\ i^nual l^eports
1994 Day for Chowan, Alden Campaign highly successful
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of the arts and letters in the region.
The Hobson Family Foundation grants
Chowan the widest flexibility in selecting a
distinguished nominee in the field of arts and
letters. The prize recipient is chosen by a
college committee consisting of outstanding
faculty members.
The 1995 recipient of the Hobson Prize was
author Kaye Gibbons, whose first novel,
ELLEN FOSTER, won the Sue Kaufman Prize
for first fiction from the American Academy and
Institute of Arts and Letters, a special citation
from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, and
the Louis D. Rubin Writing Award from the
University of North Carolina. She published her
second novel, A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, in
1989, which received wide praise in the United
States and abroad.
Her third novel, A CURE FOR DREAMS,
which was published in 1991, won the PEN
'Revson Award for the best work of fiction
published by a writer under thirty-five years of
age. Her fourth novel, CHARMS FOR THE
EASY LIFE, was published in 1993, and her
fifth work, SIGHTS UNSEEN, was released in
August 1995.
On April 25,1995, the commemoration of
Daniel Hall for Fine Arts was held in celebra
tion of the refurbishment of the structure made
possible by the descendents of Professor
Jeannette Snead Daniel and Walter Eugene
Daniel, a longtime state senator from Weldon.
The couple first met on the Chowan campus
while she was a member of the music faculty in
1885-86. The naming of the facility was made
possible in 1968 by Dr. Donald Snead Daniel, of
Richmond, who contributed financial support in
behalf of himself and other children of Professor
and Senator Daniel.
The recent refurbishing of Daniel Hall was
made possible by descendents of Professor and
Senator Daniel who recognized the need to
improve the building when they met on campus
for a family reunion in 1993.
Improvements include the renovation of a
practice room for college choral groups, a
redecorated and furnished south entrance lobby,
an electronic music studio,, renovated offices
for faculty and staff, and refurbished classrooms
for students. Many structural improvements
were made to the building including a new
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academics today as the textbook. Entering
freshmen are increasingly computer literate and
have come to expect computer utilization to be a
routine and normal mode of study. It is here that
Chowan can become a pacesetter because there
is, in hand, an exceptional and superior plan for
the utilization of technology throughout the
college. Coupling new academic programs and
associated technological support should enable
our enrollment efforts to be successful and thus
clearly establish Chowan as a strong contender
in the arena of baccalaureate institutions.
Although this College has been on the
academic scene for nearly 150 years, we are
actually undergoing a kind of rebirth which will
require everyone’s best if we are to be success
ful. It’s an investment that will be reflected in
the lives of those young people who elect to
come to Chowan. As trustees, faculty and
administrative staff, we pledge our best and with
your interest and strong financial endorsement,
the Chowan we become can be a source of pride
for all.
—Herman E. Collier, Jr.
Interim President
heating and air-conditioning system and
extensive roof repair. Also, landscaping around
Daniel Hall was begun with funds gifted during
the campaign. Mrs. Ella Ann Holding, of
Smithfield, presented a concert of classical
music during the commemoration activities.
The Chowan College Foundation for Excel
lence in Business was organized during the
1994-95 academic year to support and assist in
the development of the Department of Business.
The Foundation seeks to provide (1) financial
support to supplement the academic programs in
business; (2) capital acquisitions to provide
state-of-the-art facilities and technology for
instructional purposes; (3) resource persons
from the business community to broaden student
knowledge and awareness of the role of busi
ness in society; (4) public service events to
further develop and enrich the business training
of those who live and work in the surrounding
area; and (5) leadership to foster greater
understanding of and appreciation for the
economic, ethical, and social role of business
enterprise as a source of strength for the region.
Membership in the Foundation for Excel
lence in Business is open to all individuals and
businesses who have a genuine interest in
improving the workplace and the individual who
will function in it.
Over the course of the 1994-95 year, the
corpus of the endowed Faculty Development
Fund increased 43% to $126,815.25. Income
earned on the Faculty Development Fund corpus
helps provide funds for faculty to participate in
off-campus continuing education workshops and
seminars thereby strengthening the quality of
classroom teaching on campus.
Tribute was paid to agriculture and the role
agriculture plays in the Roanoke-Chowan region
when Chowan hosted the second bi-annual
Agricultural Celebration of March 3, 1995. The
program began in early afternoon with concur
rent workshops being held on a variety of farm-
related topics including the impact of NAFTA
and GATT on local agriculture, an agricultural
forecast, federal crop insurance, credit and
computer software for agriculture, water quality
management and nonpoint source pollution.
Dallas R. Smith, deputy under-secretary of farm
and foreign agricultural services of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, spoke on “A New Era for
Agriculture” at the evening banquet which
climaxed the day’s activities.
The fourth annual Awards and Appreciation
Dinner was held May 11 in the President’s
Dining Room, Each year,, the Awards and
Appreciation Dinner is given in honor of those
alumni and friends whose consistent and
exceptional generosity undergirds the college’s
life and work with young people. Alumni and
friends receiving the Chowan College Distin
guished Recognition for Philanthropy give at
least $1 million during their lifetime or pledge
by will an estate gift of at least $1 million.
Alumni and friends receiving the Godwin
Cotton Moore Achievement Award give a
minimum of $500,000 during their lifetime or
pledge by will an estate gift of at least $500,000.
Alumni and friends receiving the Archibald
McDowell Benevolence Award give a minimum
of $250,000 during their lifetime or pledge by
will an estate gift of $250,000. Alumni and
friends receiving the Bronze Circle Award give
a minimum.of $10,000 during their lifetime or
pledge by will an estate gift of $10,000. The
Founders Club recognition is for those alumni
and friends who gave during the current fiscal
year (June 1,1994 to May 31,1995). Alumni
and friends receiving the Legacy Society
recognition provide Chowan a deferred gift by
will, life insurance or planned gift instrument
such as a trust or annuity.
On June 2,1995, the fourth annual Chowan
Classic Superball Golf Tournament was held at
Beechwood County Club with a complement of
112 golfers. The tournament benefits the
General Endowed Scholarship Fund.
Private gifts and grants to the college for the
1994-95 year totaled $1,805,000. Of this
amount, unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund
totaled $198,000. The number of donors for the
1994-95 year to all giving opportunities on
campus was 1,856. The number of gifts for the
1994-95 year to all giving opportunities on
campus was 2,648,
The development program during fiscal year
1994-95 was marked by continued enthusiasm
for strengthening Chowan’s four-year institu
tional program and appeal. Chowan is blessed
by many alumni and friends who have always
been for the institution a source of strength and
pride. As an institution of Christian higher
education affiliated with the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina, the college
family remains most grateful for the support of
North Carolina Baptists.
The Annual Report on
Chowan’s Athletic program
was not available for this issue,
but will be published
in a forthcoming edition of
Chowan Today.
Foundation for
Excellence in
Business is
organized;
Major donors
honored at
annual
Awards and
Appreciation
Dinner
Special recognitior}
was given the
Daniel Family during
commemoration
ceremonies of
Daniel Hall. Miss
Donna Worthey, a
music major, is
shown presenting
Mrs. Narcissa
Titman, a gift in
behalf of the
student body.
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