The Campus Life Marketing Committee, under the Office of Campus Life, Alpha Phi Alpha, and the Campus Activities Board, will host the 2^nd annual Holiday Benefit on Thursday, Nov. 19 in McNeil Ballroom at the Albert H. Anderson Center.

This event allows students to cater to local Winston-Salem families in need for the holiday season, from Thanksgiving through Christmas.  The students work to ensure that these families have a joyous family experience during the holidays.

The event will include a live band and entertainment, catered food and beverages, and an all-inclusive late night lounge ambiance.

The students hope to arrange sponsors and donors for all of the event needs. They are asking businesses to donate holiday gifts, food items, and/or monetary donations such as gift cards. Representatives from these business are asked to attend the event and present their contributions to selected families.

Don't miss "How Scrooge Stole Christmas."

The Drama Guild of Winston-Salem State University will perform “How Scrooge Stole Christmas” November 20-23.

The performances are at K.R. Williams Auditorium. Performance time is 7 p.m. for the Friday and Saturday shows, 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $4 for students, $5 for faculty and staff, $9 general admission and $6 for senior adults.

According to the show’s author and director, Andre Minkins, an assistant professor in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, this Scrooge has some strange notions about Christmas. “He tried to move it Uptown, away from a manager, and turned White Christmas Blue in spite of Black Nativity,” says Minkins.

In this updated version of the classic tale, Hip Hop artist Scrooge has bad memories of Christmas but his manager wants him to make a Christmas album and spread good cheer.  He balks at the idea and hatches a plan to ruin everybody’s holiday—until he gets a few visitors of his own that could ruin some things for him as well.

The show is a hilarious compilation of favorite Christmas themes sure to awaken the true spirit of Christmas and frighten away the Scrooge in all of us.

Starting with the spring semester of 2010, students will have a second option for fulfilling their General Education science requirement for non-science majors. The Department of Life Sciences is adding Environmental Biology (BIO 1320) to its offerings.  The class will be taught this spring semester by Dr. Stephen Viscidio, professor of biology.

The Environmental Biology class will cover basic concepts in the context of ecosystems and how humans affect these ecosystems.  How do the use of fossil fuels and other pollutants affect organisms of one kind or another?  Why are certain organisms endangered?  Is our behavior causing environmental changes and, if so, how? Students will learn how to use the scientific method to analyze the validity of environmental messages we see in the media every day.

Environmental Biology will fulfill the General Education science requirement for non-science majors.  The class will not have a specific Environmental Science lab, but students who choose to take the class can take the regular biology lab which will now include environmental biology concepts.  WSSU offers the class MWF at 9 a.m. for this coming semester.

Flags of the world.

A study abroad fair, faculty presentations, and documentary films on the international experience fill the schedule for the 2009 International Education Week, to be celebrated on campus Monday, Nov. 16 through Friday, Nov. 20. As part of the celebration, Kennedy Dining Hall and the Red Room will offer international menu items all week.

Summary Schedule, International Education Week, November 16-20, 2009

Monday, November 16

International Food in Kennedy Dining Hall and Red Room during lunch

9am – 10:30am: Opportunities and Careers in the Foreign Service and International Affairs, Mignon Turner, WSSU alum and Officer Intern in the United States Foreign Service programs in French-speaking countries. Co-sponsored by the American Democracy Project, Model United Nations, and the Ralph Bunche Society.  F. L. Atkins Building, Room 102.

11 am – 2:00 pm: Study Abroad Expo, Thompson Center Lobby.

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: Opportunities with the Peace Corps. Peace Corps Representative. Thompson Center, 304

1 pm – 3:00 pm: Infusing Cultural Competence in the Health Sciences Curriculum, School of Health Sciences. Occupational Therapy International Fieldwork experience in Costa Rica and international faculty presentations and cultural displays. F.L. Atkins Building, Room 202.

3 pm – 4:30 pm:  New Faces: Immigrants and Refugees in North Carolina, Presented by the Center for New North Carolinians at UNC-Greensboro. Focus on education and community outreach programs for youth and children, and opportunities for internships and service learning. Co-sponsored by Club Latino. Diggs Gallery.

Tuesday, November 17

International Food in Kennedy Dining Hall and Red Room during lunch

12 noon – 1:30 pm: Faculty Experiences Abroad: Implications for Professional and Personal Development.  Presentations on South Korea, India, Spain/Morocco, and Brazil. Brown Bag Lunch (coffee and dessert will be served). Hall-Patterson Room 305.

Wednesday, November 18

International Food in Kennedy Dining Hall and Red Room during lunch

11 am – 1 pm: Taste of the World. Come and enjoy food from around the world and learn about study abroad opportunities. School of Business and Economics. Lobby of RJ Reynolds, outside RJR 136.

2 pm – 4:30 pm: Study Abroad and International Student Symposium, presented by the Ralph Bunche Society and Students International Association, Thompson Center 207A.

Refreshments Courtesy Links Inc.

Thursday, November 19

International Food in Kennedy Dining Hall and Red Room during lunch

11 am – 12:15 pm: Songs and Dances from Popular Bollywood Movies from India, performed by famous stars of the Indian film industry based in Bombay (Mumbai). Presented by Dr. Abhijit Sen, International Communication class, EJ- 3101 (Computer Science Bldg.).

11 am – 12:15 pm: Sudan/Darfur: Background to a Genocide, a power point presentation by Dr. Guy Martin, Comparative Government of Developing Areas/Africa class, in Anderson Center, Room C-102.

11am -2pm: Study Abroad Expo, Thompson Center Lobby.

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Languages and Cultures of the World, Department of English and Foreign Languages. Artifacts, books, music, food sampling, and attire from selected countries will be presented.  Hall Patterson Lobby.

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm: The Struggles of South African Youth Against Apartheid and Democratic Transformation in Southern Africa, Antionette Sithole, Curator of the Hector Pieterson Museum in SOWETO, South Africa. Moderated by WSSU Diplomat-in-Residence, Ambassador Molelekeng Rapolaki of Lesotho, R.J. Reynolds Building, Room 136.

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Invisible Children, Documentary on Child Soldiers, with discussion by Gai Ajak Riak and Joseph Akoon, former “Lost Boys” from Sudan, presented by the Ralph Bunche Society. Thompson Center, Room 207 A.

Friday, November 20

International Food in Kennedy Dining Hall and Red Room during lunch

The remainder of WSSU’s Football Schedule is as follows:

Date            Opponent                         Site                              Time

Nov. 7         Delaware State                 Winston-Salem, NC      1:00 p.m.

Nov. 14       North Carolina Central     Winston-Salem, NC      1:00 p.m.

Nov. 21       Norfolk State                    Norfolk, VA                  1:00 p.m.

The following is the WSSU Men’s Basketball Schedule:

Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
11/13/09	at Oregon	Eugene, Ore.	TBA
11/14/09	vs. UC Davis	Eugene, Ore	TBA
11/15/09	vs. Colorado State	Eugene, Ore.	TBA
11/20/09	vs. Atlanta Christian	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:00 p.m. ET
11/24/09	at Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, N.C.	TBA
11/30/09	vs. Milligan	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:00 p.m. ET
12/05/09	vs. South Carolina State *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	4:00 p.m. ET
12/08/09	at Charlotte	Charlotte, N.C.	TBA
12/19/09	vs. Ferrum College	Winston-Salem, N.C.	4:00 p.m. ET
12/22/09	at Maryland	Landover, Md.	TBA
12/29/09	at Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Ga.	TBA
01/04/10	vs. Columbia Union	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:30 p.m. ET
01/09/10	at Delaware State	Dover, Del.	4:00 p.m. ET
01/11/10	at Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, Md.	7:30 p.m. ET
01/16/10	vs. Morgan State	Winston-Salem, N.C.	4:00 p.m. ET
01/18/10	vs. Coppin State *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:30 p.m. ET
01/23/10	vs. Norfolk State *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	4:00 p.m. ET
01/25/10	vs. North Carolina A&T *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:30 p.m. ET
01/30/10	at Florida A&M *	Tallahassee, Fla.	4:00 p.m. ET
02/01/10	at Bethune Cookman	Daytona Beach, Fla.	7:30 p.m. ET
02/06/10	vs. Howard *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	4:00 p.m. ET
02/08/10	vs. Hampton University *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:30 p.m. ET
02/13/10	at Morgan State *	Baltimore, Md.	4:00 p.m. ET
02/15/10	at Coppin State *	Baltimore, Md.	7:30 p.m. ET
02/20/10	at Norfolk State *	Norfolk, Va.	4:00 p.m. ET
02/22/10	at North Carolina A&T *	Greensboro, N.C.	7:30 p.m. ET
02/27/10	vs. Florida A&M *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	4:00 p.m. ET
03/01/10	vs. Bethune Cookman	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:30 p.m. ET
03/04/10	at South Carolina State *	Orangeburg, S.C.	7:30 p.m. ET
03/13/10	at North Carolina Central	Winston-Salem, N.C.	TBA

The following is the WSSU Women’s Basketball Schedule:

Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
11/07/09	vs. Southern Virginia #	Winston-Salem, N.C.	6:00 p.m. ET
11/13/09	at Liberty	Lynchburg, Va.	7:00 p.m. ET
11/16/09	at Gardner-Webb	Boiling Springs, N.C.	6:00 p.m. ET
11/20/09	vs. Lipscomb	Morehead, Ky.	4:30 p.m. ET
11/21/09	vs. Presbyterian	Morehead, Ky.	1:30 p.m. ET
11/22/09	vs. Morehead State	Morehead, Ky.	3:30 p.m. ET
11/25/09	vs. Furman	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:00 p.m. ET
12/01/09	vs. USC Upstate	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7:00 p.m. ET
12/05/09	vs. South Carolina State *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	2:00 p.m. ET
12/13/09	vs. Elon	Winston-Salem, N.C.	2:00 p.m. ET
12/20/09	at Mississippi	Oxford, Miss.	1:00 p.m. ET
12/30/09	at Campbell *	Buies Creek, N.C.	5:45 p.m. ET
01/02/10	at North Carolina	Chapel Hill, N.C.	2:00 p.m. ET
01/05/10	at North Carolina Central	Durham, N.C.	7:00 p.m. ET
01/09/10	at Delaware State *	Dover, Del.	2:00 p.m. ET
01/11/10	at Maryland Eastern Shore *	Princess Anne, Md.	5:30 p.m. ET
01/16/10	vs. Morgan State *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	2:00 p.m. ET
01/18/10	vs. Coppin State *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	5:30 p.m. ET
01/23/10	vs. Norfolk State *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	2:00 p.m. ET
01/25/10	vs. North Carolina A&T *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	5:30 p.m. ET
01/30/10	at Florida A&M *	Tallahassee, Fla.	5:30 p.m. ET
02/01/10	at Bethune Cookman	Daytona Beach, Fla.	5:30 p.m. ET
02/06/10	vs. Howard *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	2:00 p.m. ET
02/08/10	vs. Hampton University *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	5:30 p.m. ET
02/13/10	at Morgan State *	Baltimore, Md.	2:00 p.m. ET
02/15/10	at Coppin State *	Baltimore, Md.	5:30 p.m. ET
02/20/10	at Norfolk State *	Norfolk, Va.	4:00 p.m. ET
02/22/10	at North Carolina A&T *	Greensboro, N.C.	6:00 p.m. ET
02/27/10	vs. Florida A&M *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	2:00 p.m. ET
03/01/10	vs. Bethune Cookman	Winston-Salem, N.C.	5:30 p.m. ET
03/04/10	at South Carolina State *	Orangeburg, S.C.	5:30 p.m. ET

Show your Ram Pride come out and support our teams!!!

to the college of Arts and Sciences winner of the  2008-2009 Spirit of Giving Cup competition. The faculty and Staff in the college contributed a total of $5,900 to last year annual fund campaign with a participation rate of 15 per cent.
The Spirit of Giving cup was presented to Dean Charles Wesley Ford and the [...]

to Chevara Orrin, director of Conferences and Institutes and advisor to the student organization Black Men for Change. At The Arts Council of Winston Salem and Forsyth County annual meeting held Wednesday, Oct. 28, Black Men for Change received special recognition for their volunteerism in the arts.  The meeting was held at the Old Salem [...]

to Dr. Cecile Yancu, assistant professor of Sociology and Dr. Deborah Farmer,
assistant professor of Gerontology, who  will be taking seven senior gerontology majors to the 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Atlanta November 19-21.
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, [...]

The WSSU Friends of the Library is inviting the community to the premiere showing of the documentary film, A Change Has Come… Now What?
The film will highlight the annual C.G. O’Kelly Library benefit at McNeil Banquet Hall of the Albert H. Anderson Center on Saturday, November 21, at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $50.00. The ticket price [...]

The Gerontology Club is having a food and personal care drive for older adults in the community.  The supplies will be given to Senior Services for distribution to older adults in need. If you would like to donate any of the items listed feel free to drop them off at Dr. Deborah Farmer’s office, 106 [...]