Chowan University’s department of Communication Arts will be hosting the annual Graphics Summer Camp starting Sunday, June 13, 2021, until June 18, 2021. This exciting graphics experience invites high school juniors and seniors to spend a week on campus, taking classes in Chowan’s Horner Graphics Center. Students will learn various aspects of graphic communications including […]
In its first year, Chowan University’s Day of Giving raised $151,454 from 545 donors. This is the inaugural year for a 24-hour higher education fundraising campaign. Under the mantle “Chowan Gives,” the university’s day of giving theme, the social media-based event on Wednesday, April 21 amazed the leadership of Chowan with the outpouring of support […]
Chowan University celebrated the academic and student organization accomplishments of students and faculty for the 2020-2021 academic year at the Awards Day Convocation on April 21, 2021, with an in-person event for award winners and streamed live for guests. The awards are as follows: 2020-2021 Chowan University Awards Passport To Fall Prizes $100 Awards Christina Maribel Flores […]
On Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Chowan University Board of Trustees gathered for its annual spring meeting and voted on tenure, promotions, and granting emeritus status to distinguished faculty and staff members. Tenure is defined as a permanence of position and is a multifaceted process that may take years for professors to achieve if achieved […]
Chowan University announced the 2020-2021 finalists for several esteemed faculty awards. The Excellence in Teaching Award is an especially noteworthy honor as it is bestowed on a faculty member chosen by his or her university colleagues. This year’s finalists are Robbin Buller, Assistant Professor of Art; Edward Snyder, Associate Professor of History; Hunter Taylor, Assistant […]
Chowan University is proud to recognize thirty of its most accomplished students with the 2020- 2021 Outstanding Student Award. Every year, a group of third- and fourth- year students is selected by a panel of Chowan’s esteemed faculty and staff members to accept one of the most prestigious honors the University community can bestow. Selection […]
Chowan University celebrates Dr. Gregory S. Taylor, Distinguished Professor of History at Chowan University, as his book entitled Central Prison has reached national recognition and praise. This masterfully written book details the history of North Carolina’s State Penitentiary as the first scholarly study to explore the prison’s entire history, from its origins in the 1870s […]
John M. Tayloe, Assistant to the President and Executive Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving at Chowan University, was selected from a large field of more than 400 entries to lead one of 11 Roundtable sessions at the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) All Districts Virtual Conference – Better Together hosted […]
At the end of the month, Chowan will bid a bittersweet farewell to Susan Alston, retiring after serving the University for fourteen years. Since 2007, Alston has been an instrumental member of the Blackboard and Macintosh technical support team that serves Chowan’s students, faculty and staff on a daily basis. As an integral member of […]
Chowan University announced today, March 15, 2021, that it is planning for a return to primarily in-person instruction for fall 2021, enabling prospective and current students and their families to know our target in advance amid the uncertainties of the pandemic. With advancements in technology/understanding of the pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines becoming available to students, […]