Twelve WSSU students sit in vehicles parked at Bowman Gray Stadium on Martin Luther King Drive, waiting for the new 28-passenger RamExpress to arrive. After several minutes, a shuttle arrives, but it’s not the bright red and white RamExpress that made its debut on campus Aug. 15. Instead, a replacement […]

For astronomers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and around the world, the stars just got a lot brighter. The first stunning images from the world’s largest optical telescope, which UW scientists played a major role in building, were released recently. Perched atop a remote 5,000-foot plateau in South Africa, the […]

1. Watching the Rams pick up some CIAA trophies on their way out. WSSU has the best athletic tradition of the teams currently in the conference, so it’s only right that they go out with some hardware. 2. WSSU’s Shannon Davis winning NCAA Woman of the Year. Davis, All-CIAA in […]

So far this year, it has been the best and worst of times for Rams football: The best of times because the Rams beat the Vikings of Elizabeth City State 24-23 on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Bowman Gray Stadium before a crowd of 5,100. The win marked the team’s first […]

What is the Writing Center? Writing is an ongoing process requiring many revisions. Peer Tutors at the WSSU Writing Center are committed to ensure that students develop and improve their own writing styles. We encourage students’ ownership and originality by providing effective writing suggestions and resources. The Writing Center is […]

Leah Rawlings is 17, and at least six hours by car from home in Maryland. When the freshmen arrived on campus, she admits that she was homesick. But that didn’t last long. She’s made friends, gets along with her roommate and likes living in Moore Hall. The only thing she […]

Among the mix of returning students, incoming freshman and accelerated-learning students, there is another group at Winston-Salem State University: Transfer students. Stephanie Feggins, a 20-year-old resident of the city, is one of them. Feggins attended Forsyth Technical Community College before enrolling at WSSU. She said she chose the university because […]

Although Nicholas Murchison has been through so much over the past couple years, his attitude is still a positive one. Murchison, 18, of Sanford, who’s known as Nick, is a freshman. He recently underwent heart transplant surgery at UNC-Chapel Hill hospital. Murchison said he had not been feeling well for […]

State Treasurer Richard Moore last month presented Winston-Salem State University with a check in the amount of $584,652. Along with the check, Moore brought news that put even more smiles on the faces of students and faculty: He assured Chancellor Harold Martin that students would receive more money in grants […]

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake’s performance during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII came to a close with the exposure of Jackson’s breast. Timberlake and Jackson stated that this was a surprise to them just as it was to the crowd of 72,000 at the Reliant Stadium in Houston […]