
Bonita J. Brown on WSSU as a Key to the Triad Region
Clip: 12/9/2024 | 1m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Bonita J. Brown, chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, discusses the school’s key role.
Bonita J. Brown, Winston-Salem State University’s 14th chancellor, discusses how the school plays a key role in the region, both culturally and economically.
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Bonita J. Brown on WSSU as a Key to the Triad Region
Clip: 12/9/2024 | 1m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Bonita J. Brown, Winston-Salem State University’s 14th chancellor, discusses how the school plays a key role in the region, both culturally and economically.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThis institution started as a teacher's college.
We also, I think our founder, Simon Green Atkins, also started a hospital.
And so, the purpose of that was to serve this East Winston community, this region.
If you know Winston-Salem, you know tobacco was king for a long time, so a lot in this region was built upon that tobacco and that industry.
So when that left, it kinda left a void in this region.
Winston-Salem State has been here since 1892, producing teachers, producing nurses, producing the talent for this region.
We're still a key part of this region.
We have approximately $200 million impact to this area.
So I can't imagine Winston-Salem without Winston-Salem State.
And so, and that's what I'm telling people, I'm telling people that story and again, pushing everybody to dream about what's next.
What is the next biggest impact that we can have on this region.
As this region tries to figure out what its next is?
Is it technology?
Is it biomedical research?
What is the next for the Triad region?
We have to be at that table helping to develop that next story.
Bonita J. Brown on Asking for Help
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Clip: 12/9/2024 | 54s | Bonita J. Brown, chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, on asking for help. (54s)
Bonita J. Brown on New Students Coming to WSSU
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Clip: 12/9/2024 | 48s | Bonita J. Brown, chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, on what she says to new students. (48s)
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Preview: 12/9/2024 | 20s | Bonita J. Brown, chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, talks with PBS NC’s David Crabtree. (20s)
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