Georgia-Pacific Corporation
makes gift to Annual Fund
Learning about stock
Norman Boyd, stock broker with Wheat First
Securities, Franklin, Va., recentli/ spoke to
students in Marks Hall auditorium on the current
condition of the stock market. Bo^id’s ap
pearance was sponsored by Alpha Pi Epsilon,
national honorary scholarship secretarial society.
From left, Mrs. Pat Edwards, sponsor; Terry
Ambrose, Morehead City, co-secretary; Tara
Williams, Conway, co-secretary; Robin Bulls,
Franklin, Va., president; Boyd; Angela Cox,
Jackson, treasurer; and Lisa Sipley, Vergennes,
Vt., vice president.
Lawson promoted to Associate
Director of Admissions post
Cynthia Ann Lawson, a three-
year veteran of Chowan’s admis
sions office, is now serving as
associate director. She was pro
moted from assistant dire^r
prior to the start of the 1987 fall
semester.
A Fayetteville native, she is a
graduate of Terry Sanford High
School and Mere^th College. At
Meredith, Lawson was a chief stu
dent advisor, student guide and
hostess, member of Tomorrow’s
Business Women’s Club, Meredith
College Chorale, Dormitory Coun
cil, and index editor. Oak Leaves,
1982.
In addition to admissions work at
Meredith and Chowan, she has
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Gift Attic, Raleigh, and Belk,
Fayetteville, where she advised
and counseled customers in
clothing selection among other
duties.
Recmitg in Virginia
Lawson is responsible for
recruiting in Virginia and spends
many days “on the road” traveling
to high schools and representing
Chowan at College Fairs.
She explained that in the fall she
attends the College Fairs. “I follow
a tour lined up for all colleges.
Sometimes the fair is held at a high
school and other times it’s held at a
central location with a number of
high schools attending.”
During the spring, she follows up
the College Fairs with visits to high
schools to contact guidance
counselors and students.
Third Year at Chowan
Lawson celebrated her third
year at Chowan in January. She
came to Chowan after serving the
1984 fall semester in admissions at
Meredith College following her
graduation. The fact she has re
mained at Chowan for three years
has helped her build rapport with
the guidance counselors, she ex
plained. “The coultlelors are very
receptive to me,” she remarked.
She said that since there are no
residential coed junior colleges in
Virginia, "Chowan gives the
counselors another option.”
Lawson said she enjoys traveling
and meeting people, both
counselors and students. She is
particularly pleased when students
she has met in Virginia high
schools decide to visit Chowan.
“Most who visit our campus will
apply for admission,” she said.
Lawson said some of the things
that impress the potential students
with Chowan are “the campus
facilities, people, academic pro
gram, and reputation, tutoring
center, and athletics.”
Chowan’s admissions office has
five counselors, she explained.
Heading the staff is the director,
Winslow Carter. He, Lawson and
Craig Vick are 12-month
en^>loyees. Assistant directors
John Williamson and Scott King,
the newest addition to the staff, are
on 10-month assisgnments.
Elxperienced Staff
“E^ch of the staff members had
experience in admissions before
coming to Chowan,” Lawson
noted. She said the stafi is giving
Chowan continuity in admissions
and this is important in developing
relationships with counselors and
high schools.
“All of the members of the staff,
with the exception of Scott King,
who joined this fall, have fr(»n
almo^ three to four years of ex
perience in admissions at
Chowan,” she remarked.
Lawson believes the veteran
staff is one reason Chowan’s
enrollment climbed by some 40
students over last year to 914
(grand total) for the 1987 fall
semester. She said that figure in
cludes 685 freshmen the admis
sions staff was responsible for br
inging to Chowan.
Chowan has received a $5,000 gift
from Georgia-Pacific CHporation
to its Annual Giving Fund. William
Lawrence, general manager of the
American Timber Products Divi
sion erf Georgia-Pacific in Mur
freesboro, presented the chedc to
President Bruce E. Whitaker
recently.
Dr. Whitaker expressed the col
lege’s “sincere gratitude and deep
appreciation” for the donation.
The gift of $5,000 to the Annual
Giving Fund is just the latest ex
ample of Georgia-Pacific Corpora
tion’s “faithful support over the
years,” stated the college’s chief
administrator.
Undergirds Operation
Dr. Whitaker said Georgia-
Pacific’s gift “will help us to meet
the needs of those students who are
employed in the various offices
and work opportunities on campus
through the Annual Giving Fund.”
He continued, “It will also help
to undergird the entire operation of
the college for this academic
year.” Whitaker also extolled the
value of Georgia-Pacific to the en
tire area. “Chowan deeply ap
preciates Georgia-Pacific Cor
poration, the real strength which
Georgia-Pacific adds to the entire
region, and especially to the
Chowan College family.”
“We commend Georgia-Pacific
on its many examples of good cor
porate citizenship including the
corporation’s faithful support of
Chowan over the years.”
Lawrence said Georgia-Pacific
was pleased to make the gift. “This
donation represents our continued
support of tte college as it serves
the educational needs of many
young people of our area.”
Penoiial Gift to Fond
Whitaker announced that
William Lawrence and his wife,
Mary Rose, also made a personal
gift to the college for the endow
ment of the Ella J. Pierce
Memorial Scholarship Fund.
He said this gift will be matched
by the Georgia-Pacific Corpora
tion under their matching gift pro
gram.
“We are very pleased with the
personal gift from Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence. William played an im
portant role in tte gift from
Georgia-Pacific. But he did not
stop there. With their gift to the en
dowment of the EUa J. Pierce
Memorial Scholarship Fund,
William iuid Mary Rose revealed
their own commitment to Chowan
and its mission of service to young
men iind women. This support is
greatly appreciated by the col
lege,” Dr. Whitaker stated.
Naran|a student
wins scholarship
Diane Lynn Self, a graduate of
Homestead Senior High School,
has accepted an academic honors
scholarship for the 1988-89 term.
Chowan offers 10 such scholar-
sh^ valued at one-half tuition. To
be considered, the student must
have a high school average of 3.0 or
better and rank in the upper 25 per
cent of the graduating class or
have a satisfactory SAT score.
These awards are renewable for a
second year of study upon attain
ment of an academic average of 3.0
or better on all work attempted.
Self, daughter of Mrs. Donna
Elizabeth Self, Naranja, plans to
study pre-athletic training.
G-P makes gift to college
President Bruce E. Whitaker, left, discusses the college’s programs
and progress with William Lawrence, general manager of the
American Timber Products Division of Georgia-Pacific in Mur
freesboro. Lawrence presented a $5,000.00 gift from Georgia-
Pacific and also a personal gift from he and his wife, Mary Rose.
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