(From Left to Right) Holding a check presented to the Tom Joyner Foundation are WQMG's Reneé Vaughn, Tom Joyner, and WSSU Chancellor Donald Reaves
Tom Joyner entertains a crowd of more than 2,000.
The floor literally shook at the M.C. Benton Convention Center as thousands of people packed the facility to support Winston-Salem State University’s selection as the School of the Month for March 2009 by The Tom Joyner Foundation, and the university’s position as the host school for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s 2009 Basketball Tournament in Winston-Salem.
It was a major fund-raising event for the university to raise scholarship dollars for deserving students.
“With more than 80 percent of our students needing financial assistance to attend college, we at Winston-Salem State University are extremely grateful to The Tom Joyner Foundation for selecting our university as the ‘School of the Month’ for the month of March,” WSSU Chancellor Donald Julian Reaves.
The event featured a special appearance by nationally syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner, WQMG personalities Reneé Vaughn and Busta Brown, and check presentations to the Tom Joyner Foundation from alumni and area businesses.
More than $147,000 dollars was raised during the month-long event and contributions are still coming in.
