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VoI.X, No. 1 WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA October, 1976
University Seeks
$9.5 Million
HEW Grant Renewed
Winston-Salem State Uni
versity officials recently sub
mitted a “change budget
package” for the considera
tion of the General Admini
stration of the UNC system.
The package included a
request for an annual increase
of $1.4 million to improve
existing programs and to
develop new programs in both
the academic and the
administrative areas. A re
quest for a capital improve
ment project budget of $8.1
million was also presented.
On September 28, as WSSU
hosted members of the
Advisory Budget Commission,
Chancellor Williams high
lighted the results of prelimi-
Loan Fund
The Financial Aid Office of
Winston-Salem State Univer
sity has recently been notified
that the grand chapter of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
through the initiative of the
local chapter, has established
a Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity -
Student Revolving Loan Fund.
This fund was established on a
fifty-fifty matching basis with
funds from the local and
national chapter.
The funds ($1,000.00) will
be administered through the
institutional Financial Aid
Office and regulated accord
ing to its present policies
regarding student emergency
loan funds. The amount of the
loan shall not exceed $300.00.
It shall be repaid by the
student prior to registration
for the subsequent semester,
graduation, or prior to
releasing transcripts in the
case of transferring students.
The interest rate should not
exceed 3%. This fund is
available (The Student Kappa
Alpha Psi Fund) to all full time
students provided they meet
the necessary requirements.
Commenting on the gift,
financial aid officer Williard
Jordan said, “The University
is very grateful to Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., for
nary budget hearings with the
General Administration. He
emphasized the need for
continued legislative support
to the institution for streng
thening of academic programs
and essential supportive
services. Illustrating that
WSSU is “land-locked”. Dr.
Williams stated that one of the
institution’s greatest needs is
for additional land and that
definite steps must be taken to
meet it immediately.
The Advisory Budget Com
mission will consider the total
UNC budget package after it
has been consolidated and
presented by the Board of
Governors then submit it to
the 1977 General Assembly.
Established
its concern for our students’
welfare and hope that this gift
will serve as a challenge for
other institutions and agencies
to show concern and faith in
our students and their futures
by assisting them in their
struggles to secure a college
education.”
Board Fee
Increases
By S50
The Winston-Salem State
University Board of Trustees
which met in early September
voted to recommend a fee
adjustment which affects
boarding students beginning
spring semester. The increase
of $50 has been approved by
the University Board of
Governors.
Mr. Willie Grissom, Busi
ness Manager, explained that
an increase in fees is
necessary to accomodate the
rise in the cost of food and
commodities and to meet
salaries affected by the
required January 1. 1977
minimum wage scale and the
required replacement of some
CETA funded personnel.
Grissom said, “While this
adjustment brings the total
board fee to $671 per year
WSSU boarding students are
provided with three meals per
day at a cost of eighty cents
per meal.”
The Upward Bound Pro
gram received a $75,000 grant
from the Department of
Health, Education, and Wel
fare.
The grant, which was
effective July 1, 1976, insured
the continuation of the
New Degree
Program
Offered
The Department of Educa
tion has intiated a new major
program in Special Education
as approved by the University
Board of Governors.
The major objectives of the
Special Education Program
are to provide a degree
program with a concentration
in the area of learning
disabilities for the certification
of graduates to teach
exceptional children; to pro
vide courses which will
prepare other teacher educa
tion majors to meet the needs
of exceptional children who
have been mainstreamed; and
to provide staff development
resources for school systems
See DEGREE, Page 3
pre-college program which
has been funded for the past
ten years. In addition, it
provided for the initiation of a
new Special Services Pro
gram.
The Upward Bound Pro
gram is designed to generate
skills and motivation in youth
from low income families who
have academic potential for
success in education beyond
See HEW, Page 5
HUD
Contract
Extended
Winston-Salem State Uni
versity has been awarded
another one-year extension of
the HUD sponsored housing
management program grant of
$130,000.
This contract, which be
came effective July 1, 1976,
includes funds to enable the
University to continue with
housing management courses
organized under the Depart
ment of Business Administra
tion. University plans call for
scheduling four housing
management core courses per
semester (3 credit hours each)
out of a total of seven housing
core courses. This undergra
duate program will lead to a
degree in business admini-
•stration with a concentration
in housing management. The
program is designed to train
professional housing mana
gers to meet the housing
needs of the nations private,
public, and federally insured
low-moderate income fami
lies.
The Department of Housing
and Urban Development has
also required the University to
assist in providing a standar
dized housing management
curriculum to enable other
colleges and universities
throughout the country to
teach similar programs.
Dr. J. Otis Haywood and
Col. William King share
administrative responsibility
for the program.
Pholo by J. Head
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