CAMPUS HAPPENINGS
HCOP Prepares Students
for Health Careers
BY MARGARET ROSS
Staff Writer
/\rc you looking for a program that
will help improve your academic ability
and prepare you for entrance into the
Allied Health field or a related major?
Well, there is a program just for you.
Here at Winston-Salem State
University, HCOP (Health Careers
Opportunity Program) is a program
designed to help students enter the Allied
Health industry. The program other goals
include: increasing the number students
from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter
and graduate from health professions and
allied health professional schools. The
program offers a wide range of services
and activities to help students with their
studies and reinforce behaviors that have
been proven to yield success.
“HCOP motivated me to further my
education. Through the various
workshops, field trips, and academic
studies, my grades have improved
greatly,” said Lisa Williams, a junior
sociology major.
According to Katrina Covington,
program’s coodinator, the program has
three phases. The first phase. Preliminary
Education, takes place during the
academic year. During this phase
tutoring sessions in biology, math,
communication skills and chemistry are
offered; and workshops and seminars
(opened to all WSSU students) are also
offered. The second phase, Facilitate
Entry, is an eight-week summer program.
In this phase, students are given the
opportunity to participate in activities that
will improve their performance on
admission tests and make them more
competitive for admission in their major
or health profession school. The third
phase Retention, helps the students that
are admitted into their major complete
their education. The second and third
phases are open to students that intend to
major in an allied health or related field.
HCOP also offers counseling
services. Deborah Brien, a HCOP
counselor, talks to students about
individual career and academic issues.
The counseling services have been proven
to be quite beneficial for many HCOP
students. “I was interested in other
careers, but the HCOP Program helped me
make a choice,” said Glen Lowe, a
freshman Psychology and Physical
Therapy major.
HCOP is preparing for its summer
program. Students majoring in Medical
Technology, Physical Therapy,
Occupational Therapy, Therapeutic
Recreation, Biology, Chemistry, Social
Welfare and Clinical Psychology will
participate in the program. The program
will run from May 23 - July 15.
”HCOP has a variety of resources
that can be beneficial to WSSU students.
Our workshops and enrichment sessions
are designed to assist students in
achieving their highest level of academic
and interpersonal goals,” said Covington
Conflict Management, March 31;
and Stress Management, April 14, are the
final workshops for this semester. All
workshops are held in Coltrane Hall.
The faculty and staff of HCOP
include: Dr. Betty A. Alexander, program
director; Katrina Covington, coordinator;
and Phyllis Attucks, secretary. Interested
students are encouraged to stop by 109
Coltrane Hall for more information about
the program.
Hagg Turns Life Around
HY TONYA BRFWER
Staff Wnler
Where are all our black men? Did
you know that 70 per cent of our black
men are in prison? Did you also know
that after parole, 40 per cent of our black
men are re-incarcerated, according to
Time magazine.
What happens to the 30 per cent that
are determined to survive? Most of them
seek employment hoping to start a new
life. Many of them go back to school to
further their education. Maracco Addule
Hagg is one of these men.
Hagg was once on death row for first-
degree murder and armed robbery. His
sentence was reduced to life in prison and
later reduced to 16 years; which he has
Iready served. Now Haag is a graduating
senior at Winston-Salem State University,
majoring in Psychology, and maintaing a
3.5 GPA. It took Haag only three years to
complete his requirements compared to
the average student taking four to five
years, according to Institutional Reports.
“As a young child growing up, I had
to learn things the hard way. School was
not important to me. Playing sports was
the only thing on my mind. Back then, to
play sports, I only needed a D average. I
had that exactly. I was mixed up with the
wrong crowd and always stayed into
trouble.”
According to Hagg, prison life is not
a life at all. “While being on death row*, I
realized that nothing mattered to anyone.
Please see page 9
Katrina Covington, program coordinator, Glen Lowe and Lisa Williams.
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