The gap between student-instructor interactions will be filled next semester because Housing and Residence Life enacted the new “Faculty-In-Residence Program.” This new program is a response to Housing assessment survey results during fall 2012. According to the results, approximately 70 percent of participants said they are “very” or “somewhat” […]
Month: May 2013
Greeks in the house
New Greek housing is coming to Winston-Salem State fall 2013 – the first for any HBCU. The purpose of the plan — implemented by the offices of Housing and Greek Life — is to increase Greek unity on campus. Director of Housing and Residence Life Abeer Mustafa assigned the […]
Health Sciences adds doctoral degree program
Coming this fall, 10 students will be enrolled to study nursing at the doctoral level for the first time at Winston-Salem State. The doctor of nursing practice will be the second doctoral degree to be offered at WSSU and the first to be offered at a HBCU in North […]
Bennett alums donate funds to honor WSSU professor’s late mother
When two Bennett College for Women alumnae found out that the mother of their former professor had died in February, they wanted to do something special. Lashainna Campbell [class of 2002] and Honie Turner [class of 2003] said they knew that Lona D. Cobb, a professor in the mass […]
Prof’s book addresses freshmen retention issues
First they move in, meet their roommates, meet professors, then what? For freshmen to be successful in college, they need to know it is not the 13th grade. This is one of five tips in “Waking Up in College,” a book written by David Mount, adjunct professor of behavioral […]
COACH’S GAME BALL featuring Tyler Hickernell
Head Baseball Coach Kevin Ritsche chose Tyler Hickernell as the recipient of this issue’s Game Ball. Hickernell, a 6’3″ 215 pounds senior from Thomasville, N.C., is in the midst of his third and final season at Winston-Salem State after playing his freshman season at Guilford Tech. He pitches and […]
Spring football practice ends; ‘team will be in good shape’
The Rams football team is officially done with spring practice and wide receiver Coach Duane Taylor said he is pleased. “The team is looking good and coming together. Of course we lost a couple All-American guys, but we feel like we’re going to be strong for next year,” he […]
Rams rack up first CIAA title
The Winston-Salem State men’s tennis team won its first conference championship in school history at the CIAA Tournament April 18-20 in Petersburg, Va. Men’s Tennis Coach Brian Coxton said he could not be happier with the way his team performed during the tournament. “I’m very proud of these guys,” […]
French exchange student likes HBCU experience
Foreign exchange student Thomas Grimonprez said adjusting to Winston-Salem State was easier than he thought. “I like being at a HBCU; it is a different experience,” said Thomas, a junior political science major from Rennes, France. He was introduced to North Carolina about 15 years ago when he […]
Study says: U.S. Blacks largest group needing organ transplants
Black people make up the largest group of minorities in need of organ transplants. With more than 1,000 people on the waiting list, 29 percent are Black. The number of Black organ donors has increased over time. There were 1,368 Black donors in 2012 compared to just 513 in […]