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Funding provided
for college’s
Tech High program
Dave Shelton (right), community devel
opment representative of North Carolina
Power, presents a check for $15,000 to
Dr B. Franklin Lowe, Jr., vice president
for academic affairs, to fund the 1996
Tech High program. Looking on is Dr.
Garth D. Faile, chairman of the depart
ment of science, and coordinator of the
program. Tech High—developed jointly
between North Carolina Power and
Chowan—provides math and science
enrichment for rising high school sopho
mores in northeastern North Carolina.
The hands-on, high-tech summer camp
will be conducted during the week of
June 16-21 in Carrie
Savage Camp Hall and other
locations on campus.
Chowan hosts annual Regional Science
Olympiad; top winners announced
The lobby of Marks Hall is a popular place between classes
and many of the students use the area to chat with friends
and catch up on campus news. This young man, however,
is using the time to prepare for his next class by reviewing
the assigned class material.
A qualifying tournament for Science Olym
piad in the northeast region of the state was held
on Saturday, Mar. 2, at Chowan College with
twenty-eight teams from North Carolina middle
schools and high schools participating. Students
from 20 different schools from the area between
Goldsboro, Greenville, Elizabeth City and
Roanoke Rapids took part in the annual activi
ties.
The Science Olympiad Regional tournaments
Trustees name Dr. Lott
new Chowan president
continued from page 1
colleges and universities of all kinds in the
process of seeking and selecting presidential and
senior level administrative leadership. Dr. Bruce
T. Alton, a former faculty member, dean and
president of two church-related colleges, served
as principal consultant.
A 14 member committee consisting of
Chowan alumni, faculty, staff and students
examined an applicant pool of over 100 names.
L. Clement Yancey, a retired Oxford business
man and Chowan trustee, chaired the commit
tee. After months of deliberations, the applicant
pool was narrowed to 6 semi-finalists who were
interviewed in Norfolk, VA. Three finalists
visited the campus to meet college personnel.
Each finalist participated in an intensive day
of meetings with various groups of Chowan
constituents. On March 28, the Search
Committee’s recommendation that Lott be
named president was unanimously approved by
the Board of Trustees.
Chowan currently offers over 20 majors, the
most popular of which includes business
administration, teacher education, physical
education, art and printing production and
imaging technology. The college is currently
installing a campuswide fiber optic network that
will provide the campus with state-of-the-art
computer technology, including Internet and
other extended online services.
are academic, interscholastic competitions,
which consist of a series of individual and team
events for which students prepare during the
academic year. Although the Olympiad tourna
ments are competitive, most events are team
events that require teamwork, group planning,
and cooperation.
The emphasis of the regional Olympiad
tournaments is on learning, participation,
interaction, having fun, and developing team
spirit.
Middle schools winning the overall competi
tions are as follows: first place, C. M. Eppes,
Team 1; second place, Ridgecroft; third place,
Bath Elementary; fourth place, C. M. Eppes,
Team 2; fifth place, Chaloner, Team Black.
Four of these schools will send teams to
compete in the state competition at Morganton
on Mar. 30.
High schools winning the overall competi
tions are as follows: first place, Washington
High School, Team 1; second place,
Chocowinity High School; third place. Eastern
Wayne High School; fourth place, Aycock High
School; fifth place, Hertford County High
School, Team Blue. The top four schools will
send teams to compete in the state competition
at Morganton on Mar. 30.
Mark your calendar..
HOMECOMING
Saturday,
November 2,1996
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