Winston-Salem State College alumni raised virtually $300,000 throughout their homecoming weekend. Alumni raised a grand whole of $287,963.97 for the North Carolina HBCU.
Throughout Founder’s Day Convocation, Winston-Salem State College Nationwide Alumni Affiliation President Reggie McCaskill gave Chancellor Bonita Brown a $100,000 verify, which was the excessive level of the homecoming celebrations. The aim of this vital donation is to assist pupil scholarships.
A number of Winston-Salem lessons donated a major quantity of funding to numerous causes on the college.
Class of 1999 (twenty fifth Reunion): $13,494 to assist the Pink Sea of Sound marching band
Class of 1989 (thirty fifth Reunion): $23,913 to boost WSSU packages
Class of 1974 (fiftieth Reunion): $74,000 devoted to pupil scholarships
Class of 1984 (fortieth Reunion): $40,200 allotted for pupil scholarships
1999 CIAA Championship Soccer Group: $36,357 to assist the soccer program
Winston Salem’s alumni engagement director is Thesha Woodley. The Workplace of Alumni Engagement presents recommendation on profitable fundraising ways, she defined, and reunion lessons band collectively to marketing campaign all yr lengthy. Woodley had a novel connection to this yr as a result of her father, Theophilus Woodley, was a member of the Class of 1974. She thought, “It was a full circle second—this yr was a milestone for him and me on this function.”
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Woodley talked about how she discovered the worth of being a Ram and the importance of alum contributions from her father’s class. She was in a position to graduate debt-free due to their sort items, which helped pay for her training. She expressed the hope that extra alumni will likely be motivated to present again to their college, saying, “This yr’s contributions can have a profound impression on the lives of our college students identical to it had on mine.”
Chancellor Brown expressed her gratitude to the alumni for his or her beneficiant donations.
“On behalf of our college students, school, and workers, I prolong my deepest gratitude to our alumni neighborhood. The generosity of our alumni displays the unwavering dedication of our graduates to make sure a vibrant future for our college and its college students.”
Earlier this yr, Brown was appointed the chancellor of Winston-Salem State. She made historical past as the primary feminine chancellor within the historical past of the college.