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THE WinstoN'Salem State University — TUESDAY APRIL 27 2010 V9L47, ISSUE 12 WWW.THENEWSAflGUS.COM L' Photo by Brandon Wainright McQueen gets ‘em clean for good cause Tyrell McQueen assists in a recent car wash fundraiser sponsored by CLMC that raised $562. Some of that money wiil be given to the famiilies of the victims of the West Virginia mining accident April 5. Duo commencements May 8 Marcus Cunningham Copy Desk Chief It will take two commencements, two separate venues and two different times for Winston- Salem State to say goodbye to its graduating seniors and give a proper farewell to its fall 2009 graduates May 8. At 9:45 a.m. fall commencement will be in the K.R. Williams Auditorium. Interim Director for Media and Public Relations Nancy Young said that K.R. Williams was selected because the number of fall graduates expected to attend the ceremony is only approximately 280 people. "It [fall commencement] will be much more intimate," Young said. The original fall commencement had an esti mated 525 possible participants. Spring commencement will be at 2 p.m. in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Young said there are approximately 700 possible participants for spring commencement, which led to the larger venue. Separating both com mencements alleviates concerns of an over crowded venue and restrictions on audience side. "There will be no ticket requirements for audi ence members," Young said. "We hope we never get in that situation." Young said there were parking issues at the coliseum last year; however, there should not be parking issues on campus for fall commence ment because a majority of the students will have left. Both commencements will have sepa rate speakers. Larry Womble, a member of the N.C. House of Representatives will speak for the fall ceremony; Dr. Donald Stewart, who served as president of Spelman College for 10 years will speak for the spring ceremony. SACS team cites WSSU in 4 areas Argus Staff & Lena’ Kithcart Reporter First the good news. The eight-member team from the Southern Association for College and Schools called Winston-Salem State's QEP a "Work of Distinction." Now the bad news. The SACS team cited Winston-Salem State in four different areas during its visit to WSSU for the second stage of the reaffirmation process March 23-25. One cite was for not pub lishing WSSU's accreditation status in the two current cata logs. The University was given a cite because it had adopted five general education out comes, but the outcomes were not published in the current undergraduate catalog. "The updates to the under graduate catalog will be com pleted between May and mid June," said Dr. Merdis McCarter, senior associate provost. Another cite Involves "Faculty Competence." The team found cases where some professors are teaching courses that they did not have proper credentials to teach. SACS cites continued on Page 3 Hayes: ‘Stephen Joyner Jr. perfect fit’ as Lady Rams coach LaTasha Miles Sports Editor After an extensive search through more than 60 candi dates, the Lady Rams head basketball coach vacancy has been filled. Stephen Joyner Jr., a 2001 graduate in business administration and former point guard for Johnson C. Smith, replaced Dee Stokes. Stokes was the Coach head coach from 2006 until February 2010 and finished with a 19-90 record during her tenure. With seven games remaining in the season, Walter Mebane was named as the interim coach. Joyner, 30, takes over at the position as Winston-Salem State re-enters Division II and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. He was selected by a commit tee including WSSU's athletic director. Bill Hayes and the announcement was made April 20. "Stephen Jr. is a per feet fit for our phi losophy and desire to bring energy and excitement to our pro- Hayes said upon the of Joyner's Joyner gram, announcement arrival. Joyner continued on Page 10 WSSU to test preparedness WSSU students and 100 faculty will participate in an “Active Shooter” exercise May 12. The exercise pro vides an opportunity to test plans and procedures to prevent an inci dent similar to the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. All UNC campuses will conduct the exercise as a result of a contract between ENVI- ROSAFE and UNC General Administration. Source; WSSU Campus Police Your vote is worth $150,000 The Home Depot is giving back to 11 HBCUs by permitting anyone to vote for a favorite institution to receive a $150,000 in grants. The winning college or university will be announced June 15. The Home Depot is also releasing a special edi tion Gift Card to support the effort. Source: www.homedepot.com ASPA awards Argus 1st place The News Argus won First Place Award in the 2009 American Scholastic Press Association compe tition. The Argus recorded 945 points out of a possible 1,000. ASPA awards first place to publications with special and outstanding design and content. Award certificates will be distributed May 8. Source; www.asan.com lUMIlE ONlim dqht mess with the press
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