Dorothy Allison has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters from Chowan University. The prize will be conferred on Monday, April 27th at 6:00 pm at a dinner in the Chowan Room. Following the dinner and conferral, Allison will deliver the Hobson Lecture […]
Babyak Receives 2015 Faculty Excellence in Community Service Award
Chowan University’s Academic Affairs celebrated the spirit of service by honoring Andrew Babyak, Assistant Professor of Management, with the Faculty Excellence in Community Service Award on Tuesday, March 17th. Babyak loves sports and uses his love of sports to benefit the community. He serves as a head coach for Murfreesboro Youth Basketball and T-Ball, the […]
Whitaker Library Hosts Hopkins for Booksigning
Join Whitaker Library on the Chowan University campus as it hosts author Janice Cole Hopkins for a booksigning on April 7th at 3:30 pm in the Library Learning Lab on Whitaker’s Upper Level where she will share her new workCleared for Planting, recently featured in the spring’s Eastern Living magazine. The Amazon write-up on Cleared for […]
National Book Award Finalist to Receive Hobson Prize at Chowan University – Bastard Out of Carolina Author Dorothy Allison on Campus April 27th
Dorothy Allison has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters from Chowan University. The prize will be conferred on Monday, April 27th at 6:00 pm at a dinner in the Chowan Room. Following the dinner and conferral, Allison will deliver the Hobson Lecture […]
Theatre@Chowan Presents “Ohio State Murders”
Theatre @ Chowan will present three free performances of Adrienne Kennedy’s play Ohio State Murders on April 17th, 18th, and 19th. From Adrienne Kennedy, a celebrated author and Obie award-winning playwright, comes a semi-autobiographical play about her time at Ohio State University and an unsettling look at racism in the United States. When young Suzanne Alexander, an […]
Science Club Serves Over Spring Break
Five biology students from the Chowan University Science Club participated in an Alternative Spring Break trip to the Outer Banks this March. The students were accompanied by Dr. Bo Dame, Assistant Professor of Biology & Physical Sciences. The students stayed at the historic Pine Island Lodge on the northern Outer Banks, part of the Donal […]
Renowned Pianists Perform Duet Concert at Chowan
Chowan University’s Department of Music is proud to present special guests Chihee Hwang and Agnes Wan in a highly-anticipated Piano Duet Concert on Thursday, March 19th at 7:30 pm in the newly renovated Briley Recital Hall. This will be the debut performance in the new Briley Recital Hall located in Music’s Daniel Hall on the […]
Alpha Phi Alpha Wins Runner-Up in CIAA Step Show
In its first ever appearance at the CIAA Tournament’s annual Step Show competition, Chowan University brings home the Runner-Up Award with a performance by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. “On Friday night, our Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha competed at the CIAA Greek Step Show. This is the first time a Chowan team has […]
Miss Chowan Makes History as Miss CIAA 2015
Food Lion awarded Miss Chowan University, LaTarryl Hall, with its coveted 2015 Miss CIAA crown, along with a scholarship at the McDonald's/CIAA Super Saturday inside the Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday, February 28th. A native of Columbia, SC, Hall attends Chowan University where she is a senior majoring in criminal justice. The Food Lion […]