Chowan Rotaract Club only
group in Rotary District 771
The Chowan Rotaract Club,
Sponsored by the Murfreesboro
Rotary Club, has the distinction of
being the only Rotaract Qub in
District 771.
The Rotaract Club is a service
organization which sponsors pro
jects on campus and assists the
Murfreesboro Rotary Club with its
annual projects.
Dean of Students Clayton Lewis,
the club sponsor, explained that
one of the objectives of Rotary In
ternational is to improve interna
tional relations.
Lewis said the principle project
of Rotaract this year is to sponsor
activities which enhance better
understanding between national
and international students at
Chowan College.
Lewis said that at a recent Mur
freesboro Rotary Club meeting,
two students from St. Lucia spoke
on the military action at Grenada.
The Rotaract Club is an affiliate
of Rotary International with over
3,500 Rotary Clubs in over 80 coun
tries.
The Rotaract President is Gregg
Lowe of Murfreesboro and Curtis
Graham of Seneca, S.C. is vice
president.
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Merchandising students present
fashion show as class project
“Putting On The Ritz” was the
theme of a fashion show presented
by the students of the Merchandise
Program in Turner Auditorium in
McDowell Columns in November.
The models were men and
women students of the Merchan
dise Management Program. “The
show was produced as a second
year project by the Visual Mer
chandising Class,” reported Pro
fessor Betty Francis of the Depart-'
ment of Business. “Both casual
and holiday fashions were
featured. Special entertainment
was provided throughout,” noted
Mrs. Francis.
Fashions from three Mur
freesboro stores, Suzanna’a,
Belk’s and Village Bootery, were
modeled by the Chowan Students.
The male models included Tony
Sims, Mark Moore, Kurt
Hackenberg, Dwayne Hayes, and
Brent Parker.
The female models were Laura
Crum, Julia Ward, Whitney
Claphanson, Karen Cookes, Daro
Boyles, Julia Harry, Beth Oliver,
Sue Wiemas, Hazel Bames, Lyn
Ankrom, Jamaro Anderson, Terri
Douberly, Betty Ezenekwe, and
Michele Collins.
Gregg Lowe, center, president of Chowan's
Rotaract Club, reviews a brochure concerning
the work of Rotaract with District Governor
Barrie Davis, left, of Zebulon. Joining in the
conversation is Curtis Graham, Rotaract vice-
president. The two students presented a slide
program for the Murtrresboro Rotary Club
concerning the work of their organization in
promoting world understanding. The Chowan
Rotaract Club is the only such unit in Rotary's
District 771. Lowe and Graham have been in
vited to present the same program at the 1984
Rotary District Conference in Raleigh.
Cowan elected national vice-president of VICA
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Beth Cowan, a national VICA officer, visited with Congressman
Waiter B. Jones during her visit to Washington.
Beth Cowan, a 1982 graduate of
Bertie High School, was one of 80
representatives of the Vocational
Industrial Clubs of America who
spent Sept. 23-Oct. 7 in
Washington,,D.C. at the National
Leadership Institute for VICA
organizations. She is the national
post-secondary vice president and
represented 275,000 vocational club
members at the institute.
While there, Cowan was given
the honor of placing a wreath on
the grave of former president,
John F. Kennedy, an honor usually
reserved for heads of state. She
was also one of a group of
representatives who placed a
wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier; both in Arl
ington National Cemetery. Cowan
also toured the capitol and went to
Harper’s Ferry, Md.
Workshops on public speaking,
parliamentary procedure and club
activities were attended. The
group presented a report in
response to Terrell Bell’s expose,
“A Nation at Risk”. Bell, the na
tional secretary of education, has
been featured on “Sixty Minutes”
for his opinion and report on
American education. President
Reagan called VICA officials to
commend the students on their
response to the report. Cowan was
involved with the completion of the
material submitted.
Cowan met with North Carolina
Congressman, Walter B. Jones,
and presented him a copy of the
report during her official visit with
him. She joined top officials of the
AFLCIO in a meeting and also
visited offices of North Carolina
senators, Jesse Helms and John
East. Copies of the response report
were left at their offices and a copy
was filed in the congressional
records using Cowan’s name.
With the help of faculty and staff
at Chowan College, where she is a
sophomore enrolled in Printing
Technology under instructor
William Sowell, Cowan helped to
found a VICA chapter there.
Chowan VICA is the only active
post-secondary club in the state.
Cowan was president of Chowan’s
chapter last year.
Other honors include being
elected the post-secondary vice-
president at the National VICA
Leadership Conference last June
where President Reagan was pre
sent and spoke to the group.
Cowan was an active VICA
member at Bertie High School and
is entering her fifth year in the
organization. She has worked part-
time at Chowan in the presswork
and typography lab. She was the
1982 state treasurer. Region I state
treasurer for 1981 and Region I
state president for 19ffi. She earned
a National Statesman Award and
will travel across the United States
to represent VICA organizations
whose headquarters are in
Leesburg, Va.
TheChowanian, December, 1983—PAGES