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Former Trustee Joan B. Johnson Gifts Spelman College $1 Million to Support Future Scientists

Jan 27, 2020

Joan B. Johnson, philanthropist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Johnson Products, bequeathed a $1 million gift to Spelman College in support of future scientists.

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SpelREADS Helps Atlanta Public School Students Improve Reading Skills

Jan 21, 2020

Since its inception three years ago, more than 150 students enrolled in SpelREADS, a literacy program supported by the Bonner Office of Civic Engagement, have successfully improved their reading assessment scores. The program, which is offered at several elementary and middle schools in Atlanta’s Booker T. Washington High School Cluster, will begin it’s spring program in February

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Robust Funding and Collaborations Across AUC Campuses Helped Spur New Arts and STEM Initiatives at Spelman College in 2019

Jan 16, 2020

Spelman College ended the decade on a high note, with the announcement of a major contribution toward a building project that represents the College’s future as a leading producer of students who graduate with strong skills in STEM and the arts.

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Spelman Receives $2 Million Gift From Leonard & Louise Riggio for New Center for Innovation & the Arts

Dec 18, 2019

A new gift will place Spelman College closer to breaking ground on a new academic facility designed to bring the arts, technology and innovation into close collaboration with one another.

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Spelman and Morehouse Colleges Share the Gift of Music During the 93rd Annual Christmas Carol Concert

Nov 26, 2019

ATLANTA (November 26, 2019) — Spelman and Morehouse Colleges will usher in the holiday season with the 93rd annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert series, Dec. 6-8, 2019.

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Spelman Junior Becomes 2nd HBCU Student to be Named Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellow

Nov 25, 2019

ATLANTA (November 14, 2019) – A Spelman College art history and international studies double major became the second student from the College to earn a 2019–2021 Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship. Destinee Fillmore joins an incoming cohort of 12 students selected to participate in the competitive program. Fillmore began her two-year fellowship at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art this fall.

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Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Kicks Off the New Decade With the United States Debut of Theaster Gates’ “Black Image Corporation”

Nov 20, 2019

The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is proud to present the United States premiere of “Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation” (Jan. 28 – May 16, 2020). “Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation” was first presented at the Fondazione Prada in Milan in 2018 and subsequently at Gropius Bau in Berlin in 2019.

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Spelman College, Morehouse College & Prairie View A&M University Receive $3M in Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support Faculty Development

Nov 18, 2019

Spelman College, Morehouse College and Prairie View A&M University announced today that they are the recipients of $3 million in grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Rockefeller Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of faculty on their campuses

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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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News Releases

Former Trustee Joan B. Johnson Gifts Spelman College $1 Million to Support Future Scientists

SpelREADS Helps Atlanta Public School Students Improve Reading Skills

Robust Funding and Collaborations Across AUC Campuses Helped Spur New Arts and STEM Initiatives at Spelman College in 2019

Spelman Receives $2 Million Gift From Leonard & Louise Riggio for New Center for Innovation & the Arts

Spelman and Morehouse Colleges Share the Gift of Music During the 93rd Annual Christmas Carol Concert

Spelman Junior Becomes 2nd HBCU Student to be Named Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellow

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Kicks Off the New Decade With the United States Debut of Theaster Gates’ “Black Image Corporation”

Spelman College, Morehouse College & Prairie View A&M University Receive $3M in Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support Faculty Development

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

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