WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 11 -- Winston-Salem State University issued the following news release:
As the Winston-Salem State University Mathematics Department prepared to celebrate the spring graduation of 10 seniors, Dr. Felicia Simpson realized it would soon be recruiting season.
Just last fall, Simpson, the WSSU mathematics chair, began the 2025-26 academic year with the smallest possible freshman class.
Zero.
She finished the school year with 13 first-year students.
A master recruiter and mentor, Simpson and her colleagues take up the annual search in WSSU's math courses taken by students fulfilling requirements for other majors.
"Nobody enters school as a math major because students don't know what opportunities are available in ...