Founders Week Event Schedule
Undaunted
Founders Day @ Spelman | April 8 - 11, 2021
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Despite our distance, let's celebrate Spelman’s 140 years together! Please join us for a week of virtual Founders Day activities.
Schedule of Activities
Thursday, April 8
11 a.m. | History and Traditions Convocation
Wanda Smalls Lloyd, C'71, presents "Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism." Llloyd is an editor, author, public speaker and 2019 National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame Inductee. She will be introduced by her classmate and best-selling author, Tina McElroy Ansa, C'71.
6 p.m. | Founders Day Alumnae Celebration
Celebrate the 140th anniversary of the founding of Spelman College, and recognize the 2021 Founders Day honorees.
Honorary Degree Recipient
Judge Brenda Hill Cole, C’63
Founders Spirit Awardee
Dr. Gwendolyn Harris Middlebrooks, C’61
True Blue Awardee
Nettie Ware
All Day | Day of Service
TBA | SpelChella
11 a.m. | Founders Day Worship Service
1 p.m. | Founders Day Convocation