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Spelman College Announces Valedictorian, Co-Salutatorians for Class of 2019

May 06, 2019

ATLANTA (May 6, 2019) – Ariana Benson, C’2019, a psychology major, has been named Spelman College's 2019 valedictorian. Gabrielle Price, C’2019, and Kristen Walker, C’2019, have been named co-salutatorians. The seniors will lead the class processional, made up of 474 graduates, during the College’s 132nd Commencement at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta.

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Spelman College Among Four Higher Education Institutions Benefitting from Booking.com Initiative to Support and Advance Women in STEM

May 03, 2019

ATLANTA (May 3, 2019) – Spelman College is part of a new scholarship initiative with Booking.com, one of the world’s largest digital travel e-commerce companies, to help bridge the gender-divide within the tech sector. The scholarship initiative is designed to provide women students with the funding needed to advance their education in STEM.

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to Deliver Commencement Address to the Spelman College Class of 2019

Apr 22, 2019

ATLANTA (April 22, 2019) – The Honorable Keisha Lance Bottoms, current mayor of Atlanta, has been named keynote speaker for the Spelman College 132nd Commencement ceremony. The 60th Mayor of Atlanta will address 474 graduates in the Class of 2019 and 9,000 of their family and friends on Sunday, May 19, 2019, at 3 p.m., at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta. Mayor Bottoms will also receive the National Community Service Award in recognition of her service as a lifelong public servant and commitment to addressing local, state and national issues.

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The Atlanta University Center Consortium Celebrates 90 Years of Collaborative Learning

Apr 05, 2019

ATLANTA (April 5, 2019) – The Atlanta University Center Consortium, the world’s oldest and largest association of historically Black colleges and universities in the country, marked 90 years of excellence in higher education this week.

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Spelman to Compete in 30th Annual Honda Campus All‐Star Challenge National Championship Tournament, April 13-17

Apr 03, 2019

ATLANTA (April 03, 2019) ‐‐ Spelman College will compete against teams from 47 historically Black colleges and universities during the 30th annual Honda Campus All‐Star Challenge National Championship Tournament. The competition will take place April 13-17 on the American Honda campus in Torrance, California. In addition to the championship title, the winning team will receive a $75,000 institutional grant from Honda.

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Briya Todd Becomes Spelman College's First Frederick Douglass Fellow

Mar 27, 2019

ATLANTA ( March 27, 2019) – A Spelman College student has been selected as one of 10 students across the country to earn the prestigious Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship. As a Frederick Douglass Global Fellow, Briya Malia Todd, C’2021, has received as full scholarship to study abroad program in London this summer.

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Spelman College Joined in Second Annual HBCU STEAM Day of Action on Capitol Hill

Mar 08, 2019

ATLANTA (March 7, 2019) – Spelman College joined other historically Black colleges and universities, science and engineering industry leaders, and congressional leaders in the second annual HBCU STEAM Day of Action on Capitol Hill. Co-sponsored by the Bipartisan HBCU Caucus and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) Caucus, the event brings together education and industry leaders and members of Congress for a collective day of advocacy for our nation’s 102 HBCUs and their 300,000 students.

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Spelman College Recognizes Georgia Congressional Lawmakers Included in First UNCF HBCU Congressional Honor Roll

Mar 05, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC (March 5, 2019) —Spelman College joins the United Negro College Fund in recognizing Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and other members of Congress who have supported historically Black colleges and universities.

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Spelman College Student Among Inaugural MEPE Program Cohort to Increase Minority Entrepreneurs From HBCUs

Feb 18, 2019

Destinee Filmore, C’2021, is among the 25-member cohort of the Mary Ellen Pleasant Entrepreneur Fellowship program. The MEPE Fellowship, an outgrowth of a partnership between The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions and minority-owned recruiting marketing platform, The Whether, is part of a $775,000 Innovations in Career Advising grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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A Selection of Spelman College’s Newest Gifts and Latest Acquisitions are Now on View

Feb 14, 2019

ATLANTA (February 14, 2019) – “Presence: Meditations on the Spelman College Collection,” a selection of the Spelman College’s newest gifts and latest acquisitions, is now on view at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Organized by the Museum’s Curator of Collections Anne Collins Smith, C’96, the exhibition features a selection of works by critically acclaimed artists Mequitta Ahuja, Firelei Báez, Fabiola Jean-Louis, Nandipha Mntambo, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Deborah Roberts, Berni Searle, Carrie Mae Weems, Billie Zangewa and many others. It also presents a work by Louisiana Bendolph, one of the quilters of Gee’s Bend, which is a recent gift from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. Featuring paintings, textiles, photographs, sculptures, and video, “Presence” will be on view from Jan. 31 through May 18, 2019, concurrently with “Amy Sherald.”

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Spelman College Announces Valedictorian, Co-Salutatorians for Class of 2019

Spelman College Among Four Higher Education Institutions Benefitting from Booking.com Initiative to Support and Advance Women in STEM

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to Deliver Commencement Address to the Spelman College Class of 2019

The Atlanta University Center Consortium Celebrates 90 Years of Collaborative Learning

Spelman to Compete in 30th Annual Honda Campus All‐Star Challenge National Championship Tournament, April 13-17

Briya Todd Becomes Spelman College's First Frederick Douglass Fellow

Spelman College Joined in Second Annual HBCU STEAM Day of Action on Capitol Hill

Spelman College Recognizes Georgia Congressional Lawmakers Included in First UNCF HBCU Congressional Honor Roll

Spelman College Student Among Inaugural MEPE Program Cohort to Increase Minority Entrepreneurs From HBCUs

A Selection of Spelman College’s Newest Gifts and Latest Acquisitions are Now on View

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