VOLUME # 16 / ISSUE # 8MARCH 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE

Senior Leadership Academy Selects

Dilustro

NEWS,EVENTS,AND MORE

Alpha Chi Teacher of the Year

Finalists

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THISIN ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

WEEK

INSIDETHIS ISSUE

Chowan Places Second in NCICU

Ethics BowlP. 8

Dilustro working with an advisee.

John Dilustro, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, has been selected as one of the par ticipants in the 2018-2019 Senior Leadership Academy, which is sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges and the Amer ican Academic Leadership Institute.

The Senior Leadership Academy is a year-long program for mid-level administrators in higher education who aspire to senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities. By completing the program, par ticipants will have acquired considerable knowledge, skills, and exper iences that are germane to the por tfolio of responsibilities and activities central to the work of a college or university vice president or cabinet officer.

The program includes two national seminars, readings, Webinars, structured mentorship guidance, and individualize exper iential activities designed to enhance par ticipants? professional exper ience so that they are ready to assume all responsibilities in a vice president?s por tfolio upon completion of the program.

The opening seminar will take place in St. Louis, Missour i, November 2-4, and the closing seminar will take place in Washington, D.C., June 20-22, 2019.

DILUSTRO SELECTED FOR SENIOR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

FINALISTS FOR ALPHA CHI TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDThe f inalist s for t he 2017-2018 Alpha Chi Teacher of t he Year Award are:

- W. Thom as Coll ins, Professor of Spor t Managem ent- Cynt hia Nicholson, Professor of English- Cat her ine Vickers, Inst ruct or in English- Shannon Will iam s, Associat e Professor of Account ing- Pam ela Woodard, Assist ant Professor of Cr im inal Just ice

The st udent body chooses t he recipient of t he Alpha Chi Teacher of t he Year Award. The award is based on:

- super ior grasp of subject m at t er ,- out st anding present at ion sk il ls, - help out side t he classroom ,- advising, and - ext racur r icular involvem ent

The recipient w il l be announced dur ing t he Awards Day Convocat ion on Wednesday, Apr i l 18 at 11:00 a.m . in Turner Audit or ium .

Facul t yAccompl i shment s

Ben Thorburn, Associat e Professor of Music, at t ended t he Am er ican Choral Direct ors Associat ion, Sout hern Division Conference in Louisvil le, Kent ucky, on February 21-24.

Ella Benson, Associat e Professor of Educat ion, at t ended t he Nor t h Carolina Technology in Educat ion Societ y Conference in Raleigh on February 28 - March 1.

Teresa Sant is, Assist ant Professor of Educat ion, present ed at t he Nor t h Carolina Associat ion for Middle Level Educat ion Com m on Ground Conference in Greensboro on March 5-6. The t it le of her present at ion was "Grow ing All St udent s: One School's Journey."

Ashley Doane, Associat e Professor of Psychology,

present ed at t he Societ y for Personalit y and Social Psychology Annual Convent ion in At lant a on March 1-4. The t it le of her present at ion was "Risky Behaviors across Dif ferent Modes of Com m unicat ion as Predict ors of Cyberbullying Vict im izat ion."

Tom Coll ins, Professor of Spor t Managem ent , at t ended t he Spor t Ent er t ainm ent and Venues Tom orrow Conference in Colum bia, Sout h Carolina, on March 7-9.

Edward Snyder , Assist ant Professor of Hist ory, is serving as a consult ant for a book on children and t he Holocaust for Red Line Publishing. J Brabban, Prof essor of

Rel i gi on, i s a f i nal i st f or

t he 20 17- 20 18 Facul t y

Advi sor of t he Year

Award.

The best novels I read in 2017:

- #10 - Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (translated by Megan McDowell)

- #9 - Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón (translated by Victor ia Cr ibb)

- #8 - The Vegetarian by Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith)

- #7 - Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett

- #6 - The Birds of Opulence by Crystal Wilkinson

- #5 - Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

#4 - All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan

I?d have killed myself by now if I was brave enough. I don?t think it would hurt the baby. His little heart would stop with mine. He wouldn?t feel himself leaving one world of darkness for another, his spirit untangling itself from me.

This beautiful novel is told from the perspective of a pregnant woman named Melody, who resides in a small I r ish community. At the age of thir ty-three, Melody has just informed her husband that her unborn child is not his. A seventeen-year-old Traveller named Martin, whom she taught how to read for more than a year, is the father.

Pat, her unfaithful husband of thir teen years, leaves her and she becomes an outcast in the close-knit community. Melody tr ies to find Martin, but he has gone to England. As Melody's alienation from the community deepens, she meets nineteen-year-old Mary, an outcast in the Traveller community because she is unable to have children.

The story unfolds from there, complete with appalling characters. There is some light in this dark story as Melody develops a beautiful and sustaining fr iendship with Mary.

Donal Ryan has such magic at his disposal to tell a story. In his uniquely lyr ical and vibrant style, he deftly navigates past events and present emotions, drawing readers in as he explores the themes of sin, revenge, penitence, and a yearning for grace.

In his uniquely lyrical and vibrant style, Donal Ryan deftly navigates past events and present emotions.

PONDERINGS OF THE PROVOST

The Chowan University Ethics Bowl team placed second at the annual event hosted by North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universit ies. One hundred and twenty-seven students from 24 schools competed on February 16 and 17 at the North Carolina Legislat ive complex in Raleigh. The topic this year was ?Ethics and the Future of Community.?

After four rounds of compet it ion the four teams with the most wins, Barton College, Chowan University, Gardner-Webb

University, and Salem College, competed in two semif inal rounds. The topic focused on cyber communit ies and how to exercise personal responsibili ty to ensure ethical standards and pract ices in social media.

Chowan University advanced to the f inal round for the f irst t ime in the school?s history, along with Salem College. The topic for the f inal round centered around the ethics of deport ing undocumented immigrants. In the end, Salem College won the compet it ion.

TRUTH IS NOT WHATEVER AN INDIVIDUAL CAN GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE

- I f you are going to claim you never said Russia meddled in the election , then you probably shouldn't have said it nineteen times.

- I f little lies are considered white, then what are big lies considered?

- I f you are going to brag that you are a hero in the making, it would help if you had not worked so hard to avoid serving your country dur ing war time.

- I f you are talking about how stupid it is to arm teachers, then you are not talking about banning assault r ifles.

CHOWAN UNIVERSITY TEAM FINISHES SECOND IN THE NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ETHICS BOWL

ETHICSBOWL

LONG WAY DOWN QUOTE"But if the blood inside you is on the inside of someone else, you never want to see it on the outside of them."

Jason Reynolds, Author of Long Way Down

" Jim Byrd, a 30-something resident of Shula, Nor th Carolina, suffered a hear t attack, render ing him clinically dead for a few moments. The exper ience disappointed Jim, and he grows fixated on the after life."

THIS WEEK IN READING: THE BEST NEW NOVELS

THE AFTERLIVES BY THOMAS PIERCE

" In 1929, in the Piedmont of Nor th Carolina, mill worker Ella May Wiggins, a mother of five finds herself swept into a textile mill str ike. Workers are earning $9 a week for a 72-hour work week, and representatives of the National Textile Workers Union have come down from the Nor th to organize them."

THE LAST BALLAD BY WILEY CASH

" I 'm extremely busy with homework and tests to make my schedule for next semester. You do it for me."

-- A Student Email to the Provost

OVERHEARD

MondayMarch 12

I like novels that revisit the Victorian era. These novels at tempt to recreate the m indset and convent ions of that period. Below I have chosen three of my favorite neo-Victorian novels.

Set during New Zealand's gold rush, i t begins with a prospector who stumbles into a clandest ine conference.

An archivist is haunted by Yorkshire landmarks she researched for her degree, including a lunat ic asylum.

It is a story of a soldier t rying to return home after f ight ing in the American Civi l War.

Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.

Faculty Excellence in Community Service Award Dinner, 6:00 p.m. (Chowan Room)

Alpha Chi Honor Society Induction Ceremony, 7:00 p.m. (Vaughan Auditorium)

Pre-registration for Fall Semester Begins

Passport to Fall (No Main Campus Undergraduate Classes)

Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society Induction Ceremony, 2:00 p.m. (Turner Auditorium)

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