On, April 24, the Chowan University community gathered to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of our students. Honor societies at Chowan University exist to recognize and promote excellence in academic accomplishment. Whether individual societies service a broad spectrum of academic disciplines or only a single, specific, academic major, their overall purpose is to encourage and recognize students who have achieved a high level of academic competence.

Chowan is home to 14 honor societies, though the most recognizable of them are Alpha Lambda Delta and Alpha Chi. Alpha Lambda Delta is a national honor society recognizing high academic achievement in the first year and offers membership to freshmen earning a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and achieving a position in the top twenty percent of the class. Alpha Chi is an interdisciplinary honor society that recognizes scholarly merit and character qualities that contribute to the academic advancement of the entire student community. Membership in Alpha Chi is limited to the top ten percent of juniors and seniors at Chowan.

The recipients of the honor society and association awards are:

Alpha Lambda Delta Maria Leonard Senior Book Award

Sean Timmons of Poquoson, VA

Dr. Patricia Williams Alpha Chi Chapter Member of the Year Award

George Kattan of Beit Jala, West Bank, Palestine

The Alpha Chi Alfred H. Nolle Scholarship

Jaime Calcagno of Cary, NC

Senior Ambassador Award

Olivia Borer of Melbourne Beach, FL

Alyssa Born of Dyer, IN

James Conley of Virginia Beach, VA

David Cross of Richmond, VA

Charles Donaldson of Winterville, NC

George Kattan of Beit Jala, West Bank, Palestine

Joshua Nicholson of Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Courtney O’Keefe of Markham, Ontario, Canada

Wyatt Ray of Hobbsville, NC

Amber Smaltz of Norfolk, VA

Sean Timmons of Poquoson, VA

2019 Commencement Marshals

Nicholas Adams of Murfreesboro, NC

Ravine Billy of Thomasville, NC

Jaime Calcagno of Cary, NC

Mariah Coker of Portsmouth, VA

Naiyhani Etheridge of Suffolk, VA

Angelique Gouin of Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada

Sarah Hull of Henderson, NC

Jacob Hunter of Tarboro, NC

Kevin Jones of Ahoskie, NC

Deja King of Triangle, VA

Rebekah Langley of Wilson, NC

Loricia Martin of Henderson, NC

Shannon Park of Hubert, NC

Inecia Rolle of Nassau, Grand Bahama, Bahamas

Lindsay Stigler of Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Please join us as we congratulate these students.