Winston-Salem State University will examine challenges and possibilities for economic development in the eastern part of its city and throughout Forsyth County, thanks in part to a $3 million grant […]
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Winston-Salem State to Welcome Largest Freshman Class in Nine Years
Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) will welcome the Class of 2021 this weekend. With more than 950 students expected, WSSU’s freshmen class is again the largest since 2008. Freshmen enrollment has […]
NC Senator: Two HBCUs "Begging" Back In for SB873
Less than a month after protests and criticism forced the removal of three public historically black colleges and universities from a controversial tuition-reduction bill proposal in North Carolina, the bill’s […]
NC Passes Connect NC Bond; HBCUs to Receive $190 Million in New Facilities, Renovations
North Carolina’s public HBCUs will receive more than $190 million in construction funding, thanks to state residents passing a $2 billion referendum on higher education and public works funding.
That Time Someone Called in a Bomb Threat to the CIAA Tournament
HBCU Gameday brings us a vintage CIAA moment; the time when someone called in a bomb threat to the Greensboro Coliseum to help their chances of watching Winston-Salem State’s Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe play.
Bennett, Winston-Salem State Sign Health Sciences Articulation Agreement
A new agreement between Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) and Bennett College – both historically black institutions – is designed to help improve diversity in health care fields in North Carolina.
Black Colleges Join National Initiative to Re-Imagine the First Year Experience
Several public historically black colleges have been named to a national pilot program which seeks to redefine the first-year experience for college students. Fayetteville State University, Harris-Stowe State University, North […]
Stephen A. Smith Pledges $250,000 Over Five Years to Winston-Salem State
Smith also made a point Saturday morning at a Winston-Salem State fund-raising breakfast by committing $50,000 toward his alma mater for each of the next five years.
WSSU Receives $351,000 Heart Disease Research Grant
A Winston-Salem State University research team will use a mobile app as one of the tools in a three-year $351,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study the risk factors of Cardiovascular disease (CVD) among African-American college students.
New Initiative Guarantees Admission to WSSU Masters, Doctoral Therapy Programs
A new “assurance agreement” – the first of its kind offered at a historically black university – guarantees admission into the university’s DPT program for WSSU exercise physiology students who maintain at least a 3.4 GPA and meet the other normal admissions requirements.
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