WSSU get new vice chancellor
FROM STAI h KFTOKTS
Winston-Salem- Dr. Melody
C. Pierce, vice chancellor lor stu
dent allatrs at Southern Universi
! ty (New Orleans), has been
; named vice chancellor for student
alTairs at Winston-Salem Slate
University.
In making the appointment.
Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr.
jt said. "We are quite pleased to
have Dr. Pierce join our team here
at Winston-Salem State. She has
more than 20 years of higher edu
cation experience in student
affairs, teaching, and research,
and I believe she will serve the
university well in strengthening
programs for our students."
Pierce's management experi
ence covers an array of areas.
including: student personnel ser
vices. teaching, research, counsel
ing. program development and
implementation, academic advis
ing and the coordination of state
level politics in higher education.
Throughout her career she has
also overseen the areas of disabled
student services, student activities
and organization* student health
services, registrar services, admis
sions. residence life and housing.
Having served in student all'airs
leadership at several academic set
tings. she has worked with a vari
ety of multicultural student popu
lations.
"My philosophy on student
life is grounded in pulling student
learning at the heart of the educa
tion enterprise." said Pierce.
Before her position at South
em University, Pierce served as
vice president for student affairs
at Albany State University, assis
tant vice president and director of
residential life and student union
building at Chicago Slate Univer
sity and director of student life at
University of the Virgin Islands,
St.Thomas.
Pierce earned her Ph.D. at
Michigan State University, Ed.S.
at University of Missouri, and her
master's and bachelor's degree at
Southern Illinois University.
She is a member of numerous
national professional associations,
including the American College
Personnel Association. Associa
tion of College Administration
Professionals and the American
Association of University
. Women.
> FhoU) by Kevin Walker
Students pose in an unoccupied holding area in the Forsyth County Detention Center.
Jail
from page AI
"This is where we keep people
; fa>m 16 to 93," Sgt. B.G. Geiger told
* the group as they assembled on the
> steps outside of the facility before
> the tour.
' The journey began where it
begins for everyone brought to the
jail the intake area, where some are
Z brought to face a magistrate or to be
Z administered breathalyzer tests
The students were surprised to
? see several individuals locked away
t in holding cells in the area. The scene
" resembled a zoo, with the youngsters
peering awkwardly into eells as those
! behind bars looked dazed and con
; fused about the entire situation.
* Cpl. L.P. Pegues who led the
. tour along with Geiger. told them to
Z respect the men and women on the
' other side of the bars He reminded
them that many in the jail are still
awaiting trial and have merely been
* charged with crimes
* After the lecture, there was a lit
. tie less staring as the students were
t taken to the main male and female
housing areas located on separate
floors.
The harshness of jail life was
Z explained more thoroughly by offi
* cialx Televisions are in each area.
Z but were off during the tour. Offi
* cials explained that television time is
* limited and television choices are
even more limited.
"They do not get to watch what
they want... We choose a station and
? it stays there." Pegues said, respond
l ing to a question from a student.
* The workout area on each floor
was barren. The students were told
that play time in jail is rare.
Because the population at the jail
is not at its highest, students actually
were able to enter the holding area
and marveled at the nearness of two
bunks and a commode. They also
expressed disgust over the showers,
with 110 curtains, in open view in the
holding area.
Crosby said he did not want the
students to get a watered-down ver
sion of jail, like those often depicted
on television shows where inmates
work out all day and watch sitcoms
at night. Jail is not a Hilton, officials
stressed.
Youth offenders, those 16 to 18.
wear special color jumpsuits in the
jail. As one official held up one of
the outfits for the youngsters to see,
Crosby reminded them that 16 was
not far away.
"Now you have a choice about
coming here. Don't ever do anything
so that you won't have a choice
about coming here." he said.
Besides the tours, the program
tries to teach skills such as anger
management and violence preven
tion through several programs
designed by Crosby. For instance,
when a situation arises in the pat- -
gram, students are tried by their
peers in a mock court setting. Stu
dents are also given jobs in the pro
gram. Some serve as police officers;
others are lawyers and judges They
are paid in faux bills for their ser
vices just as the real professionals
are and are given raises and bonus
es for good work.
Students are given frequent
opportunities to spend their dough
to buy a variety of items, from
clothes to electronics. Crosby buys
the items out of his own pocket. He
has bankrolled much of the program
himself, although the school's 1TA
has stepped up to help as well.
Ill its first year, Crosby was able
?to convince several local businesses
to provide food and other merchan
dise lor the youngsters. But the bat
tle for sponsors has been harder this
year, he said.
Two teachers at Hanes recently
gave Crosby StOO each. He'll use the
money to give one of the students a
scholarship.
Anyone interested in donating
money to tlw program ean contact
Hones Middle School at (336) 727
2252.
. Kimberley Park
* from page A1
zone 5. It specializes in math, sci
ence and technology, and features
hands-on activities with small
* classes.
Jackson said her previous
experience as principal at Y.E.
Smith Science, Design and Tech
nology Magnet School in
Durham, and assistant principal at
schools in Danville. Va., has pre
pared her for the challenge of
enrolling more students and build
ing upon the school's past success
es.
"I have a lot of good people
helping me. The assistant principal
lj( Minnie Hewitt) has been very
helpful, like a right hand."
Jackson acknowledges that she
has challenges ahead. She says
that parents perceive location as a
major element in the decision of
choosing their child's school.
More than 90 percent of the stu
dents at Kiroberlcy Park are
African-American a reflection of
the surrounding community.
"I hope parents are very
involved in looking for schools,
not just based on where they're
located, but the program. A lot of
times that's not the case."
The school is now trying to get
the word out about its program
through various means, including
its Web site, which gives various
details and highlights about Kim
berley Park.
"We want people to know thai
we are open for business." Jackson
said.
The other zone-5 schools have
concentrations in visual arts, com
munications and 21st century aca
demics. The school system pro
vides transportation to any school
in the zone that parents choose for
their child.
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