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Spring activities are fun Maria Allsbrook of Roanoke Rapids and Allan Simpson of New Bern are Chowan College’s queen and king of spring for 1985. They received their crowns from President and Mrs. Bruce E. Whitaker during the college’s Spring Festival coronation ceremony Saturday afternoon. Freshmen Becky Hawkins of Mur freesboro and Seth Tyson of Stantonsburg were named princess and prince. Coronation ceremony participants in cluded David Sparrow, master of ceremonies; flower bearers, Christina Anne Futrell and Amy Lynn Whitaker; and crown bearer, Albert McCray 3one& III. The Chowan College Band and Ensemble entertained. Spring Festival activities for alumni included class reunions, business session and luncheon. Presiding was Sydney Lewis, class of 1969, president from Hampton, Va. Walter Gardner, TS, of Warrenton and Frank Edwards, ’58, Rocky Mount, were elected president and president-elect respectively. Other activities included student art and photography exhibits. Campus Carnival, and concert by the choir and band. Other members of the Spring Festival court, who were introduced at the coronation, include: freshmen Betty Anne Drake, Franklin, Va.; Shanita Milsaps, Statesville; Tammy Potter, Chesapeake, Va.; David Qark, Fayetteville; Terry Kemp, Castile, N.Y.; and Tom PhiUips, Herndon, Va. The sophomores are Hazel Barnes, Virginia Beach; Terri Douberly, Chesapeake, Va.; Jennifer Ryan, Ralei^; Mark Dalkiewicz, Hopewell, Va.; Jim McKee, Marlboro, N.Y.; and Mike Zim merman, Chatham, N.J. For the first time, men competed for sophomore king and freshman prince. Other activities included Campus Carnival on the front lawn featuring games, booths and refreshments. Art and photography exhibits by Chowan students were on view in Daniel Hall Art Gallery and Horner Graphic Com munications Center respectively. Art works by high school students were featured in the Green Hall Teaching Gallery. The choir and band, directed by Dr. James Chamblee and Bob Brown respectively, presented their Spring Concert in Turner Auditorium. 198S Chowan Opener 9 Lady Braves boast standouts Chowan College’s Women’s Basketball Coach, Belinda McKeel, has announced the signing of six outstanding high school basketball players for 1985-86. McKeel, in only her first year, led the Lady Braves to the NJCAA Women’s Basketball Finals in Senatobia, Mississippi. She will be counting on these signees to play key roles on next season’s team. High School players signed by Coach McKeel are: Judy Parsons, 5 feet 7 inches Guard from Franklin, Va. ... played at Franklin H.S., State Champions 1981,1982 and state semi-finalist in 1^ ... averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists per game ... All- District, All-Region and All-State ... will participate in the Virginia H.S. Coaches Association ALL-STAR Game in 1985; Rosalyn Flood. 5 feet 8 inches Guard from Murfreesboro, N.C. ... played at Murfreesboro H.S., state semi-finalist in 1985 ... averaged 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists per game ... All-Conference, All-Region, and 1st Team All-E^t; Barbara Lewis, 5 feet 10 inches Forward from Murfreesboro, N.C. ... played at Murfreesboro H.S.; state semi-finalist in 1985... averaged 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists per game ... All-Conference and Honorable Mention AU-E^t; and Melaine Sawyer, 5 feet 9 inches Guard from Belhaven, N.C. ... played at Pungo Academy ... averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists per game ... AU- Conference ... Conference Player of the Year 1983-84 and 1984-85. and MVP in the 'TIC-CAC JUiStMF Game. Coach Bill Sowell, flanked by Pete Ferranto, left, and Darien Smith, display the golf team’s regular season and tournament trophies won in the Eastern Tarheel Conference during 1984-85. Students fight the chill and snow on their^va^to classes last winter. Service is a tradition Chowan College graduates have a long tradition of service to others as exem plified by two former Chowan classmates, Winslow Carter (’71) and Donna PuUen (’72). , . Carter, Chowan’s director of ad missions, and Pullen were reunited during Pullen’s recent visit to campus. Carter directed the admissions program at Campbell University, where he received his B.A., before coming to Chowan in 1984. A Hubert native, he served for two years in the Southern Baptist Journeyman program in Africa. He also worked with emotionally disturbed and mentally handicapped children for two years. Pullen, who received her B.S. in nursing at Jacksonville (Ala.) State University, has gained broad experience in nursing. She served in pediatrics on the staffs of the University of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics and Baptist Medical Center- Montclair in Birmingham, where she was head pediatric nurse. Pullen, who graduated from Bayside ^ High School in Virginia Beach, also taught Fnrmer Chowan classmates, p^atrics at Jacksonville State and Former enow- ^jn^low medical surgical nursing at Auburn Donna Pullen and university. She also was active in com Carter, enjoy a look inio ine home health nursing, past” in their class annual in the begin work in the fall on her Development Department office master’s degree in pediatrics at the in McDowell Columns. University of Alabama-Birmmgham. r uan^VERfTAS : I The women’s basketball team reached a new plateau of achievement in 1985 when it won three championships — con ference regular season, tour nament, and Region X and made its first trip to the national tournament where it finished among the top 16 teams.
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