William Yost, assistant director of housing at Residence Life and Housing says the highlight of the sustainability of South Dorm’s “the digital dashboard flat panel monitor that displays building information on all four floors of the building.” This unprecedented technology is one large step towards an even greater sustainability program implemented on campus. “Students can [...]
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On the evening of their first Sunday on campus, the incoming students of the class of 2014 visited the Reynolda House Museum of American Art to stand before Frederic Church’s 1855 realist painting The Andes of Ecuador.
The painting illustrates the Andes mountains in Ecuador, a place which Church visited during his life. This viewing of the [...]
As the semester began, an influx of new and returning students appeared on campus and the university once again began to team with life. However, an unexpected visitor also accompanied many students as they entered life in the residence halls.
According to the Office of Residence Life and Housing, several cases of bed bugs are suspected [...]
About two weeks ago, President Nathan O. Hatch sent a broadcast e-mail out to all university students that outlined the changes that were to be made to parties both on and off campus.
A recap of the administrative decisions include the hiring of a Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the university, a “Barn” is being built [...]
In an age when people spend an average of four years at a given job, James P. Barefield’s 41 years of teaching history at the university is highly impressive. Barefield is currently a retired professor emeritus who still teaches classes occasionally. During his professorship he was very active in the Interdisciplinary Honors program and in [...]
Campus Kitchen has long been known for efforts in food justice on campuses across America.
The university’s branch expanded these efforts in February through a unique partnership with high-end, artisanal grocery store, The Fresh Market.
Through Campus Kitchen, between 400 to 650 pounds of perfectly edible food each week are saved from the Winston-Salem Fresh Market dumpsters [...]
A puzzling sight greeted students returning to the Reynolda Campus for the Fall 2010 semester. A new monument composed of a central podium and nine smaller podiums, four with large marble plaques, occupies a space that was once a grass buffer between the Manchester Plaza stage and Benson University Center. Speculations abounded during construction this [...]
On Aug. 4, the university announced that its sorority chapter of Pi Beta Phi was officially suspended of their charter through the grand council at the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC). The university was notified of this on Aug. 2.
“In late June we found out through members that a letter had been sent to Pi Phi members [...]
