Student Inspires Others Through Campus Kitchens
December 2, 2009 by spelmancollege
Filed under December 2009, Departments, Past Spotlight
Last summer, Isis Rose, C’2012, found her purpose and merged it with her passion for cooking. Her summer spent addressing hunger as a 2009 Shepherd Poverty Alliance intern at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., inspired her to establish her own philanthropic project at Spelman. On Nov. 3, Rose hosted a meeting for students [...]
Walking the Spelman MILE in Her Shoes
November 4, 2009 by spelmancollege
Filed under November 2009, Past Spotlight
As provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, Johnnella Butler, Ed.D., begins each work day around 6 a.m., and it does not end until after 6 p.m. Admitting that her all-consuming job is her biggest personal challenge, Dr. Butler says her job as the chief adviser to the president and faculty on academic affairs at [...]
Chinese Language Professor Teaches With Technology
October 1, 2009 by spelmancollege
Filed under Departments, October 2009, Past Spotlight
As assistant professor of Chinese in the department of world languages and literature, Zhengbin Richard Lu, Ed.D., firmly believes that American students cannot compete in a global economy if they lack knowledge about other cultures and languages, especially Chinese. “In a global era, all cultures are interconnected,” says Dr. Lu, a native of Shandong, Qingdao, [...]
