Winston-Salem State University
Friday, July 18, 2025
Alltel Wireless has partnered with Dr. Maya Angelou for the second annual “Words of Wisdom” essay contest. In celebration of Black History Month and the 50th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine’s integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Alltel Wireless and Angelou have announced the second annual […]
Terry Hines has been named Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs at Winston-Salem State University. The announcement was made Feb. 8 by WSSU Director of Athletics, Dr. Chico Caldwell. Hines was most recently the Associate Athletics Director for Major Gifts at the University of Kansas. At WSSU he will be […]
Winston-Salem State University is growing and changing rapidly. The constant construction on campus is hard to miss for many. Soon, the area known as “The Pit” will add to the new campus developments. The Pit will break ground when it is transformed into an outdoor recreational facility for students and […]
With their final two home basketball games approaching on Feb. 8 and 21, the Lady Rams are determined to enter the games well-focused and prepared to grab a couple more wins for the home crowd. The team has had a bumpy season this year with five wins, but they’re determined […]
Do lackluster events of the past and unmotivated students make Black History Month at Winston-Salem State University feel like just another day on campus? “The month of February does not make a real impact on me,” says Lakesha Gravely, a junior at WSSU. “I cannot recall one event from last […]
The Lady Rams bowlers have had an up-and-down season, but things are looking good for the future. The Lady Rams have only been bowling for five short years, but by 2003, the team – led by former head coach Leon Kay, and now head coach Tyrone Scales – had already […]
Q: Valentine’s Day is coming up real soon, and my girlfriend is making it really hard for me to buy her a gift. She is constantly telling me all the things she that she does not want. I do not want to get her a gift that she doesn’t like, […]
On Jan. 16 Barack Obama made a monumental annoucement. He had taken the first step toward becoming a candidate for the 2008 presidential election. And now the junior United States Senator from Illinois and the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history is, according to recent opinion polls, ranked as […]
For quite some time the debate has been out: can a white person teach black culture? Can that person teach it to black kids? Some students and parents may consider this for issues other than education. This topic is morally and racially controversial because there are no statistics that answer […]
Erin C. Perkins Harriet Tubman is an instrumental black female leader best known for her brave escapades as an Underground Railroad conductor. During a 10-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted more than 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick […]