The Simon Green Atkins Community Development Corporation is in charge of creating an overlay zoning district plan. The plan consists of how to improve the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive corridor from Business 40 in the south to U.S. Route 52 in the north. Russell Smith, a professor of geography […]
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Reaves addresses layoffs, strategies
In response to the March 31 double-digit layoff, Chancellor Donald J. Reaves called an impromptu budget meeting in K.R. Williams Auditorium April 1. He explained Winston-Salem State’s recent reduction and discussed some of the fiscal details for the upcoming months. Accordining to a University statement, 15 staff positions were terminated […]
Impact of budget shortfall in UNC system results in 15 WSSU positions being eliminated
As part of its efforts to reduce its overall budget, Winston-Salem State announced March 31 that it is eliminating 15 filled positions. “Given the current economic conditions that we know will affect the entire University of North Carolina system, we have to begin to take immediate actions to […]
$0 to $9,000 in 90 days
College Publisher is starting to charge up to $8,995 for the once-free content management service for online college newspapers. The News Argus Online may be experiencing some major changes in April. College Publisher, the online content management platform used by the Argus, has re-structured its business model and the new […]
Red and white goes green
The carbon footprint of Winston-Salem State is on its way to becoming neutralized. The 17 campuses of UNC are required by law to be carbon neutral by 2050. Each year, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by institutions, events and individuals is measured. This measurement is called […]
Moore Hall reopens as coed in fall; renovations to bring it up to code
Moore Hall will re-open with substantial renovations next fall after being unoccupied since September 2010. Moore Hall was closed because of the low enrollment of freshmen in fall 2010. Students were moved out of the building and relocated in other residence halls. The residence hall will go through a series […]
Spring fashions to feature graphics, vintage prints
When the snow melts and the clouds reveal the sun, the same happens to fashion. Sunny colors and patterns are filling the shelves of stores everywhere. One of the biggest trends to watch out for this season: graphic prints, from floral to stripes these statement making pieces can be combined […]
Students’ e-mail capacity increases
Winston-Salem State students will be using a new e-mail server and will no longer see the message ‘Your mailbox is over its size limit’ in their inbox. It has been five years since there has been a significant change to the school’s e-mail server. The new e-mail server WSSU will […]
News Argus Staff to manage sports, graphics for Black College Wire
For years The News Argus has been responsible for producing high-quality news for Winston-Salem State. Now, WSSU’s student-run newspaper has been tasked with a new assignment. The News Argus staff has been selected to manage the sports and graphics sections of Black College Wire, a premier source of online information […]
1st HBCU filmmaker contest; WSSU students take first place
More than one million online-voters chose two Winston-Salem State students in the 2011 Honda Battle of the Bands HBCU filmmakers’ contest Jan. 23. Mass communications majors, Leslie Miles, a junior from Mount Olive, N.C., and Antonio DeGraffenreaidt, a senior from Henderson, N.C., submitted a two-minute documentary video highlighting the WSSU’s […]