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Rosalind Brewer Makes History as Sam’s Club CEO
Spelman alumna and board of trustees chair is first woman and African American at post

Experts Say Low-Income Students Most Often Miss College Planning Help
Arlene Cash, Spelman's vice president for enrollment management, and a member of the College Board's Admissions in the 21st Century Implementation Committee, is quoted in the article

Spelman Board Chair Rosalind Brewer Named to 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
Fortune magazine has revealed their Top 50 annual ranking of America’s leading businesswomen for 2011. Rosalind Brewer, executive vice president of Walmart and president of Walmart Stores, Inc.'s Eastern division, comes in at #23.

Spelman College Ranked No. 1 Among Historically Black College

Culture Notes: Spelman Museum Targets 15 Artists
The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, which focuses on art by and about women of the African diaspora, is making a strong push to enhance its permanent collection.

Spelman Museum's Teenage Ambition
As we crystallize what it means to be turning 15 years old, and we think about it in terms of what we want to be when we grow up," Spelman College Museum of Fine Art director Andrea Barnwell Brownlee explains, "it is indeed to be the first thought, the first destination when it comes to black women artists."

HBCU’s: Stalwart Leaders of These Legacy Schools are Charting a New Course for the Future
The excerpt featured in the September issue of Ebony includes commentary by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Kayla Davie, C'2015.

Summer Students Sharpen Their Focus on Graduate School
For Alexia Williams, a senior English major from Spelman College, the PSURE program at Princeton University, has illustrated the value of interdisciplinary research across various academic interests.

Welcome to Spelman (And to Sisterhood) by Jordan Harris
Huffington Post
... I'd completed my move into Howard-Harreld first-year residence hall at the illustrious Spelman College, and was overdue for a good night's sleep...

HBCU Glory Days by Leah Finnegan
Huffington Post
The predominantly white institutions I had attended my entire life were only part of my choice to attend Spelman College. Each time I heard "Spelman," it ...

Teach for America Announces the Schools Contributing the Most Graduates to its 2011 Teaching Corps
For the past four years, Spelman College has ranked among the top five universities of its size, ranking first twice including this year. Nearly 27 percent of Spelman’s graduating senior class applied to Teach For America, and 36 recent graduates joined the incoming corps.

Spelman Ranks High on 'Washington Monthly's' List
Spelman ranks in the top ten overall, and #1 in social mobility.

Spelman Trustee Kimberly Davis Talks About Philanthropy
Davis is a graduate of Spelman College and has over 25 years of philanthropy experience. Ms. Davis is responsible for JP Morgan's philanthropic ...

Microsoft's Imagine Cup Competition Seeks Diversity
And at Spelman College, roughly 35 percent of undergraduates major in STEM areas. Jakita Thomas, an assistant professor of computer and information sciences at Spelman College, calls this statistic "remarkable."

Beverly Daniel Tatum Named one of the 100 Most
Influential Atlantans by Atlanta Business Chronicle

Michelle Obama Speaks At Spelman Graduation
and Urges Graduates to Pursue Life of Service
Historically Black women's college welcomes first lady after 4 years of campaigning for her to appear...

Trustee/Alumna Rosalind Brewer Nominated to Lockheed Martin Board
The Lockheed Martin Board of Directors has nominated Rosalind G. Brewer to its board. Brewer is executive vice president of Walmart and president of Walmart Stores, Inc.'s South Business Unit;

TheGrio's 100: Rosalind Brewer, Wal-Mart Leader
Breaks Fortune 500 Glass Ceiling
Rosalind Brewer, Spelman board of trustee member and president of Wal-Mart South, has been named one of The Grio's "100 History Makers in the Making." In the article, Brewer shares why she serves on the Spelman College Board of Trustees: "I chose to serve as a trustee because of the genuine love I have for my alma mater and my personal interest in investing in the education of African-American women."

Spelman Looks to Help Would-Be Dropouts With a Co-op Program
Cooperative education brings to mind large universities with pre-professional programs, but at least one elite liberal-arts college is pursuing that link between classroom learning and work. Motivated by students' increasing financial need, Spelman College is trying a co-op program for them to earn money and gain educational experience while preparing for careers.

Reports Echo Stance on HBCU Graduates in Science
Students at HBCUs who pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math are more involved in their studies, participate more in faculty research and have higher graduation rates than black students at non-HBCUs, according to recent U.S. Commission on Civil Rights reports.

Georgia College Students Scoop up Scholarships
Ariel Eckblad, the 2010 valedictorian from Spelman College, has been named a Marshal Scholar. She will study at the Royal Holloway of London.

Nokia Hires Spelman Board of Trustee Member Jerri DeVard
Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones recently hired Jerri DeVard, C'79, as chief marketing officer in charge of a new unit handling marketing, brand management and communications

Wednesday's Child Features Spelman Glee Club
Atlanta's Fox 5 feature on 13-year-old foster child Raven including her visit with the Spelman College Glee Club

Dr. Angela Farris Watkins from Spelman talks HIV/Aids Course
BET's 106 and Park host discussion about Risky Behaviors, Social Influence, and HIV/AIDS with Dr. Angela Farris Watkins

Keshia Knight Pulliam takes over Spelman College class on HIV/AIDS
BET's 106 and Park on and Keshia Knight Pulliam, C'2001, discuss HIV/AIDS

Spelman College Students Win National Mobile App Competition

Just Cause for Great Alarm: Why Tackling Poverty, Education and Health Care During This Financial Crisis Makes Economic Sense

Spelman College Students Win 2010 AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge (SM)

And Still We Rise: One HBCU President's Perspective

Indiana's First African-American U.S. Judge Sworn In