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DR. BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM BECOMES VICE CHAIR OF ARCHE
ATLANTA (JUNE 30, 2009) The Atlanta region's national leader in higher education, spending more than $1 billion in research spending each year, elects its new board of trustees.
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SPELMAN COLLEGE STUDENT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
ATLANTA (May 27, 2009) Award supports students who have gifts for leadership and are exploring the possibility of ministry as a vocation.
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DONNA BRAZILE URGES AMERICANS TO LEAD THE CHANGE THEY SEEK
ATLANTA (May 15, 2009) Foremost Political Commentator Speaks at 2009 Spelman College Leadership and Women of Color Conference
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HISTORY-MAKING SPELBOTS TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN HUMANOID COMPETITION
ATLANTA (May 15, 2009) College robotics team continues to defy statistics by traveling to Japan and competing in the RoboCup Japan 2009 Standard Platform League humanoid soccer championship.
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SPELMAN COLLEGE 2009 VALEDICTORIAN ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THE WORLD
ATLANTA (May 13, 2009) Ieshaah Murphy, Spelman College’s 2009 valedictorian, has picked up her cap and gown, distributed her graduation tickets to family and friends, and is working on her grad party guest list. As she, along with more than 500 fellow graduates, prepares to participate in the 122nd Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 17 at 5 p.m. at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Murphy remembers “At first, I really wasn’t thinking about attending Spelman.”
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STUDENTS AT SPELMAN COLLEGE RAISE MONEY FOR LITERACY CHARITY
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2009) First Book received a $1,500 donation on April 30 to help with its mission to give disadvantaged kids their first book. The donation came from The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, a nonprofit organization that recognizes and engages high-achieving college students at 235 universities.
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NOTED THEOLOGIAN DR. CHERYL TOWNSEND GILKES SPEAKS AT SPELMAN COLLEGE BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, will serve as Spelman’s Baccalaureate Service speaker.
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SPELMAN COLLEGE BOARD ELECTS JERRI DEVARD VICE CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT AND ROSALIND BREWER VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY OF THE BOARD
ATLANTA (May 1, 2009) In its annual April meeting, the Spelman College board of trustees selected Jerri DeVard, C’79, vice chair and chair-elect of the board of trustees. It also elected four new trustees and added two new nonvoting representatives.
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COMEDIC ACTRESS OF TV, STAGE AND SCREEN, CASSI DAVIS GRADUATES FROM SPELMAN COLLEGE 21 YEARS LATER
ATLANTA (May 1, 2009) It was 1984 when Cassi Davis—best known for comedic characters she originated in Tyler Perry’s TV series, stage plays and films — first entered the gates of Spelman College to major in music. But, before she could get that coveted Bachelor of Arts, Cassi heard and answered the call of fame and fortune. Now it’s 2009 and she is back. On Sunday, May 17, 2009, at 5 p.m. at Spelman’s 122nd Commencement, Davis will finally receive her degree in music.
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TOP POLITICAL STRATEGIST DONNA BRAZILE IS PREMIER SPEAKER AT 2009 SPELMAN COLLEGE LEADERSHIP AND WOMEN OF COLOR CONFERENCE
ATLANTA (April 24, 2009) Thought leaders discuss President Barack Obama's first 100 days and government, society, and individual roles in building communities for change.
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ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST RENOWNED INTELLECTUALS,
CORNEL WEST ADDRESSES SPELMAN COLLEGE CLASS OF 2009
Judith Jamison, Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears receive Honorary Degrees
Helene Gayle to Receive National Community Service Award
ATLANTA (April 24, 2009) Activist, philosopher, scholar, sociopolitical critic and one of the most provocative and influential intellectuals of our time, Cornel West, Ph. D., will serve as the keynote speaker for Spelman College’s commencement exercises, Sunday, May 17, 2009, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church at 5 p.m. Considered a drum major for justice and a tireless, fearless change agent in America’s discourse on race, justice and democracy, Dr. West will charge the class of 2009 to challenge the status quo as they go forth to fulfill their commitment to change the world. He will also receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters.
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ATLANTA TEENS TAKE ON ‘MONEY MATTERS’ WITH NEW BOARD GAME
ATLANTA (April 16, 2009) Spelman College art students develop interactive board game to promote financial literacy
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‘AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS: LIGHT, SOUND, MOVEMENT, WATER’ EXPLORES AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY AT SPELMAN COLLEGE 2009 COSBY CULMINATING EVENT
ATLANTA (April 1, 2009) Unraveling the mysteries of Vodou, Santeria and Ifá, the often misunderstood ancient African spiritual practices that are primarily nature-based, is the central theme of “Africa in the Americas: Light, Sound, Movement, Water.” This is the 2009 Cosby Chair culminating event taking place Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, in the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Ed.D. Academic Center.
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‘A HEALTHY BABY BEGINS WITH YOU’ TEAMS UP WITH SPELMAN COLLEGE TO SAVE AFRICAN AMERICAN BABIES
ATLANTA (April 1, 2009) The Spelman College Department of Health Services and SHAPE kick off National Minority Health Month in April with a health summit to fight infant mortality in minority communities.
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SPELMAN COLLEGE TO COMPETE IN 20th ANNUAL HONDA CAMPUS ALL-STAR CHALLENGE
Historically Black colleges and universities from around the nation vie for the championship title and grant money at national academic competition.
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THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY SPELMAN COLLEGE LEADERSHIP AND WOMAN OF COLOR CONFERENCE TO CREATE COMMUNITIES FOR CHANGE
ATLANTA (March 23, 2009) Premier leadership conference to unite the best minds, best practices to address workplace, community challenges and first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency
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SPELMAN COLLEGE STUDENTS HELP CLASSMATES FULFILL DREAMS OF COMPLETING COLLEGE
ATLANTA (March 20, 2009) At its Feb. 11, 2009 meeting, the Spelman Student Government Association unanimously voted to donate $10,000 of its 2008-2009 budget to establish an emergency scholarship fund titled “A Dream Not Deferred.”
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SPELMAN COLLEGE TAKES PROACTIVE STEPS TO MITIGATE TOUGH ECONOMY
ATLANTA (Feb. 10, 2009) Reduction of operating budget helps offset hit from tightening credit to get school loans and growing unemployment numbers.
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SPELMAN JOINS THE U.S POSTAL SERVICE TO HONOR ANNA JULIA COOPER
ATLANTA (Feb. 6, 2009) Spelman College will join the U.S. Postal service for a special ceremony honoring educator, scholar, feminist and activist, Anna Julia Cooper, the 32nd inductee into the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage Series of commemorative stamps.
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INSPIRING YOUTH TO A GREATER PURPOSE
ATLANTA (Feb. 4, 2009) One Black man’s journey from poverty to Ph.D. through education, determination and robotics
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2008 AAAS MENTOR AWARD GOES TO SYLVIA T. BOZEMAN OF SPELMAN COLLEGE
CHICAGO (FEB. 2, 2009) The world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal, Science, recognizes EDGE co-founder for her commitment to increasing the number of African-American women with doctorates in mathematics.
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SPELMAN COLLEGE SHOWCASES ITS TREASURES
ATLANTA (Jan. 26, 2009) Museum of Fine Art features its 60-plus-year collection of African-American art by some to the nation's most renowned artists.
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