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New Faculty Listed Chowan Begins 126th Year of Service SPEAKER—Chowan’s president, Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, left, talks with Dr. Norman Wiggins, president of Campbell College, who was the main speaker at the President’s Banquet, which marked the opening of the 1973-74 academic session. Chowan College opened its 126th year of service to students Thursday, September 6 as classes began following registration on Wednesday. Fall convocation was Friday with Dr. Charles Petty, director of the Council on Christian Life of the Baptist State Convention, as speaker. The service was held at 10 a.m. in the college stadium. On hand for the opening of the 1973-74 academic year were six new professors. They were G. Kenneth Wolf skin, acting chairman of the English department; Dr. Robert Felken, professor of Spanish; Dr. Robert Carter, professor of music; David W. Parker, professor of art; Nancy E. Robinson, professor of English and drama; and Marianne Pugh, professor of graphic arts. All are replacements except Miss Pugh, who is an addition to the graphic arts faculty. Parker will direct the commercial art program on a fulltime basis replacing Mrs. Molly Eubank, who taught parttime. Returning to the faculty from a leave of absence is Mrs. Sylvia Liverman, professor of business. With the beginning of the fall semester, new curriculums will be offered in photography and precytechnology. Cytetechnologists, according to Dr. Garth Faile, chairman of the science department, are “skilled members of the health team with an in- despensable role in the early detection of cancer. Working in pathology laboratories, they examine slides of human cells for abnormalities which indicate the presence of the disease.” He said the student, after two years of college, takes six months of intensive training in an approved school of cytetechnology. In addition, a six-month apprenticeship is necessarry before the person is eligible to take the examination in Exfoliative Cytology given by the Registry of Medical Technologists (ASCP). Photography, offered within the department of graphic arts, is designed to provide a working knowledge of the creative and artistic aspects of the art, noted Herman Gatewood, chairman of the department. He said the curriculum is tailored both to the needs of the student planning a career in photography im mediately following his two years of study at Chowan, and for the student who plans to pursue the bac calaureate degree at a senior institution. The 1973-74 year will also highlight the first use of the new $1.2 million science-engineering facility in the spring. The three-story, air conditioned structure will feature modern equipment, and space for animal rooms, classrooms, laboratories, offices, library and reading room, and amphitheatre. A green house is also provided at the rear of the building, which is located across the street from the gymnasium. Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr., dean of the college, said the ground floor will be used by the mathematics depart ment. The animals rooms will also be located on this floor. The main floor will be for biology and the third floor for chemistry and physics. Financial Aid Offered YEARLY BANQUET—The annual President’s Banquet, which served to open the new school year, was attended by the faculty and staff and their husbands and wives. The affair marked the opening of Faculty Workshop, held each year to make preparation for the opening of the new year. The Office of Education is sponsoring a new student financial aid program which is available to first-time, full-time students for the 1973-74 school year. The new Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program — more popularly known as Basic Grants — is designed to assist eligible students planning to enter colleges, universities, community colleges, approved vocational and t^hnical schools, and hospital schools of nursing. When the appropriation is sufficient to fully-fund the program, students will receive grant assistance of $1400, less the amount the family can be ex pected to contribute for the postsecondary education of the student. No grant can, however, be more than one-half of a student’s cost of attendance. For the 1973-74 academic year, $122 million is available to assist an estimated 425,000 students. ■Rie maximum award is $452 and the average award is $200. The amount of each student’s expected family contribution and the amount of his award is determined on the basis of a formula developed by the Office of Education and applied con sistently to all students who apply for a Basic Grant. Basic Grants, unlike loans, do not have to be repaid and may be used to cover a student’s tuition, fees, room, board, books, sup plies, and miscellaneous ex penses. They are the “floor” of the assistance package available to eligible students. Other forms of student aid may be provided in addition to these grants. For October, 1972 PAGE THREE
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