HBCU and Future Act Activities

Supporting Persistence and Completion Through Enhanced Academic and Student Services-21039(307)

Activity Director: Dr. Andrea Lewis
Phone: 404-270-5981
Alewis29@spelman.edu

This activity enhances Student Services and Outcomes through the provision of learning support services, such as peer tutoring and advisor consultation. This activity also supports early college success by promoting utilization of campus resources intended to assist students with learning (such as structured study groups), with personal development (such as counseling services), and with problem-solving to remediate issues before they become severe (early alert and intervention).

Advancing Education and Promoting Innovation in STEM for the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM)-21039(460)

Activity Director: Dr. Leyte Winfield
Phone: 404-270-5748
LWinfield@spelman.edu

This activity fosters improved understanding of and expanded engagement in data science. Most importantly, the resources provided enables the College to better support faculty development, increase student access to STEM research and innovative curriculum, and reinforce our science infrastructure to sustain and promote faculty research productivity.

Enhancing Excellence of Minority Women in STEM-21039(4671)

Activity Director: Dr. Tasha Inniss
Phone:404-270-5897
tinniss@spelman.edu

This activity is designed to assist in the creation and implementation of programs for Spelman students and faculty that enhance the knowledge of emerging research areas and highlight the work of Black women in STEM. Also to facilitate the ability of the Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM (COE-MWS) and its staff to serve the needs of the Spelman STEM community.

Enhancing Matriculation Pathways: Cross Collaborative Student Support Services – 21039(681)

Activity Director: Mrs. Dawn Alston
Phone: 404-270-5077
dalston@spelman.edu

This activity enhances institutional management, student services and outcomes, and fiscal stability by Implementing the semester payment plan and on demand statements which allows students to have an accurate and clear depiction of balance owed to the College and the payment schedule. This assist students (semester plan automatically notifies students of amt due and due dates) in planning for payments.

Developing Technology Infrastructure to Support the Intersectionality of Arts and Sciences-21039(840)

Activity Director: Mrs. Dawn Alston and Mr. Art Frazier
Phone: 404-270-5077 and 404-270-5436
dalston@spelman.edu
AEFrazier@spelman.edu
This activity supports the purchase of network infrastructure equipment, specifically data ports, to be installed in the new Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation and the Arts (CI&A), to be completed by Spring 2025. This activity relates the strategic theme Enhance Operational Excellence and further supports strategic priorities to transform the technology environment and invest in STEM programs, Art and Technology.

Extending Spelman's Outreach Initiatives by Implementing a MathCorps and Super Saturday Program (Activity will begin October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025) Activity

Director: Dr. Viveka Brown
Phone: 404-270-5883
VBorum@spelman.edu

Program Administration and Evaluation-21039(328)

Activity Director: Silvia Thomas
Phone: 404-270-5243

The Project Administration and Evaluation activity provides administrative oversight, management, monitoring, and evaluation functions for the College’s Title III programs and safeguards compliance with institutional guidelines and federal regulations. The Title III Program Administration Office also ensured that the Title III activities are implemented as described in the College's Strategic Plan.

Development of Virtual International Research and Intercultural Engagement for Faculty-21039(312)

Activity Director: Dr. Dimeji Togunde
Phone: 404-270-5748
dtogunde@spelman.edu

This activity enhances global education at Spelman through faculty curriculum internationalization that includes virtual global engagement for students and faculty research on global topics/issues that foster local-global connections. This activity also seeks to increase student intercultural competence through their engagement with other cultures.

Enhancing STEAM Education with Innovation, Collaboration, and Technology

(Component A)-20139(2081)

Activity Director: Dr. Dolores Bradley Brennan
Phone: 404-270-5734
dbradley@spelman.edu

This activity supports the procurement of state-of-the-art equipment for the Spelman Innovation Lab and provide resources to support staff salaries responsible for implementing co-curricular activities in the Spelman Innovation Lab. Co-curricular activities and workshops support project-based learning and allow students to apply technology to design, build, and test creative works.

Sub activities

• Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Component B)-21039(460)

Activity Director: Dr. Leyte Winfield
Phone: 404-270-5748
LWinfield@spelman.edu

This activity seeks to Promote Academic Innovation include infusing technology and data analysis into the curriculum, modernizing experiments, and exposing students to state-of-the-art equipment and technology which is intended to enhance students’ experimental skills and expose students to different technologies, improving their readiness for graduate schools and future employment.

• Division of the Arts (Component C)-21039(411)

Activity Director: Marionette Holmes
Phone: 404-270-5613
Mholmes@spelman.edu

This activity integrates the liberal arts, the arts, technology, and innovation into its curriculum and co-curricular activities by focusing on four areas: (1) providing the necessary tools to support students' preparedness to enter graduate programs and entry-level positions in the workforce; (2) enhancing faculty research; (3) curriculum development; (4) introducing students and faculty to best practices in their fields through engagement with thought leaders and experts.