First-Year Student India Irish Joins Spelman’s Legacy of Leadership

India Irish, C’2014, knew she wanted to attend Spelman but had no idea how she would pay for it. Her mother, Connie Irish, encouraged her to apply for the coveted Gates Millennium Scholarship awarded to only 1,000 students per year. Boasting a lengthy list of accomplishments, Irish was selected for the scholarship, which afforded her [...]

Barbara Bell's 'Motherly' Mentoring Produces Successful Health Professionals

Take a look around Dr. Barbara Bell’s office, and you immediately see the impact she’s had on Spelman students — and the impact they’ve had on her.  Thank you notes, photos and mementos abound. Dozens of photos and notes of appreciation fill one board in her office, while others line the cabinets above her desk. [...]

New Student Affairs Vice President Pre-Destined for Spelman Womanhood

When Darnita Killian, Ed.D., C’79, was just a year old she was named Miss Spelman Nursery School. Destined to be a Spelman woman, she was the 12th in her family to receive a degree from the College. As a proud Spelman woman and in her new position as vice president of Student Affairs, Dr. Killian [...]

With ‘A Legacy of Change,’ Green Adds to His Spelman Credits

For more than 22 years, Kenneth Green has lent his creative talent to Spelman College as a faculty member of the department of drama and dance. On April 8, 2010, in Sisters Chapel he’ll add to an impressive and lengthy list of credits by producing “A Legacy of Change,” the Founders Day Convocation commemorating the [...]

Deidra Fryer Continues a Legacy of Sisterhood

While the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College has only 1,000 dues-paying members, 65-plus percent of them make giving to the College a priority and they are on a mission to be 100 percent.  As president of NAASC, Deidra Fryer, C’84, sees her presidential role of the 118-year-old organization as an advocate for promoting and [...]

Fulbright Award Sends History Professor to Russia

As a recent recipient of the Fulbright Scholar award, William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D. , associate professor and chair in the department of history, will teach from February through May in Moscow as the Nicolay Sivachev Distinguished Chair in American History fellowship at Moscow State University. He had good reason to apply for the prestigious award. [...]