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Spelman College Hosts Fourth Annual HBCU Game Jam, Premier Event for Aspiring Black Game Developers and Creators
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Nydia Blas Awarded Creative Capital's State of the Art Prize
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Spelman College Named a Gilman Program 25th Anniversary Top Producing Institution
Spelman College has been recognized among the top 25 HBCU institutions producing Gilman Scholars across the 25-year history of the program. This...
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Spelman Alumna Adrianne C. Smith Turns Determination into Global Impact
From a childhood dream of Spelman to building global platforms for inclusion, Adrianne Smith has built a career centered on recognizing opportunity...
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Spelman College Hosts Fourth Annual HBCU Game Jam, Premier Event for Aspiring Black Game Developers and Creators
Spelman College welcomed over 85 students from 10 HBCUs to compete in the fourth annual HBCU Game Jam, a 24-hour hackathon competition where...
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Nydia Blas Awarded Creative Capital's State of the Art Prize
Spelman College is proud to announce that Nydia Blas, an assistant professor of photography, has been named a 2026 Creative Capital State of the...
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Spelman College Students Selected as 2026 Douglass Frederick-O’Connell Global Interns
Spelman College students Hayley Ponds, C’2029, and Sophia Wade, C’2028, have been selected for the 2026 Frederick...
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Spelman College Endowed Professor Wins Two NAACP Image Awards
Spelman College Diana King Endowed Professor has been awarded Outstanding Documentary (Television) and Outstanding Directing in a Documentary by...
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The Targeting of Somali Refugees Sparks Community Fear and Instability
Last month, refugees from Somalia lost their Temporary Protected Status as a result of the U.S. government’s approach to immigration. The...
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From Campus to Community: Inside Spelman’s Growing Sustainability Initiative
Under President Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum’s leadership, Spelman College became one of the first HBCUs to develop a climate action plan to...
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Oleisia Johnson Wins the 2025 Most Promising Poet Award
Oleisia Johnson, C’2027, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Poet...
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Spelman College Announces Alumna Christian Murphy as Acting Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Spelman College is pleased to announce that Christian Murphy, C’2007, has returned to serve Spelman College as the Acting Vice President for...
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Spelman College Announces Appointment of Breana M. Ware as Inaugural General Counsel
Spelman College is pleased to announce the appointment of Attorney Breana M. Ware as its inaugural General Counsel. Reporting directly to Interim...
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Spelman College Sees Strong Growth in Early Action Applications for Fall 2026
Early application growth highlights rising academic strength and sustained national interest in Spelman’s mission-driven education.
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Spelman Day at the Capitol Elevates Student Leadership and Civic Engagement
Last week, the Georgia State Capitol welcomed over 130 Spelman College students, faculty, staff and alumnae for Spelman Day at the Georgia State...
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Where Movement Meets Machine: Spelman Dance Explores Technology, Agency and Justice
Rooted in the traditions, innovations, and intellectual legacies of Black history, Spelman College’s Department of Dance Performance and...
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Spelman College Screens Oscar-Nominated Documentary About Reproductive Justice
On February 2, Spelman College hosted a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary film “The...
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Spelman College Professor Shola Lynch Nominated for Two NAACP Image Awards
Last month, Shola Lynch, award-winning filmmaker and Diana King Endowed Professor of the Art and Visual Culture Department at Spelman College,...
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Legacies in Motion: AILEY at Spelman Motion: AILEY at Spelman
Alicia Graf Mack, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, led a day of dialogue and movement at Spelman College as part of AILEY...
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Seven Spelman Filmmakers Selected to Premiere Short Films During Inaugural HBCU Film Festival
Seven award-winning films by Spelman College students and alumnae were selected to premiere on January 27, as part of the inaugural HBCU Week NOW...
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From Campus to Community: Spelman Millennium Fellows Build Legacy of Empowerment
A record 23 Spelman Scholars have been selected as part of the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2025, a global program sponsored by the United...
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Spelman College Alumna Lands Dream Role as Writer on Netflix’s “A Different World” Sequel
For as long as she can remember, Ashley Laverne Jackson, C’2020, knew she was destined to work in the entertainment industry. Her aspirations...
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Ava Noelle Johnson Named Schwarzman Scholar
Spelman College is proud to announce that Ava Noelle Johnson, C’2026, has been named a 2026-2027 Schwarzman Scholar, one of the most...
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Spelman College Ranks No. 1 in Newsweek’s Inaugural Best Colleges for Women Ranking
Spelman College is proud to announce it has been ranked No. 1 among America’s Best Colleges for Women in 2026 by Newsweek. The new ranking...
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Spelman Student Mariama Barry Revolutionizes Fashion Design with AI Pattern Generator
When computer science major Mariama Barry, C’2028, could not communicate her clothing design vision to manufacturers, she did not just accept...
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Spelman’s Title IX Office Receives $21,000 from Bison Impact Group in Support of Domestic Violence Prevention and Awareness
Spelman College’s Office of Title IX and Compliance recently received $21,000 in support of their mission to end campus domestic violence...
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Spelman College Recognized by Institute of International Education as a Study Abroad Leader
Spelman College was recently recognized by the Institute of International Education (IIE) as a top baccalaureate institution for study abroad...