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Campus News Grant from G-P to purchase more imaging equipment for graphics program Willie Duke, second from left, presents E. Vincent Tilson, vice president for development, a contribution from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, while R. Clayton Lewis, director of corporate and foundation relations (left), and David Nixon, manager of the Murfreesboro G-P plant, look on. The contribution for $12,000 is to be used for the purchase of equipment for the Krueger School of Graphic Communications. Duke, a native of Murfreesboro, is currently Georgia-Pacific’s group vice president of the softwood lumber division with offices in Atlanta, GA. Bryan Foundation grant is awarded for graphics program Chowan College has announced receipt of a $20,000 grant from the Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Family Foundation of Greensboro. The funds will be used to purchase electronic imaging and other up-to-date laboratory equipment to support the four-year degree program of the Krueger School of Graphic Communications. Dr. Jerry F. Jackson, president, said “we are very grateful to the Bryan Family Foundation for this significant gift and we also appreciate very much their genuine interest and concern for our program in printing technology.” Chowan College, which has returned to senior college stams, offers 12 four-year programs, including the printing production and imaging technology major as well as a number of associate degree offerings. Chowan’s current enrollment includes students from 62 North Carolina counties, Virginia and 20 other states. The Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Family Foundation provides support across North Carolina for nonprofit initiatives in arts, education, health, human services and public intwest fields. Preference is given to programs that benefit rural areas of North Carolina, Greensboro/Guilford County and the statewide community. Doug Eubank, center, inspects a copy of the new book on Richard Gatling by Frank Stephenson, left, while Stan Mitchell looks on. Eubank, associate professor of art, lives in Como near the Gatling home site. Authors hosted at book signing “Much interest was noted in the new publications and students, as well as area residents, had an opportunity to obtain autographed copies.” The Trading Post, Chowan College’s book store, was host for a reception on November 16, to honor three members of the faculty and staff who have recently published books. The three authors honored were Dr. Kenneth Craig, Susan B. Fecho and E. Frank Stephenson, Jr. “We are very pleased that the three authors were present to sign their most recent work,” said Mrs. Aldeen P. Gatewood, manager of The Trading Post. “We noted much interest in the new publica tions. Many students, as well as area residents, had an opportunity to obtain personally autographed copies.” Dr. Craig, assistant professor of religion, authored his first book in biblical studies entitled A Poetics of Jonah. Published by the University of South Carolina Press, the book examines what might be called the book of Jonah’s literary architecture. Susan B. Fecho produced a book of original pen and ink drawings depicting historical scenes from North Carolina’s outer banks. An assistant professor of art, Fecho’s Portrait of the Outer Banks, An Artist’s Sketchbook, has a brief text to accompany each drawing to provide an overview of the Dare County area. Fecho has written other books and her art exhibits have been displayed at a number of galleries. E. Frank Stephenson, Jr., director of the Upward Bound program at Chowan, authored a new book tracing the life and work of Richard Jordan Gatling, a native of Hertford County and inventor of the famous Gatling gun as well as a seed planter and other insuuments. Gatling - A Photographic Remembrance, published by the Meherrin River Press, tells what happened to Gatling and his family as he became one of the world’s greatest inventors. Stephenson did extensive research for his new book which carries many photographs and archival drawings that have never been pubhshed. All three books are available for purchase at The Trading Post, as well as other works by local authors and artists. PAGE 8—CHOWAN TODAY, Winter. 1993
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