Chowan University will host SeniorFEST, a senior adult event, on March 26, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Chowan hosts SeniorFEST each spring on the historic campus, highlighting healthy lifestyles, Christian living, and shedding light on issues facing senior-adults today. With special guest speakers, informative breakout sessions, live entertainment, a classic southern buffet, and door prizes, SeniorFEST offers a […]
Chowan University Music Department to present Piano Recital
The Chowan University Department of Music will continue its Friends of Music Artist Series Sunday, March 3, at 3:00 p.m. in Turner Auditorium of McDowell Columns Hall with a recital featuring pianist Dr. Deborah Kiszely-Papp. Kiszely-Papp, Assistant Professor of Music, will perform Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Mozart’s Sonata in A Major, Liszt’s Années de Pèleringage, Bartók’s Three Folksongs from the County of […]
Author Wiley Cash to receive Hobson Prize at Chowan University
Chowan University invites the community to participate in the 25th Annual Hobson Course, beginning March 25. The course will focus on the works of Wiley Cash, the recipient of the 2019 Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters, and culminate with the conferral of the Hobson Prize and Lecture on April 29. The […]
Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood comes home to deliver Rouson Lecture at Chowan University
Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood returned to his old stomping grounds to visit Chowan University on February 6, 2019, as the guest speaker of the Reverend George T. and Luvenia B. Rouson Memorial Lecture. It was a particularly nice day in February. The perfect weather for a reunion. “I’m home. I worked my whole career to […]
Community Foundation announces new board president/vice-president
This article is reprinted in full with permission from Cal Bryant, Editor at Roanoke Chowan Publications. The board of advisors of the Bertie-Hertford Community Foundation announces a new advisory board president and vice president, according to Natalie Jenkins Peel, NCCF regional director. John Tayloe was named board president. He is the Vice President for Development […]
Chowan University launches new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) titled Lit Sphere
As part of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accreditation process, Chowan University launched a new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) titled Lit Sphere (Literature Spheres). The QEP is designed to create a culture of reading by increasing students’ pleasure and enjoyment in reading, leading to an increase in the overall quantity […]
Chowan University Music Department to present Faculty Voice Recital
The Chowan University Department of Music will present its Faculty Voice Recital Saturday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m. in Turner Auditorium of McDowell Columns Hall featuring bass-baritone Dr. Benjamin Thorburn and pianist Dr. Deborah Kiszely-Papp. Thorburn, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities, and Kiszely-Papp, Assistant Professor of Music, will present a recital of Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe, one of […]
Gertrude Revelle honored with Chowan University Community Service Award
Gertrude Revelle received the Futrell/Ruffin Community Service Award on February 6, 2019, at the Chowan University Reverend George T. and Luvenia B. Rouson Memorial Lecture. Following her collegiate education and marriage, this Salem College graduate settled down in Murfreesboro, NC, with husband, Guy, who practiced law with his uncle. Gertrude taught at the local high school. […]
Dr. Benjamin F. Speller honored with 2019 Chowan University Humanitarian Award
Bertie County native Dr. Benjamin F. Speller, Jr. was honored with the Chowan University Minnie Wood Perkins Humanitarian Award at the Reverend George T. and Luvenia B. Rouson Memorial Lecture on February 6. An avid historic preservationist, Speller played a vital role in the preservation of African American history and culture in North Carolina. Speller’s […]
Chowan Adds Acro & Tumbling, Becomes 28th Member
The Chowan University Department of Athletics in conjunction with the Office of the Chancellor and the Office of the President at Chowan University is excited to announce the addition of Acrobatics & Tumbling as the 20th varsity sport and 11th women's varsity sport in the athletic department. "This is clearly a rising sport that provides […]