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WSSU receives $800,000 grant for S. G. Atkins CDC
Long-time educator, alum
is Founder's Day speaker
Charles Love, PhD
Charles Love, dean of the
School of Education at the
University of South Carolina
Upstate, will serve as the guest
speaker for the 2010 Founder's
Day Convocation at 9:45 a.m.
Oct. 22 in the K. R. Williams
Auditorium on campus.
An alumnus of Winston-
Salem State with a B.S. degree
in elementary education, Love
earned his master's degree
from the University of North
Carolina Charlotte and a spe
cialist degree in educational
administration from
Appalachian State
University.
He earned his doctorate
degree in educational admin
istration from the University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Love has been dean of the
School of Education at South
Carolina Upstate since July
1999 and he has more than
quadrupled the external fund
ing of that school.
In addition to his duties as
dean, he occasionally teaches
classes on educational curricu
lum issues and school leader
ship.
He also serves on the Board
of Directors for the Winston-
Salem State University
Foundation.
Founder's Day honors
Simon Green Atkins who, in
1892, began Slater Industrial
Academy, which became
Winston-Salem Teacher's
College and is now Winston-
Salem State University.
As part of Founder's Day,
there will be the traditional
w'reath laying ceremony at
Atkin's statue on campus at
8:45 a.m. prior to the convoca
tion.
WSSU Public Relations
Winston-Salem State has re
ceived an $800,000 grant from
the U.S. Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development
to expand the activities of
the S. G. Atkins Community
Development Corporation.
The funds will be used to
continue the "green" renova
tion of The Enterprise Center
on Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive that will house a busi
ness incubator to support new
and emerging companies,
especially those with a "green"
focus.
The Center will also provide
large spaces for community
meetings, educational pro
grams, training and recreation,
as well as affordable office
space for nonprofit organiza
tions.
"The remainder of the grant
will be used to administer an
energy efficiency program to
create a 'Green Zone' to help
residents decrease energy con
sumption and increase the
usage of renewable energy
sources."
The Enterprise Center is
designed to be a hub for com
munity economic development
and educational opportunities
that are supported by univer
sity and community resources.
The "Green Zone" efforts
will include continuing edu
cation for energy auditors,
weatherization contactors and
solar energy installers.
The Atkins CDC purchased
the former Salvation Army
Boys and Girls Club to serve
as The Enterprise Center in
February.
Renovations have begun at
the building and the first phase
is expected to be completed by
spring 2011.
The Center is part of the
CDC's efforts to serve as a
catalyst for revitalization in the
neighborhoods surrounding
the WSSU campus.
WSSU Public Relations
Hispanic journalists visit WSSU
Two leaders from the Que
Fasa Media Network dis
cussed "Hispanic Journalism
in the Time of Anti-Immigrant
Sentiments" as part of the
Hispanic Heritage Month
observance at Winston-Salem
State.
Hernando Ramirez-Santos,
executive editor and news
director, and Adolfo Enrique
Briceno, news media reporter,
from Que Pasa took part in
the presentation Oct. 7, in the
Thompson Student Services
Center.
The event was sponsored
by the Office of Internafional
Programs and the WSSU Mass
Communications Club.
Ramirez-Santos began
working for Que Pasa Media
Network when he moved to
North Carolina in 2008. He
has 25 years experience as a
journalist in Colombia and the
United States. He has won an
Emmy Award for script writ
ing and the 2010 Jose Marti
Silver Award for outstand
ing immigration article from
the National Association of
Hispanic Publications.
Briceno came to the United
States in 2006 as a reporter for
the Que Pasa newspaper. He
had previously been a reporter
and editor of the international
section for the Newspaper of
Yucatan in Merida, Mexico.
Que Pasa Media Network,
is North Carolina's largest
and oldest Hispanic commu
nications company. It is also
the only Hispanic media with
both newspaper and radio
outlets. Que Pasa covers the
state through its headquarters
office in Winston-Salem as
well as otfices in Charlotte and
Raleigh/Durham.
WSSU Public Relations