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Spelman College Announces $2 Million Match From Philanthropist Jon Stryker for Endowed Queer Studies Chair Named After Poet and Activist Audre Lorde

Oct 29, 2019

ATLANTA (Oct. 29, 2019) -- Spelman College announced the creation of a chair in Queer Studies backed by a matching gift from philanthropist Jon Stryker of up to $2 million. This first-ever chair of its kind housed at a historically Black college or university will be named after celebrated poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde and attached to the Comparative Women’s Studies Program housed at Spelman’s Women’s Research and Resource Center. Spelman will immediately implement a fundraising campaign to raise $2 million, which will be matched by a $2 million gift from Stryker.

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Spelman College Remains No. 1 HBCU, Ranked in Top 10 for Social Mobility and Innovation by U.S. News & World Report

Sep 09, 2019

Spelman College earned several top spots on the 2020 U.S. News & World Report’s list of college rankings. The College is listed as No. 6 on the U.S. News’ inaugural list of Top Performers on Social Mobility and made a significant jump to No. 6 on the list of Most Innovative Colleges, up from No. 35 in 2019.

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Artist Mildred Thompson Headlines Fall Exhibition at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Sep 04, 2019

The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art will launch its 2019-2020 exhibition season with the Atlanta premiere of "Mildred Thompson: The Atlanta Years, 1986 – 2003" on view Wednesday, Sept. 11 through Saturday, Dec. 7.

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Spelman Receives Funding to Establish a Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM

Sep 03, 2019

Spelman College recently received a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to support its continued growth in STEM education.

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Spelman College Announces New Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Aug 29, 2019

Dawn Alston, who has had a 20-year career at Spelman College, has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president for business and financial affairs, effective Sept.1.

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Artists Mildred Thompson and Theaster Gates Headline the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art 2019/2020 Exhibition Series

Aug 27, 2019

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is proud to announce that it will launch its exhibition season with Mildred Thompson: The Atlanta Years, 1986 – 2003, on view Wednesday, Sept. 11, through Saturday, Dec. 7.

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Spelman College Receives Funding from the Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

Aug 26, 2019

Through the support of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a not-for-profit grant-making institution dedicated to the advancement of scientific knowledge, the Department of Economics at Spelman College will develop curriculum and programming to address the scarcity of Black women Ph.D.s in economics.

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Spelman College Participates in the Congressional Diversity in Tech Summit

Jul 24, 2019

WASHINGTON (JULY 24, 2019) – Today, Spelman College joined the Congressional Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus for the second annual HBCU Diversity in Tech Summit, hosted at Howard University. This annual event is the largest collaboration of government, industry and HBCU leaders.

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Spelman College Names Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Technology Services

Jul 15, 2019

John B. Wilson has been appointed vice president and chief information officer for Spelman Technology Services at Spelman College, effective Aug 12.

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Spelman College President and Arts Historian Named to the J. Paul Getty Trust Board of Trustees

Jul 10, 2019

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Spelman College Announces $2 Million Match From Philanthropist Jon Stryker for Endowed Queer Studies Chair Named After Poet and Activist Audre Lorde

Spelman College Remains No. 1 HBCU, Ranked in Top 10 for Social Mobility and Innovation by U.S. News & World Report

Artist Mildred Thompson Headlines Fall Exhibition at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Spelman Receives Funding to Establish a Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM

Spelman College Announces New Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Artists Mildred Thompson and Theaster Gates Headline the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art 2019/2020 Exhibition Series

Spelman College Receives Funding from the Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

Spelman College Participates in the Congressional Diversity in Tech Summit

Spelman College Names Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Technology Services

Spelman College President and Arts Historian Named to the J. Paul Getty Trust Board of Trustees

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