Month: September 2009

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Name WSSU’s QEP, win $200 cash prize

QEP what? The $200 prize sounds good, but how can I name what I don’t know! QEP is short for Quality Enhancement Plan, part of Winston-Salem State’s accreditation process that will take place during this academic year. Students will get a chance to give the plan a more user-friendly-name in […]

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WSSU remembers 9/11 with vigil

On the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, Winston-Salem State honored the victims with an afternoon vigil. Campus Life Marketing Committee hosted the event with prayer and song to a crowd of approximately 60 people. The program commenced with a brief moment of silence. CLMC members placed 2,974 miniature American […]

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Dr. Gleason Carew

Students and faculty gathered Thursday, Sept. 10 as Dr. Joy Gleason Carew, granddaughter of Winston-Salem State’s founder Simon Green Atkins, spoke in the K.R. Williams Auditorium. The topic was “The Audacity to Challenge the Fates: Blacks Who Left the US for the USSR in Search of a Better Life.” A […]

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Mass Comm. prof. includes WSSU students, campus for his first horror film

Two of the first steps in the process of producing a movie are finding locations and finding actors. Doug Osman, an assistant professor in the mass communications department, shot his first horror movie, “Consumption” late this summer. The short film follows the life of a young street kid named Jack […]

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Do you know your student rights and responsibilities?

Winston-Salem State University desires to make provisions for students to be as knowledgeable as possible regarding University policies and procedures and their rights and responsibilities relating to them. To this end the Division of Student Affairs has compiled a listing of your rights and responsibilities on the Student Affairs web […]

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Campus Crew Question

How was the new Ramdition process helpful? Ramdition is a new orientation program aimed to instill Ram pride and tradition into freshmen students. The week-long program was facilitated by University College Aug. 15-22. the program focuses on a first-year student’s transition from high school to college by helping them connect […]

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‘Always Watching’ Editorial: “Greetings Ram Family”

Permit me to introduce myself. I am a Durham native and a senior mass communications major with a concentration in journalism. For the 2009-10 academic year, I joined the ranks of student leadership at Winston-Salem State University by assuming the position of Editor in Chief of The News Argus. As […]

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Landen Thayer, awarded Coach’s ‘Game Ball’

Landen Thayer, from Clemmons N.C. is a freshman on the Rams football team. The former student of West Forsyth High School entered his first year as the punter/kicker. Coach Kermit Blount has selected him as the recipient of the Coach’s Game Ball. It was Thayer ‘s performance in the Sept. […]

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Division II move, with CIAA conference hopes

Winston-Salem State’s intercollegiate athletics program will remain a Division II institution. The decision was announced by Chancellor Donald J. Reaves Sept. 11. in a statement released to the media. The process to remain in Division II will begin immediately, but WSSU will continue to compete in the MEAC at the […]