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Vol. XVI No. 1
Winston-Salem State University
September, 1981
Students Participate In Black College Day
By Beuancha Kapp
About 390 students from Winston-
Salem State University were in Raleigh,
Monday to participate in the Second
Annual Black College Day Rally. The
ten busloads of students frorr
Homecoming
Plans Underway
By Juliaette Sutton
“The Student Government Associa
tion has some surprises in store for the
student body during Homecoming
Week,” stated Michael Sutton, presi
dent of the SGA.
Homecoming Week will be
celebrated October 25-31. At the onset
of Homecoming activities, there will be
a “Gospel Singing” held in the K.R.
Williams Auditorium at 7:30, October
25. Various choirs from the city and on
campus will be featured. On Monday,
8-12 p.m., a dance will be held in
Whitaker’s Gymnasium. The Galaxy
Band will perform at this free function.
A splash party in the C.E. Gaines
Center will get under way October 27
at 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Another event will be the Corona
tion Ceremony for Miss WSSU. It will
take place at the Benton Convention
Center at 8 p.m. on October 29. A
reception will follow immediately at
the convention center. Students will be
charged a price which has not been set
as of deadline.
On October 30, the annual Red and
White Day and Mini Parade will com
mence at 1:30, At 6 p.m., members of
the Pan-Hellenic and Independent
Councils will participate in a step
show. At 9:30 a Mardi Gras Disco will
be held in the old gym. Students are
asked to wear costumes and no admis
sion will be charged.
Homecoming festivities will climax
on October 31 with the game against
Johnson C. Smith University. Kick-off
time is at 1:30 in the Bowman Gray
Stadium. Prior to the game at 10 a.m.,
the city parade will be held. At 8 p.m.,
the SGA concert will be held at the col
iseum. SGA spokesmen would not
reveal who would be performing the
show. Also ticket information was not
available at deadline.
Winston-Salem were among students
representing some 10 black colleges
and universities in North Carolina.
Shaw University and St. Augustine’s
College hosted the event. Queens and
student body presidents from each
school made brief comments about
Black College Day. Zenobia Nelson
and Michael Sutton represented
WSSU.
At deadline, keynote speakers had
not been announced.
As part of the pre-Black College Day
activities. President Ronald Reagan
recently invited 75 representatives from
predominately black colleges and
universities to the White House.
Winslow Lowery, Director of the
Alumni Association, represented
WSSU.
President Reagan distributed an ex
ecutive order on the “History of Black
Colleges and Universities.” The order
calls for strengthening black colleges
through federally-sponsored programs
and encouraging the private sector to
contribute to black institutions of
higher learning. The president told the
group that he is not undermining black
education.
Last year’s rally was held in
Washington, D.C. Several states, in
cluding South Carolina, Virginia, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Louisiana and
Mississippi, are conducting rallies this
year.
Scores Fall Below Mandate
By Etta Sutton
The 1982 graduates of WSSU School
of Nursing have an opportunity to be
the first class to surpass the Board of
Governors State Licensure Examina
tion mandate.
In 1977, the Board of Governors
issued a mandate that it would close
nursing programs at the three
predominately black institutions in the
UNC system if at least two-thirds of
the graduates failed to pass the exam
on the first try.
Seven of the 11 graduates, 64 percent
of the 1981 WSSU nursing school
graduates, passed the exam this year.
Last year, only 41 percent passed.
North Carolina Central University’s
nursing school had 13 of the 23
graduates, 56.5 percent, to pass the ex
am. The rate for 1980 was 17.9 per
cent.
Dr. Margaret Lewis, director of
WSSU’s Division of Nursing, feels that
scoring percentages could have been
higher but she would not comment on
her reasons.
The State Board Test Pool Examina
tion (SBTPE) is a test taken by the can
didates for the Registered Nurse Licen
sure Exam. This practice test contains
questions drawn from the same pool
which provides questions for the ex
amination itself. The SBTPE provides
evidence that the practitioner of nurs
ing has the ability to deliver effective
nursing care and makes sure that the
nurses-to-be have the ability to apply
that knowledge for clinical situations.
Before the SBPTE examination
students learned nursing through
classroom activities and clinical prac
tice. Review for the exam comes par
tially from what is learned in class in
struction. The graduates also traveled
to Georgia to a review clinic for the ex
am. The exam consists of five com
ponents; Medical Nursing, Surgical
Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing,
Pediatric Nursing, and Obstetrical
Nursing.
The graduates taking the exam must
pass each area with a minimum score
of 350.
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New Head Librarian
Dr. Oswell Person is the new director for library services. He is among several new members of the faculty, ad
ministration, and staff for the 1981-82 academic year. (Photo by Vance Dixon)