Chowan
A newsmagazine for alumni, parents and friends
SPRING 1997
Volume 42
Number 1
Dr. Walter B. Shurden to deliver inaugural address
Inauguration celebration underway for President Stan Lott
Dr. Stanley G. Lott will be installed as the
twenty-first president of Chowan College at 11:00
a.m., Thursday, April 17, capping a week-long
inauguration celebration.
Lott, a former vice president for academic
affairs at Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana,
will be installed during ceremonies on the front
lawn of Chowan’s McDowell Columns Building.
He succeeds Herman E. Collier, Jr. who served as
interim president for the 1995-96 academic year.
L. Clement Yancy, chair of the Presidential
Search Committee will introduce President Lott and
Rev. W. Jerry Holcomb, chair of the board of
trustees and pastor of King’s Grant Baptist Church
in Virginia Beach, Va., will complete the installation.
Dr. Walter B. Shurden, chair of the department of
Christianity at Mercer University, Macon, Ga., will
deliver the inaugural address.
“President Lott sees his inauguration as a time
of highlighting the long and rich history of Chowan
College and anticipating an exciting future,” says
Austine O. Evans, vice president for student en
rollment and chair of the Inaugural Steering
Committee.
Events leading to the inauguration begin Satur
day, April 12, when a “Cajun Country Evening,”
paying tribute to Lott’s Louisiana heritage, is held
on the campus green starting at 6:30 p.m. The
social event includes an authentic Cajun dinner and
On/ tA& Insic/e'. .
Dr. Lott receives 1997
Distinguished Alumni
Award from alma mater
—^Page Two
Jill McCorkle to receive
Hobson Prize and Medal
—Page Three
Chowan launches new
off-campus program
for study in London
—Page Five
Members breathe new
life into Parents Assn.
-Page Eight
Herman Jordan sets
several school records
in basketball action
—Page Eleven
entertainment by the “Louisiana Mud Bugs.”
Pianist Ella Ann Holding will present an
inaugural Community Concert, Sunday, April 13, at
3:00 p.m. in Turner Auditorium. A reception for
the artist will immediately follow the concert in the
President’s Dining Room,
The Mary Frances' Hobson Lecture and Prize
reception, dinner, conferment, and lecture are
scheduled for Monday, April 14. The literar>'
award will be presented to distinguished author Jill
McCorkle. A writer’s reception and book signing
will take place in Ward Parlor from 5:30-6:15 p.m.,
the dinner and conferment will begin at 6:30 p.m. in
the President’s Dining Room, and the lecture will
begin at 8:00 p.m. in Marks Hall Auditorium.
Tuesday, April 15 events will include a
President’s Prayer Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the
President’s Dining Room and a Student Government
Association reception for faculty and staff from
4:30 to 6:30 p m. at Hertford Academy.
A panel discussion on “Ethics Across the
Curriculum,” will begin at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, in
Marks Hall Auditorium. Panel members will
include distinguished guests: Dr. David McKenzie,
chair of the department of religion. Berry College,
Rome, Ga.; Dr. Bill Rogers, professor of Christian
education. Baptist Seminary, Richmond, Va.; Dr
Paul Simmons, professor of ethics, University of
Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Seminary,
Louisville, Ky.; and Dr. James Dunville, associate
professor of business, Chowan College. The panel
will be moderated by Dr. David Fillingim, assistant
professor of religion at Chowan. An ice cream
social will immediately follow on the Marks Hall
Veranda.
“This will be a stimulating discussion revolving
around how the academic community can address
the moral and ethical confusion that exists in our
society,” announces Evans.
Events scheduled for Wednesday include a
Fellowship Reception from 5:00 to 7:15 p.m. in the
President’s Dining Room and an Inaugural Worship
Chowan College’s SGA president
named as Tmman Scholar finalist
Laura B. Allgood, president of the Student
Government Association, was recently selected as
a Truman Scholarship Finalist.
Allgood is a senior and the
daughter of WiUiam and Betty
Allgood of Danville, Va.
Competing with more than
1200 nominees from the nation’s
top college students. Allgood
spent nearly a year cultivating a
solid application.
She worked closely with Dr.
Danny Moore, assistant professor
of history, to outline her detailed
graduate school plans for a Ph.D.
in Twentieth Century Political
History, explain how she views
her career in public service and
compose an extensive public policy position
paper.
“The application procedure required a great
Laura B. Allgood
deal of research and time commitment,” noted
Allgood. “I am extremely thankful for all the help
and support from Dr. Moore, the
faculty and staff and my family,” she
continued. “It has been invaluable in
that it required careful thought about
my graduate school and career plans.”
The Harry S. Truman Scholar
ship Foundation was established by
Congress in 1975 to recognize the
thirty-third President’s contributions
to the nation, commitment to public
service and interest in education.
Eighty $30,000 scholarships are
awarded annually to college students
exhibiting outstanding leadership
potential, planning a career in
government or other public service,
and attending graduate school
Allgood will travel to Washington, D C April
11 for an in-depth interview.
Stanley
Chowan
College’s
Twenty-first
President
Service at Murfreesboro Baptist Church beginning at
7:30 p.m.
The Thursday agenda includes an Inaugural
Breakfast from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the President’s
Dining Room; the gowning of delegates at 10:30
a.m. in the lobby of Robert Marks Hall; the
Installation Ceremony at 11:00 a.m. in front of
McEX)well Columns; and an Inaugural Luncheon on
the campus green immediately following the
installation. A tour of Historic Murfreesboro will
begin at 2:00 p.m. from McDowell Columns and an
outdoor movie is scheduled for 8:00 p m. on the
campus green.
see INAUGURATION on page two
Many
activities
scheduled
throughout
week of
inauguration
Competing
with the
nation’s top
1,200
students