Salem College's commencement ceremony will be May 21 at 10 a.m. at the May Dell on campus. In case of rain, the ceremony will be moved to 11 a.m. in Hanes Auditorium inside the Salem Fine Arts Center.
Dr. Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation and former three-term president of the National Organization for Women, will deliver the commencement address.
Attendees who need assistance with seating can call 917-5700.
WSSU grad Smith to be keynote speaker
Stephen A. Smith, a well-known sports journalist and alumni of Winston-Salem State University, will be the keynote speaker at WSSU's graduation ceremony on May 14 at Joel Coliseum.
Smith, a 1991 graduation of WSSU, will also be awarded an honorary doctorate degree.
Smith's journalism career began with the New York Daily News in 1993. In 2003, Smith was promoted to general sports columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A sports commentator and analyst, Smith was a part of Fox SportsNet's "Best Damn Sports Show, Period!" and served as an analyst on ESPN's premier basketball show, "NBA Shootaround." He also has had his own radio show on 1050 ESPN in New York.
WFU, Cisco join on communication effort
Wake Forest University and Cisco are working together on a project that will allow students, faculty and staff to link with one another and collaborators around the world. Wake Forest will be the first university in the world to unite members of its campus community with a site-wide license for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center.
The WebEx functions include high-quality video, file transfer, chat and voice conferencing; session recording, desktop sharing, application sharing and a virtual whiteboard.
WebEx was tested at Wake Forest from May to October 2010. In one case, a traveling faculty member conducted a class that he normally would have canceled. In another, a class of MBA students were able to collaborate on group assignments outside of class.
Faculty members have used online tools in the past, but those efforts were often hampered by unreliable technology and poor video quality. WebEx will allow for more widespread collaboration.
It will be rolled out on campus through the remainder of the spring semester.
High Point adding student housing
High Point University will add more student housing to accommodate the surge in students attending the school.
The Townhome Community, which is scheduled to be completed in August 2012, will include 11 2-½ story buildings that will house about 300 students.
Each of the 2,300-2,700 square-foot town homes will have six bedrooms, 4½ baths, a complete kitchen, dining area, laundry room and commons room. A meeting house, with an exercise facility, study room, kitchen and gathering area, is also part of the community.
Frank L. Blum Construction will be the contractor for the Townhome Community.
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