MURFREESBORO, N.C. – Chowan Athletics and Vice President of Athletics, Patrick Mashuda, announced on Wednesday the hiring of alumnus James Cameron as the Men’s and Women’s Swimming Head Coach. “It means the world to me to be back at Chowan,” stated Cameron. “After graduating, it was a dream of mine to become a head coach of an NCAA […]
Chowan Campus Ministry Hosts Holy Week Revival Services
A giant QR code is taped to junior Sklyer Davies’ chest. His tall basketball player frame makes a perfect billboard for those arriving to scan with their phones. The code takes the participants to the songs and scripture for the evening’s Holy Week Revival Service. Skyler and other Chowan University Campus Ministry students hosted the […]
Duke Askew Honored with 2023 NC Baptist Heritage Award
At an event held at the Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons, Koury Convention Center on Tuesday, April 4th, on behalf of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the North Carolina Baptist Foundation, Chowan University honored Addison Duke Askew with the NC Baptist Heritage Award for 2023. Mr. Askew was one of thirteen individuals […]
Chowan University Announces Official Name for New Chapel
In 2020, amid the unknown of a pandemic, Chowan University and its supporters launched a campaign for the university’s first free-standing chapel. From the words in Jeremiah 29:11, the family of Bucky ‘74 and Jan Glover made a lead gift to launch the fundraising efforts for a new chapel at Chowan University. Chowan was founded […]
David Sanchez Delivers 2023 Hobson Lecture
On Monday, April 3rd, author David Sanchez was awarded the 2023 Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters. Following the dinner and prize conferral, Sanchez delivered the annual Hobson Lecture in Vaughan Auditorium of Robert Marks Hall. Following a six-week course reading Sanchez’s book, “All Day is Along Time,” students anxiously […]
Chowan University Alpha Chi Members Present at New Mexico Conference
On March 30, 2023, three students and one faculty member attended the Annual Alpha Chi National Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Alpha Chi student executives Elijah Brown, Erica Mock, and Olivia Wheeler were joined by Alpha Chi Faculty Sponsor Dr. Lia Walker, who served as a judge for presentations in the field of biology at […]
Malek Leach ‘18 Served as Visiting Executive
On Thursday, March 30, 2023, the Department of Business at Chowan University continued its esteemed Visiting Executive Program with the visit of alumnus Malek Leach. Having graduated from Chowan with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2018, Leach now serves as a financial contractor for the United States Government within the Department of Commerce. […]