Winston-Salem State University
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Sonia Sanchez, a poet, activist and lecturer, specializes in national and international lectures on black culture and literature, peace and racial justice. She was the featured speaker Oct. 24 for the Winston-Salem State’s lecture and assembly series. The lecture was sponsored by the department of English and Foreign Languages. This […]
Winston-Salem State students reach out at Mount Zion’s Baptist Church Youth Educational Enhancement Program (YEEP) to tutor children from kindergarten to eighth grade. On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights volunteers from WSSU help children learn math, computers and language arts. Freshman nursing major Jennifer Rodgers, 18, tutors second graders in […]
To the dismay of many hip-hop fans, multi-platinum record selling artist T.I., born Clifford Harris, was arrested following an extensive two-week sting operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Saturday, Oct. 13. T.I. was picked up in the parking lot of a shopping center near the […]
Imagine studying architecture at the Parthenon in Greece, or art history at the Sistine Chapel in Rome. What about studying a language in the country in which it is spoken, or observing exotic plant life where it lives and thrives? Now, can you imagine doing those things and actually being […]
As the “Jena Six” rally came and went, a particular article came to my attention on MTV.com, in which rapper/actor Mos Def said the following: “Shame on everybody who’s not here.” Def fumed, “I’m f–in’ mad. I’m disappointed to always be coming to these things and it’s only one or […]
Living on the edge finally caught with Winston-Salem State. After wining their previous three games in the final minutes by a combined margin of nine points, the Rams lost to MEAC-leading Delaware State 23-20 in the annual homecoming game on Nov. 3. The Rams took a 20-12 lead into the […]
When Professors Travis Teague and Pete Hylton met earlier this year, they knew that pairing the motorsports programs of their respective universities would be, to borrow from race track lingo, a “checkered flag” for students on both campuses. Teague is coordinator of the motorsports management program at Winston-Salem State University […]
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Interactive Eugenics Exhibit was displayed in the F.L. Atkins building on Aug. 8. The exhibit, which exposes the sterilization practices used to control reproduction in the state, continues through January. In 1929, the eugenics program was introduced as a vision for improving society […]
Over the years, many students have expressed their concerns with the parking spaces available on campus. In response, Winston-Salem State University has introduced another alternative: the Ram Express. The shuttle bus allows faculty, staff, students and visitors to ride from one end of campus to another. Recently, the two shuttles […]
The word excites people on both sides of the debate, those who see it as a sacred rite of passage and those who view it as a barbaric form of torture. Hazing incidents have occurred recently at Jackson State, Florida A&M and Southeast Missouri State universities, all involving black students. […]