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Spelman College Awarded $5.4 Million Grant from the Walton Family Foundation for Atlanta University Center Initiative to Increase Diversity in Museum Field

Sep 20, 2018

ATLANTA (September 20, 2018) –Spelman College announced today that it has received a $5.4 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation to establish the Atlanta University Center Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies. In conjunction with Walton Family Foundation grants to fund scholarships at Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University, the new initiative will result in the creation of an Art History major and Curatorial Studies minor at the Atlanta University Center.

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Spelman College Hosts Unshackled Narratives: The Impact Of Incarceration

Sep 19, 2018

ATLANTA (Sept. 19, 2018) – Spelman College will host a two-part event to explore, discuss, and bring into focus issues related to incarceration in Atlanta and throughout the United States. Sponsored by Spelman’s Social Justice Fellows program, Unshackled Narratives: The Impact of Incarceration includes a screening of “RIKERS: An American Jail” on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Civic leaders, people from impacted communities, policy experts and students will participate in panel discussions about incarceration and discuss strategies for criminal justice reform in Atlanta after the screening on Sept. 26 and on Saturday, Sept. 29.

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Spelman Part of Alliance Receiving $200K NSF Grant to Develop Data Science Units

Sep 18, 2018

ATLANTA (September 19, 2018) -- Spelman College is part of an alliance that has received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop undergraduate data-science-focused units. These units will be foundational in preparing students to enter a data-driven workforce by being able to address the emerging challenges in data science.

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Spelman College Jumps 10 Places on U.S. News’ List of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges, Included on Most Innovative List and Remains No. 1 HBCU

Sep 10, 2018

Atlanta (Sept. 10, 2018) – Spelman College jumped 10 places to No. 51 on the 2019 U.S. News & World Report’s Best National Liberal Arts Colleges list, tying with Agnes Scott, Dickenson and Furman colleges, as well as Rhodes University. The College was also listed as the No. 1 HBCU for the 12th year in a row and was included on the list of the nation’s most innovative liberal arts colleges.

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Spelman College Hosts Atlanta’s When We All Vote Rally Co-Chaired by Michelle Obama and Headlined by Co-Chair Janelle Monae

Sep 05, 2018

ATLANTA (Sept. 5, 2018) – Spelman College will be the host site of a When We All Vote Rally in the Atlanta University Center on Thursday, Sept. 27. When We All Vote Co-Chair Janelle Monae will headline the event, which is open to students, faculty and staff of the AUC institutions.

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Spelman College Receives Gift From the Atlanta Hawks in Honor of Their Vice Chairman and Basketball Great Grant Hill

Aug 31, 2018

Spelman College, Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University have received a “surprise” gift from the Atlanta Hawks in honor of Grant Hill. The Hawks made the contributions to the Atlanta University Center institutions to recognize Hill, vice chair and part owner of the Hawks, being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Harvard Scholar Gives Spelman College Largest Donation of Books Ever Made to an HBCU

Aug 30, 2018

Spelman College has received the largest single donation of books given to any historically Black college or university on record. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr., Ph.D., the Alphonse Fletcher University professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, donated 13 pallets of books from his personal library to the College. The books will be housed within the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, which confirms that the gift is the largest donation of books it has ever received.

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Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and Autograph, London Present the Captivating Series of Self-portraits by Renowned Visual Activist Zanele Muholi

Aug 20, 2018

ATLANTA (August 20, 2018) – Spelman College Museum of Fine Art will present the United States premiere of “Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness,” from Sept. 14 to Dec. 8. The exhibition features photographs taken between 2014 and 2017. In more than 70 photographs, visual activist Muholi, whose pronouns are they, them, and their, uses their body as a canvas to confront the politics of race and representation in the visual archive. In Muholi’s work, found objects are transformed from the everyday into dramatic and historically loaded props, merging the political with the aesthetic.

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New Teacher Preparation Program Returns Spelman College to Its Roots and Builds on Recent Accomplishments

Aug 17, 2018

ATLANTA (August 17, 2018) - As Spelman College rolls out the blue carpet for hundreds of first-year and transfer students this fall, the Education Department is welcoming college graduates for its Teacher Certification Preparation Program. Founded in 1881, Spelman College is a leading liberal arts college widely recognized as the global leader in the education of women of African descent. Located in Atlanta, the College’s picturesque campus is home to 2,100 students. Spelman is the country's leading producer of Black women who complete Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

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Ford Fund Launches “Ford First Gen” Initiative at Spelman College to Ensure Success for First-Generation College Students

Aug 14, 2018

A long-time supporter of education, the Ford Motor Company Fund is launching a first-of-its-kind program at Spelman College to improve graduation rates among first-generation students – one of the fastest-growing populations of college attendees in the U.S. Ford First Gen @ Spelman College is an innovative program that provides students a range of personal and professional services and support to help them succeed throughout their four years in college.

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Spelman College Awarded $5.4 Million Grant from the Walton Family Foundation for Atlanta University Center Initiative to Increase Diversity in Museum Field

Spelman College Hosts Unshackled Narratives: The Impact Of Incarceration

Spelman Part of Alliance Receiving $200K NSF Grant to Develop Data Science Units

Spelman College Jumps 10 Places on U.S. News’ List of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges, Included on Most Innovative List and Remains No. 1 HBCU

Spelman College Hosts Atlanta’s When We All Vote Rally Co-Chaired by Michelle Obama and Headlined by Co-Chair Janelle Monae

Spelman College Receives Gift From the Atlanta Hawks in Honor of Their Vice Chairman and Basketball Great Grant Hill

Harvard Scholar Gives Spelman College Largest Donation of Books Ever Made to an HBCU

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and Autograph, London Present the Captivating Series of Self-portraits by Renowned Visual Activist Zanele Muholi

New Teacher Preparation Program Returns Spelman College to Its Roots and Builds on Recent Accomplishments

Ford Fund Launches “Ford First Gen” Initiative at Spelman College to Ensure Success for First-Generation College Students

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