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About Chowan: Mission & Goals

Chowan University is a Christian, four-year coeducational institution committed to excellence in teaching, learning, and service.

Chowan University's mission is guided by the principles of religious and intellectual freedom, academic excellence, free speech, free expression, and commitment to truth.

The University has a blend of both liberal arts courses and professional courses suited to the needs of a contemporary society.

The University meets the academic, social, and spiritual needs of its students by giving personal attention, providing extracurricular opportunities and diverse programs, and employing a qualified faculty and staff.

Mission Statement

Chowan University is a four-year coeducational institution committed to excellence in teaching, learning, and service. The University provides the environment for students to become learners who possess the skills, knowledge, creativity, and ethical values necessary to survive and flourish in a rapidly-changing, culturally diverse, global society. Chowan University, as a church-related institution, was founded upon and is dedicated to Judeo-Christian values. Consistent with this heritage, the University is guided by the historic principles of religious and intellectual freedom-academic excellence, the dignity and worth of each individual, an atmosphere of open dialogue, freedom of inquiry and expression, and a moral commitment to the pursuit of truth.

The University fulfills its mission with a careful blend of both liberal arts courses and professional courses. Recognizing that such a blend of knowledge and experience is particularly suited to the needs of contemporary society, Chowan takes as a priority the need to connect general education with specialized education, theoretical learning with practical learning, and intellectual skills with vocational skills. These connections are emphasized throughout the four years normally required to satisfy graduation requirements.

The University meets the academic, social, and spiritual needs of its students by affording personal attention in a caring context, providing extracurricular opportunities which facilitate positive life experiences, furnishing diverse programs maintained in appropriately appointed physical facilities, promoting and supporting the ideal of responsibility to self and others, and employing a qualified and diverse faculty and staff who are committed to the mission of the institution.


Goals

1. To provide necessary courses and instruction for all degrees offered.
2. To connect general with specialized education and theoretical with practical learning.
3. To ensure that students are competent in reading, writing, oral communications, fundamental math skills, and computer use.
4. To encourage students to think logically, rationally, and develop problem-solving skills.
5. To put students in career programs that provide training for employment.
6. To provide a qualified faculty committed to the University's mission.
7. To support the faculty in their pursuit of professional opportunities.
8. To provide students with academic support.
9. To allow students the opportunity for spiritual and ethical growth.
10. To provide students with counseling for social and emotional needs.
11. To provide a program of extracurricular activities for students.
12. To provide an environment that promotes learning and community involvement.