Poet signs over works to Wake
HY COURTNEY GAILLARD
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Maya Angelou signed over
a collection of manuscripts
spanning her literary career to
Wake Forest University this
week. Among those present to
watch the exchange were WFU
President Thomas K. Hearn Jr.
and several members of the
university's faculty and staff.
The signing took place dur
ing an intimate ceremony at
the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.
The Maya Angelou Film
and Theatef Collection con
tains not only manuscripts, but
contributions from Angelou's
history in film, theater, record
ing and television. The collec
tion was recently appraised at
more than $500,000. Angelo
gave her collection in the name
of her family ? the Johnson
family. She credited her deci
sion to sign over the collection
to the university to the kind
ness of the Wake Forest family
since she came to the universi
ty to teach in the 1970s.
"I am very grateful to
Wake Forest and the library'in
particular. Those who know
me well know that when I am
grateful 1 show it." said
Angelou as she wrote her sig
nature.
Sharon Snow, team leader
of special collections and
archives for WFU, has been,
archiving Angelou's collection
of work for the past 17 years.
Snow was first introduced to
Angelou's work as a freshmen
at WFU and shared her appre
ciation of Angelou's work
since that time, both personal
ly and professionally.
"It has been a pleasure. I
was delighted to have a posi
tion at the library to work'on
her material. I can't express
enough my gratitude to Dr.
Angelou for this collection and
what it has meant to the uni
versity and what it will mean
to generations to come." Snow
said. '
Hearn acknowledged
Angelou's dedication, citing
the legacy created by Angelou
making her vast body of work
available through WFU. Hearn
pledged that the school will
preserve her manuscripts and
thanked her for the close, long
standing relationship she has
maintained with the university.
"This memorialized the
relationship between Wake
Forest and (Dr. Angelou) and
makes it a part of our history,"
Hearn said.
Angelou was accompanied
by her niece and official
archivist Rosa Johnson, who
was thrilled at the opportunity
for her aunt's volume of work
to be recogni/ed and preserved
at the university.
"This is truly a gift that will
keep giving because Maya will
continue to add to the collec
tion as she produces more
work in the future," Johnson
said.
Angelou has called Win
ston-Salem home for more
than 20 years, since she was
appointed to a lifetime position
as the first Reynolds Professor
of American Studies at Wake.
Over the course of her storied
career, Angelou's extensive
resume includes poet, author,
director, producer and civil
rights activist.'
Securing a place as a
beloved and outstanding liter
ary extraordinaire, Angelou
has been decorated with count
less honorary academic
degrees and awards from
around the world. Not only is
Angelou considered a leg
endary writer of our time,
more important, she is held as
an adored literary and social
voice for the African-Ameri
can community.
... Photo by Courtney Gail lard
Maya Angelou chats with Wake Forest University President Thomas Hearn.
Police officers promoted
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Chief Linda G. Davis of the
Winston-Salem Police Depart
ment announced the promotion of
Lt. DeNeille Atwood to captain,
effective Dec. 24. Davis also
announced the promotions of two
other officers.
Atwood is a 27-year veteran
of the Police Department and has
Facility
from page A !
(including buying a computer
ized phone tree system that
calls patients a day or two
before their appointments to
remind them).
To help create an environ
ment where patients feel more
positive about being in a health
care facility, Clements stressed
to his staff the importance of
such things as calling patients
by their last names (Miss
Smith, Mr. Jones), saying
"good morning" to people and
asking folks, "May 1 help you?"
As a result, Clements said,
more and more patient satisfac
tion surveys are returned with
comments saying that patients
are treated very nicely, very
respectfully. "Now our number
of complaints have decreased
much more than ever before
too," he said.
in terms 01 nealtn-care serv
ices provided. Downtown
Health Plaza offers primary
health care services, which are
pediatrics, general internal
medicine (adult medicine) and
obstetrics and gynecology. "In
addition to that, as part of our
adult medicine practice, we
have a series of specialty type
services, for example, a special
ized hypertension practice, spe
cialized diabetes practice ...
podiatry ... gastroenterology,
dermatology, pulmonary and
renal (on site)," Clements said.
The Downtown Health
Plaza also has a pharmacy, a
laboratory and radiology serv
ices on site.
"We had those (services) in
the old building (old Reynolds
Health Center), so it's not an
improvement per se. But what
we have improved is how
accessible they are." For exam
ple, the pharmacy, laboratory
and radiology services are right
off the main lobby in Down
served in the field services
bureau's patrol and special opera
tions divisions, the criminal inves
tigations division and the profes
sional standards division. She was
promoted to sergeant in 1983 and
to lieutenant in 1994.
Atwood served as the regional
and state vice chairman of the
N.C. Criminal Information
Exchange while assigned to the
town Health Plaza, making it
convenient for patients.
Also, Downtown Health
Plaza has more parking spaces
than the old Reynolds Health
Center (235 compared to about
125).
Downtown Health Plaza,
which is open 8-5 Monday
through Friday, has extended
hours (until 7 p.m.) Mondays
and Wednesdays in pediatrics
and adult medicine. "This gives
the opportunity for people who
are working to get into the facil
ity and not lose time off from
work," Clements said.
As for patient volume,
Clements said that the number
of patient visits from July I
through Nov. 30 this year was
up almost 13 percent (almost,
2,5(X) more patient visits) com
pared with the same period the
year before. The Downtown
Health Plaza has an average of
3,000 to 3.5(H) patient visits per
month, or 150 to 175 per day.
Last month, the facility' had
about 3,900 patient visits.
About 27 percent of the
total patient visits are people
who are identified as Hispanics;
a little over 50 percent. African
Americans; 20-22 percent Cau
casians; and 1-2 percent other.
"We've seen a very large
increase in our Hispanic popu
lation," Clements said. "So one
of the improvements we've
made since we opened the
building is really concentrate on
having a significant number of
bilingual staff and actually hir
ing on-staff interpreters. We
now have a good number of
people who are bilingual in just
about every area, as well as
having staffed 3 1/2 people who
are paid interpreters for our
facility."
The Downtown Health
Plaza also collaborates with
other agencies to offer services
at the Downtown Health Plaza
to improve health care or quali
ty of life. Those services
criminal investigations division.
She is a 1997 graduate of the N.C.
State Administrative Officers
Management Program. Atwood is
married to Tim Atwood and has a
stepson, Ryan.
Davis also announced the pro
motions of Sgt. Chris Peddle to
lieutenapt^-and S.P.O. John W.
Coppley to sergeant, also effective
Dec. 24.
include WISH program
(Women's and Infants Services
for Health) out of CenterPoint
Human Services; ABCD (Asso
ciation for the Benefit of Child
Development); the Forsyth
County Department of Public
Health Department's Maternal
Care Coordination program and
WIC program, which stands
for Women, Infants and Chil
dren nutrition supplement pro
gram. The Department of Social
Services also has a representa
tive in the Downtown Health
Plaza. "If a person needs a
Medicaid application, they can
have it done in this building,"
Clements said.
"We do have more positive
outcomes by having programs
that collaborate," Clements
said.
The Downtown Health
Plaza has a nonphysician staff
of a little under 90, and about
35 physicians (physician staff is
supported by the Wake Forest
University School of Medi
cine). Clements estimates there
are 30 to 35 workers in the
other programs (such as WISH,
ABCD, Maternal Care Coordi
nation. WIC, DSS).
Clements said the Down
town Health Plaza's first year
has been a successful one. He
said, "If you ask me to summa
rize where our areas of
improvement have been, they
have been in terms of efficiency
- getting people in and out in a
convenient way, in a way that is
easy for the patient to access
and to return back home; we've
(improved) the culture of our
institution, whereas people are
treated with dignity and respect,
making it a better experience
for the person while they are in
the building .... we've improved
our collaborations with other
agencies such that we're able to
tie in with other services which
may not be medical per se but
may be quality-of-life type
issues."
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