Month: December 2014

A Letter from Palestine: by Chowan Alumnus George Zeidan

I am Palestinian, born in the Old City of Jerusalem and raised in its smal streets as well as in Bethlehem, where my dad is originally from. Straight after high school, I was told about an opportunity to attend an American university in North Carolina. When I started at Chowan back in 2009, it was my first experience travelling outside my small community. Moving […]

A Letter from Palestine

I am Palestinian, born in the Old City of Jerusalem and raised in its smal streets as well as in Bethlehem, where my dad is originally from. Straight after high school, I was told about an opportunity to attend an American university in North Carolina. When I started at Chowan back in 2009, it was my first experience travelling outside my small community. Moving […]

Chowan University Music Students Receive National Recognition

Two students from the Chowan University Department of Music have been selected to perform with the 2015 National Small-College Intercollegiate Band to be held March 25-28 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Junior Music Education major Nick Gaffney (saxophone) of Waldorf, MD has been fully accepted to perform with the ensemble, while fellow Junior Music […]

Music Students Receive National Recognition

Two students from the Chowan University Department of Music have been selected to perform with the 2015 National Small-College Intercollegiate Band to be held March 25-28 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Junior Music Education major Nick Gaffney (saxophone) of Waldorf, MD has been fully accepted to perform with the ensemble, while fellow Junior Music […]

Chowan Scores High in National Survey

According to the official results of the National Survey of Student Engagement, Chowan University’s survey scores place the historic institution above the average of other private colleges in the southeast region. Chowan University rises above the survey averages in learning strategies, quantitative reasoning, and effective teaching practices in comparison with other southeastern private colleges. Chowan […]

Chowan Scores High in National Survey

According to the official results of the National Survey of Student Engagement, Chowan University’s survey scores place the historic institution above the average of other private colleges in the southeast region. Chowan University rises above the survey averages in learning strategies, quantitative reasoning and effective teaching practices in comparison with other southeastern private colleges. Chowan […]

Parker Family Establishes Scholarship

he Parker family of Williamston, NC has always held their church close to heart. As senior pastor of Williamston Memorial Baptist Church, Robbie and his wife Malinda have often felt God’s call, guiding them in the right direction throughout their lives. That calling has now led the Parkers to Chowan University where they want to […]

Parker Family Establishes Scholarship

The Parker family of Williamston, NC has always held their church close to heart. As senior pastor of Williamston Memorial Baptist Church, Robbie and his wife Malinda have often felt God’s call, guiding them in the right direction throughout their lives. That calling has now led the Parkers to Chowan University where they want to […]

Doane to Research Cyberbullying with US Army

As a special appointment through the Consortium Research Fellows Program, Chowan University’s Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Ashley N. Doane now has the distinguished accolade as a Senior Research Consortium Fellow assisting the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. According to their website, the Consortium Research Fellows Program, or CRFP, is […]

Chowan Student Forrest Robinson Earns Competitive Grant for Environmental Research

At the 10th Annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creative Symposium held on the campus of NC State University in November, Chowan University junior Forrest Robinson presented his undergraduate research as one of 500 symposium presenters. His work was supported by one out of only five research grants awarded by North Carolina Independent […]