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Fred-Rick Roundtree
Dean, Freshman Class Phone: (336) 750-2308 Fax: (336) 750-3169 roundtreef@wssu.edu University College & Lifelong Learning Hauser Building, Suite 303E 601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27110
Background
• B.A. in English from Winston-Salem State University • M.A. in English and African American Literature North Carolina A & T State University • Ph.D. Candidate The University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Internship in the Arts with Dr. Maya Angelou • 21 State Tour as a Professional Storyteller with Poetry Alive! Asheville, N.C. • Seven Years Teaching Experience with Winston-Salem Forsyth County Public Schools • Six Years as an Instructor of English, Public Speaking, and the Humanities at Forsyth Technical Community College • Seven Years as an Instructor of Interdisciplinary Studies, English, Speech, and the Humanities at Winston-Salem State University
Position Responsibilities
• Promote and Guide the Academic Success, Retention, and Social Evolution of Freshmen • Educate and Positively Orient Freshmen to the University Experience • Inform and Educate Freshmen Concerning Scholarship Opportunities and Early Career Experience Opportunities • Provide Professional Development Opportunities for Faculty who Teach Freshmen • Inform Faculty Advisors of the Most Efficient Academic Advising Practices for Freshmen • Coordinate Opportunities that Positively Contribute to a Second to None Freshman Experience
Philosophy
"All I know is what I have learned. All that I have learned is not all that there is to know. When I have learned all that there is to know - there will still be more to learn." ~ African proverb