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L e g acy o f a l i fe t i m e

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President White will transition to Chancellor after 15 years at Chowan.

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L. Clement Yancey proves the cumulative impact of faithful and generous giving.

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Selfless giving in the classroom and around campus has a lasting impact on students.

Living the Dream

A Senior mathematics major from São Paulo, Brazil pursues his dreams against all odds.

New schol arships and endowments

Behind every scholarship is a story. Donors share their stories of why they give.

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Fr o m D r a b to Fa b

Meiggs Auditorium went from "green lagoon" to the most sought-after space on campus.

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the right time Pr e si d en t W h i t e' s t r a n si t i o n to C h a n c el lo r

i n S e pt e m b e r , t h e C h o wa n University Board of Trustees announced that Dr. M. Christopher White will transition from the role of President of Chowan University to Chancellor at the end of the academic year. Dr. White will have served Chowan as president for 15 years, a period of the institution’s most significant growth. Including his prior service at another university, his presidential career will have spanned a total of 32 years.

“Chris White’s leadership rescued our school and has truly transformed the University, solidifying its place among North Carolina’s leading colleges and universities,” said Board Chair W. Frank Rose, Jr. Dr. White’s tenure as president ushered in a new era of growth and prosperity.

When he arrived in July 2003 the school was in dire financial straits. Under his leadership, Chowan emerged with financial strength, completing every fiscal year comfortably in the black. Both the enrollment and the endowment more than doubled, with enrollment currently exceeding 1,500 students for the third consecutive year. For a period of eight years, a new enrollment record was set each year, earning Chowan recognition by a national survey as one of the fastest-growing universities in the nation. The size of the campus almost doubled and every existing building was completely renovated. Twelve new buildings were constructed, including the nine-building student apartment

complex named Whites Crossing by the trustees in honor of Dr. and Mrs. White and their families.

The academic program was upgraded to University status and the current faculty is arguably the best prepared in the institution’s history. The intercollegiate athletic program was upgraded to NCAA II and competes successfully in the CIAA and Conference Carolinas. Dr. White is convinced that a significant part of Chowan’s resurgence has been an emphasis on the University’s Christian values. In that vein, the recruiting slogan Faith in your Future embodies the spirit and essence of Chowan University.

“I look forward to this new phase in my career and anticipate continued growth and transformation,” Dr. White said. “My focused attention on fundraising efforts will be absolutely necessary as Chowan embarks on the next 170 years.”

“We are delighted that Dr. and Mrs. White will continue to be part of the Chowan family,” Rose said. “He is not retiring, he will merely transition from one role to another.”

As Chancellor, Dr. White will advise the new president, work closely with the Development Office in securing major gifts, and continue to be a goodwill ambassador for the University in the region.

Work began immediately to select the next president of Chowan University. Dr. White remains as President until the new leader is identified, assisting the Board of Trustees as requested throughout the transition.

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homecoming

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C lo c k w o r k f r o m T o p L e f t: The crowd goes wild; Chowan University Hawks Band in action; Murf photobombs Dr. and Mrs. White; students enjoy tailgating before the game; true blue friends; homecoming court nominees await the halftime announcements.

Homecoming Blue & White Celebration

Distinguished Alumni Award:

Todd Wright To d d W r i g h t i s a 198 4 G r a d uat e o f

Chowan College where he earned an associate degree in Business Administration. He was a member of the 1982 – 1984 Men’s Basketball team led by Chowan Hall of Fame Coach Bob Burke. In his two years as a Chowan basketball player, Wright helped the Braves win two consecutive conference titles and also to become the first basketball team in the program's history to win 30 games, ending the 1984 season with a 30-9 record. Wright’s 1982 - 1984 team also compiled a total of 57 wins, to set another record that has yet to be surpassed.

Most notably, Wright was a vital part of the 1984 Chowan Braves team that advanced to the NJCAA National Championships in Hutchinson, Kansas for the first time

in school history. With no time remaining on the clock, Todd hit a buzzer beating jumper from the wing to send the Braves to the final eight. The season would end with a loss in the final four, but would leave the 1984 team with the legacy, of being the only Chowan basketball team to ever make it to the NJCAA Tournament Final Four.

Since leaving Chowan, Wright has built a highly regarded commercial photography and video studio in Richmond, Va. Through his photo/video career, he has been recognized by many peer organizations and publications featuring his work. Some of Wright’s commercial clients include Seiko, Google, Walmart, Chase Bank, UPS and many other national and international brands.

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Distinguished Alumni Award:

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Plymouth, NC and graduated from Chowan College in 2000. He was a student athlete for four years on the men's basketball team coached by Hall of Fame coach Bob Burke.

Spencer studied Printing Production and Imaging Technology at Chowan College and went on to work in the fast-paced environment of the newspaper industry, starting in 2000 at The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC. Passionate about being in a competitive environment, Spencer found the newspaper industry a natural fit.

In 2000, he was promoted to Director of Imaging in the newsroom of The News & Observer. In 2010, Spencer became a Regional Director and oversaw imaging systems

for the Southeast US markets. In 2014, he was promoted to a corporate role with the McClatchy Company, parent company of The News & Observer. In 2015, he became head of a newly created department, the PreMedia Technology Division for The McClatchy Company, where he now supervises a staff that maintains and supports companywide premedia systems for all 30 McClatchy markets across the country.

Spencer credits a strong mother and Coach Burke as being instrumental in his success. He says, "Coach Burke taught all of his players to test their limits and put in the necessary work in everything they do to reach their highest potential."

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Distinguished Young Alumnus Award:

Alison Kolezynski All i e Ko l e z y n s k i i s a 2012 g r a d uat e of Chowan University. The Strongsville, Ohio native earned a degree in Business Administration prior to obtaining a MBA from Cleveland State University in 2013.

As a student-athlete at Chowan, Kolezynski was a four-year starter and captain on the softball team. She was a three-time All-CIAA selection, three-time CIAA Commissioner’s All-Academic Team honoree, two-time NCCSIA All-State selection, NCCAA All-American, Capital One Academic All-American and Daktronics All-Region team member. Kolezynski led the team to three consecutive CIAA Northern Division titles and the program’s first-ever CIAA championship in 2010.

Off the field, she served a three-year term on the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), including a two-year stint as vice-chair, and went on to be a co-adviser during her time as an administrator at Chowan.

As a senior, Kolezynski was named the 2012 CIAA Woman of the Year, the highest honor bestowed on a female CIAA student-athlete. She was again recognized by the league in 2013 receiving the Commissioner’s Service Award for representing the CIAA SAAC and contribution to Chowan.

Upon graduation, Kolezynski spent four years as Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Athletic Communications at her alma mater. In that capacity, she handled all communications for Chowan University’s 18 varsity sports, which included website maintenance, social media and publications. She earned CIAA Sports Information Director of the Year accolades in 2014 and 2016.

In January 2017, Kolezynski was named Assistant Commissioner for Communications and Operations at the Mountain East Conference. She resides in Fairmont, West Virginia.

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Community Service Award:

W.J. “Bill” Little, Jr. T h e c i r cu m s ta n c e s o f W.J. “Bill” Little, Jr.’s birth did not foreshadow a future so rich in diverse experiences and service leadership. Born in 1927, to a farming family in Stanly County, North Carolina, this youngest of five children might have remained on the farm had it not been for the Second World War, which, as it did for many Americans, affected the life decisions and directions for the family.

Moving from the farm to the city, most of the family worked in the textile mills. After high school, Bill followed his brothers into military service and joined the U.S. Navy. Following his honorable service, he went to college on the

GI Bill and became a respected high school teacher and award-winning athletics coach.

After this period of teaching and coaching, he worked for the federal government in critical capacities at the Department of Air Force, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of Energy. Bill has also served as a member/officer of the North Carolina Senior Tarheel Legislature, Chowan University Board of Trustees, Northampton County School Board, Duke University Council on Aging, County Forest Association, and as the chair/deacon for numerous government, agricultural and church committees.

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Sharing in Bill’s endeavors and successes of those early adult years, and for many years after, was his wife, Mary Jordan. They were married in Jackson, N.C. on June 8, 1949, and together raised two children, Bill, III and Julie Kim, in whom they instilled the lasting value of giving while living and beyond.

They co-founded the North Carolina Senior Education Corps connecting local retired citizen volunteers with school needs. In 1997, God called Mary home. Their shared love for teaching and deep commitment to education abides across the state, to include a scholarship bearing their name at this University.

As for Bill’s giving, an exhaustive listing would be too lengthy for the purpose of this writing, but it can be said of him that the mention of his name prompts a smile and words of praise for his many contributions to individuals, organizations, and institutions. Anyone who knows him well, and any who only know of him, would say without hesitation that W.J. “Bill” Little, Jr. has been a good Christian, a faithful husband, a loving father, a patient teacher, and a loyal friend.

We caught up with four new Chowan alumni six months af ter graduation to f ind out where their wings had taken them and how it 's going so far.

They represent many of their former classmates who are out there soaring to great heights .

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“What led me to Chowan was God,” Takiya Delbridge said. When Takiya graduated high school she knew she wanted to go to Chowan, however, she also knew it was expensive. A Virginia native, she decided to go to an in-state school with lower rates. “Somewhere in the midst of getting

things straight to go to VSU, my mom asked me where I felt like God wanted me, and I said, ‘Honestly, Chowan, but it’s too high.’ She told me not to worry about the money just go, so that’s what I did,” she continued.

Four years later, Takiya graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Religion, and earned an internship through

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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) following graduation. Takiya became involved with CBF through her relationship with Chowan Christian Service Association (CCSA) and Campus Ministries.

At one point, financial difficulties threatened her education at Chowan. God had different plans.

She received a CCSA scholarship for the next two years. CCSA not only kept her in college, it allowed her to gain leadership experience as the president of Daughters of the Most High (Daughters), a praise dance team on campus which she describes as one of the greatest experiences of her life. Although it was a challenge, Takiya accepted willingly.

“It was Daughters that taught me about myself," she said. "Leadership is service, and that was one of the greatest things I have ever been able to experience: creating a space where young women will get to know themselves and God. Because of the CCSA scholarship, I was able to do that for three years. Thank you for believing in us. To any donor who might wonder, ‘where is my money going, is it doing anything?,’ I

promise you that it has changed my life.”

Near the end of her senior year, While Takiya was working with campus ministry, Drew and Mari, Associate Minister and Minister to the University respectively, invited all of the campus ministry leaders to meet with CBF representatives to discuss internships; Takiya applied. She received an internship with Conetoe Family Life Center, a youth planned and led family center.

Following her internship, Takiya began working at St. Mark Christian Academy and Discover Learning Center. At St. Mark Takiya is the Media/Library teacher. She teaches students how to use the library resources and stresses the importance of reading. This position allows her to be create her own lesson plans while utilizing the Bible to teach students about God’s plan and the power of decision making.

At the Discover Learning Center, she is an after-school instructor.

Her lessons focus on devotion while simultaneously helping with homework and building character.

“Chowan has helped me so much, mainly in the leadership area,” Takiya shared. As president of one of the ministries within campus ministries (Daughters of the Most High), there were passions awakened within Takiya that she didn’t realize existed. Passions to help others

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discover the potential locked inside themselves and passions to develop leaders; both of which will serve her well in her journey to work with youth. Takiya said the Religion Department helped her a great deal also. She learned not to be afraid when her faith was challenged, and she became more accepting of other points of views related to religion and life in general. “I am putting to use everything I learned at Chowan,” she enthusiastically stated.

“I have the opportunity to plant seeds in the hearts of these precious students," Takiya says. They may not receive it or even understand it now, but God does and I believe throughout their lives He will water those seeds and cause them to grow in their hearts.”

In June of 2018, once the current school year is complete, Takiya will travel to Mexico with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) for disciples training school and mission work. By traveling the world and spreading the Gospel, she will water her own seed that was planted after her summer internship with CBF. “I look forward to becoming a better person and helping the next generation grow to be great,” she said.

Z ac h a ry Co o p e r Maya Angelou once said, “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” That’s just what Zachary Cooper, recent Chowan University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, learned when he chose to attend Chowan University under unusual circumstances.

“College for me, at first, was a way to play baseball, always

hoping to make it to the pros,” Zack shared. Zack attended Wake Tech Community College for two years to play baseball while he completed his associate degree. From there he attended Campbell University, again for baseball. However, after some unforeseen circumstances, it did not work out. His intentions were to transfer to another Division I school, but there were issues with paperwork that again altered his plans. That’s when Chowan University showed interest, and Zack enrolled.

Although, his great ambition was baseball, Zack had an interest in criminal justice since high school.

Originally, he wanted to be a special agent in the FBI with a focus on violent crimes or counter terrorism.

“I was even a criminal justice and homeland security double major at Campbell. It was not until Chowan that I began to even think about law school,” Zack stated. “I was in a criminal justice class where we had a mock trial and I was the defendant.

I did not know it at the time, but the three students acting as my attorneys were all pre-law,” he continued.

During the mock-trial, Zack came up with his own defense and the team agreed it was the best. Throughout the trial, the other students convinced him to look into law school. “I have always known the law fairly well and have been interested previously in the federal government.

I have also been interested in public policy for a while,” Zack said. After this experience, Zack decided to study constitutional law at the University of Mississippi, and eventually would like to be a judge or run for office.

“Being a student-athlete at Chowan, I believe has greatly prepared me for the next step in my

education. It required me to develop great time management skills in order to balance the workload from class along with the practice time for baseball. While I will not be playing a sport in law school, the overall time needed to be dedicated to school will be even greater. I believe that I will need to devote the same amount of time to my studies in law school as I devoted to both baseball and studies at Chowan. The time management skills that I developed at Chowan will be crucial for law school,” Zack stated.

At Chowan, Zack also developed critical thinking and writing skills through several courses.

Although critical thinking is crucial for any field, it is especially necessary for a career in law. Zack specified, “In the criminal justice system and law, poor writing is the number one reason cases are lost or overturned.

So, writing is extremely important as well.”

“If there is anything I learned over my college career, it is to grow where you are planted; to not just survive, but thrive,” Zack stated.

“Over the next few years, I am most looking forward to where God leads me. It seems that he has led me every step of the way until now. Each school I have attended, I, at some point, said I would not, including Ole Miss. However, each place has been a launching pad to the next phase in life, and I cannot wait to see what is

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in store for me,” he continued.

Zack is a member of Alpha Chi, awarded Most Outstanding Criminal Justice Student 2016, won Most Outstanding Male Athlete 2017, was inducted into Who’s Who 2017, and graduated Summa Cum Laude, Latin for with the highest distinction, maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. Zack was also slated as a commencement speaker; however, the Chowan University baseball team was playing in the CIAA tournament. President White read his speech, concluding, “It is not easy.

It takes a good friend or two or even ten. It takes adjustment. Most of all it takes a willing attitude. If these three things are present, you will be able to grow where you are planted. You will not just survive, but you will thrive and enjoy all that God has to offer where he has placed you.”

Wa r r e n p o w e r s “Legacy is a beautiful thing, and generational wealth to me is one of the most important things in life,” said Warren Powers, recent Chowan University graduate.

True to his belief, Warren has joined the family business at Primerica Financial Services. His father spent the last 22 years building the company, and one day Warren hopes to establish his own business.

“Whenever he’s ready to pass his business down to me, I’ll already have my business built on top of what my parents have built,” he shares.

Warren is aware that managing his own business is hard work, but he intends to build a business within the existing company that will allow him to provide for his children, and generations to come. However, he is concerned about much more than his own success. He plans to help others to achieve the same opportunity.

“My experience at Chowan is helping me out tremendously in

the workforce.

I know that the road of being an entrepreneur will be extremely tough. However, from the lessons I learned from being an athlete at Chowan, the independent thinking skills I learned from Dr. Nicholson and the tremendous example that my parents have put before me in this business, I know that I’ll be just fine,” stated Warren.

Warren majored in English while at Chowan. His interest began when he was young, however. In sixth grade Warren’s English teacher expressed the talent he saw in him and encouraged him to continue to work, and work he did. In 10th grade, Warren was the only underclassmen in his Creative Writing class, where he learned much from observing the styles of other student writers.

“My stories started to paint a clearer vision for the reader and writing them became therapeutic to me,” Warren explains.

Upon graduation from high school, Warren was accepted to Chowan University. He was the first full-ride basketball scholarship recipient in the program's history.

Dr. White, Chowan University President, explains that in an effort to be more competitive with athletics, it was time to begin offering full scholarships, and this power forward was a perfect match. Not only was he

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an athlete, he excelled academically, graduating Cum Laude. While a student, Warren not only presented his senior capstone at the National Alpha Chi Convention, he blew the judges away with his explanation of how “hip hop music is the modern day version of Negro Spirituals,” a project he and Dr. Cynthia Nicholson prepared and fine tuned for a year and a half.

“I was able to stay true to myself and culture in a setting of people who were not very familiar with hip hop music, and change their overall perspective of hip hop, which ultimately helped me win the presentation prize. This would not have happened without Dr. Nicholson's help preparing me for a year and a half spent researching the topic for my capstone,” stated Warren, as he continued to name other key players in his success to include Mr. Nicholson, Dr. Herek and Mrs. Newhouse.

Warren attributes who he is today to his experience as both a scholar and athlete at Chowan. “I learned the virtues of patience, persistency, dedication, leadership, and teamwork all while playing basketball at Chowan. I also learned how to balance my time, which is something that I was not particularly good at prior to attending.”

He continues, “Hard work, persistency and willpower are the things that will assure my success and I'm willing to pay the price. Once I'm established in Primerica, by the grace of God, I plan on continuing my passion for writing by starting my own journalism company and writing books of short stories and poems.”

z u l ay r o m e r o It is rare to be able to do what you love and call it your job. Most passions become hobbies, and receive less and less attention as the hustle and bustle of life consumes each day. We become bogged down in necessities and ultimately lose what brings us joy. Zulay Romero is determined that will not be her fate.

The New Bern, NC, native decided to value her passions as more than a hobby while an undergraduate at Chowan University. Zulay discovered a career path that will allow her to explore her passions daily and is attending Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) to continue pursuing her dream.

“I have always loved art, but people told me that art would never help me financially. Other than my family, I didn’t have much support for my love of art. My family always taught me that it shouldn’t be about money, but about what makes you truly happy to be alive,” Zulay shared.

From the age of twelve Zulay knew two things: she wanted to work with children and she wanted to make art. However, she did not know of a field that would allow her to live both of her passions daily until she arrived at Chowan University.

“Chowan helped me find my calling,” Zulay said. When she toured the campus, she learned about art therapy. She researched the program, loved it, and made it her major. “The idea that I could use art to guide someone towards healing truly captured my heart,” shared Zulay.

Zulay toured Eastern Virginia Medical School during her junior year at Chowan, but was not sure medical school was the right next step. “I was afraid it would lean

more towards the clinical aspect and not the artistic, ” said Zulay.

An EVMS professor contacted Dr. Jennifer Place, Chair of the Psychology Department and one of Zulay’s professors, to request student referrals. Dr. Place reached out to Zulay, one of just a few students in the art therapy program. “I really felt that maybe it was a sign,” shared Zulay.

“So, I applied and later attended the interview day which entailed another tour. I saw the fully-stocked art studio for the first time and I fell completely in love with all 2,000 square feet of it.”

Zulay says she would not be where she is today without the support of all the faculty and staff at Chowan. “Without them I never would have landed in the career field that I wanted, landed in the art medium that I grew to adore, landed in one of the most vigorous programs, and the list continues. I have no doubt that God strategically placed these amazing individuals in my life for a purpose,” she said.

Romero admits the program at EVMS is difficult, but for all the right reasons. “It is an intensive program; however, I am learning about who I am and who my inner art therapist is. As an artist, I am learning of all forms of mediums, some of which I had never even considered exploring.

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I have seen how they can help potential clients. It is a jaw dropping experience.” She will engage in three semesters of internships working with children, teenagers, and adults to prepare her adequately for her practice after graduation. She also has the option to become a Registered Art Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor. “This is only a tiny portion of what the EVMS program will help accomplish. I chose this vigorous program because I truly believe it will prepare me to be the person I am called to be and so much more,” stated Zulay.

After graduate school, Zulay will seek a job working with orphaned children or with military families.

Ideally, she would like to work for a few years gaining experience and understanding to eventually build her own non-profit travelling practice. “I want to travel to different countries and work with underprivileged and/ or orphaned children and use art as means to help guide them towards healing,” shared Zulay.

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Dr. Corina Wack never intended to become a teacher.

She recalls being terrified when she was awarded a teaching assistantship in graduate school. Yet, her PhD advisor quickly pointed out she had a natural gift and encouraged her to pursue it. "I might have eventually come around," Corina says, "but she really helped me see it."

A first generation college student (both of her parents dropped out of high school), Corina finds plenty of common ground with Chowan University students. She holds them to incredibly high standards, which leads them to exceed their own expectations in an effort to meet hers. She serves as advisor for the Science Club and was instrumental in

resurrecting Rotaract, previously one of the top student organizations under Dean Clayton Lewis, though it had dissolved with the passage of time. The students she recruits flourish under her mentorship and she is a soughtafter advisor on research and capstone projects.

"I love research," Corina says. "That's why I became a biologist. I know how important it was for my future in Biology to be part of a student research project. I want to pay that forward." She says she wouldn't be where she is today without the influence of her mentor and research projects. "I was an average student," she says, "but he saw something in me that I didn't. He turned me on to this idea

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of research and I loved it. Suddenly my grades started to go up." She became close to his wife and baby-sat his children.

"They became my family," she says. "He is my model, and I've realized everything I do is to make him proud."

If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then Corina does her mentor a great service, applying the same philosophy to her interactions with students. Corina is unflagging in her support of students and their interests across campus. She regularly hosts international students

" W h e n I f e e l pass i o n at e a b o u t S o m e t h i n g , I j us t j u m p i n w i t h b o t h f e e t."

Corina is highly involved off-campus as well. A PastPresident and current Club Administration Chair of the Murfreesboro Rotary Club, she is the living embodiment of the Rotary motto, "Service Above Self." She also serves Rotary as Assistant District Governor and District Rotaract Chair. She is such an advocate of community service, she organized an annual community service fair to give students the opportunity to connect with local volunteer organizations and find their own place to contribute.

She is involved at Murfreesboro Baptist Church, has volunteered at the Pork Festival, Watermelon Festival, and the Murfreesboro Historical Association's Candlelight Christmas tour. She also took on the Chowan Salon lecture series when two former colleagues departed the University, and served as the first female president of the Faculty Senate.

Halfway through her seventh year at Chowan, she reflects that she's not exactly where she expected to end up. "When I came to interview, I didn't expect to take the job," she says. "But when I got here, everyone was just so nice. The warmth and the openness that I felt immediately solidified my decision that I was going to take the job if it was offered."

"Chowan is my flow," she continues. "Teaching and engaging with the students invigorates me. In the summer, I initially look forward to the break, but by mid-June, I'm ready to be back." To make up for that, she spent last summer supervising student research (pictured below).

A common theme throughout her life and career is that events frequently take a turn she didn't expect. "But God is smarter than all of us," she adds. "I'm thankful for that."

in her home for meals over breaks, including Thanksgiving dinner. She drives the soccer team to away games. She shows up to cheer at athletic events and honor society inductions. She organizes and contributes to fund-raisers.

She volunteers to sit in dunk tanks.

"When I feel passionate about something, I just jump in with both feet. I want to carry those things on and help fill in any gaps."

Her advice to students is to pursue what they are most passionate about, get involved, and make that their course of study. "They've got to find their passion and then really work for it. That way they'll love their life and they'll love their work," she says.

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R af a e l G o n c al ves is a S e ni o r math e matic s majo r f ro m S ão Paul o, B r a z il p ur suin g an ac a dmic d e gre e in Am e r ic a agains t many o d ds . H e is a Presi d e ntial Amb ass a d o r, C apt ain of th e M e n's Te nnis Team , an h o n o r s s tu d e nt , a tu to r, an d a l ea d e r in v ar i o us o rgani z ati o ns aro un d c amp us .

Living the Dream W hile m any h av e big dream s, fe w follow t h e m wit h t h e pa ss ion an d det er min at ion req uired t o br ing t h ose dream s t o life. For on e s t u de nt, t h e opp or t unit y t o s t u dy at Ch owan i s a dream com e t r u e.

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"Amaz ing ! " R af a e l is re l e ntl essl y o ptimis tic , p roj e c tin g co nt agi o us e nthusiasm .

W h e th e r h e is d es cr ib in g his e x p e r i e n ces at Ch ow an Uni ve r sit y, his f r i e n dships , o r his f avo r ite f o o ds , ama z in g is o n e of his m os t co mm o nl y us e d a dj e c ti ves , an d it d es cr ib es him p e r f e c tl y.

R a fa e l G o n c a lv e s h a s a sm i l e that could power New York City's electrical grid and an outlook so sunny you could easily make the mistake of not taking him seriously.

But put him on the tennis court, or in the classroom, and a laserlike intensity and focus takes over. It becomes very clear, very fast that nothing is going to stand in the way of his dreams.

A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Rafael was raised by his mother and grandfather in a very dangerous and poor part of the city. What his family didn't have in money, they more than made up for in inspiration. "My family always told me to follow my dreams, no matter what," he says. His grandfather taught physics for many years and his mother studied chemical engineering. They surrounded Rafael and his siblings with books and did everything they could to foster his curiosity and his inborn love of math and science.

Rafael learned early to work hard for what he wanted, and to pursue the things he most deeply desired. The greatest challenge he's faced is mere survival. "It sounds crazy when I say it, but it's true. Every day I left home not knowing if I would return." Throughout high school, he rose before daylight to catch the train to school, followed by an hour ride in the other direction to reach tennis practice, then a long commute home. He arrived late every night, well after dark. Those last few minutes were the most dangerous part of each day, as he

traversed a neighborhood so dangerous, he saw others harmed and mugged on a regular basis. He was robbed himself several times.

His love of tennis, and the hope that tennis would provide him a way out, made it all worth it. When he discovered the possibility of coming to America to study and play tennis in college, he was single-minded in pursuit of that goal, teaching himself English from his mother's old books on the bus and train so that he would be able to pass college entrance exams and placing third in the nation at the time of the test. When Chowan University offered him a scholarship, he jumped at the chance, and continued his history of setting up goals and knocking them down. From his performance on the court to his performance in the classroom, he masters everything he seeks to accomplish, and maintains a humility that is refreshing and sincere.

"I'm happy about my accomplishments," he says, "but not proud. What I'm proud of is my family, and the relationships and connections I've made. I feel very blessed."

After graduation in May, Rafael has set his sights on continuing his education, with plans to attend graduate school for aerospace engineering. We have no doubt he will again conquer his goals and make all his dreams come true.

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from Drab to fab The renovation and naming of Meiggs Auditorium transformed a lingering eyesore into the most sought-after space on campus — and in the entire community.

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Time for a Change S i n c e t h e o pe n i n g o f newly renovated and named Meiggs Auditorium in August, Chowan University administration has been flooded with requests from faculty, student organizations, and community groups wanting to use the space. Athletic teams even want to use it for study hall. Formerly known as the green lagoon (because it was painted all in green and frequently wet, as President White likes to quip), the classroom is now a thoroughly modern oasis, equipped with the latest technology, ergonomic chairs, and electrical outlets and charging ports built into the desks.

Raymond D. Meiggs, Trustee and friend of Chowan University, and his wife Bettye, made the gift that would transform the auditorium from his deathbed. Succumbing to a long and arduous battle with cancer, it was important to both of them that the gift be made while he was still living.

"We are so pleased to be part of the Meiggs Family and be able to honor them," President White said. "Raymond Meiggs was well-loved by the board, and a very engaged and involved member from day one."

The Meiggs family represents three generations of Chowan alumni: Raymond and Bettye '52, son Ken '74, daughter Sherree Meiggs Freid '77, and granddaughter Ashley Meiggs Revelle '04. "In our household, everyone went to Chowan but the pets," Sherree smiled. They all carry a deep love and support for their alma mater.

Campus Improvements

In addition to the renovation of Meiggs Auditorium (top), the Hawk s Nest, Mur f 's (middle), Gre en Hall (b ot tom), and Parker Hall re cieve d up dates and improvement s.

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Join the Brave Hawks Club The Brave Hawks Club (formerly Hawks Haven) is the fundraising organization for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Chowan University. This vital support from alumni, family, friends, and members of the local community ensures the quality of our athletic programs, facilities, and student-athletes. Your donations create more opportunities for improvement within the athletic department and the teams. Your support helps student-athletes excel not only on the field or court, but in the classroom as well. For more information email bravehawks@chowan.edu or call 252-398-1239. To join online visit chowan.edu/wegive.

SeniorFest 2018 March 20, 2018 @ Chowan University - A Senior Adult Event -

Susan Sparks Preacher/Lawyer/Standup Comedian - plus breakout sessions, lunch, prizes and more -

For more info, contact Lou Ann Gilliam, Director of Church & Community Relations, at (252) 398-6317 or seniorfest@chowan.edu

Murfreesboro, North Carolina

L. Clement Yancey

Legacy of a

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L i n d say C l e m e n t Ya n c e y, S r ., affectionately known as Chowan’s “southern gentleman,” was a man with a strong work ethic and a lot of energy, traits that he inherited from his parents, particularly his father. He was committed to his hometown, his church, family, education, and the moral background that was instilled in him by his parents.

A member of the "greatest generation" Clement's association with Chowan began in 1981 when he was elected to the first of four terms as a trustee. He served three years as Chair of the Executive Committee and one year as Chair of the Board (1999).

In 1995 he served as Chair of the Presidential Search Committee. His stewardship and business acumen both greatly benefitted Chowan. As a result of his years of dedicated service, the University awarded Yancey with the Baptist Heritage Award in 2002 and honored him with Trustee Emeritus status in 2004.

His son, Lindsay C. Yancey, Jr., recalls that his father worked hard to make the world a better place. "He didn't seek leadership, but he accepted service in leadership," Lindsay says. "If he took on any job, he made sure it was done properly. He always left things better than he found them."

Clement was a generous financial supporter of Chowan University in death as well as in life. His estate gift at the time of his passing made possible a much-needed update to the conference room in historic McDowell Columns Hall (formerly Ward Parlor).

The gift completed the transformation from parlor to conference room, and the space was officially named Yancey Conference Room in Clement's honor.

Another surprise gift came to Chowan posthumously. Clement was a great collector of antique clocks. According to Lindsay, he gathered more than one hundred different specimens over the course of thirty years. Lindsay selected one clock from his father's collection to gift to the University. The banjo style clock (pictured at left) was awarded to Clement and is inscribed with his name. It now hangs in Yancey Conference Room.

Clement's philanthropy was made possible by his success as a businessman. He worked for over 67 years in partnership with his beloved brother “Moo” Yancey in the automobile business and in family property management until his death. "I admired his

“He didn't seek leadership, but he accepted service in leadership.

He had a way of motivating people through kindness and a soft word and could bring people on board with gentle, positive persuasion.

He always left things better than he found them.”

-Lindsay C. Yancey, Jr. business savvy and vision," said Lindsay. "He had a way of motivating people through kindness and a soft word. He could bring people on board with gentle, positive persuasion."

In addition, Clement was a great family man. Lindsay calls him a "magnificent example" of a husband, father, and grandfather. "His overall set of values was his greatest legacy," Lindsay recalls. "He always preached stay out of debt (as much as

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• Banjo Award Clock presented by son, Lindsay C. Yancey, Jr., and his wife, Debbie (pictured below) • The Board of Trustees named Yancey Conference Room in McDowell Columns Hall in his honor in December 2017 • Trustee: 1981-1984, 1986-1989, 1992-1995, 1997-2000; Chair 1999 • Awards and Honors: Baptist Heritage Award in 2002, Trustee Emeritus status in 2004 • Champion of the Annual Fund: Having experienced Chowan University during the darkest days of financial struggle, Clement was staunch in his support of unrestricted gifts through the Annual Fund

possible), don't procrastinate, and that honesty is always imperative. He always said your word is your bond."

Lindsay describes his father's rise as a baptism by fire.

He lived through the depression and war, and undertook the challenge of restarting his life after the disruption. Born on June 3, 1923, to William Thornton and Laura Clement Yancey in Oxford, North Carolina, Clement graduated from Oxford High School in 1939 and Mars Hill College in 1941. He then served in the United States Army as a Quartermaster Sergeant during World War II. After the war, he returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce in 1947. He returned to Oxford after graduation, joined the family auto business, and met and married Mary Elizabeth Austin with whom he lived happily for nearly 60 years until her death in 2008. He died peacefully at his home on July 14, 2017 at age 94.

Clement was an active civic leader in the Oxford community. He served on the local board of directors for Oxford National Bank and on the local and state board of directors for Planters National Bank which would later become Centura Bank. He was a charter member of the Thorndale Country Club and served on its board of directors for many years including his years as club president. A longtime member of the Oxford Rotary, he served as president and as a Paul Harris Fellow. He also served on the Oxford City Council for 12 years including his work as Mayor Pro Tem. He especially enjoyed his service on the Committee of 100, an economic development project for Oxford and Granville County.

A longtime member of Oxford Baptist Church, Clement was a Sunday school teacher, a deacon, and a deacon chair. He worked on a variety of church committees, and when asked to serve on the Chowan University Board of Trustees, he completed several terms and was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award when he retired from that board. In recent years, he worshiped at the Oxford Presbyterian Church as a result of his special friendship with The Reverend Alan Koeneke who officiated at Clement’s services.

Clement shunned the limelight and spotlight, Lindsay recalls. "It was never about him, it was always about someone else. He was extremely humble and preferred to work behind the scenes." This recognition might make him uncomfortable were he here to see it. Yet his generosity to Chowan, freely giving both his time and his treasure, is a story that cries out to be told. His life deserves to be remembered and his legacy deserves to be honored.

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Scholarships Endowments Behind ever y Scholar ship is a stor y.

T he motivation to accomplish goals.

Dreams that b e come realit y.

Donors who b elieve in each student 's p otential.

Student s e xce e ding even their wildest e xp e c tations.

A stor y of hop e.

A stor y of inspiration.

A stor y of faith in your future.

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“Encouragement is the most powerful medicine or drug there is.”

When Mat t and Susan G lover embarke d on their f ir s t trip to the Holy L and with Chowan Univer sit y in May of 2016, they k new they were in for a life changing e xp erience. What they didn' t k now is how it would inspire them to change the lives of other s.

T hey were aware of the ne e ds of student s prior to the trip, but had not considere d how they might b e able to have an impac t. " Se eing the appre ciation of those families that have b e en impac te d

by Chowan and b eing in their homes, it ’s hard to describ e, but you can fe el the impac t of Chowan on the lives of those student s and families. We came back and felt like we ne e de d to do something to help," says Mat t.

"Gilbert and Linda Tripp's encouragement made me determined to do my best; to not let them down, more than anything.

T he e xp erience inspire d them to do something to encourage those s tudent s in their lives journey.

T hey s tar te d a scholarship fund, name d for Gilber t and Linda Tripp, longtime Chowan Universit y professor s whose encouragement of Mat t as a Chowan student set his life on a dif ferent course. " Beyond the gosp el messages, in the let ters that Paul wrote to those churches, his theme was always encouragement. T hose let ter s have af fe c te d millions of p e ople.

When it comes to the p e ople who encourage d me and help e d me to do my b es t, beyond my parent s and family, the Tripps are at the top of the list," he adde d.

The Tripps made a difference in so many lives.

They convinced me that I could do more if I applied myself.

It becomes infectious.”

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New Endowed Scholarships

Sher yl Brown Whitley Scholar ship Initiated by Wayne and Shirley Brown in memory of their daughter, Sheryl Brown Whitley, a Chowan University graduate, Class of 1994, to provide financial assistance to a full-time student majoring in Business Administration.

Gilb er t and Linda Tripp Scholar ship Initiated by Matt and Susan Glover to provide needs-based financial assistance to Christian students from the Holy Land.

Mar y Pe ele Deanes Scholarship Initiated by Gene L. Hardin, friend of Chowan University, to honor the memory of his grandmother, Mary Peele Deanes, a Chowan alumna, to provide financial assistance to a full-time, worthy and needy student majoring in Music pursuing a career in the music field.

Newsome Family Scholarship Initiated by Jane E. Newsome, Trustee and friend of Chowan University, to provide financial assistance to a full-time student majoring in Music who has achieved academically and plans to pursue a career in the music field.

Sp or t s Studies Scholarship Initiated by faculty in the Sports Sciences department to provide financial assistance to a student in the Sports Sciences department, with preference toward a student who is committed to pursuing a career in the Sports Sciences field.

Mar y Worrell Felton Car ter, Benjamin Frank lin Car ter, and Elijah Joseph Felton Scholarship Initiated by Ray Felton, Trustee and friend of Chowan University, along with his wife, Judy Felton, and step-brother, Richard S. Carter, to provide financial assistance to a worthy and needy full-time student preparing to be a future educator and pursuing a degree in Teacher Education, with preference given to local students.

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New Endowed Funds

Dr. Gladys De Jesus Out standing Economic s Student Award Endowment Initiated by Linda L. Miles, Dean of the School of Business, and faculty in the School of Business to honor Dr. Gladys DeJesus, Distinguished Professor of Economics, to support an annual award to recognize a student in the School of Business who has an interest in economics and has achieved academically in at least two economics courses.

D r . G l a dys D e j e s u s

Drs. Vaughan and Miles O ut standing Business Student Award Endowment Initiated by Linda L. Miles, Dean of the School of Business, and her husband, Dr. Richard S. Vaughan, to support an annual award to recognize a student in the School of Business who has achieved academically and made significant contributions in service and citizenship.

Jonathan David Mills Missions Endowment Initiated by Julian Mills, Sr., Trustee and Class of 1959 graduate, and his wife Mary, in honor of their son, Jonathan David Mills to provide financial support for student missions experiences.

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D r . L i n da L . M i l e s

2017 Tay lor Religious

Amena Brown Heritage Lectures

M o n t h s pr e c e d i n g A m e n a B r o w n ’ s arrival, the Chowan University campus filled with anticipation. Brown is no stranger to Chowan and did not disappoint with her unique and artistic approach to Christian ministry and storytelling.

"Amena Brown can paint memories and stories and emotions with words,” says Reverend Mari Wiles, Minister to the University. “Her voice is the paint brush as she transforms the canvas of our lives, our faith and our culture."

The Taylor Religious Heritage Lectures is an endowed lecture series established in 1994 by Dr. and Mrs. Hargus Taylor and Chowan University. For this year's series of three lectures, Brown’s audience included students, faculty and staff, and friends of the University. The author and spoken word poet from Atlanta, Georgia commanded the attention of every room with her rhythmic elegance, cadenced speech, and challenging message.

“My first lesson about God being real came from my grandmother and great grandmother,” began Brown.

Her opening address, “Start With Your Roots,” poetically explained how our elders have planted seeds that allow them to remain with us long after they are gone.

Next, she issued a challenge to the Chowan Christian Service Association (CCSA), reflecting on her own experience of being called to an "untraditional" ministry and her initial fear of that calling. She eventually came to understand that calling looks so different for each of us and went on to say, “Your gift is not for people to know who you are. It is not for you to be famous. It belongs to God and serves the purpose of letting God shine. Be careful what you do with the gift that God has given you.”

In Brown’s final address, “Learn to Fly,” she transitioned seamlessly between narrative and poetic performance, producing aggressive applause, roaring laughter, and moments of still silence in her audience. She ended with the memory of her grandmother scolding her during thunderstorms as a child, saying, “Be still and be quiet while God is working.” She compared this to the storm of constant change and evolution of technology that now surrounds us and said, “It still doesn’t change the fact that in order to know God, you have to do something ancient, and that is to be still and be quiet while God is working.”

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woMEN'S soccer Sco r e s A R e co r d S e a s o n

The Hawks Women’s Soccer team produced the best record in program history with a 12-3-2 overall record and went 6-1-1 at home this season shutting out opponents in five of those contests. CU finished second in the Conference Carolinas at the end of their first year as a member, grabbing six individual awards and two major awards.

Freshman and Monaca, Pa. native Carolina Lucci (left) picked up the program’s first-ever Conference Carolinas Player of the Year and Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year honors. Lucci finished the regular season as the top goal scorer in the nation and fourth overall.

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MEN'S Soccer U n d e fe at e d at h o m e

Chowan Men’s Soccer continued to set new heights as the team was ranked regionally for most of the season finishing seventh in the region in the NCAA poll. The Hawks finished the year 11-5- 2 and unbeaten at home (9-0- 1) including defeating defending National Champion, Wingate, and nationally ranked Lees-McRae. The Hawks picked up six individual awards including the program’s first Conference Carolinas All-Conference First Team selection, James Scott.

Terrell Williamson S e n i o r Sa lut e

The Alexandria, Va. native made his mark on the program as he leaves with numerous school records leading in the program in career points (136) and goals (62). Williamson made his impact from the start earning ICAA Freshman and ICAA Player of the Year honors his first season. Terell would go on to be named NCCAA South Region Player of the Year and NCCAA All-American in 2016.

The goal scorer wrapped up his accolades with a Conference Carolinas All-Conference Second Team selection in the first year as members.

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Football

Volleyball

CU Volleyball wrapped up their eighth CIAA Northern Division Title in nine seasons as members of the CIAA. The Hawks won the fourth straight Northern Division Title going a perfect 10-0 in league play. Chowan picked up four individual and three major awards.

The Hawks wrapped up the regular season on a high note picking up a dominating win in the finale to secure a third winning season in CIAA play. CU finished the season with a 4-6 record with four losses coming against 2017 NCAA postseason participants. Senior Nate Wyche made his mark on the program this season breaking a former All-American’s (TJ Batchelor) career sack mark as Wyche recorded his 19.5 sacks before his season ending injury.

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John M. Tayloe ’94 Recieves spirit of Chowan Award

During the joint Board of Trustees and Board of Visitors luncheon on December 7, 2017, President Christopher White presented John M. Tayloe, Vice President for Development, the Spirit of Chowan Award. Dr. White stated, “Only eleven people have received this award over the period of 15 years. It is a very prestigious and rare honor.”

As Dr. White presented the award, he said, “The newest recipient of this award is a native of this area (Bertie County), a Chowan alumnus, an outstanding friend maker, scholarship donor, friend of everyone here. I have developed almost a father-son relationship with him over the last 15 years. He won an audition to be VP of Development before he knew what was happening to him. He bleeds blue and white and his name is John Tayloe.” As the room rose in standing applause, Tayloe modestly accepted the Spirit of Chowan Award.

“One of the joys of being a University President is the opportunity, to on occasion, recognize individuals for special commendation, beyond the call of duty kind of commendations,” President White explained. Jewell Faye Glover, a former trustee favorite, set up an award called the Spirit of Chowan Award that has been given to people of meritorious service beyond the call of duty.

As Tayloe embarks on his 23rd year with the University, his passion for Chowan continued...

Class Acts At chowan.edu/classacts you can post an update, share a photo, and be part of the news at Chowan University - especially if it’s your reunion year. For Brave Hawks who have joined the Chowanian society that’s 50+ years since graduation - every year is a reunion year!

of the Magnolia Ruritan Club. He was manager of B.F. Goodrich in Suffolk for 16 years, and served as a Deputy in the Suffolk Sheriff's Department, from where he retired after 20 years.

1956

Mark Molin Mattare ’69 passed away on April 26, 2017.

Dr. Ted Ray Rollins ’56, age 82, of Garner, NC, passed away at his home unexpectedly on Monday, October 9, 2017.

Born in Johnston County on July 25, 1935, he was the son of the late Joel Green and Irene Griswold Rollins. He played football for Chowan College.

1969

1973 Marilyn Bishop and Jody Litwinowicz Brown returned to campus to visit the memorial of their friend and fellow Chowan graduate Kathy Porter Stewart.

1957 Roy Evans ’57 passed away age 80 on May 12, 2017 with his wife Jo Ann by his side. Born in Hertford, NC, Evans was an active member of Magnolia United Methodist Church and the Savage Bible Class.

He served as treasurer of the United Methodist Men for eight years, and participated in the Prime Time Singers.

Evans was stationed at Ft. Knox, KY and served in the Virginia Army National Guard for six years.

He was a past member of Suffolk Cosmopolitan Club, serving as president, and also served as president

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1974

James Richard "Dick" Martin, Jr. ’63 passed away on September 9, 2017 at age 74.

Richard was born on September 14, 1942 in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Varina High School and continued on to receive a degree from Chowan College. He served our country in the Army National Guard, and

Class Acts worked for the Virginia Department of Social Services. After 37 years of service, he retired to spend more time with his family and pursue his passion of genealogy. A loving husband, father, grandfather and friend, his greatest joy was spending time with family, especially his grandchildren.

2005

Michale Siverio ’12 achieved a B.S. Elementary Education/M.Ed. in Elementary Education. He has been accepted into the Doctoral Program at Indiana University for Instructional Systems Technology.

Alfred Lee Wilson ’12 is CEO/ President/Owner of Wilson Enterprise Solutions and recently married Lin Wilson in July 2017.

Rebecca D. (Lapham) Yaun ’05 celebrated six years serving in Rome, GA as a Chiropractor and five years teaching at Life University. She published her first case study with four more in process. She also celebrated 2 years of marriage with husband Ben Yaun on November 7, 2017.

2010 Virginia A. (Benzineb) Henson ’10 married EN2 Travon Henson on June 29, 2017, who is stationed aboard the USS Gerald R Ford. On July 2, 2017, they welcomed Cali Aleah Henson nine weeks early at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach. She spent one month in the NICU but is now doing well at home with mom and dad.

2012 Brett Overton ’12 and Megan Bass Overton ’12 were married on September 23, 2017.

2013 Quinton Marcellus McDuffie ’13 is an entrepreneur in addition to his career as a professional athlete overseas. In 2015 he decided to launch his own business, McDuffie Management & Consultant Group (MMCG) whose mission statement is, “We turn small school talent into international professional super stars.” So far, MMCG has signed and secured over 100 professional contracts for college athletes.

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Tayloe, continued

and his work for the Office of Development continue to shine through in every encounter. He believes whole-heartedly in the mission of the University, which is why he is so successful. Each of Tayloe’s encounters are sincere. Whether he is at work, or not, he represents Chowan to the highest caliber. Tayloe says, “One of the greatest joys in my life is helping others make a difference in the life of Chowan.

Connecting alumni and friends with the many opportunities to give is a rewarding experience.” It is hard to tell how many lives, directly or indirectly, have been impacted by his efforts.

As Vice President for Development, this 1994 Chowan alumnus supervises the Development staff, inclusive of the University Relations team. In addition to serving on the president’s senior staff and securing gifts to ensure the financial competency of the University, he provides oversight for seven full-time staff members, plus student employees and interns. He is a humble leader who does not ask his staff to do something he would not do himself. He provides guidance and support to those around him, constantly offering opportunities he believes will better them. He is well-known and active in the community. He serves without the expectation of recognition.

The Spirit of Chowan Award is intended to honor extraordinary individuals who so embody the heart and soul of the University that they warrant recognition by the University community. This may be a student, faculty, staff member, or friend of the university who has overcome significant adversity; who has displayed the characteristics of a servant in the model of Christ; who has remained committed to the mission of the University and his or her personal relationship with God; or who has embodied the spirit of the history, mission and perseverance of the University.

Join us in congratulating John Tayloe in receiving the well-deserved Spirit of Chowan Award!

The Passing of Bet ty Batch elor

Class Acts 2014 Robert Holland ’14 and his fiancée Lisa Desta ’13 currently live in Virginia. She works for Fairfax County Schools as a lead teacher, and Robert works as a PE teacher and football coach at a school in Maryland. They visited Chowan University together during football season this year.

B e t t y N e t h e r cu t t Bat c h e l o r , P r o f e ss o r o f E n g l i s h at Chowan College for 35 years, died in Charlotte on December 4. She taught at Chowan College (now Chowan University) in Murfreesboro, N.C., from 1961 until she retired in 1996. She later contracted spinal lymphoma and was left paralyzed from the waist down.

Betty was born in Kenansville in 1924. Her father, Leonard Nethercutt, was a barber who moved his family to Rocky Mount in 1927. Her mother, born Geneva Jackson, grew up in Beulaville in a farming family. Betty visited her relatives in Beulaville as a child and often as an adult.

Her childhood in Rocky Mount took place in the Great Depression. She attended Rocky Mount High School, playing clarinet in the band. She enrolled at Atlantic Christian College in 1942, graduating in three years in the midst of World War II. She drove the college school bus to pay for her tuition.

Betty pursued higher education diligently. She earned a Master’s Degree in English at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1950, taking courses in Spanish also, while teaching as well at Nashville High School.

Washington Irving served as her thesis topic. She then taught high school in Kinston until 1952. She met Victor Batchelor of Nashville, a seminary student, and they married. continued...

2015

Miranda Adams Thompson ’15 is currently teaching at Candor Elementary School in Candor, NC.

2016

Spencer Miller ’16 presented for the Chowan Salon Lecture Series. He is currently a Doctoral

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candidate for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

His presentation was about AMP deaminase 3, a potential regulator of mitochondria.

2017 Elonga Adida Manseka ’17 returned to campus to present to Criminal Justice students about his work as a Sheriff ’s Deputy in Richmond, VA.

Kortez Smith ’17 is entering his first season as the Men's Basketball Assistant Coach at St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, NC.

Fr i e n ds o f Ch owa n Reverend Ronald and Betsy McSwain gifted Chowan with close to 30 separate and unique Nativity sets. This is only a fraction of the couple's total collection of over 200 variations of the Christian Nativity, which include remarkable

Class Acts artistic and cultural approaches from around the world.

ships. Later, he served in the Navy and Army Reserves.

Chowan was excited to hear that the McSwains, who are already faithful donors to the University, chose to make Chowan the home for such a distinctive collection.

He then went on to become a New York City Fireman and Fire Marshal, dedicated to eradicating arson and arson for profit in New York City and the Bronx. He furthered this cause by completing his education, earning 2 Doctorates and going on to teaching Fire Science and Criminology.

The collection was made available for public viewing as part of the Candlelight Christmas Tour through the Murfreesboro Historic Association.

I n M e m o r ia m Frederick Peter Mercilliott, age 79, passed away at home in Clermont, Florida, on December 7, 2016. Fred was a former Chowan professor and Chair of Criminal Justice. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and led a life full of adventure. After high school, he joined the US Navy where he served on submarines, destroyers, and amphibious

He taught at Iona College, the University of New Haven (where he became director of the newly formed Fire Science Department), and the Center for Public Safety. His programs served as models for future fire and criminal justice programs throughout the United States and other countries.

He went on to teach at Louisiana State University, Community College of Southern Nevada, and Chowan before he retired. He published numerous works, articles, and presented many papers throughout the United States.

Fred was known for his love and endless knowledge of history and continued to do historical research until his passing.

He wrote an autobiography called, “The Life and Times of a New York City Fireman/Fire Investigator.” He also served in the Masons and Shriners Drum and Bugle Corps.

Fred was loved, respected and revered by his students and left a legacy of well educated fire and criminal justice professionals.

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Batchelor, continued

While living in Wake Forest, she taught at Youngsville High. Victor attended Southeastern; when he became a Baptist minister the couple lived first in Monroe, then Ahoskie. They had three sons: David, Paul and Jonathan. The marriage ended in 1962.

Bruce Whitaker, President of Chowan, invited her to join the faculty in 1961. She taught English to thousands of students, including ESL to foreign students. Betty traveled to Mexico twice for courses that led to a Masters in Spanish. She retired from her career in 1996. Chowan gave her a Certificate of Outstanding Teaching.

She overcame cancer and fought to learn to walk again. She was a member of Women’s Missionary Union and Murfreesboro Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years.

Later she joined Rocky Mount Baptist Church. She lived in Charlotte with Jonathan and daughter-in-law Janet during her last years.

She is survived by sons David and his wife, Laurie; Jonathan and his wife, Janet; Paul, and granddaughter Jenna.

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We are deeply grateful to the following alumni & friends.

New Endowed Scholarships * Carlyle R. Wimbish, Jr. Scholarship Sheryl Brown Whitley Scholarship Gilbert and Linda Tripp Scholarship Mary Peele Deanes Scholarship Newsome Family Scholarship Sports Studies Scholarship Mary Worrell Felton Carter, Benjamin Franklin Carter, and Elijah Joseph Felton Scholarship

New Endowed Funds *

June and Harold Babb Christian Entrepreneurship Endowment Dr. Gladys DeJesus Outstanding Economics Student Award Endowment Drs. Vaughan and Miles Outstanding Business Student Award Endowment Jonathan David Mills Missions Endowment

New Estate Gifts *

Estate of Elizabeth Francis-Brown Estate of Thomas Lee Lively Estate of L. Clement Yancey

The 1848 Society

lifetime giving of $1,000,000 or more

Baptist State Convention of NC Camp-Younts Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John M. Glover † Ms. M. Elizabeth Harris † Estate of Susan Parker Kerr Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc. † Estate of Ms. Ruth Thomas US Department of Education

Lux Et Veritas Society

lifetime Giving of $500,000 to $999,999

Ruth Camp Campbell Foundation CIAA Tournament Independent College Fund of NC Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Henry Jenkins Mr. Wayland L. Jenkins, Jr. William A. Krueger Charitable Trust Pioneer College Caterers Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Pond III † Estate of W. Eldridge Smith Southern Bank Foundation Mr. Richard S. Winstead

Golden Hawks

lifetime Giving of $100,000 to $499,999

George I. Alden Trust Dr. & Mrs. Harold W. Babb † Mr. C. Braxton Britt Mr. & Mrs. Bynum R. Brown Ms. Grace G. Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Brown James E. & Mary Bryan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Percy Bunch Burroughs Wellcome Fund The Cannon Foundation, Inc. CBF of North Carolina, Inc. MRP CIAA Tournament Commercial Ready Mix Products Dr. Sheron J. Dailey Mrs. Betty Rose Duke † Estate of Mr. Charles K. Dunn † Estate of Mr. William W. Durrett Mrs. Edith Vick Farris † Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ferebee † Estate of Verlie D. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Miley W. Glover † Mrs. Madeline M. Griffith † G. Fred Hale Trust Mrs. Deryl Hart † Estate of Mabel C. Hayden † Estate of Mr. Ravenal C. Holland James L. Knight Charitable Trust † Mrs. Anna S. Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Lewis † Estate of Martha Foy Lineberry † Mrs. Texie Camp Marks Unitrust † Estate of Cheryl Hobday McElheney Mr. & Mrs. James C. McGill McPherson Beverages, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Meiggs Metal Tech of Murfreesboro † Estate of Marian Fleetwood Moore Murfreesboro Baptist Church Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Myers Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Newsome, Jr. North Carolina Baptist Foundation North Carolina Community Foundation NUCOR Corporation RBC Centura Bank † Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Revelle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Lee Richards † Estate of Maylia G. Rightmire Roanoke-Chowan Foundation † Mr. W. Julian Robertson, Jr. Rose Brothers Paving Company, Inc. Mrs. Nancy W. Sample † Estate of Mrs. Jean Simpson Sharp † Estate of Victor R. Small Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Spivey † Estate of Mrs. Martha Hawkins Steinmetz The Teagle Foundation, Inc. † Estate of Mrs. Mary Turner The University of North Carolina

VA Power Matching Gift Program † Estate of Howard C. Vaughan Mr. Jesse E. Vaughan Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Vincent Wachovia Foundation † Estate of Mr. A.J. Watkins Mrs. Linda B. Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Webster Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. † Dr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Whitaker Dr. & Mrs. M. Christopher White † Mrs. Alma Williams WRB Rentals, Inc. † Mr. L. Clement Yancey

Legacy Society

Giving through estate planning

† Mr. Robert T. Andrews Dr. & Mrs. Harold W. Babb Mr. William D. Baber Mr. Thomas J. Balance III Ms. Nancy Barden Mr. Jerry Bowman Mrs. Elizabeth H. Boyce Dr. & Mrs. Ralph J Brabban, II Mr. Barry Bradberry Mr. Randy L. Brantley † Mr. C. Braxton Britt Ms. Mabel Britton Ms. Louise Britton Dr. Benji Brown Mr. & Mrs. Bynum Brown Mr. Wayne Browning Mr. & Mrs. Percy Bunch Mr. Winslow Carter Mr. Warren Chauncey Mrs. Suzanne Clifton Dr. Scott Colclough Mr. & Mrs. Clifton & Janet Collins Mr. Dan Collins Mrs. Mary Anne Croom Mrs. Betsy Boone Crowder Mr. Charles R. Daniel, Jr. Mrs. Constance W. Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Norman Davenport Mrs. Jackie A. Davis Mrs. Margaret F. DeLoatch Mr. & Mrs. Don DePaul Mrs. Betty Rose Duke † Ms. Elizabeth Duke Mrs. Eloise Durrett Dr. Andrea Eason † H.L. Evans, Jr. Estate Mrs. Julia S. Elsee

* Since the Last Honor Roll of Investors

Mrs. Janelle Greene Ezzell Bill Pataky & Yolanda Faile Mrs. Edith Vick Farris Mr. & Mrs. Ray Felton † Mr. Henry Clay Ferebee III † Mr. John Ed Ferebee † Mrs. Beatrice “Bea” Flythe † Mrs. Elizabeth Francis-Brown † Mr. Raymond Carl Freeman † Mrs. R.L. Freeman Mr. Shelby M. Freeman † Mrs. Verlie D. Gardner Mr. Walter Raleigh Garris Mr. & Mrs. Merrill Gay Mr & Mrs. Miley “Bucky” Glover †Ms. Hazel Griffin Mr. Richard A. Godwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Hall Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hand, Jr. Mr. Gene Hardin Mr. Joe Harkey Dr. Joseph H. Harkey Dr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Harper, Sr. Mrs. Mable C. Hayden † Mr. B. P. Hedspeth Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Hill Mr. Jerry L. Holmes Rev. & Mrs. Billy R. Howell † Mr. Grover Howell Dr. Carolyn Jackson † Dr. Jerry F. Jackson Mr. Bradford Lance Jenkins Mr. Joseph Henry Jenkins Mr. Wayland L. Jenkins, Jr. † Mr. & Mrs. Bob Jones Mr. & Mrs. John R. Jordan † Mrs. Susan Parker Kerr Dr. William M. King Rev. Tim O. Langston, Jr. Mr. Robert West Leary, Jr. † Ms. Harriet Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clayton Lewis † Mr. Thomas Lively Mr. John L. Long Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Lowe † Mrs. Mary Winston McCready † Mrs. Cheryl H. McElheney † Ms. Marian Fleetwood Moore Mrs. Mildred Morgan Rev. & Mrs. Paul Murdock Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Myers †Mrs. Carol S. Neal Mr. Al Newsome † Denotes Individual(s) as Deceased

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H o n o r R o ll o f I n v e s t o r s 2016 -2017 Mrs. Neith Osborne Mrs. Frances M. Arnold Parker † Ms. Velma H. Perrygo † Mr. Thomas Pettyjohn † Mrs. Ruth Phillips Mr. & Mrs. James Pittman Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Pond III Dr. Claud E. & Delores Hill Pugh † Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Revelle, Jr. † Mr. Charles Revelle, Sr. † Mr. J. Guy Revelle, Jr. † Mrs. Martha Seymour Revelle Ms. Judy K. Rexrode Mr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Richards † Mrs. Maylie Green Rightmire † Mr. Julian Robertson, Jr. † Mr. Walter Frank Rose, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Murphy & Nancy Sample † Mrs. Mildred Satterfield † Mrs. Jean Sharp Mr. Charles Shaw † Mr. Eugene Cary Shaw, Jr. Mr. John Scheifel † Mr. George W. Simpson † Ms. Mary C. Smith Mr. Stephen D. Stallings† Ms. Doris L. Stephenson † Ms. Emma Gay Stephenson Ms. Peggy Leonard Stroud Mr. Jerry Sullivan Dr. Eric A. Surface Mr. John M. Tayloe † Ms. Ruth M. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ralph H. Thurston, Jr. † Ms. Suzanne Torbert † Mrs. O.C. Turner Mr. Antwyne Tyson † Mrs. Anne T. Underwood † Mrs. Craig Vaughan † Mr. Howard C. Vaughan Mr. Jesse E. Vaughan Mr. Otis Nathaniel Vaughan Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. & Janet G. Vincent Mr. Craig Vosler Mrs. Barbara Townsend Wagner Mr. Garland Waters Mrs. Linda Briley Weaver Mr. Dewey Wells Dr. Bryan C. West, Jr. † Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Whitaker Mr. & Mrs. James White Dr. & Mrs. M. Christopher White † Senator Vernon E. White † Mrs. Violet L. White † Mr. Alan Whitman † Mrs. Alma Williams Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Winstead Mrs. Katherine Wood Wolfe † Mr. L. Clement Yancey

McDowell Club

Giving of $50,000 or more in 2016-17

CIAA Tournament Mr. John M. Glover Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry Jenkins

Mr. Wayland L. Jenkins, Jr. Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Meiggs Pioneer College Caterers Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Pond, III The Cannon Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Vincent, Jr.

Chairman’s Club

Giving of $10,000 to $49,999 in 2016-17

Dr. and Mrs. Harold W. Babb Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Brown CBF of North Carolina, Inc. MRP Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Evans Mr. Miley Williams Glover Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Brian Glover Grady Askew Foundation Mr. Gene Hardin Mr. Ronald Lee Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hill Thomas Lee Lively Estate Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Myers NC Independent College Fund Mrs. Jane Newsome North Carolina Community Foundation Mr. Walter L. Parsons, III Mr. and Mrs. James A. Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lee Richards Mrs. Nancy W. Sample Southern Bank Foundation Mrs. Dorothy A. Wallace Mrs. Linda B. Weaver Dr. and Mrs. M. Christopher White Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle R. Wimbish, Jr.

Founder’s Club

Giving of $2,500 to $9,999 in 2016-17

Mr. William Jerry Bowman Mrs. Frances Freeman Bracy Ms. Grace G. Brown California Baptist Foundation Ruth Camp Campbell Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Winslow Lee Carter Mr. Donnie O. Clary Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cross Mr. and Mrs. Jason Chad Drake Earlys Baptist Church Dr. and Mrs. Garth D. Faile First Baptist Church Ahoskie Mr. Shelby M. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood M. Grice Mr. and Mrs. Edward Preston Grissom † G. Fred Hale Trust Mr. and Mrs. Wesley S. Hauser Hawaii Clean Seed LLC Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Hill Mr. Bob F. Hill, Sr. Rev. and Mrs. Billy R. Howell Mr. and Mrs. James T. Johnson, Jr. Mrs. John R. Jordan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Jr. Mr. W. J. Little, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Ronald W. McSwain Metal Tech of Murfreesboro Dr. Linda L. Miles Dr. and Mrs. Julian R. Mills, Sr.

Dr. and Mrs. Danny Moore Murfreesboro Baptist Church NCAA Capt. and Mrs. Milton Arthur Outten Ms. Sarah Virginia Parker Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fletcher Pierce Raytheon Matching Gifts for Education Program Mr. Harvey W. Reinhardt Reynoldson Baptist Church Roberts Chapel Baptist Church Rose Brothers Paving Co., Inc. Estate of Victor R.Small Mr. and Mrs. James J. Sterling The GEO Group, Inc. Dr. Brenda S. Tinkham Mr. Jesse E. Vaughan Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Vinson West Chowan Baptist Association Rev. Mari E. Wiles † Mr. L. Clement Yancey

President’s Club

Giving of $1,000 to $2,499 in 2016-17

Abbott Fund B & B Mowing Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert R. Baccus, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kemper W. Baker, Jr. Baptist State Convention of NC Mrs. Ellen Downs Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Doug Brinkley Ms. Martha P. Brown Ms. Teresa C. Brown Camp Foundation Camp-Younts Foundation Capital One Services, LLC Mr. Barry Carroll, Sr. Mr. Warren F. Chauncey College Park Baptist Church Connaritsa Baptist Church Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Crabtree Mr. Bobby Cremins Mrs. Mary Anne Croom Dr. and Mrs. J. Kirk Dickie Dr. and Mrs. John J. Dilustro Mrs. Betty Rose Duke Dr. Andrea E. Eason Mr. and Mrs. James M. Eason Eure Baptist Church Mrs. Edith Vick Farris Mr. and Mrs. Ray Felton Floor Productions LLC Mrs. Sue P. Forehand E. J. Freeman's Heirs Galatia Baptist Church GEO-Synthetics, LLC Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Gilliam III Mr. Jim L. Hammond Mr. Christian Grey Hanburger Mr. and Mrs. Preston R. Harrell Harrellsville Baptist Church Miss Alice Linda Hassell Dr. Mary E. Hellmann Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vance Hendley The Hobson Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Hollister

† Denotes Individual(s) as Deceased

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Mr. Cecil S. Hollomon, Jr. J. Gill and Company Mr. and Mrs. Mike H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. R. Don Johnson, Jr. Dr. Darlene Jacqueline Keene Mrs. Sally Moore Koestler Mr. William G. Lawrence Mrs. Ann J. Lee Mrs. Clayton Lewis Mr. James W. Mason Mr. Frank O. McFarland Mr. James C. McGill McPherson Beverages, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hofler Milam Mr. James Elliott Moore NC Watermelon Festival Inc. Dr. Cynthia S. Nicholson Ms. Elinor Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ivory Nicholson Oak Grove Christian Church Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Outland, III Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Outland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Brinson Paul Rev. and Mrs. Drew S. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Zac Place Mrs. Lynn Gruber Powell Mr. Charles and Dr. Bonnie Revelle Mr. John Paige Revelle, Sr. Sara Fisher Memorial Trust Mrs. Carol Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Spivey Superior Metal Structures Dr. Eric A. Surface Mr. John Michael Tayloe Dr. and Mrs. Julian Taylor The Original Circle of Friends Inc. Dr. Richard L. Thompson Tri B Construction Inc Mrs. Lisa Liverman Turner West Chowan Baptist WMU Mr. Barry E. Whitaker Mr. and Mrs.Garry Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Edward Wilson, Jr. Ms. Penny J. Womble Mr. Thornton H. Yancey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zgambo

Columns Club

Giving of $500 to $999 in 2016-17

Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Alston Dr. Robert L. Boggs, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Bradberry Ms. Sandra Carpenter

Mrs. Eunice L. Carroll

Central Ford Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur K. Chapman Mrs. Janet H. Collins

Dr. William Thomas Collins

Conway Baptist Church Mr. Llewellyn Davenport

Mr. Michael Wayne Dickerson

Mrs. Diane P. Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Dixon

Dominion Foundation

Mr. Luvenia Rouson Elliott

L e a r n M o r e at c h o wa n . e d u/g i v e First Baptist Church Oriental Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Freeman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Gardner, Jr. Mr. Kirk George

Mr. Thomas E. Gibson

Mr. John M. Harris

Jernigan Oil Co., Inc. Mr. Jamande A. Jones

Ms. LaToya Danien Jones

Mr. Robert James Lavelle

Mrs. Meredith Davies Long

Mr. Harry Wayne Markotay

Mars Hill Baptist Church Mr. Roger Lee Martin

Mr. William F. McConnell

Meherrin Baptist Church The Merck Foundation

Mildred Satterfield Fund Mrs. Frances F. Minton

Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Mitchell Ms. Kristine E. Mudrick

Nationwide Insurance Foundation New Vision Ministries Newsome Family Trust Fund Mr. Edward L. Norris

Mr. John O'Connell

Rev. and Mrs. Robbie Parker

Mr. William L. Pataky

Pizza Inn of Ahoskie Mrs. Gertrude Revelle

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Rich Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Rose, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James and Nancy Russ Lawrence W. and Susan I. Smith Mrs. Sallie Surface

Suzanne Tolbert Fund

Mrs. Patsy W. Taylor

Taylor's Insurance Service, LTD Mr. and Mrs. Hal R. Thomas

Ms. Mary Thurston

Ms. Daynelle Trent

Weldon Baptist Church Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Williams

Williamston Memorial Baptist Church Mr. David D. Woodbury

Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Garrett Zoch

Lakeside Club

Giving of $250 to $499 in 2016-17

Mr. Isaiah JC Alexander Mrs. Kristi Baker Benchmark Building & Irrigation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Benthall, Jr. Bethlehem Baptist Church Mr. Wesley T. Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Earl Brinkley Ms. Susan Cain Rev. and Mrs. Thomas H. Caulkins Clarence and Beatrice Flythe Fund Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Shell Collins Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Courtney Mrs. Elizabeth Craft Ms. Nichole L. Cross Mrs. Betsy B. Crowder Dr. Gladys A. DeJesus

Mrs. Barbara L. Dickinson Dr. and Mrs. M. Scott Edwards ExxonMobil Foundation Rev. Frances Sue Fitzgerald Ms. Sheila A. Flanagan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edwin Forbes Mr. Gary Foster Richard Allen Godwin Estate Ms. Janeanne Gonzales Ms. Mary L. Harris Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Head, Jr. Dr. Mitchell E. Henke Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hinton Rev. Craig Allen Janney Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jenkins Jentry White, CPA Jtp Lawn, Inc. Mr. Craig M. Kilmer Ms. Leah Desiree Lambson Mr. Richard C. Lee Mrs. E. Carwile Leroy Mr. James R. Lewis Ms. Veronica Lorraine Lofton Mr. Frederick W. Mays Mr. and Mrs. Sean Michael McClafferty Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McPhail First Baptist Church Mocksville Mr. Richard Lee Morton Ms. Audrey Nicholson Norfolk Southern Foundation Nucor Steel Hertford Country Mrs. Patsy C. Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Perrin Walter Podlin Professional Library Lift Movers Inc Providence Baptist Church Dr. and Mrs. Keith A. Reich Ms. Christina Mary Rupsch Russ Company Mrs. Gail Clyburn Settle Mrs. Syble Ann Shellito Mr. Kenneth Wayne Smith Surveying Solutions, PC Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sykes, Jr. Mr. Fred C. Tayloe Dr. and Mrs. L. Mack Thompson Mr. Ralph Hamilton Thurston Mr. and Mrs. Dean G. Vincent Mrs. Janie Allen Wardsworth Warrenton Baptist Church Mr. and Mrs. Garland M. Waters Mr. Dewey W. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. White

Century Club

Giving of $100 to $249 in 2016-17

Mr. Robert F. Abernathy Ace Hardware of Ahoskie, Inc. Ms. Julie Adcock Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eugene Adkins Ahoskie Christian Center Ahoskie Eye Care, O.D., P.A. Ahoskie Woman's Club Alpha Delta Kappa Ms. Yevette Lucille Anthony

Mr. Willie G. Arant Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arbegast Ms. Sylvia Arnett Mrs. Penny B. Arthur Mrs. Frances Wiley Bailey Mr. James Baird Ms. Deborah A. Baker Mr. Walter J. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Colon R. Ballance Mr. and Mrs. Thomas James Balance, III Mr. and Mrs. Mac Banks Mr. and Mrs. James L. Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Michael Basnight Mr. James W. Bauch Mr. and Mrs. John R. Baucom Ms. Monica D. Beacham Benson and Russ Inc Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bentley Mr. Maurice K. Berry Mr. Caleb Rearden Blaize Ms. Lisa Michelle Bland Rev. and Mrs. C. Thomas Bodkin Mr. Gerald R. Bonney Mr. Ernest E. Boyce, III Mr. Wilmer A. Brantley Mrs. Ruth D. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bridgers, Sr. Miss Carolyn Faye Brinkley Mr. Richard Britt Ms. Bendra Brown Mr. Charles C. Brown, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brown Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Thompson Brown Mr. Patrick Brown Mrs. Suzanne K. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown Mr. Timothy M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bryant Mrs. Patricia M. Bryant Mr. William R. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Percy E. Bunch Mr. Alton Burke Mr. and Mrs. David Callies Ms. Susan B. Campbell Ms. Melanie Cannon Carolina Fireplace and Granite Mr. Brandon Louis Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Carson Mr. Donald Ray Carter Mr. Larry Carter Mr. and Mrs. G. Michael Castellano Mr. Douglas O. Chappell Children Today Leaders Tomorrow Mr. and Mrs. Mike R. Chopp Ms. Sara Anne Chopp Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Christison, Jr. Mr. Alan B. Clark Mrs. Judy Clark Mr. Lee Clark Dr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Clayton Mr. Wellington Earl Cleghorn, Jr. Mrs. Mary B. Cobb Ms. Alice Coleman Mr. William Franklin Cooke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cooper

Mr. Steven Cornwell Mrs. Charlotte Elias Crawley Mrs. Toye Ann Creel Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hallet Daniels Mr. William Thomas Daughtrey Mr. William Wayne Daughtridge Mrs. Elizabeth Pace Riddick Davis Ms. Portia M. Davis Mrs. Sandra M. Davis Mr. Steve Christopher Davis Mr. Artie R. Day Mr. and Mrs. David A. Day, III Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Day Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. DeLoatch Ms. Jolene M. Dendler Mr. Timothy DeVaul Mr. and Mrs. James B. Dewar Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Dewitt Mrs. Margaret S. Dickert Mrs. Teresa Taylor Dodson Mrs. Carolyn Van Ness Dooley Mr. Larry Dunn Earl and Verila Harper Endowment Mrs. Betty Ann Earley Mr. Cedric Early Mr. Jean B. Eason Edenton Baptist Church Mr. Stanley Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Eisenmenger Elks Grand Lodge Headquarters Ms. Darlene Epps-Minor Miss Patricia Ann Etheridge Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robert Evans, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fago Mrs. Annie Sue Fairless Mr. and Mrs. Edsel W. Farless Capt. and Mrs. David W. Farnham Ms. Virginia Fauntleroy Mr. George R. Ferguson Ms. Ceclia Ferree Mrs. Catherine S. Foldesi Forest Hills Athletic Booster Club Forest Hills High School Mr. and Mrs. Leo Carl Forrest, Jr. Mr. Eugene B. Foster Mrs. Carol Beth Founds Mr. and Mrs. Larry Futrell Futrell Pharmacy Services Mr. and Mrs. William E. Gambrell, IV Mr. Walter Raleigh Garris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Raleigh Garris, Sr. Ms. Rosalin Ada Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Gosney Mr. Gregory Hill Granger Mrs. Lynn Gray Mr. Karl W. Gunther Mrs. Jana Holcomb Gurganus Mr. Donnie Lee Hall Ms. Ann Hammann Mrs. Joyce Ann Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Harahan Dr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Harper, Sr. Mr. Warren F. Harper Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Harrell, Jr. † Denotes Individual(s) as Deceased

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the Transformation of Chowan University from 2003 to 2017 Over

1,500+ Students

86% live on Campus 94% on federal aid 79% from

40 Million

in Campus Improvements

172% growth in 10 years 2007

2016

Skyrocketing Enrollment

NC & VA

23

Foreign Countries

16 Honor Societies 18 NCAA DII Athletics 70 Majors and Minors

Facilities 12 New Constructed 9 Residential 2 Athletic 1 maintenance

More than 1,500 students are enrolled at Chowan — and 86% of them live on campus, nearing the maximum number we can accommodate with our present facilities. Every gift to Chowan University, whether $20 or $2,000 or more, impacts students and provides for their future success. Help us enrich the Chowan experience and provide for the next generation of Brave Hawks.

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L e a r n M o r e at c h o wa n . e d u/g i v e Mr. Henry P. Harrison, Jr. Mrs. Alice H. Hassell Mr. and Mrs. Frederic V. Heckler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henderson Mr. Benjamin Caywood Herndon, Jr. Mr. David W. Herring Hertford County Habitat for Humanity Board Members Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hiller Mr. Frank Holding Ms. Olivia Holding Dr. Burke E. Holland Mrs. Mary Ann Howell Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Hughes Mr. David Glenn Hundley Ms. Donna Elizabeth Hunter Hunter Homes, Inc. Mr. George Jakeman, Jr. Mrs. Susan Ferebee Jennings Mrs. Louise J. Jernigan Mrs. Lynn W. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Colin D. Jones Mr. Kevin Tyler Jones Mr. and Mrs. Peggy Jones Mr. Thomas L. Jones, Jr. Mr. W. H. Jones, Jr. Ms. Ashley Kells Mr. and Mrs. William E. Kirchoff Mr. Frank R. Knox Ms. Alison Kolezynski Mr. Virgil I. Krapauskas Mrs. Carol B. Lassiter Ms. Flora M. Lawson Rev. Thomas LeGrand Ms. Kateri Lemischka Littleton Baptist Church Ms. Eileen Liverman Mr. Richard O. Liverman Mr. and Mrs. James B. Long, Jr. Mr. Lewis Berkley Lucas Macedonia AME Church Magette Well & Pump Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mangum Mr. Stephen Duane Marlowe Ms. Barbara Powell Martin Mr. Joseph William Mason Mr. Wayland L. Massey Mr. Larrie L. Matthews Ms. Ann Maxwell Mr. Joseph Allan McArthur, III Mr. Melvin McBride Mr. and Mrs. Paul McClenney Mr. Roy McClenney Mrs. Elizabeth McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Ben S. McLean Mr. Thomas M. McNear Meherrin Ag & Chemical Company Ms. Ramona Mendez Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Mesirow Mr. William Frazier Metcalfe Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Minton Dr. Kevin J. Misenheimer Mr. Stephen Mitchell Ms. Jo Ann Mizelle Ms. Rachael Modlin

Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Moore Mr. Floyd T. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Bernard C. Murden, III Mr. Clarence E. Murphy Ms. Amphia Rouson Myrick Rev. Patrick Dudley Neal Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Nelson Mr. Marvin Newsom, III Mr. and Mrs. Darrell H. Nicholson Mr. Fletcher Noe Mrs. Patsy E. Oakes Mrs. Ellen J. Ordnung Mr. O. A. Osnes Ms. Charlotte Outlaw-Yorker Mr. Scott T. Parker Mr. James Hinton Parks Neil Pedersen Mrs. Evelyn F. Pell Ms. Helen Peoples Mrs. Judith Wiggins Perry Dr. and Mrs. Wendell Perry Mr. Neal Peterson Mr. Roger Niles Phillips Mr. Steven Phillips Mrs. Cedric Errell Pierce Mr. Cedric Gray Pierce Mr. Larry D. Pierce Mrs. Linda D. Pierce Dr. Jennifer Z. Place Mr. William L. Pollard Potecasi Baptist Church Mr. Jon Potter Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Prentiss Billy P. Presley Mrs. Paula B. Pressnell Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. Betty A. Pugh Candace Puma Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Rabil Mr. Richard Todd Ray Red Springs First Baptist Church William Reese Gayle Reske Mr. James David Rhinehardt Mr. and Mrs. Nat Riddick Mr. William David Ridout Mr. Richard Vernon Roberts Mrs. Betty Worley Rogers James Russ Safran Law Offices Ms. Angelica Yolanda Satchell Ms. Jennifer Schulte Ms. Ruth M. Scrivner Mr. and Mrs. Robert EdwinSevila Mr. Robert R. Sheffield Mr. David Sherwood Mr. William Shuford Mr. Adam Paul Smith Ms. Lesley Elizabeth Smith Mr. Frank M. Snyder Mrs. William B. Sowell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur Spain Mr. Eric Lynn Spencer Sports Med Plus, Inc. Mrs. Betty S. Spring

Nancy Spruill Living Trust Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stancil Ms. Marcia T. Steele Ms. Glenda Stephens Mr. Ronald T. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Mark Edwin Stevens Mr. and Mrs. James Stivers Mr. Walter Everett Story Mrs. Helen Summers Mr. Gary L. Swing Mr. and Mrs. James Sylvester Mr. Thomas A. Talley, III Mrs. Doris T. Taylor Mr. Douglas Wilder Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Taylor, Jr. Mr. Kenneth Terry Mr. Shawn Terry The Eagle's Roost Ms. B. J. Sullivan Theodorakis Rev. Anita Thompson Rev. Charles W. Thompson Ms. Darlene Thompson Rev. Philip Thompson Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Thornton Mr. Bryan Adam Tingle Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Tinkham Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Torbert Mr. Kirk Treible Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Turner Ms. Jane Tuttle Rev. William Burton Twine Mr. Rodney Stuart Tyler United Power System, Inc. Mr. Kelly Randolph Vann Mr. and Mrs. Richard T Vann, Jr. Mr. Randall E. Vernon Mrs. Mary Lee Worrell Vinson Rev. Robert Henry Wainwright Mr. Nicky Coleman Walker Mrs. Carolyn Carroll Ward Mrs. Ruth C. Ward Mrs. Elizabeth W. Warren Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Martin Whalley Mr. David White Mr. Edward C. White, Sr. Mr. Matthew H. White, Jr. Mr. S. Dale White Mrs. John H. Whitley Mr. and Mrs. Randy W. Whitley Mr. David L. Whitt Mr. George R. Whittemore Mrs. Shannon T. Williams Mrs. Velda Gardner Williford Mr. William H. Windley, III Mr. Elton Lee Winslow, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Saunders Winstead Mrs. Susan Farmer Winters Ms. Ida L. Wood Mr. and Mrs. John H. Woodard Mrs. Pamela Cook Woodard Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Wrenn Mr. Russ Everton Wyatt Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yeager

YourCause, LLC Mr. Fernando Zuniga

Friends of Chowan

Giving of up to $99 in 2016-17

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Keith Abbott Mrs. Jane Winslow Abbott Mr. Darrell H. Adams Mrs. Martha Jean Adams Mr. Rusty Shane Adams ADY-OPP Fraternity Mr. Sunny Agee Mr. Gary T. Albertson Mr. Michael Richard Albertson Mr. Joshua Sinclair Alexander Mr. Lucius Alford Mr. Thomas L. Alligood Ms. Freda Sue Allison Mr. Ckrete Amari Alston Mrs. Kathy Williams Alston Mr. Anthony Tonnell Anderson Ms. Breanna Monet Anderson Ms. Lasha-Salome Chatia Anderson Ms. Toni J Anderson Anderson Orthodontics, LTD Mrs. Eudora H. Andrews Mrs. Carolyn Overman Antis Ms. Sharon Arnett Miss Juanita Dawes Askew Mrs. Patricia P. Askew Mr. Tavion T Avery Mr. Juan Carlos Ayala Mr. Austin Vaughn Bailey Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Baldree Mr. Mark Delvalon Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Banks, Jr. Ms. Shelby Lynnette Barlowe Ms. Bria Ayanna Barnes Mr. Douglas R. Barnes Mrs. Pamela Stillman Barnes Ms. Tashana Gail Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Barrett Mr. Alan Basnight, Sr. Ms. Zoe Gordon Bass Ms. Nancy Bauch Mr. and Mrs. C. Wood Beasley, III Mrs. Judy Belch Beasley Mrs. Nancy W. Beasley Mr. and Mrs. Wood Beasley Mr. and Mrs. George Beattie Beaver Dam Baptist Church Mrs. Marjorie Bell Ms. Jeanne Benthall Ms. Kaylah Terray Berry Mr. Jerry G. Best Mr. Niccolaz Caleb Bien-Aime Mr. Ravine Renique Billy Mr. James K. Bishop Mrs. Peggy D. Blythe Ms. Kimberlyn Alexis Bolam Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Boone Mrs. Brenda S Bordeaux Ms. Allah Born Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bowser II Mr. J. Robert Boyce † Denotes Individual(s) as Deceased

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H o n o r R o ll o f I n v e s t o r s 2016 -2017 Mr. Douglas C. Boyd Mr. Carlisle Branch Mr. Paul Branch Mr. Kirby Roy Braxton Brenda's Balloons, Flowers, & Gifts Ms. Erin Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Bridgers Mr. Bennie B. Bridgewater, Jr. Mrs. Beverly Sykes Briggs Ms. Mary Hollowell Briggs Mr. Mark Brinkley Mrs. Jerri Lynn Hawkins Britt Mr. and Mrs. David W. Britton Mr. H. Pete Britton Mrs. Julia B. Britton Mr. Leon Ellis Britton Ms. Tracey Lynn Brooks Ms. Marilyn Brosdahl Ms. Brittany Thornton Brown Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brown Mr. James Brown Mr. Milton Khalil Brown Mr. Samuel Michael Brown-White Mr. Derek Wesley Bryant Mr. Devonte J Bryant Miss Vickie Lavern Bryant Mr. and Mrs. George R. Buck Mrs. Erika McManus Bukva Bumgardner, Morrison, and Company, LLP Mr. Marcellus Bumpers Ms. Margaret Burgwyn Ms. Denise E. Burke Ms. Sierra Janelle Burns Ms. Sierra Janee' Burston Ms. Isabel Del Busto Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Byrum C & K of Murfreesboro LLC Ms. Kathleen Cage Mr. Jesse Caldwell, III Mrs. Joyce H. Cale Mrs. Eris O. Calimer Mr. Henry J. Campbell Mr. Zakeaiah Campbell Mr. Ronald Carawan Carolina Metal Works, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. E. Rawls Carter Ms. Miyae Nicole Carter Dr. Allen J. Casey Mrs. Martha Doughtie Cavanaugh Dr. Wilkie W. Chaffin Mr. Benjamin Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Manton Chapman Ms. Brittni Marie Chase Ms. Lynnn Chavis Ms. Whitnee Chenelle Cheek Ms. Kuanicia Lanae Cherry Mr. Victor Theophilus Chilaka Mr. Wilbert J. Childress Chocowinity Veterinary Hospital Mr. Gabe Cintron Mrs. Hope Vinson Clark Ms. Peggy S Clark Mr. and Mrs. Ty D. Clark Mr. Edward Lawrence Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cleveringa

Mr. Willis E. Cobb, III Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Coburn Mr. William Keith Coburn Mrs. Linda S. Cockrell Mr. Rickie Coffey Mrs. Sarah K. Coggins Ms. Connie Cole Mr. and Mrs. William Colebrook Mr. Christopher Noel Coleman Ms. Tamara Anastasia Kerri Coleman Mr. Charles Randy Collier Mr. Wayne T. Collins Conway Photo Shop Mr. Robert D. Cook, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cooper Ms. Elva Cooper Mr. Malcolm Copeland Ms. Phyllis Coyier Mr. and Mrs. Ray Coyier Ms. LeAnne Frances Crabtree Mr. Carl P. Craig Mr. and Mrs. John Creed Ms. Dhyamond Montania Crenshaw Mr. and Mrs. David Cross Ms. Sharon C. Crowell Ms. Amber Nicole Cunningham Ms. Angel Shuree Curtis Mrs. Shirley Eves Cutts Ms. Janet J. Dailey Ms. Stantaya Queen'Nefa Dantzler Mr. Frederick Carlton Darby Mrs. Becky Taylor Dashiell Mrs. Brenda B. Daughtry Dr. and Mrs. James G Davenport Miss Colleen B. Davis Ms. Destiny La Dayza Davis Mr. Hugh Howard Davis Ms. Jasmine Sisola Davis Ms. Kateisha La'Voya Davis Ms. Kayla Christine Davis Mr. Lawrence W. Davis Ms. Lena D. Davis Mrs. Linda C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Davis Mr. Wilson Davis Ms. Tiffini Ann Davis-Shelley Miss Deborah Ann Dawson Ms. Jeriann Day Mr. Carlton R. Debnam Ms. Tynika Lashae' Delk Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Dellinger Dr. Raven L. DeLoatch Mrs. Brenda Flythe Dennis Mrs. Sue A. Deoliveira Mr. and Mrs. Troy Shaquille Dicks Mr. Seonna Nekol Dixon Ms. Tenciah Jasmine Dixon Ms. Mya Licole Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Erroll Doss Mrs. Janice L. Dossenbach Double D, LLC Mr. John Andrew Downum Dr. James E. Drake Mr. John L. Duckles Ms. Claudette Corbett Duffer

Mr. Terrance Ivan Duffy Ms. Sandra Duggins Mr. Orlando B. Duke Mrs. Twyla Gardner Duke Mr. Mark Isyou Duncan Mrs. Sherry D Duncan Ms. Maxine Dunning Miss Susan C Durant Ms. Cynthia Dyson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Early Ms. Corielle Tiana Edmond Ms. Arlene Edmonds Ms. Carolyn P. Edwards Mr. Charles Lee Edwards Ms. Emily Jayne Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ehmke Mr. and Mrs. J. Sidney Eley Mr. Daniel T. Elks Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lassiter Emory Mrs. Barbara L. Epley Mr. and Mrs. John J. Esposito, Jr. Ms. Betty Miller Evans Ms. Danielle Stephanie Evans Mr. and Mrs. George W. Evans Mr. John Evans Mrs. Jeanette Stephenson Everett Mrs. Janelle Greene Ezzell Ms. Mariah Genee Faison Mr. James Michael Farmer Mrs. Genevieve B. Faust Mr. Timothy C. Felton Mrs. Barbara M. Ferguson First United Methodist Church Mr. John L. Fisher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Flahive Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Flanagan, Jr. Ms. LaTisha S Flood Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fritz Ms. Joan Fussell Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Futrell Mrs. Joyce E. Futrell Mr. R. Glenn Futrell, Jr. Ms. Wanda B. Futrell Mr. and Mrs. William C. Futrell Futrell Family Trust Mr. Moody H. Gardner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Gertner Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gibbons Mr. Isaac Allen Gibbs Pope & Carolyn Gillette, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Glover Mr. Kevon Alan Godfrey Mr. Daniel E. Godwin Ms. Anita Watson Goins Ms. Briana Gonzalez Mr. John Goodale Mr. Glynn Gooden Mr. Raymond Goodwin Ms. Genesis Brunae Graham Ms. Madison Hunter Graham Mr. Curtis Rucker Grant Ms. Deborah Lynn Green-Smith Ms. Monique Katlynn Greene Mr. and Mrs. W. Owen Greene

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Ms. Audrey S Griffin Miss Melonie Griffin Mr. Wayne A. Griffin Ms. Shelby Regina Griffis Mr. William Arnold Grissom, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gross Mrs. Patricia W. Grundman Mrs. Wanda Taylor Guest H & L's Alternator & Starter Mr. Larry R. Hale Ms. Patricia L Hale Mr. and Mrs. Neal Hall Ms. Tressie Hall Ms. Faith De'Angela Myre Hamilton Mr. William R. Hamilton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Delma J. Hamm Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Hardin Ms. Kaila Shintell Hardin Ms. Ann Lenore Harrell Mr. and Mrs. John Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Harrell Ms. Rochelle Harrell Mrs. Jean Hoggard Harrington Ms. Rhonda Yvette Harrington Ms. Alexis Rinee Harris Ms. Corissa S Harris Ms. Mary Harris Mr. Richard W. Harris, Jr. Mr. Robert Thomas Harris Ms. Eryka Shontrese Harrison Mr. Forrest Taylor Hart Mr. Antwain Donte' Haskins Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Haverty Mr. Carroll Hawkins Mr. Charles W. Hawthorne Hayden Wrecking Corporation Mr. Zaynah J Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hendrick, Sr. Ms. Shirley Henley Mr. Antonio Joesph Hernandez Mr. Lennie Hugh Hicks, Jr. Ms. Briana Ariel Higgins Mr. Shawen Earl Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Larry V High Mr. and Mrs. Jermel Hill Ms. Veronica Hill Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hilton Ms. Shirley Hite Ms. Katrina Emma Hodge Mrs. Linda Thacker Hoffler Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hoggard, III Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Hoggard Mr. George L. Holland Mr. Jeffrey Lyle Holland Mr. Oral Victor Holland Mr. and Mrs. J. Winston Hollingsworth Mrs. Barbara U. Holloman Ms. De'zaneigh Shydrina Holmes Mrs. Linda S. Hood Mr. Dwight Franklin Hooker Miss Lisa Faye Horne Ms. Naomi Hossic Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Housman Ms. Jennetta Maria Howard Mr. Daniel W. Howell

L e a r n M o r e at c h o wa n . e d u/g i v e Mr. and Mrs. James Randolph Howell Ms. Pauline Howell Mrs. Sue Anne Howell Mr. Terry Hunter Hoy Mr. Jerry Tremaine Hughes Mr. Douglas W. Hugo Ms. Jennifer Elizabeth Humphrey Mr. Clarence C Hundley, Jr. Mr. Kingsley Dewayne Hunter Mrs. Virginia Taylor Hurdle Mrs. Mary Rawles Hutcheson Mrs. John A. Irby Ms. Corie Jackson Mr. Jermel Delvon Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson Mr. TiJuan Jevon Jackson Ms. Deawna Cinderella James Mr. Raymond W. James Mr. and Mrs. Randy Jatzlau Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Jeary Mr. Shaunessey L. Jefferson Jefferson Bank Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jenkins Ms. Linda Frances Jenkins Mrs. Blonnie B. Johnson Ms. Christina-NicolLee Johnson Mr. John Mapp Johnson Ms. Nancy Revelle Johnson Ms. Alice Eley Jones Mr. Christopher Tyrone Jones Mr. Douglas Jones Mr. James Luther Jones Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones Ms. Shaniqua Cherrelle Jones Ms. Sierra I Jones Ms. Trevanni M Jones Miss Velma D. Jones Mr. Curtis A. Jordan Ms. Marjorie Jordan Ms. Shaikeyla Renee Jordan Ms. Tah-Va'Nee Beverly Joseph-Burton Ms. Arlethia Brooks Joyner Mrs. Betty H. Joyner Mr. and Mrs. W. G. "Don" Joyner, Jr. JustGive Mrs. Ruth L. Kelly Mr. Robert Kenan Mr. Richard Sidbury Kenny Ms. Deja Michelle King Ms. Ravelly Rubinel Koume-Ngonda Ms. Beverly Kwakye Ms. Verneel Laing Ms. Dorothy Lancaster Mr. Marquise Julian Lanier Larry's Automotive Ms. Marjorie LaRue Mrs. Gwendolyn Eure Lassiter Mrs. Shannon Cullins Lassiter Ms. Josephine Latten Mr. Dean F Lawson Mr. and Mrs. William E. Leary Dr. and Mrs. William Leathers, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lemuel Lee Ms. Jada Robyn Lee

Mr. Torrion Rashawn Lee Mr. John Lees Mrs. Ruth Worrell Lehrschall Ms. Alexis Corrin Leonard Mr. Charles Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lester Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. James Lilly Mitchell & Ann Filiere Living Trust Ms. Patti Llewellyn Mr. and Mrs. Danny L. Lloyd Ms. Johnetta Sessoms Lofton Mr. and Mrs. George Logan Mr. Douglas James Long Mr. Ronald K. Lorentzen Mr. Larry Lowe Luebbering Insurance Agency, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lupton Mr. Lewis Mack, II Mack Powell Electrical Services Miss Yolanda Lynette Majette Ms. Carol Cecile Majette-Freeman Ms. Bianca Nicole Major Ms. Quiyana Jovan Marti Mr. Antonio Ty'Shawn Martin Mr. Aaron Rashaad Matthews Mrs. Nancy Matthews Mr. Daniel I. McCamish Mrs. Kaye E. McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Leander McDonald Mr. Sterry M. McGee Mrs. Johnny A. McGhee Ms. Rebecca L. McLawhorn Mrs. Rebecca Lawrence McLawhorn Mr. Owen Mcnulty Mr. Kimani Marques McRae Mr. John H. Meston Ms. Lynashia Theodocia Mickens Mr. Henry L. Miller Ms. Qui'Wania Nicole Miller Mrs. Lyn Griggs Mills Mr. Dan Mitchell Mr. Dave Mitchell Mr. Dorian Vaughn Mitchell Ms. Jennifer Perkins Mitchell Ms. Karen Mitchell Ms. Caitlyn Brooke Mizelle Ms. Alisha Veronica Mobley Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alan Moffitt Mrs. Linda White Moody Mr. and Mrs. J C Moore Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Moore Mr. Stanley D. Moore Ms. Libby Mooring Mr. Clyde Morgan Ms. Samone L. Morgan Mr. Marvin Edward Morris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mumford Mr. Devahn Isaiah Murphy Ms. Bailey Alyce Murrell Mrs. Libby House Musselman Napoli's Pizza Ms. Tia Shante Neal Mr. Dale Neighbors Mr. Frank Nucaro

Todd Nuccio Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ferrell Oakley Mr. Craig Onofry Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ordnung Ms. Heather Caithlyn Orell Dr. Joann Ormand Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Orser Mrs. Janet Ostlund Ms. Geneva Owen Ms. Barbara H. Parker Miss Cindy E. Parker Mr. and Mrs. David Parker Mrs. Susan Wynne Parker Mr. William Carol Parker, Jr. Mildred Parks Willar Parson Sybil Pearson Mrs. Marilyn Brown Pecoraro Mrs. Brenda Taylor Perry Ms. Lisa Perry Mrs. Carol Henderson Peterson Nikole E Peterson Jordan Leigh Pettaway Mr. and Mrs. Harrell Phelps Mary Phillips Demarea leQuan Pickens Mr. Steven R. Pieper Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Pierce Ms. Amy Michelle Piland Ms. Jaqueline Pittman Alyson Poole Chynnah Mechelle Pope Isaac Post Mrs. Agnes B. Powell H. L. Powell Mr. Calvin Lee Preston Kelvin Covel Preston, Jr. Mr. Timothy Alan Prettyman Martha G. Price Walter Priest Mr. Gene Proctor Frank Proenzano Mr. Leonard Thurston Pulley Glen Ramsdell Shaena Tilia Ravenell Samantha Taylor Reece Mrs. Terry Adams Reitz Mrs. Elicia Susan Revelle Mrs. Calvin C. Reynolds Ms. Kelly E. Rhodes Mrs. Donna M. Rice Mr. Thomas W. Richardson Mrs. Maryann W. Riddick Pamela D Riddick Mrs. Pamela Riddle Riggs Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riggs Mrs. Donna G Robbins Mr. Elton Manning Roberson Ms. Chantel Alisaeya Roberts Micky Roberts Mr. Randall Roberts Justin Jamal Robinson Ms. Sha'Tasea Tan'Jour Robinson Mattie Rodgers Ms. Cathy C. Roe

Joseph Rosberg Mrs. Leeann Barlow Rose Mrs. Myrtle C. Rountree Royal Prestige of Missouri Mrs. Peggy Brown Ruffin Tyrek Keon Ruffin Mrs. Joan Russell Mrs. Jillian L. Rydl Ms. Stephanie Sage Mrs. Angela Felton Salerno Mr. Miguel A. Sanchez Mr. Pedro Sanchez Ms. Darlene M Sanders Mr. Isaiah JB Sanders Mrs. Ruby O. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Gary Santore Mr. Christopher Michael Sassone Mr. Norman E. Satterfield Ms. Diane Saunders Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Sawyer, III Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Schlett Mr. and Mrs. David Scott Mr. Joseph Scott Mr. and Mrs. William D. Scott Mrs. Linda Tingle Searles Mr. Richard Dale Seward Ms. Nettie B. Shannon Ms. Tiffany E M Sharp Ms. Amanda Lee Sharpe Mr. John Wayne Shellito Mr. Shaylan Maurell Shephard Mr. and Mrs. Adam B. Sichol Mr. Matthew Sharif Sidibeh Ms. Sylvia Silver Mr. Jelenko Simich Ms. Brittani A Simon Mr. Ray Carter Sizemore Mrs. Janet Copeland Skinner Ms. Anneika Sligh Mr. Robert C. Sloan Ms. Desmond Mykel Smalls Mr. Ranchelo Smiley Ms. Camillia Starlette Smith Rev. Daniel L. Smith, Sr. Mr. James S. Smith Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Smith, Jr. Mr. Joseph Smith, III Ms. Kendra Brooke Smith Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smith Mr. Rafael Denzel Smith Mr. William Bowman Snyder Mr. and Mrs. John Sokolowski Mrs. Ruth T. Spencer Mrs. Henry G. Spruill Mr. Donald B. St-John Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. St. Clair Ms. Diamond Staggers Ms. Tiasha Leasia Stanfield Mr. James E. Stansbury, III Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Stapf Mrs. Patricia Embrey Stark Ms. Kaela Ra'Shon Stephens Ms. Akeyia Ke'Shon Stevens Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Stevenson Ms. Lindsey Gail Stigler † Denotes Individual(s) as Deceased

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H o n o r R o ll o f I n v e s t o r s 2016 -2017 Ms. Lena Stokes Ms. Charlene Stokes-Geter Ms. Veronica Stoneall Mrs. Donald L. Stotesberry Ms. Ashley Nicole Sudduth Mrs. Doris Bunch Sumner Mr. Mark Woodard Sutton, III Ms. Shaniqua Lynette Sutton Mr. Kevin William Taylor Ms. Quena Lorelle Taylor Mr. Stanley Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thoendel Mr. Christopher Daquan Thomas Mr. Ronald Lee Thomas Mr. D'Angelo Anthony Thompson Ms. Zaria Monet Tillage Mrs. Ellen Tiso Mr. and Mrs. William L. Tolbert Mr. Allen Bobby Townsend Ms. Angie Townson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Townson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Trievel Mr. Gilbert A. Tripp Mr. Mika Renee Tucker Mr. Dane Lewis Tudor Mr. David Edward Turner, Jr. Mrs. William E. Turner Ms. Sydney Jamae Tutman Mr. and Mrs. John C. P. Tyler Ms. Bettye Umphlette Rev. John Pendleton Upton, Jr. Ms. Tykeia Monay Urquhart Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Urquijo Ms. Debonet E Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Earl Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Vann Mr. Albert L. Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge C. Vaughan, Jr. Mr. Johnathan Edward Venable Mrs. Janet Vick Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Vickers Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voltz Mr. and Mrs. Tom Voltz Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Wall Ms. Brianna Keele Waller Mr. Richard Douglas Walsh Mr. Michael Ward Ms. Cleo Warlick Mr. Charles Patrick Warren Ms. Kristin Warren Ms. Tanisha Yolanda Washington Mr. and Mrs. Justin Wass Mr. and Mrs. William Robert Waters Dr. James Clifton Watford, Sr. Mr. Seavon Edwards-James Watkins Ms. Bianca Maria Watson Mrs. Carolyn Roberts Watson Mr. Timothy Joseph Watts Miss Rebecca Leigh Webster Mr. Arthur Floyd Weeks Mr. Clark West Ms. Fantashia Alphesia Wester Mrs. Elizabeth H Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. George W. Whitby, Jr. Ms. Judith L. White

Ms. Khrystina Etta White Dr. John Leonard Whitley Mr. Harry Long Whitt Mr. Derek Lee Williams Ms. Diamond La'Che' Williams Mr. Enquincia Coatney Williams Miss Gloria Jean Williams Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams Ms. Jasmine Chante Williams Ms. Joanne Williams Mrs. Julie Kocmich Williams Mrs. Mary Jo Wilson Williams Mrs. Page Britton Williams Mr. Scheswan Ashonti Williams Ms. Shakira Janay Williams Mr. Sherman Frank Williams Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth O. Willie Ms. Kayla Arvette Willis Ms. Akevia C Wilson Mr. Antawn Malik Wilson Ms. Anita Denise Winfield Gonzales Mrs. Judith Monday Winstead Mr. and Mrs. James D. Womble, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Woodard Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Worsham Ms. Demetria Ladaija Wright Ms. Kellie Kiara Young Mr. Nazir Malik Young Mr. William John Zach Ms. Maria Zirkelback

Independent College Fund of North Carolina

The A.B. Carter, Inc. Fund AC Corporation Adirondack Solutions, Inc. Ads Infinitum Nicole Alexander Alwinell Foundation Apogee Telecom, Inc. AT&T Foundation Emily Baranello BB&T Charitable Foundation BCWH Architecture BDO, USA, LLP Bernhardt Furniture Company Best Commercial Development Biltmore Farms, LLC BlackBoard Transact Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Blumenthal Foundation The Bolick Foundation The Borden Fund, Inc. Brady Services Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP James E. Brown, Jr. James E. and Mary Z. Bryan Foundation William H. Bryan Karen Calhoun Carolina Foods, Inc. Carolinas IT Catering Works CBIZ Retirement Plan Services

Cenergistic, Inc. The C.F. Sauer Company Cherry Bekaert, LLP Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated College Foundation, Inc. CommScope, Inc. Corporate Risk Management, Inc. CORT CRI CPAs The Council of Independent Colleges Joseph Dave Foundation Deloitte Services, LP Margaret Wren de St. Aubin The Dickson Foundation Direct Energy Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Duke Energy Foundation Dynamic Campus Enterprise Holdings Foundation Fidelity Investments First American Equipment Finance Frances G. Fontaine Jack Frost Garris Evans Lumber Co., Inc. George Foundation Patti Gillenwater Grady-White Boats, Inc. Leslie Hayes Gwenn H. Hobbs Honeywell Hornwood, Inc. HRP Associates International Textile Group, Inc. Glenn E. and Addie G. Ketner Family Foundation Koonce, Wooten, and Haywood, LLP Nichole A. Labott Durwood S. Laughinghouse Rebecca Leggett Amanda and Harold Livingston Anne Lloyd M&J Foundation Martin Marietta Materials Marsh & McLennan Agency- Mid Atlantic McGuireWoods, LLP McMillan Pazdan Smith, LLC Donald McNeill Metz Culinary Management Millennium Advisory Services, Inc. Christine Motherwell Mount Olive Pickle Company, Inc. NCFI Polyurethanes Norfolk Southern Foundation N.C. Electric Membership Corporation Pamla H. Pekrun Mitchell W. Perry Philip L. Van Every Foundation PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Protus3 PSNC Energy - A SCANA Co. R.A. Bryan Foundation, Inc. Rafter, Inc.

† Denotes Individual(s) as Deceased

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W. Trent Ragland, Jr. Foundation Brooks T. Raiford George Ratchford James E. Ratchford Elizabeth L. Riley E.T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Foundation Sageview William Salmon Carlos Sanchez Casino Sander SAS Institute Sherrod and Margaret Salsbury Foundation John M. Shubert Delores Sides Harvard Smith The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation, Inc. Southco Distributing Company Spectrum Enterprises Stephenson Millwork Company, Inc. Jeff and Jan Stoddard Stonecutter Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Banks, Inc. Theo Davis Printing Mary Thornton Tammy Thurman TIAA The Universal Leaf Foundation UPS Educational Endowment Fund Verity Asset Management Wells Fargo Foundation Thomas R. West WestRock A. Hope Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Wren Foundation, Inc. Wyatt-Quarles Seed Company

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E m b r aci n g a n e w v i sua l i d e n t i ty The basis of the new identity rests on the University's strong foundation and core values. The design highlights historic McDowell Columns Hall, easily the most beloved and recognizable campus icon. The central pathway symbolizes the path to success trod by students both as they enter Chowan University to pursue their education and as they depart to pursue their future goals. A laurel wreath and the year of founding echo the enduring Chowan University seal which is now elevated to special and significant use only. Close inspection reveals a cross and chalice built into the negative space of the artwork, resonating the University's Christian heritage and the guiding philosophy of "Faith in Your Future."