’What Makes a Great University’ is a look at what makes North Carolina’s public universities great and what it will take to make them greater. In coming months, the series will visit each of our public universities and explore them in depth..
- Creating the next workforce at WSSU
WINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Elwood Robinson isn’t shy about describing the role WSSU plays in the Piedmont Triad’s economy. “We really pride ourselves on being a regional institution, and ...Read more - Serving the community with WSSU health professionalsWINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State University is North Carolina’s top producer of bachelor’s degrees for African-Americans in nursing and health professions.1 In the accompanying video, WSSU Chancellor Elwood Robinson traces that to ...Read more
- WSSU Student Success: ‘It’s OK to be different’WINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State University takes student support seriously. “It goes back to who we are as a university – I mean, we are family,” Dr. Stephanie Dance-Barnes, Interim Associate Provost, ...Read more
- WSSU founder: ‘What do they teach at Harvard?’WINSTON-SALEM – To explain what makes Winston-Salem State University great, Chancellor Elwood Robinson points to Simon Green Atkins and the emancipated slaves who started the university after they sought approval ...Read more
- WSSU: Preparing students for an ever-changing job marketWINSTON-SALEM – What will make Winston-Salem State University greater? “It will take Winston-Salem State continuing to deliver on that promise of making sure that we educate students for the job market, ...Read more
- Changing student trajectories at WSSUWINSTON-SALEM – The rankings Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Elwood Robinson cares about aren’t the ones that show how selective a university is. It’s the rankings for social mobility. “That’s almost a key ...Read more
- NC’s public universities make the gradeWhen the college-raters come calling, North Carolina’s public universities stack up very, very well. In a flurry of rankings released over the past year – but particularly in recent weeks – ...Read more
- NC A&T: ‘An incredible land-grant institution’GREENSBORO – Land-grant institutions were established by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 to focus on teaching agriculture, science and engineering. “We are an incredible land-grant institution – that really ...Read more
- At A&T, ‘students first, now and always’GREENSBORO – It seems so simple – but it helps to hear it. Provost Beryl McEwen emphasizes in the accompanying clip that NC A&T State University’s focus is first and ...Read more
- MBA@UNC takes Chapel Hill to youCHAPEL HILL – MBA@UNC, the online MBA offered by the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been ranked among the best in the nation by various publications. But its ...Read more
