The second season premiere of “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta” aired April 22 and viewers are in for a lot more uncouth behavior from characters like Stevie J, Joseline, K. Michelle and Mimi. The episode begins with Mimi and Stevie J. Despite the fact that Mimi decided to cut […]
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‘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 […]
Chancellor Reaves talks spring commencement, Bowman Gray Stadium in Q&A
This 2012-2013 academic year marks Donald Julian Reaves sixth year as Winston-Salem State’s chancellor. During a recent interview with The News Argus, Reaves talked about spring commencement, the new 10-ticket limit for commencement, Bowman Gray Stadium and WSSU athletics. The News Argus: Graduating seniors were sent an email […]
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 […]
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” […]
Greeks in the house
New Greek housing is coming to Winston-Salem State fall 2013 – the first for any HBCU. The purpose of the plan — implemented by the offices of Housing and Greek Life — is to increase Greek unity on campus. Director of Housing and Residence Life Abeer Mustafa assigned the […]
Health Sciences adds doctoral degree program
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 […]
Bennett alums donate funds to honor WSSU professor’s late mother
When two Bennett College for Women alumnae found out that the mother of their former professor had died in February, they wanted to do something special. Lashainna Campbell [class of 2002] and Honie Turner [class of 2003] said they knew that Lona D. Cobb, a professor in the mass […]
Prof’s book addresses freshmen retention issues
First they move in, meet their roommates, meet professors, then what? For freshmen to be successful in college, they need to know it is not the 13th grade. This is one of five tips in “Waking Up in College,” a book written by David Mount, adjunct professor of behavioral […]
COACH’S GAME BALL featuring Tyler Hickernell
Head Baseball Coach Kevin Ritsche chose Tyler Hickernell as the recipient of this issue’s Game Ball. Hickernell, a 6’3″ 215 pounds senior from Thomasville, N.C., is in the midst of his third and final season at Winston-Salem State after playing his freshman season at Guilford Tech. He pitches and […]