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Winston-Salem State University was founded as Slater Industrial Academy on September 28, 1892. It began with 25 pupils and one teacher in a one-room frame structure. By 1895 the school was recognized by the State of North Carolina and in 1899 it was chartered by the state as Slater Industrial and Slater Normal School.
Winston-Salem State played in the 2012 Division II National Championship football game on December 15, 2012. They lost, 35–7, to Valdosta State University , finishing the season, 14–1, the best of any historically black college/university.
The Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association .
Bonita J. Brown, a former assistant attorney at Winston-Salem State University, was announced as the school’s 14th chancellor on May 29, 2024 — the first woman to hold the position since the ...
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Elva Johnson Jones was born and raised on a tobacco farm in Louisburg, North Carolina.Her parents are Bettie and Sanford Jones and she has three siblings. She married Emory Jones, an alumnus and former WSSU faculty member; they had one son, Eugene who graduated from WSSU.
Simon Green Atkins (1863–1934) was a North Carolina educator who was the founder and first president of Winston-Salem State University (previously the Slater Industrial Academy) and founded the North Carolina Negro Teachers' Association in 1881. [1]
Ketron Shaw scored 15 points and Jaylen Alston had 14 points and 11 rebounds to pace Winston-Salem State to a 64-47 victory Saturday in the NBA HBCU Classic. Issac Parson added 12 points and 11 ...