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A $12 million gift from the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation will place Spelman College closer to opening the doors of a state-of-the-art academic facility designed to bring creative disciplines, technology, and innovation into close collaboration.
“Spelman College is an exceptional institution,'' said Russ Hardin, president of the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation. “We are pleased to support the Center for Innovation & the Arts with a grant that will allow Spelman to fulfill its ambitions in arts, technology and
innovation.”
The Center is designed to become a catalyst for interdisciplinary interaction by clustering together numerous arts departments, now scattered across the campus, to create a vibrant community of innovators, collaborators, artists, musicians, and scientists.
“The rapid convergence of art, technology, and entrepreneurship with the liberal arts and sciences are beginning to yield new solutions to old challenges," said Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., president of Spelman. "This new facility will be a dynamic learning environment that encourages Spelman students to master their chosen fields, and utilize technology inspired solutions to solve persistent urban problems."
This is the second largest gift that the College has received in support of the Center. In December 2018, The Center received its largest contribution; a $30 million gift from Ronda Stryker and her husband Bill Johnston. To date the College has raised $81.5 million
toward the completion of the building.
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Inglish Hills, C'2022,
recently competed in Bearway Capital's HBCU New Venture Competition and will receive up to $25,000 in seed funding and continuous mentoring for Save Cycle -- her innovative company that rethinks recycling for consumers and repurposes material handling.
To bring her entrepreneurial dream to fruition, Hills worked tirelessly in Spelman's Innovation Lab to create 3D assets, mobile app design and a go-to-market strategy.
A graduating senior majoring in sociology on the pre-law track, Hills is a transfer student who began her secondary education in California at Las Positas Community College, where she earned an associate's degree in criminal justice administration.
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Sherina Maye Edwards, C'2005, is currently one of the youngest Black CEOs of a $500M+ company. This year, the power broker took her company through a half-billion-dollar acquisition.
Edwards started her career as a lawyer and recently swapped her title for CEO of INTREN, a utility specialty company that MasTec, an infrastructure construction company, recently acquired.
Edwards will join Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College for the next Courageous Conversations: Black in the C-Suite at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Visit Courageous Conversations on Spelman.edu for more information.
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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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