Winston-Salem State University
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
A choir student sang his way to the top of the 105 Voices of History National Concert and won a $10,000 scholarship. Jonathan Figgers, a sophomore music business major from Tallahassee, represented Winston-Salem State in the “105 Voices of History HBCU National Concert Choir” performance Sept. 21 in Washington, […]
After nine weeks into the semester, 135 Winston-Salem State students, still have incomplete financial aid packages. There are 6,000 students attending the University and 5,220 receive financial aid. This fall more than 595 students received their financial aid packages outside the four-to-six weeks standard processing time, said Robert Muhammad, […]
After 2016, the BSW program will have to reapply for reaccreditation. The faculty in the BSW program started preparing for the CSWE accreditation in 2007 when their current coordinator Isiah Marshall Jr. came to Winston-Salem State. Marshall said that when he came to WSSU his goal was to seek accreditation for the BSW program. Marshall said that he helped design new courses, […]
A final project resulted in two mass communications students winning a $3,000 scholarship in the National Freedom of Speech PSA contest spring 2012. Breanna Holmes and Iveon Sprangle teamed up and won first place in the radio category by submitting a 30-second public service announcement. They competed against more […]
On Sept. 11, 2001, a Winston-Salem State alumna became one of the victims of that day’s terrorist attacks. Sarah Miller Clark, a member of the 1957 class, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77. Clark, 65, was a sixth-grade teacher at Backus Middle School in Washington, D.C. […]
Winston-Salem State’s Quality Enhancement Plan, “Writing in the Major Program” is making a significant impact on tutored students’ grades. The WIM program is three years old. Since its commencement, the Writing Center has tutored more than 4,000 students. WIM tutored students had a 33.2 percent higher chance of receiving […]
A complete makeover is in the near future for Hill Hall, the building located behind Eller Hall and the Fine Arts. Hill Hall has been vacant since 2005. “The architects have been hired, and a study has been conducted to see how we will repurpose the facility,” said WSSU’s Director […]
In recent years, the economy has been in a recession, depression or just bad. Jobs are few, and both the old and new ones require new skills. To meet these challenges, some non-traditional students are entering Winston-Salem State for the first time or returning to complete a degree. The non-traditional […]
With gas prices reaching a new high for this year, it’s pricey for students, faculty and staff to get back and forth to campus. The national price of regular gas is $3.87, according to GasBuddy.com, a site that provides real-time, national average price searches for gas by city, state and […]
The increase in the number and the type of police presence is a part of a new security plan to ensure a safe and drug-free environment on campus. The new procedures were implemented following the shooting at the Anderson Center March 22. “We are implementing an increase in […]