Spelman College presents the Women of Excellence Leadership (WEL) Series graduates who have successfully completed the certificate program designed to train students for leadership roles in the global community. This powerful series — developed in keeping with the College’s objective to cultivate change agents for a civil and just society — features leadership experts, entrepreneurs, noted faculty, community leaders, and prominent corporate partners as leadership development agents for WEL participants. (Select an image below to learn more about each WEL Scholar).
2020 Graduates
Shayla Benson, C'2020
Shayla Benson, a
psychology major, will become the founding partner of a family law firm. Her firm will address the vagaries and unpredictability of the U.S. family law system while placing the well-being of minors at the forefront of her work.