Month: January 2010

Opinion

Way to go President Obama!

This time last year we were celebrating the inauguration of our first African-American President.   Many of us traveled to Washington D.C.  and stood in chilling temperatures to be a part of this great American history.  President Barack Obama has not accomplished everything he said he would during his campaign, […]

News

Winter weather postpones fall 2009 ceremony

The events surrounding the day of the 2009 fall commencement are probably a time many Winston-Salem State graduating students and their parents will remember.  But not for a good reason. Dec. 18 [the scheduled for commencement] a winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service to the Winston-Salem […]

News

New process guarantees campus housing

Unlike 2009, continuing Winston- Salem State students will not have to worry about having a place to stay when they return to campus. For the 2010-2011 academic year, all students will be guaranteed housing.  The online lottery process, introduced by the Enrollment Management Committee in spring 2009, will continue to […]

Sports

Inaugural cookout brings together coaches, faculty, student-athletes

Director of Athletics Bill Hayes is backing up his emphasis on the success of Winston-Salem State’s student-athletes with the first Dr. Reginald K. Sherard Academic Cookout. The event took place at C.E. Gaines Center Jan. 21 in attempts to reconnect the focus on academics between coaches, student-athletes, and professors. “The […]

Sports

New coach, new season, new record, hopefully

Winston-Salem State turned to another familiar face to serve as the school’s ninth football coach.  WSSU alum Connell Maynor, a veteran with more than 20 years of football experience as both a player and a coach, began his first stint as a head coach. Maynor was hired Dec. 16 and […]