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On the Campus Trophies, plaques, awards to outstanding students First seniors receive awards in annual program of recognition Chowan students received awards for citizenship, service, academic and athletic achievements for the 1993-94 academic year during the Awards Day in Turner Auditorium of McDowell Columns Building. The program was the first awards ceremonies since Chowan resumed four-year status and in which seniors were honored. The ceremonies were held just prior to the end of the spring semester. Dr. Jerry F. Jackson, president of the college, presented the awards and was assisted by Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr., vice president for academic affairs. Awards included engraved plaques, trophies or framed certificates and many included monetary awards, medallions, and scholarships for the next year of study. DeAngela Marie Bishard, of Murfreesboro, was named the Best All Around Smdent, an award presented to the student who has “achieved academically, excelled in extra curricular activities, exhibited leadership ability and sought to attain the ideals for which the college stands”. Bishard also received the Marylou Jones Armstrong Business Award. Jeffery Daniel Grant, of Richmond, VA, received the Superior Citizenship Award as voted on by faculty and staff and presented to exemplary students. Grant is president of the senior class and also serves as president of the Baptist Student Union. Inducted into the Order of the Silver Feather, which recognizes students for their contribu tions to the college and community, were Robert Allen Deacon and Susan Annette Lambert, both of Conway, Jane Taylor Stephenson of Boykins, VA, John Michael Tayloe of Aulander, and Mary Elizabeth Willson of Vienna, VA if - President Jackson presents Mrs. Jane Stephenson her pin to be inducted into the “Order of the Silver Feather” in recognition of her contributions to the college and community. Mrs. Stephenson, and John Tayloe of Aulander, right, were two of the five students inducted into the prestigious order i Angela Marie Colson of Murfreesboro, was the recipient of the Psychology Award. Business Honor Society awards went to John Roy Ellis and Sheilah Millet Lewis both of Murfreesboro. The Merit Award, given to the student who is judged to have made significant achievement academically and to have contributed to the social and religious life on campus despite obstacles which might have deterred, or even defeated a less determined and devoted indi vidual, went to Joy Chappell Phillips, an education major from Ahoskie. Two students tied for the honor of highest scholastic average as a freshman: Valerie Lynn Hernandez of Ocala, FL, and Steven Christo pher Varley of New Bern. Sharing honors for the highest scholastic average in the sophomore class were Jonathan Wayne Davis of Newport News, VA, also the recipient of the Acheson Harden Mathematics Award, and Christina Jean Jump of Portsmouth, VA, who also received the Alpha Mu Gamma Foreign Language Award in Spanish and the social science award. Terry Hall Robbins of Rich Square, attained the highest scholarship average as a junior and received a certificate and scholarship. Sarah H. Winhold, an elementary education major from Ahoskie, was the recipient of the the Teacher Education Student Award, given this year for the first time. In the area of music, Ronald Earl Barringer of Washington, NC, was recognized as being the most outstanding in the chorus, and Kimber Leann Pulley of Grafton, VA, claimed similar honors in the band. Andrew Paul of Murfrees boro, received the Pearce Music Scholarship. The Krueger School of Graphic Communica tions named Rumonda Tyree Smith of Greenbelt, MD, the Most Outstanding Graduate in Printing Production and Imaging Technol ogy, and Frances Hope Eason of Sunbury, the Most Outstanding Graduate in Photography. The Alpha Mu Gamma Foreign Language Award in French went to Sophie Ghislaine Aucoin of Lyon. The International Stuident Award was presented to Kanae Shgimizu, an art major from Orgain, Kanagawa. The Mary E. Wood Science Awards went to Melissa Dawn Lewellen of Murfreesboro, and Stephen Craig White of Eure. Gloria Casper Fairless of Harrellsville, was presented the Raymond Memorial Science Award. Christina Elizabeth Perkinson of Suffolk, Va., was recognized as the most outstanding student in Art for the second consecutive year, while Kaye Beasley of Woodland, was selected as the Outstanding English major. The Exchange Club Athletic Award, recog nizing the most outstanding returning athlete, went to Mark Edward Long of Fredericksburg, VA, and Richard F. Gray of Murfreesboro, received the coveted Joseph Lee Parker Award for Physical Fitness. Meredith Llyn Davies of Moyock, was named the Most Outstanding Female Athlete, and Daniel Dale Davis of Dayton, VA, received the trophy as the Most Outstanding Male Athlete. These endowed awards were made possible by the late Mrs. Dorothy H. Brown of Murfreesboro. The awards for outstanding service as resident assistants went to Demetic Menyette West of Bumpass, VA, and Donna Marie Worthy of Murfreesboro, for the women and Britt Douglas Russell of Burke, VA, for the men. Sports year in brief Angie Bishard of Murfreesboro, is presented the “Best All Around Student” plaque by Dr Jackson. The recognition is the highest award given during the annual Awards Day program. When Chowan College concluded the 1993-94 academic year in May plans were already in progress for the coming year when the Braves will participate in the NCAA at the Division III level. In the first season of four-year competition, the Chowan athletic programs participated in 193 intercollegiate contests. More than 250 student athletes participated and gained knowledge and expe rience against senior colleges. The women’s softball and men’s baseball programs both achieved out standing records in their first year of senior college competition with 27 and 21 victories, respectively. The successes of the 1993-94 student athletes is also reflected in their academic records when members of the ten athletic programs posted the highest combined overall grade point average. PAGE 6 — CHOWAN TODAY, 1994
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