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Walmart Inc. and Walmart.org recently made a joint announcement highlighting three new initiatives aimed at advancing equity in education. These initiatives include monetary investments of $5.4 million and the addition of Historically Black Universities and Colleges to the company’s academic roster for its Live Better U program.

Walmart associates will now have the option to enroll in Spelman certificate programs in several disciplines including project management, business development and leadership.

"For 140 years, Spelman College has been a champion for lifelong learning. We are excited to partner with Walmart to expand and extend our offerings to adult learners who are looking to advance their careers, elevate their expertise or explore new fields," said Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., president of Spelman College. "As a liberal arts college that consistently leads in numerous rankings from innovation and social mobility, to being the top producer of Black women scientists, we are looking forward to assisting Walmart employees who seek to earn the credentials that will catapult careers."

Approximately 1.5 million full- and part-time U.S. Walmart and Sam's Club employees are eligible to participate in the Live Better U program. Last month Walmart EVP and Chief Sustainability Officer Kathleen McLaughlin reported that around 3,500 employees have completed a course of study through the program since it launched in 2018.

Nearly 10,000 associates have signed up as new participants since Walmart announced in July that it was removing a $1 per day fee for tuition assistance.

 
 

Nicole "Nikki" Clifton, president of Social Impact and The UPS Foundation, will join Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., president of Spelman, to discuss her professional and personal journey during the next edition of Courageous Conversations : Black in the C-Suite, at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Nov. 4, on Zoom.

Clifton leads global philanthropy, social impact and community affairs efforts as part of the UPS Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability team, where she oversees the company’s efforts to respond to the world’s most pressing social, humanitarian, and environmental needs.

She has been instrumental in the company's response to human rights and social justice issues, including spearheading and coordinating anti-human trafficking awareness and education.

Most recently, Clifton served as vice president of global public affairs and led UPS’s workforce policy, legislative advocacy, and external affairs engagement with members of congress and the states’ attorneys general. Prior to government affairs, she was part of UPS’s Labor and Employment Counsel. Before joining UPS, Clifton worked for Delta Air Lines as a labor and employment litigator and practiced labor and employment law with two Atlanta law firms.

For more information and to register visit Spelman.edu.

 
 
Campus Highlights

"The Future is Intersectional: Black Women Interrogating Technology," organized by the Spelman College Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM, in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry and Mozilla, will host "Where Do We Go From Here," a fireside chat with Safiya Noble, Ph.D., associate professor of gender studies and African American studies, UCLA, 12 - 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Nov. 4.

During a conversation with
Princess Sampson, C' 2022, a computer science and comparative women's studies major, Dr. Noble will discuss the unique intersectional lens Black women bring to the development and utilization of technology in our society.

This ongoing series covers both the vast contributions of Black women to STEM field as well as the challenging and demoralizing experiences Black women have in a field where they are highly underrepresented and often undervalued.

 
 

Alumnae Highlights

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Alumna Joins Pace Academy  Leadership Team


Patrice Wright-Lewis, C'87, has been named Director of Middle School Global Leadership at Pace Academy, an independent college-preparatory school in Atlanta.

In this new role, Wright-Lewis has joined the leadership team of the school’s Isdell Center for Global Leadership (ICGL), an initiative that cultivates leadership skills, global mindsets, cultural appreciation and critical thinking among students and faculty by exploring an annual global theme.

Wright-Lewis oversees the  implementation of curriculum around the ICGL theme—this year Education—in the Middle School, which serves 483 students in grades six, seven and eight.

Her work also includes coordinating a robust offering of domestic and international study tours for her students.
 
 
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