Year: 2018

Chowan University Senior to Showcase Talents at Piano Recital

Chowan University music major Margaret Sisco will present her Senior Piano Recital, Thursday, November 15, at 5:00 PM, in Briley Recital Hall of Daniel Hall. Sisco will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous “Pathetique Sonata” and works by John Cage, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, and Béla Bartók. This culminating performance will showcase everything Sisco has learned during […]

Chowan University to Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Guest Speaker

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the event had to be canceled. Chowan University will celebrate Native American Heritage Month November 14th, at 11:00 AM, in the upper level of Whitaker Library, with guest speaker Sheila Spencer-Stover also known as Firehair Shining Spirit. Spencer-Stover will present the lecture “From Whence We Came – 400 Millennia via Time, […]

Chowan University Annual Scholarship Luncheon Honors Donors

Emotions were high as Chowan University scholarship recipients communed with donors at the annual Scholarship Luncheon on November 1, 2018, in the J. M. Jenkins Center on the Chowan campus. The gymnasium was transformed into a dining room capable of seating over 250 people for the event. Round tables, each surrounded by eight chairs, were […]

Chowan University Invites Community to Centennial Armistice Bell Ceremony

On November 11, 2018, Chowan University, along with over seventy-five percent of counties in North Carolina, will collaborate with The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) to commemorate the centennial Armistice Day with a bell ringing ceremony. The program will begin at 10:30 AM at the Susan Parker Kerr Gazebo adjacent to McDowell Columns […]

Chowan University hires Juilliard Alumna Deborah Kiszely-Papp

Dr. Deborah Kiszely-Papp joins the Chowan University Department of Music as Assistant Professor.  Kiszely-Papp earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the City University of New York where she studied piano with Herbert Stessin. She completed her Master of Music degree as a student of György Sándor at The Juilliard School. Her […]

Chowan University participates in Hertford County Middle School Red Ribbon Week

Chowan University Department of Criminal Justice students visited Hertford County Middle School on October 15th, to encourage students to remain drug-free and focus on their education as part of the school’s Red Ribbon Week. The Department of Criminal Justice visits Hertford County Middle School during their Red Ribbon Week, annually. Each Chowan student spoke to […]

Chowan University Rotaract Club inducts 43 new members

The Rotaract Club, Chowan University’s largest service-focused student organization, inducted 43 new members in early October. Charin Bennett of High Point, NC Crystal Bibbins of Gaston, NC Sierra Gonzalez of Carthage, NC Eryka Harrison of Thomasville, NC Ashley Jilcott of Ahoskie, NC Christina- Nicol Johnson of Elizabeth City, NC Monae Moore of Jacksonville, NC Sydnee […]

Chowan University ranks third in 2018 Student Design Challenge

Two Chowan University students, Gabby Wilson of Suffolk, VA, and Shelby Barlowe of Marion, NC, placed third in the 2018 Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) Student Design Challenge. Each year, students in leading packaging design programs across the North American continent accept the PPA challenge to show off their design skills and innovation. Participants take part in […]

Chowan Faces NC State In Basketball Exhibition

The Chowan Men's Basketball team will open up their 2018-19 season in an exhibition game against Division I North Carolina State in Raleigh on Monday, October 29. When Monday, October 29 | 7:00 PM TV ACC Network Extra Where Raliegh, NC Tickets $5 CLICK HERE Follow Game Day Central NCSU Audio CLICK HERE Chowan finished […]

Third-Year Duke Law Student gives Chowan Students LSAT Tips

On October 9th, third-year Duke University School of Law student and Murfreesboro native, South Moore, gave tips to Chowan criminal justice majors on how to study for and take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Moore, the guest speaker and son of Chowan Provost Danny Moore, also answered questions about the expectations of law school. […]