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Spelman College President Helene Gayle, M.D., M.P.H., is among 200 dynamic and innovative women featured on Forbes' second annual 50 Over 50 list. The 2022 list spotlights women entrepreneurs and leaders over age 50 who have achieved significant success later in life, often overcoming formidable odds or barriers. Dr. Gayle was previously featured on 2014 Forbes’ Power Women list.

"I am honored to be one of the 200 amazing women featured on @Forbes' second annual list of 50 Over 50. I'm joined by @1863ventures founder Melissa Bradley, interim director of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship housed at @SpelmanCollege & @Morehouse," she shared via Twitter.

Melissa Bradley, 1863 Ventures founder and interim director of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship housed at Spelman & Morehouse Colleges is also among the honorees.


To read Dr. Gayle’s feature, visit the Forbes website.

Campus Highlights


WJZA Smooth Jazz 101/100 and Chevrolet’s 2022 HBCU Scholarship has been presented to Spelman students Kennedy Dunning and Ansley Bentley, C’2024. This scholarship awards extraordinary, community-oriented students with $2,500 each to ease some financial pressures and inspire students to focus on their undergraduate academic pursuits – and beyond.

During brief interviews with WJZA on-air personality Art Terrell, Dunning and Bentley shared their excitement as recipients. As a documentary filmmaking major with a minor in women’s studies and plans to relocate to Hollywood after graduation, Dunning understands the value of the community’s support to keep inspiring her goals past Spelman’s gates.

"Being a young creative and being a young Black woman, sometimes it’s hard to find opportunities to make money and support yourself," said Dunning. "It makes me feel…more secure in my career options and more secure in what I chose to do when I leave Spelman College."

A future educator and currently a mathematics major with a secondary education minor, Bentley displays her excitement for the important role Spelman plays in producing some of the country’s most creative innovators.

"I absolutely love Spelman. I love everything it’s about," said Bentley. "I love how they’re producing Black leaders, change agents and that’s what I want to do."

Homecoming is here, and there's still time to give!
This year, Spelman Strong donors will receive a Spelman on the Go Kit as a thank you for contributions to Spelman College.All $1000 President's Society donors will receive a Spelman 1881 key ring, luggage tag, card wallet and passport case; $500 Founders Club donors will receive the key ring, luggage tag and card wallet; $142 anniversary donors will receive the key ring and luggage tag; and $60 donors will receive the key ring – while supplies last. Cumulative giving totals will be based on all gifts designated to the Spelman Strong campaign from the start of the current fiscal year (July 1, 2022) through the end of our homecoming campaign (October 24, 2022).Donors who gave by 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 23, 2022 will receive their gifts by mail prior to Homecoming. Donors who gave between September 24 and October 24, 2022 can pick up items onsite this Friday or Saturday during Homecoming or will receive their items in the mail afterwards.For more information, and to make your donation, visit the Spelman Lane website.


Welcome to Homecoming 2022! The Spelman College Office of Alumnae Engagement has curated an unforgettable in-person experience with something for everyone.

With more celebrations and spirited events ahead, there's still plenty of special moments you won’t want to miss!

To view the full schedule of events, visit www.spelman.edu/HCSchedule.

For more information, and to register to attend, visit the Forever Blue Homecoming 2022 page.


It’s a great time to work at Spelman College! With a variety of perks and benefits for staff, including tuition waivers, health and wellness resources and a beautiful, historic campus, Spelman is more than a place to work.

The Spelman College Division of Institutional Advancement is seeking motivated candidates to fill the following positions:


The Spelman College Office of Public Relations and Communications is looking for motivated candidates to fill the following positions:


Below are some staff positions that are also available:



To apply, or to learn more about these and other positions, visit Spelman.edu.
Alumnae Highlights
 
 
 
 
Multihyphenate Linda Goode Bryant, C’72, continues to be a force of nature and creative inspiration to contemporary Black artists. Works from her gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM) – opened from 1974 to 1986 in New York City – will be reintroduced in a feature exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) until Feb. 18, 2023.

Following her time at Spelman, Goode Bryant was a fellow at MoMA while working in the education department at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Experiencing the gap in the city’s contemporary art landscape led to opening an art gallery, specifically meant to showcase the work of excluded Black artists and artists of color.

Goode Bryant has not only set the foundation for some of the most successful contemporary artists of color – including Lorraine O’Grady and Senga Nengudi – but remains an avid advocate for "our innate ability to use what we have to create what we need."
 
 
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