WSSU launches new Scholars
Program
In an effort to promote leader
ship, life and career skills, Winston
Salem State University has initiated
a new program that officials hope
will inspire and motivate students
during their four years at the univer
sity.
The effort has been dubbed the
W.E.B Dubois-Cheikh Anta Diop
Scholars Program and will focus on
tracking and monitoring students
from their freshmen to senior years.
The program, however, is open to
all students who are interested in
achieving academic excellence and
assuming leadership roles.
Daniel J. Lovett, the program
director, expects that students will
be drawn to the scholars program
because many of them, he says,
already are inclined towards aca
demic achievement Those students
who enroll in the program and who
achieve a grade point average of 3.0
or better will be recognized as
W.E.B. Dubois-Cheikh Anta Diop
Scholars.
The Dubois-Diop Scholars Pro
gram, Lovett says, is a new and
vital part of Winston-Salem State
University's overall mission. Lovett
says that the Dubois-Diop program
is part of the university's overall
Student Retention Program. But he
says that the goal of the WSSU pro
gram is not just to retain students
but to help them develop skills that
' will sustain them throughout their
lives.
"Even though the primary
focus and purpose of the student
retention program remains intact,
the process by which it is being
delivered has changed," he says.
"The Student Retention and Men
toring Program has taken on a new
form and now operates under the
auspices of the Dubois-Diop Schol
ars Program. A program of this
nature will unquestionably give this
initiative greater visibility, academ
ic integrity and focus and will pro
vide our participants with more
clarity, understanding, meaning,
direction and motivation."
Lovett says, too, that through
its push tp assist students in remain
ing in school and preparing for their
futures, the new program helps ful
fill the university's traditional mis
sion of providing a quality well
rounded education to its students.
"The Dubois-Diop Scholars
Program is designed to give late
bloomers, first gene rationalists, pre
viously moderate test-takers and
grade performers, those who lack
confidence, those who never lead,
those who have never been told that
they can lead...and those who never
have been treated like scholars a
chance to become participants in a
scholars program. And this scholars
al sessions involving support group
workshops for men and women.
The Student Peer Mentoring
Program will offer students the
opportunity to interact with fellow
students who can assist them in
making their transition to university
life smoother and more rewarding.
"The Dubois-Diop Scholars
Lovett says were pioneers in educa
tion. W.E.B. Dubois was the first
African-American to earn a Ph.D.
from Harvard University. A histori
an, sociologist and essayist, Dubois
was the author of mfirejhan 20
books and 100 scholarly articles.
Cheikah Anta Diop was a
physicist, Egyptologist and histori
WSSU student LaShelle Lawson (left) learns more about the W.E.B. DuBois - Chelkh Anta Dlop
Scholars Program from Program Director Daniel Lovett (center) and staff member Carrington Carter.
program is designed not onjy for
those who are or have been schol
ars, but also for those who aspire to
,become scholars."
Lovett says that ther^are four
components around which the pro
gram is centered. All components,
he says, are designed to develop the
necessary intellectual strengths and
leadership skills to achieve opti
mum success at the university and
in life after graduation.
The Dubois-Diop Academic
Enrichment Sessions are designed
to give students assistance in vari
ous areas of study involving course
work.
The Mary McLeod Bethune
Academic Skills Training Work
shops will introduce students to
study and leadership skills neces
sary to compete successfully in aca
demics and in the workplace.
The Fannie Lou Hamer Memo
rial Series is a group of motivation
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the board has tried to make deci
sions that were in the best interest
of the Urban League.
"We feel good about the way
we've gone about the selection pro
cess. It's not been easy, but we've
accepted the challenge." He said the
new president would be selected
next week.
Griggs suggested that the Win
ston-Salem Urban League should
spin off from the National Urban
League in protest of its mandate
that Smith's position be declared
vacant and a national job search be
conducted.
Dr. Irvin stated that the local
Urban League receives $377,000
from National Urban League: 44
percent of the total local budget Of
that amount, $21,000 is paid back to
the national organization for affili
ate dues.
Winston-Salem Urban League
also receives JPTA (Job Partnership
Training Act) funds because of its
accreditation with National, accord
ing to Irvin.
"If we chose to disassociate
with the national group, we could
not use the Urban League name or
logo," he said.
Progress
were also asked to name the three
most pressing problems facing the
public housing communities, the
city as a whole, and some sugges
tions for the future.
Drugs and crime topped the
lists for those problems most press
ing in the public housing communi
ties and the city as a whole, fol
lowed by un/underemployment,
lack of individual/community self
esteem, and racism/prejudice.
Suggestions for the future
included: a quarterly update, con
centration on only a few issues in
more depth, more attention to jobs
for young people and adults, air
Asked if the United Way would
view the Winston-Salem Urban
League differently, President Floyd
Davis echoed the same sentiments.
"The local Urban League operates
under trademark of and auspices of
the National Urban League. If they
pulled away, the United Way would
treat it like any other new organiza
tion applying for funding."
Smith was fired by the former
board, which was later found to be
in violation of rotation policies.
Subsequently, an all new board was
formed, which voted unanimously
to reinstate Smith earlier this year
but was directed by the national
group to conduct a job search to fill
the position of president and chief
executive officer.
Although Smith's supporters
have been consistently vocal in
pressing for her reinstatement, oth
ers say the publicity has actually
hurt her chances. One insider sug
gested that going to the press and
the public rather than seeking reso
lutions internally is the kind of
strategy that caused hard feelings
between Smith and others during
her tenure as well as after she was
terminated.
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for families, and the development of
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Program is aimed at assisting stu
dents in developing the necessary
intellectual strengths and leadership
skills to be successful at the univer
sity and^in^Hfe after^ graduation
whether they go on to careers or to
graduate school/' says Lovett, for
merly the university's director of
admissions. "We expect there will
be a large response because we
believe we have some of the best
students in the state who are highly
motivated and who are looking for
an opportunity to develop them-,
selves to their greatest potential."
The scholars program was
named in honor of two men who
an from Senegal who offered revo
lutionary theories on Egypt as an
African civilization.
Lovett says that those two edu
cational leaders were-selected in
hopes that the program would draw
strength from the legacies of
Dubois and Diop. -
"We expect students will profit
immensely from the program
because we will be giving them all
the tools by which they can get a
head start on their lives," he says.
"Coming out of this program we
expect to see some of the best stu
dents this university and this state
have ever produced."
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