Tag: Spelman College

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Two Atlanta-based HBCUs Clear 2020-2021 Student Debt

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) and Spelman College will clear remaining student account balances before the start of Fall 2021. CAU and Spelman are two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) located in Atlanta, Georgia. CAU will clear any balances left for all 2020 semesters and spring and summer 2021 semesters. Spelman College will cover its […]

July 27, 2021

News Roundup

Emory University’s Business School Creates $5M Endowment to Increase Graduate Women Enrollment

Educator Rosemary Brown and John Brown, chairman emeritus of Stryker Corporation, donated $5 million to Emory University’s Goizueta Business School with the goal of increasing graduate program enrollment of women. While females earn over half of all undergraduate degrees, only 38% hold an MBA degree, according to the Women’s Leadership Gap. The gift by the […]

July 13, 2021

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Three HBCUs to Participate in $90 Million Alternative-Credit Investing Education Initiative

Clark Atlanta University (CAU), Spelman College and Morehouse College, three historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been selected to participate in a $90 million initiative to teach students about private equity or alternative-credit investing careers. The “AltFinance: Investing in Black Futures” – announced by investment firms Apollo Global Management, Inc., Ares Management Corp. and […]

June 16, 2021

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Spelman College Announces Public Phase of $250 Million Fundraising Campaign

Spelman College has announced the public phase of its $250 million fundraising campaign, Spelman’s largest comprehensive campaign. The campaign, Spelman Ascends, will go toward financial aid, faculty professorships, technology infrastructure, a Center for Innovation & the Arts, new academic programs and entrepreneurship, according to Spelman officials. Spelman has already raised more than $240 million, 96% […]

March 15, 2021

News Roundup

Bank of America Will Donate $22 Million in Grants to Support Communities of Color

Bank of America will donate over $22 million in grants to support education, jobs, health and housing in communities of color, according to an announcement on Monday. Among other gifts, the effort will include a $10 million grant to Spelman College and Morehouse College to create a Center for Black Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with the […]

March 1, 2021

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Morehouse, Spelman to Host New Center for Black Entrepreneurship

Bank of America, the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, Morehouse College and Spelman College have announced the establishment of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE). The CBE will be housed in two new facilities on the campuses of Spelman and Morehouse, the two historically Black institutions in Atlanta. “Our students will learn to build strong businesses […]

February 22, 2021

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Eight HBCUs to Receive $650,000 to Preserve Campuses

Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will receive more than $650,000 in grants to preserve their campuses as part of the new HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, CBS 17 reported. The eight recipients will be Benedict College, Jackson State University, Lane College, Morgan State University, Philander Smith College, Spelman College, Stillman College and Tuskegee […]

February 17, 2021

LGBTQ+

Report Examines How HBCUs Can Create Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Students

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a report analyzing ways historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have fostered an inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) students on their campuses.

December 14, 2020

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Georgia Power Gives Six Georgia HBCUs $1.625 Million for Tech and Development

Georgia Power is giving six of Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities $1.625 million for technology, infrastructure and development in the 2020-2021 academic year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The six HBCUs are Albany State University, Clark Atlanta University, Fort Valley State University, Morehouse College, Savannah State University and Spelman College. The gift is part of […]

November 30, 2020

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Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College to Allow Some Students on Campus in Spring

Atlanta’s three largest historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) plan to allow some students on campus for the spring semester, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College held only virtual classes this fall. Despite the recent COVID-19 surge, the schools are optimistic for their spring semester plans. Reverting to exclusively […]

November 17, 2020

HBCUs

Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself: A Message on Behalf of Greatly Underinvested, Often Forgotten Historically Black Colleges and Universities

To say that 2020 has been one of the most abnormally jagged and oddly long years serves as an understatement. From a pandemic that has emancipated the souls of over 211,000 Americans to young people taking to the street to erasure of the country’s oldest institutions, 2020 has shaped into one of the most unpredictable and emotionally exhausting years in decades.

October 13, 2020

News Roundup

Atlanta HBCU Students Will Get Discounted Rides on Election Day

HBCU Heroes, Lyft and the Social Change Fund are partnering to give discounted rides to HBCU students on Election Day, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. NBA players and Social Change Fund co-founders Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul amplified awareness about the collaboration – part of Lyft’s LyftUp campaign – this week through Twitter posts. Atlanta schools […]

October 1, 2020