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Spelman Receives $900K From Lilly Endowment For Black Millennial Woman Minister Sisterhood Development

Jan 14, 2019

ATLANTA (January 14, 2019)— Spelman College has received a $900,000 grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of its Thriving in Ministry initiative. The funds will be used to establish a fellowship and programming that provides leadership development, mentoring and relationship building among Black millennial women ministers.

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Amy Sherald’s Newest Portraits on View at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Dec 18, 2018

ATLANTA (December 18, 2018) – The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art will present “Amy Sherald,” an exhibition organized by the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, from Jan. 31 through May 18, 2019.

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American Talent Initiative’s Impact Report Cites Spelman College's Efforts to Increase Graduation Rates

Dec 17, 2018

ATLANTA (December 17, 2018) – A new report by a nationwide alliance of leading colleges and universities highlights Spelman College’s efforts to improve opportunity for low- and moderate-income students.

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Spelman College Receives $30 Million Gift From Trustee Ronda Stryker and Spouse, William Johnston, to Support New Center for Innovation & the Arts

Dec 13, 2018

ATLANTA (December 13, 2018) — Spelman College has received the largest gift from living donors in its 137-year history from long-standing Spelman trustee Ronda Stryker and spouse William Johnston. The transformative $30 million gift will help build the Center for Innovation & the Arts, the College’s first new academic facility since 1996.

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Ariana Benson the Sixth Spelman Student to Win Prestigious Marshall Scholarship

Dec 03, 2018

ATLANTA (December 3, 2018) – Ariana Benson, C’2019, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Benson is the sixth Spelman College student to receive the prestigious scholarship since its inception in 1954. Principally funded by the British Government, the program benefits from generous support through partnership arrangements with leading British academic institutions, allowing winners to pursue graduate degrees in almost any academic subject at any university in the United Kingdom.

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Alumna Tayler Ulmer Named Spelman College’s First Schwarzman Scholar

Dec 03, 2018

ATLANTA (December 3, 2018) – Tayler Ulmer, C’2015, has been named to the fourth class of Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships. Ulmer is Spelman College’s first alumna to receive the opportunity, which provides scholars with a first-hand, in-depth understanding of China, critically important to leading in the 21st Century.

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Deck the Halls at the 92st Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert

Nov 26, 2018

ATLANTA (November 26, 2018)—The 92nd Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert, a tradition that has marked the opening of the Christmas season for generations of Atlanta residents, will be held on Friday, Nov. 30, Saturday, Dec. 1, and Sunday, Dec. 2, at Spelman College’s Sisters Chapel and Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.

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Spelman College Hosts Breast Health Symposium to Discuss Inequities in Awareness and Focus

Nov 09, 2018

ATLANTA (Nov. 9, 2018) – Spelman College will serve as host to a symposium on breast cancer and its impact on Black women, Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 6 to 8 pm in the Women’s Research & Resource Center.

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Renowned Playwright and Performer Named Distinguished Professor of the Arts

Nov 05, 2018

ATLANTA (Nov. 5, 2018) – Award-winning playwright and performer Will Power has joined the Spelman College faculty as a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Theatre & Performance.

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Alumna Sisters at Baldwin Richardson Foods Support Students Interested in Entrepreneurship and Food Innovation with $1.5 Million-Plus Gifts

Oct 22, 2018

ATLANTA (October 22, 2018) – Two first-year Spelman students are the inaugural recipients of an annual and endowed scholarship funded by a $1.5 million and a $100,000 gift from Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. gifted to Spelman by two alumnae and sisters, Erin Johnson Tolefree, C’2001, and Cara Johnson Hughes, C’2003.

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News Releases

Spelman Receives $900K From Lilly Endowment For Black Millennial Woman Minister Sisterhood Development

Amy Sherald’s Newest Portraits on View at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

American Talent Initiative’s Impact Report Cites Spelman College's Efforts to Increase Graduation Rates

Spelman College Receives $30 Million Gift From Trustee Ronda Stryker and Spouse, William Johnston, to Support New Center for Innovation & the Arts

Ariana Benson the Sixth Spelman Student to Win Prestigious Marshall Scholarship

Alumna Tayler Ulmer Named Spelman College’s First Schwarzman Scholar

Deck the Halls at the 92st Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert

Spelman College Hosts Breast Health Symposium to Discuss Inequities in Awareness and Focus

Renowned Playwright and Performer Named Distinguished Professor of the Arts

Alumna Sisters at Baldwin Richardson Foods Support Students Interested in Entrepreneurship and Food Innovation with $1.5 Million-Plus Gifts

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