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Vol. XI, No. 1 WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA October, 1977
Sophisticated Ladies Reign Over Ramsland
Valeria Clark - Miss Homecoming 1977
Deborah Gibbs - Miss WSSU 1977
Valeria Lynette Clark is a
native of Winston-Salem, NC. She
is known to her friends as
"Lybbie” and “Puinpkin”. She is
a graduate of East P'orsyth
Senior High School and attained
her AAS (Associate in Applied
Science) Degree in 1975 from
Forsvlh Technical Institute in
Early Childhood Specialist.
Valeria will reign as Miss
Homecoming for the year 1977-78
and highlight the festivities of
Homecoming. She is a Senior at
Winston-Salem State working on
her B.S. (Bachelor of Science)
Degree in Early Childhood
F^ducation - Teacher Certificate.
Since her enrollment at WSSU,
she has become an active
member of several clubs and
organizations. She serves as
President of the Student National
Education Association. She
organized the University Ushers
in 1976, to which she is now
Student Advisor. Other
affiliations are Sigma Gamma
Hho Sorority, Inc.; Kappa
Omicron Tau Undergraduate
Chapter of the National Sorority
of Phi Delta Kappa; Student
Alumni Relations Association;
and The North Carolina
Association for the Education of
The Young Child.
She was the recepient of the
Willa Wallace Scholarship of Phi
Delta Kappa in 1976 and the
Alpha Mu Sigma Chapter of
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
Scholarship award in 1977. She
received two Honor certificates
for outstanding leadership and
service at the end of the last
school term.
This summer she had the
opportunity to be a contestant in
the Miss Black America of North
Carolina Beauty Pageant
sponsored by the Phi Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha,
which ‘‘I found to be a most
rewarding experience and an
adventure to be remembered and
treasured”, says Val.
Aside from all her school
affiliations, she is an active
member in church and also
enjoys sports, sewing, cooking,
making friends and working for
and with young children.
Valeria is a person of hard
work because she believes in
getting the job done even if it
means doing it herself, which is
partly the reason she has
recently been appointed to serve
on the North .Carolina Advisory
Council for Teacher Education in
Raleigh, NC. She is one out of two
students recommended by the
SNCAE and Mr. Craig Phillips,
Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Upon graduation, she hopes to
secure a job related to the up
building of the Teacher
Education Program or pursue
working on her Master’s Degree
in a related field of Education.
“To all fellow rams, faculty
and administration, I cordially
thank you for your nourishment
and added sunshine that made it
possible for me to bloom where I
am planted. If it were not for you
— ‘'Roots of Excellence” would
be impossible.
Have a JOYOUS
HOMECOMING!!!!
We are a long way from
knowing who Ms. Winston-Salem
State University will be next
year. Whoever she will be, she'll
have her work cut out for her, if
she plans to be as active as the
now reigning Ms. Winston-Salem
State University, Deborah Gibbs.
Deborah was born in Brookhn,
New York under the sign of
Aquarius. Even her high school
days were filled with much
involvement. She was a member
of Phi Delta Kappa’s Theta
Xinos, which is a National
Sorority of educators. Her Senior
year in high school, she was a
member of the National Honor
Society, runner-up in the Phi
Delta Kappa’s Debutante Ball,
member of the Afro Dance
Group, secretary of the senior
class, member of the English
Society and member of the
Stenographers Honor Society.
Her time spent at the
university has been equally as
colorful. Though she was not Ms.
Freshman, she ran and was the
first runner-up. She pledged and
went over into Tan Phi Cocoa
Social Sorority Inc. Since the
Psychology Club was started this
semester, she has been an active
member of the club and is
presently a member of the New
Day Student Government
Association. She reigned as Ms.
Pegram Hall in 1975-76 and now
reigns as one of the lovliest
queens that Ramland has ever
taown.
As President of the Student
Government Association, I
attended the coronation of Ms.
NCCU and Ms. FSU with her. I
was surely astonished as she and
her escort Joseph (Poochie)
Amado held the audience in
complete awe as they floated
gracefully dowTi the isle in Red
and White.
We at the University should be
honored that she has been asked
to participate in the Cystic
Fibrosis Benefit, which will be
held in November.
See LADIES, p. 4
“Roots of Excellence ” COURSE CANCELLED
Homecoming ’77 at WSSU
Winston-Salem State
University’s Homecoming Week
activities began Sunday, October
23 and will continue through
Saturday, October 29.
The Homecoming theme,
“Roots of Excellence”, stresses
the importance of examining and
drawing on the institution’s rich
heritage while maintaining and
further developing its standards
of excellence. The Alumni’s
theme, “Together and On to New
Heights”, holds a similar
message.
Highlights of the week include
the “WSSU Gong Show” on
Monday, October 24. Students,
faculty and staff members, and
alumni presented their “best
acts” in competition for a
“grand” SGA prize. Admission
was a donation of fifty cents
which will benefit the SGA’s
Brother to Brother - Sister to
Sister Program. On Friday,
October 28 the Day Student
Association will sponsor Red &
White Day with the Annual
Campus Mini-Parade at 12 noon.
Member of the campus
community are encouraged to
wear red and white in a show of
See HOMECOMING, p. 8
To The
As of July 1. 1978 the teaching
degree program in biology will be
cancelled at WSSU. Presently
only two people are enrolled in
the biology-education program.
The biology department itself is
in no danger and the decision to
eliminate the teaching major will
have little to no effect on the
department as a whole.
The decision to eliminate the
education program in biology
was made on the basis of a study
done by the Board of Governors.
The conunittee was headed by
Donald J. Stedman. The study
showed that at least 20 percent of
the teachers educated at 15 North
Carolina universities cannot find
work.
The study reviewed various
programs on several campuses
and rated them in three
categories; high quality, review
for possible elimination and
elimination. The Board of
See COURSE C VNCXLLED. p. 6
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