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Zoe Elon Purdy – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Zoe Elon Purdy, C’2025, is a sociology major on the pre-law track whose path to Spelman was shaped by a traumatic racial incident in 2020....

Nia Rae Lambert – 2025 Commencement Highlight

As Spelman College celebrates its largest graduating class on record, Nia Rae Lambert, C’2025, a documentary filmmaking major with a...

Niya Foster – 2025 Commencement Highlight

For most people, a stint in the military is a chapter of discipline, growth, and sacrifice. But for one Navy veteran, it became the launch site for...

Baily Kolaras – 2025 Commencement Highlight 

Twenty years ago, when she was only two years old, Bailey Kolaras, C’2025, fell in love with the art of dance. At Spelman College, Kolaras...

Ashley Willis – 2025 Commencement Highlight

Twenty-three years ago, Ashley Willis matriculated into the Class of 2006 to pursue a degree in biology. Following the birth of her first son...

Nyla Choates – 2025 Commencement Highlight Feature

As a student, Nyla Choates, C’2025, balanced being a two-time business owner, an author and an activist while studying English at Spelman...

Mallory Butts – 2025 Commencement Highlight

With a legacy of leadership, scholarship and service, Mallory Butts, C’2025, is closing out her undergraduate journey as the 41st Miss...

Nylah Whitaker – 2025 Commencement Highlight

Nylah Whitaker, C’2025, an economics major from Middletown, Delaware, will graduate with cum laude honors on Sunday, May 18, already poised...

Sydney Victoria Scott – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Sydney Victoria Scott, C'2025, a senior biochemistry major, has distinguished herself through a remarkable commitment to academic excellence,...

Shiloh Gabrielle Wolfork – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Shiloh Gabrielle Wolfork, C’2025, an English major from Cincinnati, Ohio, has combined her love for writing with a deep commitment to service...

Nichele Olivia-Lanett Washington – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Nichele Olivia-Lanett Washington, C’2025, is a political science major with a minor in philosophy whose work has centered on improving...

Camille Danielle Young – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Camille Danielle Young, C’2025, is a political science major and Spanish minor from Columbia, Maryland. An accomplished scholar and leader,...

Adelle Kenia Durand – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Adelle Kenia Durand, C’2025, a first-generation college student from Wesley, Dominica, will graduate summa cum laude with a degree in...

Kyndall Elizabeth Cox – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Kyndall Elizabeth Cox, C’2025, is a political science major and Presidential Scholar who has combined academic excellence with service and...

Lindsey Grace Fiesta – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Lindsey Grace Fiesta, C’2025, is a developmental and child psychology major who has combined her academic studies with a passion for service....

Taylor Dominique Kerr – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Taylor Dominique Kerr, C’2025, is a graduating senior majoring in psychology who has demonstrated consistent excellence in academics, service...

Nya Sarai Marshall – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight – 2025 Top 10 Graduates Highlight

Nya Sarai Marshall, C’2025, is a Dean’s List student and psychology major whose impressive track record includes internships with...

Graduate Highlights: McKenzie Franklin

From Chicago to Los Angeles, from Yale to Florence, from Spelman’s stage to the Sundance Film Festival — McKenzie Franklin,...

Spelman College Celebrates the Retirement of Distinguished Faculty Across Disciplines

In a joyful ceremony held April 30, 2025, Spelman College honored 17 retiring faculty members whose decades of leadership, scholarship and service...

In Memoriam: Ambassador Ruth A. Davis

Spelman College honors the life and legacy of Ambassador Ruth A. Davis, C’65, a pioneering diplomat whose career exemplified the values of...

Grammy Award-Winning Musician Corinne Bailey Rae Engages in Fireside Chat with Artist Amanda Williams at Spelman College

On April 29, Spelman College welcomed Grammy award-winning musician Corinne Bailey Rae and MacArthur award-winning artist Amanda Williams to campus...

Spelman College Joins Westside Future Fund to Announce Impactful New Partnership at Restored Civil Rights Landmark

On Monday, April 28, Spelman College joined Westside Future Fund (WFF) to celebrate the restoration of a historic Vine City property at 220 Sunset...

Research Day Expands to Artistic Achievement: Blending Science and Art for a Unique Experience

Students and faculty celebrated 36 years of Research Day on Friday, April 25.

Spelman College Introduces Dozens of HBCU Students to Game Development Through Third Annual HBCU Game Jam

Last week, 85 Historically Black College and University students from across the country competed in Spelman College’s third annual HBCU Game...

Spelman College Named an Opportunity College and University by the Carnegie Classifications

Spelman College, a global leader in the education of women of African descent, has been designated as an Opportunity College and University by the...

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