Trustees approve
budget; hear
campaign report
Chowan College trustees
adopted a budget of $7,750,000 for
1986-87 during their semi-annual
meeting in September in the of
fice of President Bruce E.
Whitaker. This is an increase of
$300,000 over the budget for the
past year.
The trustees, headed by chair
man Felix Arnold of Eiifield, met
jointly with the Board of Ad
visors, led by acting chairman J.
Guy Revelle, Jr. of Murfreesboro.
Dr. Whitaker reported that the
college concluded the past
academic year operating in the
black for the 28th straight year.
He said many groups and in
dividuals made this possible
through their contributions to the
college, to include the Annual
Giving Fund.
He commented, ‘"niiii achieve
ment over the years could not
have been done without the in
creasing support of North
Carolina Baptists through the
Cooperative Program.” He said
Chowan is scheduled to receive
over $888,000 fnan the 1986 mis
sion program and budget oi the
Baptist State Qmvention North
Carolina.
Dean of Stndents Clayton Lewis
reported the enrollment for the
current fall semester is 881 full
time students.
Reports were presented by
chairmen of standing committees
of the Board of Trustees which
meet prior to the general
meeting. They includ
ed: academic, Shelby Freeman
of Morehead City; student affairs.
Miss Emma Gay Stephenson of
Pendleton; development and
finance, Robert Spivey of Wind
sor; and religious life- denomina
tional relations, Dennis Bazemore
of Chadboum.
Bazemore said the program
presented by Chowan at the Nov.
12, 1985 meeting of the Baptist
State Convention in Charlotte
“helped in making the college
known to the Baptist churches in
the state.” He reported the Bap
tist Student Union, headed by
Chaplain Hargus Taylor, has an
active program including weekly
rest h(Hne ministry and prayer
breakfast.
Resolution Adopted
Spivey offered a resolution
which was adopted by the
trustees and advisors. The resolu
tion stated, “That in light of the
service provided to the commer
cial printing industry by the
Diowan Department of Graphic
Communications, the college
solicit gifts and pledges from the
printing industry toward the pur
chase price of a new Heidelberg
press for the Department of
Graphic Communications.”
Spivey said the press will cost
$174,000 and will be used to
prepare young people for the job
market and to print jobs for the
campus at a savings to the col-
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Standing committees of the Board met prior to the joint session.
Miss Stephenson praised the
work of Clayton Lewis, dean of
students, and the Student
Development staff members
under his supervision. She said
they have made great strides in
providing services to the students
including coiuiseling, admissions,
financial planning, student ac
tivities, student center and in
tramurals, health services,
residence life and student
discipline, residence halls, cam
pus security, sind career develop
ment.
Freeman reported that the
departmental chairmen gave
brief reports on the vnxk and
needs of their reflective depart
ments. Freeman said that
members of faculty “hold creden
tials well in excess of the
minimum requirements of the ac
crediting agency.”
The trustees and advisors heard
reports on two financial cam
paigns, the Annual Giving Fund
and Mission Excellence. Bobby
Cross, director of development,
said it is “ateolutely essential”
that the college succeed in
reaching its $125,000 Annual Giv
ing Fund goal.
Bob ^ivey, chairman of the $4
million B^ission Excellence pro
gram, said that more than
$1,600,000 has been received in
pledges and gifts to fund student
aid/scholarships, endowment for
teaching and administration, pro
gram development, and renova
tion of facilities.
Success Prediction
^ivey said that 40 of 58 major
leadership gifts have been receiv
ed. He diallenged the trustees
and advisors to make their
pledges and to seek gifts from
others. He said the campaign
“will strengthen the college well
into tlie future” and predicted flie
rampaign would top its $4 million
goal.
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Trustees and Advisors hear reports on the operation of the college.
He asked the college leaders to
seek to involve people in the life
rf the college. He said once they
know the mission and service of
Chowan to young men and women
they will respond with their sup
port, including financial.
Report on Self-Study
Mrs. Dorothy Wallace, chair
man of the Department of
Business, reported on the involve
ment of the faculty and staff in an
institutional self-study leading to
reaffirmation of accreditation
from the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools.
Mrs. Wallace, chairman (rf the
steering committee, said the self-
study is required every ten years.
She said the college was involved
in the study throughout the 1985-86
year and the four principal com
mittees and Uieir sub- committees
will continue to meet throughout
the current academic year.
Mrs. Wallace explained the
faculty will consider and adopt a
final report in September, 1987,
prior to an evaluation from a
visiting cunmittee of out of state
peers during the spring semester,
1968. At the December, 1988
meeting of the Southern Assoda-
tion of Cdleges and Schools,
Chowan will seek Reaffirmation
of its accreditation from the Cano-
mission on Ddleges.
Support for Amendment
Ben Sutton, business manager,
asked the trustees and advisors
for their support ol Constitutional
Amendment No.l for Higher
Education, which will be chi the
November ballot. Sutton said if
ai^roved by voters, “the amend
ment will ^ow independent c(d-
leges and universitites located in
North Carolina to issue tax- ex
empt revenue bonds to pay for
construction and renovation of
facilities.”’
Sutton said the passing d the
constitutional amendment is sup
ported by the non-partisan North
Carolina Friends of Higher
EMucation, a nonprofit organiza
tion established to inform the
voting public of the importance of
approving Constitutional Amend
ment No. 1 in November.
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