A Gift of Music to the Community

It’s early in November, and Kevin Johnson readies the Spelman College Glee Club for the big 83rd Annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert, Dec. 4-6.  A free concert to the Atlanta community, the vocalists spend hours rehearsing to present a flawless production. A man of passion and perfection, Johnson, chair of the music department and director [...]

Atlanta Mayor and Philanthropic Leader Are 2010 Cosby Professors

Philanthropy and politics will have two new champions at Spelman College next year as two leaders in these fields become the 2010 William and Camille Cosby Endowed Professors. On Nov. 23, Johnnella Butler, Spelman’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, announced the new Cosby professors as two-term Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and The Ford [...]

All That Jazz, Strings and Horns

Led by a “cool cat” named Joe, the Spelman College Jazz Ensemble performed its fall concert Nov. 21 in Cosby auditorium to a crowd of about 200.  The company of five vocalists, five horns, and five in the rhythm section performed 17 compositions that included straight-ahead and jazz funk as well as one gospel tune. [...]

News Briefs

Judge Hatchett Inspires Students Judge Glenda Hatchett, known for her courtroom television show, spoke to Spelman College students during the Nov. 12 convocation. She encouraged students to “do what you can, where you can” to help people achieve their potential in life. Judge Hatchett also admitted that while being a judge was not her first [...]

Student Inspires Others Through Campus Kitchens

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 [...]

Praise Fest 2009 Celebrates Faith and Service

The annual Praise Fest 2009 on Nov. 13 in Sisters Chapel was a dynamic spiritual revival for the Spelman community. Sisters Chapel Arts Ministry, Praise Team Manifest, Ashietu African dance, Sista Speak Up, Anointed Vessels Mime, and the Atlanta University community choirs, under the leadership of the Wisdom Center, came together to emphasize how religion [...]

Spelman Strengthens Community Ties

Spelman College is strengthening its community ties right outside its gates.  In a 1.7-mile diameter around the institution, the College is enhancing its community service initiatives in support of its 2015 strategic plan objectives. “This effort will refocus the College’s footprint to enhance the ties we have with our surrounding community,” said Jane Smith, C’68, [...]

Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions!

Too often New Year’s resolutions are easier said than done. In a study conducted by the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, only 40 percent of the people who achieved their resolution were successful on their first attempt. The rest made multiple tries, with 17 percent finally succeeding after more than six [...]

A Generation at Risk

In her autobiography, “Justice Older than the Law,” Spelman alumna Dovey Johnson Roundtree, C’38, recalls a moment that changed her life forever.   Struggling to make her way through College during the years of the Great Depression, she hit a wall.  She needed $300 to stay in school, an amount way beyond her grasp.  Without family [...]

The Home Depot Gift Energizes Green Campus Support

Spelman College received an $85,000 gift from The Home Depot Foundation in support of the Albro-Falconer-Manley Science Center Energy and Water Efficiency Project.  The gift highlights the Foundation’s commitment to help implement one of the College’s foundational priorities — strengthening the campus infrastructure and learning environment by creating a “green” campus. “Spelman College deserves enormous [...]

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