12 1989 Chowan Opener
Awards Day held in
The Helms Center
MURFREESBORO — Chowan College
students received awards for citizenship,
service academic and athletic
achievements during Awards Day Apr.
28 in the Helms Center.
The Chowan annual, THE
CHOWANOKA, was dedicated to
Chowan President Bruce E. Whitaker,
and Mrs. Esther Whitaker, professor of
religion, who are retiring after serving
the college 32 years.
Dr. Whitaker presented the awards
by Dr. B. Frankin Lowe, Jr., dean of the
college.
Gary Duane Campbell of Norge, Va.
was named Best All Around Student.
Karen Anne Davis of Hampton, Va.
received Superior Citizenship. The
Merit Award was presented to two
sophomores, Jennifer Lynn Grooters of
Mechanicsville, Va. and Kevin Scott
Matheson of Lenoir.
Davis and Matheson were triple
winners, while Campbell, Grooters and
Edna Anne Ruffin of Ahoskie each won
two awards.
Davis also received Oustanding
Student in Computer Information
Systems and Order of the Silver Feather.
Matheson also received the Mary E.
Wood Science Award and Outstanding
Sophomore in English.
Campbell also received the Marylou
Jones Armstrong Business Award.
Grooters also captured the Drama
Award in performance. Ruffin won the
Highest Scholastic Average for a
sophomore and was selected to the
Order of the Silver Feather.
Other students named to the Order of
the Silver Feather wore Donna Jo
Phillips of Murfreesboro, Richard
Jeffery Seymour of Elizabeth City, and
Sonja Carol Woods of Hurdle Mills.
Sean Douglas Mullally fo Goshen,
N.Y. received the Highest Scholastic
Average for a freshman. Robert Thomas
Bazemore of Cofield was named
Outstanding Freshman in English.
The Fine Arts Department presented
drama, music and art awards. Michelle
Dawn Turner of Virginia Beach won the
Drama Award -- Technical. The Mary
Pierce Music Award was presented to
James Earl Green of Creedmoor and
Chieko Ukita of Osaka, Japan. Leslie Jill
Simpson of Princess Anne, Md. was
named Outstanding Student in Choir
and Holly Yvonne Gailey was selected
Outstanding Student in ^nd. Elizabeth
Dawn Cutchin of Littleton was selected
the Outstanding Sophomore in Art.
The Department of Graphic
Communications presented Most
Outstanding Graduate awards to Jay
Alan Wasowski of Pt. Pleasant Beach,
N.J. in photography and Jodie Raymond
Cobb of Merry Hill in printing
technology.
The Raymond Memorial Scholarship,
a science award for a deserving
returning freshman, was presented to
Jonathan Harris Taylor of Vanceboro,
who was also named chief marshal.
Other marshals are Janice M. Askew of
Eure; Caron D. Bailey of Clayton, DE;
Lori Denyse Nold of Snow Camp; Jerrod
James Rose of Seaboard; and Jennifer
Louise Towell of Springfield, Va.
Day Student and International
Student awards were captured by Polly
Denise Babb of Roanoke Rapids and
Janerose Wanjiku Kinyanjui of Nairobi
respectively. Carla Ruth Osborne of
Creston received the Most Outstanding
Resident Assistant Award.
Athletic awards included: Joseph Lee
Parker Award for Physical Fitness —
Robert T. Funderburk of Blackstone,
Va.; Exchange Club Athletic Award --
Peter Francis Gale, IV of Virginia Beach;
Most Outstanding Female Athlete —
Christy Lynn Hill of Hampton, Va.; Most
Outstanding Male Athlete -- George
Earl Koonce, Jr. of New Born.
The President's Cup for overall
competition among the residence halls
was won by Mixon Hall and McDowell
Columns. Intramural Team
Championships were taken by First
Floor West Hall for men and Third
Floor Belk Hall for women.
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