MURFREESBORO, NC –  Chowan University had two students receive stipends to support research that will be presented at the 2016 North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium. The stipends were awarded by North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) to students performing undergraduate research in the areas of science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields of study at one of North Carolina's 36 private, non-profit colleges and universities.

Seniors from the Chowan University Biology Department, Crystal Sarnor, from Monrovia, Liberia and Lewis Wrenn Woodard, from Pendleton, NC were two of nine North Carolina students chosen to present their research.

Congratulations Sarnor and Woodard!