students
registered;
For the students called Chowan without whom we could not exist and for whom we are to
give ourselves unreservedly, unconditionally, passionately,
We thank thee...
For the promise, the expectation which comes from beginnings;
For the chance to call forth from within us, whatever the hue of our individual histories, a
renewed commitment to collegiality and mutual respect exercised both in work and deed;
For the once in a lifetime opportunity, in the administration of our sacred mist, in the
teaching of our every class, in the performance of our various tasks, and in each decision
made, to give the first senior class at Chowan in 57 years a season class members will
neither merely remember nor endure but cherish.
We pray, then. Lord, with hearts and minds desiring for ourselves and willing to do unto others the
work of Christ, which is: peace, grace, forgiveness, reconciliation, understanding, compassion, dignity,
respect, honesty, healing, affirmation, trust.
Grant us in these demanding days spirits determined to do what is just and fair by one another and for
the larger good of the institution.
As we begin today to reopen a chapter closed in 1937, we pray...
For new students who may be intimidated by Chowan and who may find campus an
awkward challenge; remind us of such moments in our own lives, and prompt us to
provide newcomers friendly guidance even when our patience may wear thin;
We also remember members of the senior class who may be intimidated at the prospect of
leaving Chowan; may our reassurance prepare them for that adjustment from college to
marketplace;
And we pray for all those retuming students “in between” these transitions that we, who
find ourselves on occasion “in between” in life, may help them with a particular empathy.
With thankful hearts, we pray your sustaining grace and abiding strength:
Upon faculty in whose trust resides the very essence of the coUege;
Upon staff members who conscientiously and routinely perform miracles;
Upon administrators called to supportive service and long hours and without whom there
would be less for all;
Upon the president to whom the Tmstees of the college expect a vested intwest in the long
range well-being and effectiveness of the institution necessiuting hard choices and
difficult decisions;
Upon members of the cafeteria, housekeeping and maintenance staffs who feed us well and
maintain for us a campus admired by all and the envy of many;
Upon alumni and friends, far and wide, for whom Chowan has always been a source of
pride and joy.
Upon us all, O Lord, bring an awareness of the resurrection call to each of us as members of an
enterprise purposed as “Christian” to lift up.
Lord, we pray your grace upon our personal lives as we acknowledge our individual needs.
When I am discouraged, renew my spirit, for my contribution is appreciated by many in
ways I would never imagine;
If I am tired, renew my strength in the knowledge that 1 spend myself in a worthy cause
when so many in the world never know such sweet exhaustion;
Where I have victories, where I rejoice in my labors and over the fruits thereof, remind me
that Chowan is a place more suited to such satisfaction and accomplishment than to strife
and discord;
When I may be impulsive, restrain me to measured thought;
If I am judgmental, at least deliver me from cant and hypocrisy that my yea may be yea
and my nay nay;
Where I feel disenfranchised, bring your comfort to bear on my feelings and spare my
being consumed inwardly by circumstances beyond my control;
Free me from pride that makes acknowledgement of wrong difficult;
Give me the grace to back away from earlier positions with the coming of fresh light;
Teach me, Lord, the lessons, the opportunities, the advantages of collegiality.
and, finally...
Let thy love so prevail in my life and in the life and ministry of this academic conununity
THAT EACH MAY COUNT THE OTHER PREQOUS and all of us together erect within
this campus, and beyond, a testimony to the Chowan motto LUX ET VERITAS—truth and
light—which sets us free to begin anew and start afresh in spirit, in attitude, in word and
deed.
May this be our prayer, 0 Lord.
AMEN.
(The above prayer was offered by E Vincent Tilson, vice president for development,
at the faculty/suff picnic dinner at the beginning of the fall semester.)
“to give the first
senior class in 57
years a season
class members
will neither
merely remember
nor endure,
but cherish."
“—LUX ET
VERTTAS-
truth and light—
which sets
us free to
begin anew and
start afresh
in spirit,
in attitude,
in word and deed."
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