Month: September 2024

Founders Day Convocation: The Start of a New Academic Year

Jill Awuni, Assistant Professor of Religion, opened Chowan University’s 2024 Founders Day Convocation in prayer, marking a new day, a new beginning for the Class of 2028.  Dr. John Dilustro, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, led the Founders Day assembly with an introduction of Dr. Rosemary Thomas, “Today marks a historic moment for Chowan […]

Chowan University Announces the 2024 Distinguished Alumni and Community Service Recipients

Promenade view of McDowell Columns

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “ Life’s most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others?” James Elliott Moore, Angie Felton Salerno, Nicola J. Khoury, Christopher J. Moore and Vaughn Edward Byrd are Chowan University’s Distinguished Alumni recipients; Grace Graham Brown, Alton W. Parker, Jr.and Mark Elton Parker are Outstanding Community Service […]

Chowan University Welcomes Dr. Taylor B. Pruitt as Assistant Professor of Management

T. Pruitt

Chowan University is pleased to welcome Dr. Taylor B. Pruitt as Assistant Professor of Management. She is happy to be a faculty member in the Business Department. Dr. Hunter Taylor, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, is “thrilled to have the experiences and background she brings. She is already making connections with the students.”  This […]

CU Wednesdays: A Glimpse into this Midweek Break

Chowan students participate in a Professionalism Workshop, hosted by the International Student Club.

Wednesday is a middle of the week day; some say hump day, or think longingly of a day closer to the weekend.  Wednesday, for Chowan students, is a welcoming day, a day to catch up, to relax, to wake up just a little later than a normal college schedule allows. Madison Kilgore, a freshman from […]

Chowan University Welcomes Alumnus Brandon Matthews as Instructor of Information Systems

B. Matthews

Chowan University is pleased to welcome Brandon Matthews as Instructor of Information Systems. He graduated from Chowan University with a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.S.in Sports Administration from Liberty University. Being a Chowan graduate, he knows the community well and is looking forward to contributing to the university he attended.  Matthews is a […]