Following the recent resignation of Jessica Bailey, associate professor Suresh Gopalan has stepped in as interim dean for the School of Business and Economics. Gopalan agreed to serve as interim dean, after Bailey’s resignation was announced via email Sept. 11. According to the letter sent by Chancellor Donald J. Reaves, […]
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Drug-sniffing K-9 has nose for narcotics
Meet Hank, the first K-9 dog to ever step paws on campus. Campus police purchased a K-9 drug dog July 18, 2012 to aid them with finding narcotics on campus. Patricia Norris, chief of campus police, said that the department was using the Winston-Salem Police Department’s dogs to search the […]
Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users’ Named by Nation’s Largest Marijuana Policy Organization
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A list of the “Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users” in the United States was released Wednesday by the nation’s largest marijuana policy organization. The Marijuana Policy Project’s annual list is topped by President Barack Obama, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, former President Bill Clinton, Supreme Court […]
COAS welcomes new dean
Winston-Salem State started the 2013-14 academic year with a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences: Corey Walker. Walker had been an associate professor and former chair of the Africana Studies Department at Brown University in Providence, R.I. The News Argus interviewed Walker about his role as dean […]
Students have fun with HypnoBro
Leroy “HypnoBro” Williams returned to campus April 18 and put on a show hypnotizing students on stage and in the audience. The show was in the K.R. Williams Auditorium. HypnoBro explained to the audience before hypnotizing anyone that no one can get hurt during hypnosis. He also said that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chancellor Reaves talks spring commencement, Bowman Gray Stadium in Q&A
This 2012-2013 academic year marks Donald Julian Reaves sixth year as Winston-Salem State’s chancellor. During a recent interview with The News Argus, Reaves talked about spring commencement, the new 10-ticket limit for commencement, Bowman Gray Stadium and WSSU athletics. The News Argus: Graduating seniors were sent an email […]