Christopher Buffaloe
Law Enforcement
Conway, North Carolina

• Class of 2009, Chowan University, B.S. Criminal Justice
• Sergeant, Weldon NC Police Department
• Owner/Operator, Tri-County K-9, LLC
• Captain, Severn Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc.
• Assistant Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 125

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Melissa T. Edwards
Education
Conway, North Carolina

• Class of 2005, Chowan University, B.S. Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Cum Laude
• Art Teacher, Southampton VA High School
• Outstanding Graduate in Graphic Design for 2005
• Teaching Certification in Secondary Fine Arts, Commonwealth of Virginia
• President, Delta Rho Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority

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Terrance Saxby
Education
Murfreesboro, North Carolina

• Class of 2003, Chowan University, B.S.
• Class of 2011, Cambridge College, M.S.
• Assistant Principal, Hertford County High School
• Assistant Coach, Chowan football team 2005-2007

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Christopher Coleman
Education
Rice, Virginia

• Class of 1999, Chowan University, B.S. Business Administration, Marketing
• Class of 2009, Grand Canyon University, M.Ed.
• Candidate, Educationalist Specialist (Ed.S.), Liberty University
• Assistant Principal, Bluestone High School
• First Lieutenant, Unites States Army Reserve

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Lance Jenkins
Tourism
Conway, North Carolina

• Class of 2009, Chowan University, B.S. History
• Class of 2011, Norwich University, M.P.A.
• Director, Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail

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Kyleen Michael Burgess
Higher Education
Murfreesboro, North Carolina

• Class of 2003, Chowan University, B.S. Criminal Justice and B.S. Psychology
• Class of 2009, NC State University, Master of Agricultural Education
• Area Information Management Agent for North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
• Provides technical education to 250 employees of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service for the 25 counties in Northeastern North Carolina
• Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Rho chapter, Chowan University, Founding Sister
• 2003 Outstanding Female Criminal Justice Major
• 2003 Outstanding Student in Psychology

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Roy Henderson
Ministry
Charlotte, North Carolina

• Class of 1993, Chowan University, A.S. Physical Education
• Member Chowan University Men’s Basketball team
• Earned a full athletic scholarship to the University of South Carolina at Aiken
• Earned his B.S. in Physical Education from the University of South Carolina at Aiken
• Received a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership at Virginia State University
• 2009 – Present: Director of Family Life & Wellness at the Park Ministries, Charlotte, NC
• Certified Personal Trainer
• Owner of Remnant Fitness, LLC

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Kathryn R. Sellers
Public Health Education & Promotion
Murfreesboro, North Carolina

• Class of 1999, Chowan University, B.A. Liberal Arts
• 2008 Management Academy for Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
• NC Spit Tobacco Education Program, Deputy Director
• Member of Center Grove Baptist Church, Ahoskie, NC

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Kelvin L. Spragley, Ph.D.
Education
Zebulon, North Carolina

• Class of 1991, Chowan University, A.A. History
• Class of 1993, East Carolina University, B.S. Social Science Education
• Class of 1999, North Carolina State University, Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction
• 2010 – Present: Associate Executive Director for the North Carolina Association of Educators and the Executive Director for the North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children
• Founder of The Spragley Group, LLC, consulting business
• 1986-89 U.S. Army

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Steven Varley
Higher Education
New Haven, Connecticut

• Class of 1997, Chowan University, B.S. Graphic Communication
• Class of 2000, Gardner-Webb University, M.B.A.
• Director of Development and Alumnae/i Affairs at Yale University School of Nursing
• Former Vice President for Advancement at Gardner-Webb University

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Professional Football Players
Chowan in the NFL - Click Here
View a list of Chowan Alumni that have played in National Football League!

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Sydney J. Bartholomew, Jr.
Emmy Award Winning Director, Production Designer, Writer, Actor, Visual Effects and Art Director on big budget Hollywood blockbusters!

Worked with the famous Farrelly Brothers on seven of their best works including:

• Dumb and Dumber
• Kingpin
• Me, Myself and Irene
• Say It Isn’t So
• Osmosis Jones
• Shallow Hal
• Stuck On You
• The Heartbreak Kid

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Marvin Daugherty

Chief Meteorologist for WITN-TV’s First Alert Weather Team

• Delivering accurate and precise weather forecasts
  to Eastern Carolina for 25 years
• Witnessed and reported on almost every major weather event in Eastern Carolina for the past two decades
• Received the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval, one of only 1,600 or so people since 1959

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Patsy Marks
President of Belmont Peanuts
of Southampton, Inc.

• Owns and operates Belmont Farm in Capron, Virginia in an area called the "Heart of Peanut Country"
• Belmont House, established in 1790, is on both the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register for Historical Places
• Belmont Peanuts has grown from scratch into a highly successful, family-run business, shipping her products all over the globe
• Other crops include cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat and watermelons - grown with careful attention to good environmental practices

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Nate McMillan
Head Coach of the NBA Portland Trailblazers

• Formerly the Head Coach for the Seattle Supersonics
• 12 years playing NBA basketball for the Supersonics
• Known in the Seattle community as “Mr. Sonic”
• Supersonics’ all-time leader in assists and steals
• One of only four Sonics players to have his number retired

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