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Spelman College recently announced a $10 million grant from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to support an on-campus creative hub for young entrepreneurs and innovators. The funding will establish the Arthur M. Blank Innovation Lab. Formerly known as the Spelman Innovation Lab, the space is a campus-wide resource for entrepreneurial
ideation, unconventional research, experimental pedagogy and exploratory play. The Arthur M. Blank Innovation Lab will form a hub for creative inquiry in Spelman's new Center for Innovation & the Arts, a state-of-the-art learning environment slated to open in 2024. In addition to cutting edge technology tools, the Lab will work closely with the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE), and the entrepreneurship minor in Spelman's Department of Economics to provide a host of rich co-curricular activities. Popular programs, like Spelpreneur, will live in the dynamic Innovation Lab where budding entrepreneurs and innovators across multiple disciplines will work together to create new ideas to solve old problems.
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Claire Jackson, C' 2024, an English and Spanish major, will appear on the Jeopardy! National College Championship on ABC.
Jackson will appear on the quiz show, hosted by Mayim Bialik, at 8 p.m. ET, on Wednesday, Feb. 16. The program will air during primetime on ABC, and stream the next day on Hulu.
Jackson will join 36 of America’s sharpest undergrads in this popular collegiate competition. The winner will walk away with a $250,000 grand prize and the title of Jeopardy! National College champion
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Ruby Ferguson, C'2012, was appointed by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to serve as the city's first food equity policy lead.
Ferguson will work with the newly established, 24 member Food Equity Council, to create a plan for food equity in Chicago.
As part of the role, Ferguson will be employed by the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and also
report to Lightfoot’s policy office.
Ferguson previously worked at the Near North Health Service Corporation, where she was involved in the expansion of the WIC program, clinical dietetic and cooking programs.
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Spelman College is known for educating global change agents, who are leaders in the classroom, in the community and in their careers. If you have an idea for a news story about Spelman faculty, staff, students or alumnae, we would love to hear about it. Submit your story ideas to spelmanconnection@spelman.edu. Check out the submission guidelines for the weekly e-newsletter.
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