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Chowan College
Faculty Grows
W'eth Additions
A Wilmington native who has been
teaching at Carthage for the past
three years, Gilbert Allen Tripp, Jr.,
has b^me a professor this year in
the Department of Science and Math
ematics at Chowan College.
Professor Tripp is a graduate of
Campbell College, where his major
course of study was in Science and
Social Science, who earned the Mas
ters degree in Science from East Car
olina University.
Mias Rebeccah Kirmamon
A Forsyth county native listed in
“Who’s Who in American Colleges and
Universities,” and nominated for
‘‘Teacher of the Year” honors at Win-
ston-Salem where she has taught in
junior high schools for the past five
y ears. Miss Rebeccah Ann Kinnamon,
has become a professor of English
at Cbowan College.
A talented musician, public speaker
and creative writer, she formerly
served as yearbook editor, student
government president and officer of
Chi Beta Women’s Society. She is
also an active member of five teach
ers’ organization.
She earned her undergraduate de
gree at Maryville College and her
^aduate degree from Duke Univer
sity, singing in the choir at both
institutions, and has held'- numerous
leadership positions. She has also
completed further graduate study at
the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
James B. Dewar, Jr.
James B. Dewar, Jr., a native of
Harnett County who earned under-
greiduate and graduate degrees from
East Carolina University, is now a
professor in the Department of Science
and Mathematics at Chowan College.
Professor Dewar served for three
years as a l^h school Biology tea
cher at Martinsville. Va., and served
as a naturalist for three years with
the Division of Virginia Parks. While
pursuing graduate studies at East
Carolina, he has been teaching fresh
man Biology laboratory classes for
the past two years.
Professor Dewar was a member of
Chi Beta Phi, national honorary Sci
ence fraternity, at East Carolina.
N. Edward Wooten
A graduate instructor at Wake For
est University who has been an assis
tant YMCA camp director for five
years, N. Eklward Wooten, has joined
the faculty of Chowan College’s de
partment of Science and Mathema
tics.
Professor Wooten instructed fresh
man Mathematics at Wake Forest for
two years. At Wake Forest, he also
was a Hankins scholar (1961-65) and
served on chapel and orientation com
mittees for several years.
Unwillingness to forgive another
may or may not hurt him, but sure
ly hamu you.
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BmraDAY PARTY -- Professor John McSweeney, Director of the School of Graphic Arts, observed a birthday
on Friday, October 13. The prmtmg students took a short time from their classes to give the amiable teach^
a surpr^e j^rty. Mr. "Mac” cuts the cake which was baked by a Teletype student. He is reluctant to reveal his age
and unit only say that he ts “over 39”. ^ ’
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First Class of Nursing Students
Completes 33*Month Course
HONORED AT PARTIES - Miss
Frances White, of the English depart
ment at Chowan, was the recipient of
two pre-nuptial parties last month.
The Religion department gave a lunch
eon for Miss White at the home of
Mrs. Mixon. A few weeks later the
English department entertained at a
dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Larson for Miss White and her fiance,
Mr. Gordon Coleman. On each occa
sion silver gifts were presented.
Successfully completing the licen
sing examination to become Register
ed Nurses and pursuing medical ca
reers in four hospitals are six mem
bers of the first class of graduates
from Chowan College’s 33-month pro
gram of education for nursing.
Elizabeth Jean Crawford of Ahoskie
is nursing at Ahoskie’s Roanoke-Cho-
wan hospital. Mrs. Stephen Kent Dick
ens, the former Sandra Hare of Eden-
ton, is at Wilson and Judy Evelyn
Shearin of Roctnoke Rapids is nursing
at Roanoke Rapid’s hospital. Duke
hospital is the site for nursing ca
reers of Kitty Garriss of Jackson, Ju
lia Louise Hayes of Rocky Mount and
Marsha Purvis of Ahoskie.
Nursing graduates of Chowan’s pro
gram who are pursuing their careers
at Ahoskie, Roanoke Rapids and Wil
son are general duty nurses and those
with Duke are members of that hos
pital’s Obstetrics department. Ano
ther member of Chowan’s first grad
uating class of seven nurses, Judith
Kay Grimm of Charlotte, is also em-
[A)yed at Duke and plans completion
of the licensing examination in the
near future.
“Chowan College CeUi take justifi
able pride in the record of this first
graduating class,” said Chowan’s
president Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker.
“These young nurses exceeded our
expectations. The Chowan College
faculty and personnel involved at
Roanoke-Chowan and Duke hospitals,
where these nurses had their clinical
education supervised by Chowan’s
nursing faculty, are to be congratu
lated. Chowan College is proud of its
first R. N.’s.”
Deliberate determination to under
stand others is among the highest
steps in wholesome human relation
ships.
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