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 […]
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Faculty, students to cohabitate in dorms next fall
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” […]
WSSU, student benefit from ‘Go Green’ project
The Go Green ambassador has been invited to attend the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference to present his campus recycling project. Daniel Crudup, a junior healthcare management major from Concord, N.C., will be in Tennessee Oct. 6-9 for the conference. Along with his recycling […]
‘Keep Calm’ Extra graduation admission tickets may be available
Don’t fret graduating seniors; there may be additional commencement tickets headed your way. Assistant Provost for Administration and Planning, Letitia Cornish, said the ticket reservations website will close May 8, and the tickets that have been reserved will be distributed. “We will know May 8 how many tickets we will […]
Student circulates pedestrian safety petition
Students seldom worry about their safety as they walk to classes. However, two students involved with a recent pedestrian-vehicle accident want this to change. Senior Anthonia Busuyi, a biology major from Brooklyn, was hit by a car Jan. 31, as she was walking across Cromartie Street. Busuyi said she was […]
Sign language students benefit from iPads, app
Students enrolled in the American Sign Language course are benefiting from the new iPads in C.G. O’Kelly library. The iPads will be not be available for other students until this fall because of IT issues. “We don’t have enough IT addresses on campus,” said Forrest Foster, information commons coordinator. Foster […]
March Promo
Professor directs, acts the role of Malcolm X in ‘The Meeting’
The play “The Meeting” depicts a fictionalized account of a secret meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Winston-Salem State faculty performed the play on Feb. 15 at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. The play was performed to pay tribute to King during the month […]
Female student caught using fake parking decal
Campus police has had approximately seven cases dealing with counterfeit decals this academic year. The most recent case took place Feb. 4. At 1:19 a.m., Traffic Enforcer Andrew McDowell was checking decals in Lot C when he discovered a decal in a vehicle that did not match the vehicles assigned […]
Survey results lead to housing changes
During fall 2012 semester, 43 percent of the Winston-Salem State students living on campus participated in a comprehensive survey asking what they wanted and what they needed. Because of the student responses, hall renovations, policy changes and new programs will be implemented effective fall 2013. A focus group of […]