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Two WSSU Administrators Will Receive Top Community Service Awards
Chancellor Donald J. Reaves has been named Man of the Year and Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Michelle Cook has been named Woman of the Year by The Chronicle, Winston-Salem’s weekly newspaper. They will be recognized March 19 at The Chronicle’s 26th Annual Community Service Awards event.

Dr. Reaves is being honored for “expertly guiding the university through a period of budgetary strain and great changes.” Chancellor since August 2007, Dr. Reaves has led the charge to develop a Strategic Plan for WSSU that focuses on academic excellence and student success. He continues to move that plan forward in spite of major reductions in the funding the university receives through state appropriations.

Mrs. Cook was chosen because of her work at WSSU and also for being one of the five founding members of the trailblazing Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem, an organization she has also chaired. Begun in 2005, the Women’s Fund now has 800 members and awarded over $630,000 in grants to organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls in Forsyth County.

Dr. Elwanda Ingram, Professor of English in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, will be among those with connections to Winston-Salem State who are honored at The Winston-Salem Chronicle’s Community Service Awards Banquet. Dr. Ingram, a lifetime member of the N.C. Black Repertory Company, will receive a Curator of the Arts award for the time and diligent service she has provided to NCBRC and to the National Black Theatre Festival.

Others with WSSU connections who will be honored at the event include alumni Peyton Hairston and Harden “Butch” Wheeler. Mr. Hairston will receive one of the Lifetime Achievement Awards for his many notable deeds including his work to grow the WSSU National Alumni Association. Mr. Wheeler is being recognized for volunteering his time, talents and culinary skills in support of a number of nonp

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