QualChoice
dropped as healthcare plan
By
David Irvine
A
search is currently underway for a new university health care provider,
resulting from the December announcement made by the current carrier,
QualChoice, that it would end its service providing insurance to private
employers.
University,
Reynolda House agree to join
By
Susannah Rosenblatt
President
Thomas K. Hearn Jr. announced Jan. 15 the official joining of Reynolda
House, Museum of American Art and its holdings with the university.
Joined by Reynolda House President Barbara Millhouse, Hearn described
the new union as "symbolic of a long, strong ongoing relationship."
Greeks
shift lounges
By
Lisa Hoppenjans
Four
student organizations will find new campus homes this fall following
a recent allocation of vacant lounge space by the student life committee.
Although only a single vacant lounge will be filled, the granting of
that space to an organization which already had a space set off a chain
reaction as each group moved to fill a space left open by another.
Academic
Debate increasing in wake of terror
By
Will Wingfield
No
matter where one looks, from the actions of the president to the dealings
of congress, or even a line at the airport, they see a world changed
by the events of Sept. 11.
Professor
given $100k grant for cancer research
By
Jamie Dean
The National Institute of Health recently awarded Dr. Zheng Cui, Assistant
Professor of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology at the School of Medicine,
the prestigious Shannon Award to continue her research on certain types
of cancer. The award consists of a $100,000 grant, which will be apportioned
over the next two years toward research of a genetic basis for immunity
to sarcoma and leukemia.
Greeting
cards raise $1,500 for Sept. 11 fund
By
Vanessa Raba
Sales
of greeting cards featuring the logo of the university's yearlong theme
of Unity and Hope: Pro Humanitate at Work have raised $1,500.
284
Rushees recieve bids
By
Andrea Carden
Formal
sorority recruitment took place between Jan.10 and 13, drawing large
numbers of prospective members during 3 days of organized activities.
Transfer
students experience mid-year orientation
By
Natalie Bonomo
The 2002 spring semester has brought 16 transfer students to the university.
Of the 237 students that applied to transfer to the university last
fall, 76 were admitted and 37 enrolled.
Founding
politics chair dies at 84
By
Kezia McKeague
Claud
H. Richards Jr., the founding chairman of the university's political
science department and a specialist on constitutional law, died Dec.
20 in Winston-Salem. He was 84.
Former
dean of law school dies
By
Lisa Mann
Most
people are lucky to have one distinguished career; James Taylor, Jr.
had two. A former associate dean of the School of Law, Taylor passed
away Dec. 16. He was 74.
Deacons
announcer dies of cancer
By
Jeff Harvey
Quen
Taylor, the public address announcer for university football and basketball
games, died Dec. 23 at the age of 53 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
MLK
Jr. honored in slate of inter-campus events
By
Phil Glynn
The
Office of Multicultural Affairs, in collaboration with administrators
at Winston-Salem State University, has organized a number of events
to commemorate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Historian
Goodwin headlines slate of spring campus speakers
By
Elizabeth Turnbull
The
spring semester will feature several high-profile guest speakers ranging
from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Doris Kearns Goodwin to Sister
Helen Prejean, who was portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the Dead Man Walking.
