Ready to Spark Dialogue and Intrigue, ‘Evenly Yoked’ Explores Generations of Race Relations

Collaborating for more than 10 years, Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry have created art works in many forms – large-scale public projects, performance pieces, sculptures, paintings, photography, video and self-portraits.  Beginning Sept. 9, the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art will present 10 of McCallum and Tarry’s works in the exhibition “Evenly Yoked:  Bradley McCallum [...]

GE Taps the Spelman Talent Pool With Record 15 Internships

A record number of students from Spelman College served as interns at General Electric this summer. Ten of the 15 undergraduates are dual-degree engineering majors, which is especially significant because of the relatively small percentage of Spelman students who major in engineering, according to Harold Bell, director of Career Planning and Development. “GE has never [...]

Welcome to the 2010-2011 School Year

Students returning to Spelman College this fall didn’t have to wait long to get back into the groove of campus life. Take the “Welcome Back Jam.” Featuring rap and R&B artist Wale, the annual P.U.L.S.E. extravaganza attracted a sea of new and returning Spelman and Atlanta University Center students to campus. In addition, President Beverly [...]

AUC Woodruff Library Celebrates Completion of Phase I Renovation

The board of trustees for the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library officially dedicated its newly renovated 21st century learning environment with a two-day celebration to stir the hearts and stimulate the mind. On Thursday, Aug. 26, more than 300 guests attended a ceremonial ribbon cutting featuring student musical groups and remarks by Atlanta [...]

Promising Rwandan Scholars Get Shot at U.S. College Education

In early April, Arlene Cash, vice president for Enrollment Management, traveled to Rwanda on a unique global mission to interview and select from among the brightest math and science students in Rwanda. As a member of the Associated Colleges of the South, Spelman now joins Morehouse and Philander Smith colleges as part of the Rwanda [...]

Summer Breezes and Summer Camps

It’s the first Monday of summer break for many of metro Atlanta’s schools.  However, for about 28 middle school boys, it’s the first day of the Spelman College CARE Summer Computer Camp.  Held May 24-28 for boys, and June 7-11 for girls, the camp offers these 12- to 14-year-olds one week of exposure to computer [...]

Emotions Run High at Spelman’s 123rd Commencement

Some cheered, some cried, and some stood in amazement as the Spelman College graduating class of 2010 entered Exhibit Hall C at the Georgia World Congress Center promptly at 3 p.m.  It was May 16, 2010, and this was their moment. The College celebrated more than 500 graduates at the 123rd Commencement ceremony. As Ariel [...]

Nearly Perfect, Spelman Sisters Sit at the Head of the Class

Ariel Eckblad has been acing tests since elementary school.  The Spelman College 2010 valedictorian just maxed out her last final and turned in her last paper, “Palestinian Women as Suicide Bombers: Maniacal Terrorists or Vigilantes for Justice.” Now packing and feeling somewhat melancholy, the political science and comparative women’s study major will spend her next [...]

Research Day 2010 Focuses on Global Connections

On Friday, April 16, dozens of Spelman students furiously bustled throughout campus, hurrying to get to the destination they had been preparing for all semester: Research Day 2010. Held in various locations campuswide, the College’s annual showcase of student scholarship and research excellence remains one of the busiest days on Spelman’s campus. Research Day highlights [...]

ASPIRE Program Strives to Increase Women in STEM Graduate Studies

More than 1,500 Spelman College students have been able to concentrate on the burgeoning field of informatics since the institution received a $2.5 million grant award from the National Science Foundation in 2007 to launch ASPIRE – the Advancing Spelman’s Participation in Informatics Research and Education program. Allowing the College to be the first HBCU [...]

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