Festive Fun Abounds During Spelman’s 129th Founders Day

Spelman College celebrated its 129th anniversary with a flurry of fanfare and festivities for Founders Day. From tributes and convocations to performances and pageants, the entire Spelman community was involved in nearly two weeks of activities recognizing the College’s beginnings. The crowning event of Founders Day was a convocation held on April 8 in Sisters [...]

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 [...]

Jasmine Guy Directs ‘The Bluest Eye’ at Spelman

“The better memories of my life rose when I came to Spelman,” says actress Jasmine Guy who returns to the Baldwin Burroughs Theatre stage to direct the Spelman College department of drama and dance’s production of “The Bluest Eye” April 1-4. Thirty-five years earlier Ms. Guy, best known for her role as Whitley Gilbert on [...]

Vision to Visionaries: Women Empowered Panel Discussion

On January 28, 2010, Vision to Visionaries: Women Empowered, a panel discussion hosted by Camille Cosby, Ed.D., was held in the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center Auditorium at Spelman College, the facility dedicated in her honor in 1996. A collaboration between Spelman College and the National Visionary Leadership Project, the event assembled an eclectic [...]

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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 [...]

Spelman Celebrates Historic Campaign Launch

With $82 million collected since 2004 during a silent phase, Spelman College went public Oct. 16 to announce its official launch of The Campaign for Spelman College, a $150 million fundraising initiative and the largest in the institution’s history. Aligned with the institution’s 2015 strategic plan objectives, the campaign launch featured a whirlwind week of [...]