2008 Woodie Awards
Staff Editorial
FSU should learn from other UNC schools
Issue date: 11/29/06 Section: Opinion
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Fayetteville State University was established in 1867 and is the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state of North Carolina. Our university's heritage is something that we all should be proud of. However, it is important that we not become complacent because of what our school has accomplished. It is important that we continue to look for ways to improve our university so that Fayetteville State can continue to provide its students with a quality education.
Our university has the unique opportunity of having the keys to improvement on our doorstep. Fayetteville State is one of the 16 member schools of the University of North Carolina system. The UNC system has established itself as one of the top public university systems in the country. With Chapel Hill leading the way, Fayetteville State has the ability to benefit from our parent school's nationally recognized programs, and learn better ways to organize our university programs to ensure student success after college.
Our student newspaper, The Voice, is a living example of this concept at work. Before this year, The Voice had experienced several years of decline. Without a journalism or operational mass communications program at FSU, students working for the newspaper have had to overcome significant obstacles to provide students with a respectable publication. In order to defeat this handicap, members of our paper have traveled to UNC Chapel Hill to learn from their student newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel. The Daily Tar Heel runs five days a week, and makes over $500,000 a year in advertising revenue. While our student newspaper does not have nearly the same resources as theirs, we have acknowledged that we can learn key management tools from a more successful publication in hopes that some day our student newspaper might be able to mimic the Daily Tar Heel's success.
This concept can be applied to other aspects of Fayetteville State University as well. When looking at how our university can improve student life at Fayetteville State, representatives from the departments of Student Affairs and Residence Life could travel to other UNC campuses like Chapel Hill, Appalachian State, UNC Ashville, and others to see what services these larger universities offer to their students. It would be important for these departments to note both the services offered, and how programs are managed so that we might be able to emulate those programs on a smaller scale at FSU.
Our university has the unique opportunity of having the keys to improvement on our doorstep. Fayetteville State is one of the 16 member schools of the University of North Carolina system. The UNC system has established itself as one of the top public university systems in the country. With Chapel Hill leading the way, Fayetteville State has the ability to benefit from our parent school's nationally recognized programs, and learn better ways to organize our university programs to ensure student success after college.
Our student newspaper, The Voice, is a living example of this concept at work. Before this year, The Voice had experienced several years of decline. Without a journalism or operational mass communications program at FSU, students working for the newspaper have had to overcome significant obstacles to provide students with a respectable publication. In order to defeat this handicap, members of our paper have traveled to UNC Chapel Hill to learn from their student newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel. The Daily Tar Heel runs five days a week, and makes over $500,000 a year in advertising revenue. While our student newspaper does not have nearly the same resources as theirs, we have acknowledged that we can learn key management tools from a more successful publication in hopes that some day our student newspaper might be able to mimic the Daily Tar Heel's success.
This concept can be applied to other aspects of Fayetteville State University as well. When looking at how our university can improve student life at Fayetteville State, representatives from the departments of Student Affairs and Residence Life could travel to other UNC campuses like Chapel Hill, Appalachian State, UNC Ashville, and others to see what services these larger universities offer to their students. It would be important for these departments to note both the services offered, and how programs are managed so that we might be able to emulate those programs on a smaller scale at FSU.
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Tara Melvin
posted 11/29/06 @ 3:24 PM EST
While reading this editorial, I noticed the mention of Student Affairs and Residence Life visiting other schools to see what programs larger universities are offering to their students and bring those ideas back to FSU. (Continued…)
Kaity P
posted 11/29/06 @ 6:30 PM EST
While I agree that we can learn a lot from other organizations, I don't think we should always measure ourselves against other schools. UNC Chapel Hill and Fayetteville State have 2 very different dynamics and what's good for them may not always be good for us. (Continued…)
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