Photos by Tevin S tin son
Students at Carver High School listen to speakers during the kickoff celebration
for the JRAMS Mentoring and Tutoring Program.
Dr. Trae Cotton, vice chancellor of student affairs at WSSU, speaks to students
from Carver High School and WSSU during the kickoff celebration on Friday,
Sept. 25.
Carver High, WSSU kick off
mentoring and tutoring program
"I'm excited to get a chance
to go on the campus and
learn from the college
students."
-Shawanna Ladson, sophomore
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
On Friday, Sept. 25,
students from Winston
Salem State University and
Carver High School came
together to mark the start of
JRAMS, a new tutoring
and mentoring program for
lOth-graders.
JRAMS stands for
Jackets and Rams
Achieving Maximum
Success and is only offered
at Carver High School.
The purpose of the pro
gram is to assist students in
rising up and taking those
first crucial steps in becom
ing what they want to be in
the future. In addition to
mentoring and academic
support, the students who
participate in the program
will also have opportuni
ties to be apart of the
WSSU culture.
By attending athletic
events and cultural events
on campus, the high school
students will get a chance
to experience what life is
really like on a college
campus.
Students will also par
ticipate in field trips, hear
monthly inspirational
speakers and participate in
a number of workshops.
During the celebration
to mark the beginning of
the program, sophomores
Shawanna Ladson and
Jakyia Vance said they
were excited about getting
a chance to be a part of the
new program.
"I'm excited to get a
chance to go on the campus
and learn from the college
students," Ladson said.
Vance said she hasn't
met with her mentor yet,
but joined the program to
get a little taste of what the
college life is all about.
"I wanted to learn more
about college and see what
everything is about." Vance
said.
Coordinators of the
program believe the men
tor relationship along with
the other opportunities are
not only to support student
academics, but also to sup
port personal growth and
student leadership.
Dr. Trae Cotton, vice
chancellor of student
affairs at WSSU, spoke
during the ceremony and
said he was delighted to see
his students getting
involved in the community.
"It is always a pleasure
to see my Rams working in
the community," Cotton
said. "Everyone behind this
program together is ready
to help these students be all
they can be."
Many of the mentors
and tutors volunteered for
the program.
Tyree Wilkes, a rising
WSSU junior, said he vol
unteered for the program
because he had worked
with similar programs back
home and wanted to get
more involved in this com
munity.
"I found out about the
program from a organiza
tion on campus, they said
they really needed mentors
for the males in the pro
gram, so I wanted to do my
part to help the communi
ty"
A number of dignitaries
attended the kickoff cele
bration, including:
Wiinston-Salem/Forsyth
County Sschools
Superintendent Beverly
Emory, Mayor Pro
Tempore Vivian H. Burke,
and Police Chief Barry D.
Rountree.
During the opening of
the celebration, Travis
Taylor, principal of Carver
High School, expressed
how excited he was about
the program.
"I am very excited for
this program to be kicking
off right here at Carver,
said Taylor. "Our students
are eager to meet their
mentors and take those
steps to mapping out their
futures."
After the ceremony in
the auditorium, the mentors
and students gathered in
the cafeteria for food and
fun. This allowed the stu
dents time to meet a num
ber of the college students
and directors of the pro
gram.
Cotton said he believes
his students are ready to
make a difference.
"I know my students
are ready to make a differ
ence in the lives of these
students, and this program
is perfect for that."
Other partners who
helped put the JRAMS
Program together include
Grace Presbyterian
Church, on Carver School
Road, and Big Brother, Big
Sister of Winston-Salem.
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This MAKERSPACE lab features items printed on a 3D printer at the Center for
Design Innovation.
Center for Design
Innovation opens new
facility to public
BY MAYEESA MITCHELL
FOR THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, home
of SciTech Institute and Bailey Park, wel
comed a new tenant that is dedicated to
creative expression, technology expansion
and scientific discovery to the community
last week.
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me \_cmer ior uesign innovation
(CDI), now located at 450 Design Ave.,
moved into its new 24,000-square-foot
facility in the spring and held its public
grand opening on Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Designed with the assistance of CDI's
founding partners - Winston-Salem State
University, Forsyth Technical Community
College and the University of North
Carolina School of the Arts - the facility
will be open to all members of the commu
nity who want to learn, conduct research
and experiment with technology.
"CDI is as much campus-facing as
community-facing, with forums and proj
ects scaled 10-fold with spaces and tools to
allow the community to take their ideas
further," said Executive Director Pamela
Jennings.
Funded through the University of
North Carolina system, the three-story,
modem, flexible facility houses millions of
dollars worth of equipment within multiple
design studios, MAKER labs, a multi-pur
pose activity floor, a digital manufacturing
shop, a data center and The CUBE.
The CUBE is a three-story, windowless
f
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cement room that can be used for research,
design projects, workshops and classes.
"It is almost all digital," said systems
architect Richard Phillips.
Its digital technology includes a slow
motion camera that can be used for scien
tific research to view things "too fast to see
but too important not to" and 3D scanning
equipment that
replaces traditional
blueprints by provid
ing high resolution,
globally accessible
measurements, accord
ing to Phillips.
Although all the
programming has not
been specified yet,
CD1 hopes to design
programs for lifelong
learners and children.
cui win also continue to work with its
founding partners by expanding the num
ber of classes taught at their facility and
providing co-curricular activities for the
students. Center officials also plan to col
laborate on projects across multiple institu
tions of higher learning in the Triad area.
Now that CDI has a permanent loca
tion, officials are looking forward to
expanding their programming and opening
their doors to the community.
CDI is open to the public from 9 am. to
5 pm. Monday through Friday. Free park
ing is available. For more information visit
cdiuncx)rg.
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Jennings
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