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A sales and marketing executive, a higher education leader, a renowned actress and a business owner have all joined a Spelman College rising sophomore as the newest members of the College’s Board of Trustees.
New members of the Board include history major and curatorial studies minor Elizabeth Gowans, C’2023; Cara J. Hughes, C’2003, a third-generation Black entrepreneur whose late grandmother, Joan B. Johnson, served as a Spelman trustee; Lawrence M. Schall, J.D., Ed.D., incoming president of the New England Commission of Higher Education and former president of Oglethorpe University; Pauletta Pearson Washington, an American actress, vocalist and a classically trained pianist; and Carmen D. Harris, C’2002, co-founder and managing partner of Magnus on Water. "Each new trustee brings a distinctive voice and perspective to the Board," said Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., Spelman’s president. "Their ideas, experiences, passions and energy will sustain the vitality of the Board and the visionary decision making needed to ensure that Spelman continues to be the incubator for Black women’s advancement it was created to be. We are honored to have them serve and look forward to the contributions they will make."
The Board provides strategic leadership to the College by employing its members' expertise in everything from finance and international affairs to philanthropy and science. Trustees act as members of the governing board of Spelman and are responsible for basic oversight and governance of the institution, including the election of the president of the College, basic educational and fiscal policies, the granting of degrees, and the promotion and tenure based on the recommendation of the president.
Rising Seniors, Alleyah Caesar and Skylr Smith, Named HBCU Competitiveness Scholars
Two Spelman students have been selected by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities as 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars.
Alleyah Caesar and Skylr Smith, both rising seniors, are among 44 students from 33 historically Black colleges and universities selected to receive the recognition.
"I am humbled to serve as one of the national representatives for our institution," said Smith. "I look forward to working with the program to provide more opportunities and resources for Spelman students."
Scholars are chosen based on their academic achievements, campus and civic involvement and ambitious spirits.
"The recognition of my hard work instills the confidence in me to work to the best of my ability in the interests of our institution," said Caesar. "I am more than grateful for this opportunity and hope to use this platform to advocate on behalf of many other first-generation college students."
Due to COVID-19, the Initiative plans to develop a robust calendar of virtual events for the scholars that will explore, exchange ideas and share best practices around leadership, professional development, career pathways and government resources.
Campus Highlights
Spelman Receives $50K Grant to Preserve African American Oral Histories
Spelman is among a number of institutions chosen by the National Park Service to receive funding designed to preserve sites and history related to the African American struggle for equality in the 20th century.
The funds, totaling over $14 million, are awarded through the African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund. The projects selected for the grants will document, interpret and preserve sites that tell the stories of the African American experience in the pursuit of civil rights.
Spelman’s project, "Stayed on Freedom: Oral Histories of the Civil Rights Movement at Spelman College," was awarded $50,000. More than 51 projects from across 20 states and the District of Columbia were selected.
Alumnae Highlights
Spelman Alumnae Named to Fortune Magazine's List of Black Economists to Know and Celebrate
Lisa D. Cook, Ph.D., C’86, and Sandile Hlatshwayo, Ph.D., C’2006, were highlighted by Fortune Magazine as two of "19 Black economists to celebrate and know, this Juneteenth and beyond."
The feature appeared on Fortune.com on Friday, June 19 – Juneteenth. "As the world grapples with uprooting systemic racism—a conversation catapulted into collective consciousness by the death of George Floyd—it is imperative that Black economists become household names," the article stated.
The list, while not exhaustive, was intended to center and celebrate the work of Black economic experts across various specializations—both emerging and well-established. The research of Drs. Cook and Hlatshwayo, as well as the others on the list, plays a role in influencing the improvement of wealth access within the Black community and how to make policies that alter the Black community’s reality.
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