Scholarship Support Makes a Difference In Student Success
April 30, 2013 by admin
Filed under Departments, May 2013, Your Gift in Action
Atlanta is a city renowned for more than just Southern hospitality. This international hotspot and pipeline for tomorrow’s leaders is home to corporations such as The Coca-Cola Co., UPS, Delta and Georgia-Pacific; as well as excellent institutions of higher education and medical studies such as the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control. Spelman College, long [...]
Spelman Alumna’s Personal Commitment Through Planned Giving
February 7, 2013 by admin
Filed under Departments, February 2013, Your Gift in Action
When a Spelman woman receives her acceptance letter, celebrates her first Founders Day, or passes through the Alumnae Arch at her 50th class reunion, she upholds the traditions and values passed down from the first generation of Spelman women. She becomes a part of a sisterhood that honors the women who came before her and [...]
Sisterhood Rivals Raise $10,000 in Scholarships
December 6, 2012 by admin
Filed under December 2012, Departments, Your Gift in Action
Age-old feuds like the Montagues and Capulets, Hatfields and McCoys, and Tupac and Biggie have set the example of what happens when rivals can’t play nice. At Spelman, the Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta sororities have shown that rivalry need not end in tragedy. In fact, the women in these exceptional organizations equally [...]
Anonymous $1.5 Million Gift Boosts Key College Projects
October 4, 2012 by admin
Filed under Departments, October 2012, Your Gift in Action
Just before the new academic year began, the College received an anonymous unrestricted gift of nearly $1.5 million. This generous contribution is an extraordinary example of how the College’s unrestricted funds can benefit numerous initiatives across campus. The gift is distributed over four key projects: scholarships to support student retention in the current semester; the [...]
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Bank of America Support the Cooperative Education Program
September 6, 2012 by admin
Filed under Departments, September 2012, Your Gift in Action
In fall 2010, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Spelman College a two-year grant to create and support a pilot cooperative-education program. Two years later, this initiative has brought together two important issues for Spelman’s students: financial need and the opportunity to engage in research or career-related experiences, creating learn-and-earn endeavors that allow Spelman students [...]
The Class of 1957 Takes Multiple Reunion Giving Titles
June 7, 2012 by admin
Filed under Departments, June 2012, Your Gift in Action
Celebrating their 55th reunion, the ladies from the class of 1957 led the philanthropy awards at this year’s culminating Reunion Weekend event, Blue Note Theatre. They took the titles for both the most significant and outstanding class gift, not to mention the third highest class participation. “We, as a class, believe in Spelman,” said Mable [...]
Going for the Goal of 50 Percent Alumnae Giving
May 3, 2012 by admin
Filed under Departments, May 2012, Your Gift in Action
In 2011, 41 percent of Spelman alumnae turned out to support their alma mater by making a gift. Those contributions landed the College at No. 1 among historically Black colleges and universities and No. 7 for women’s colleges in the nation for alumnae participation (Scripps College held the No. 1 spot with 46 percent participation [...]
Be a Woman of Impact Every Year
April 5, 2012 by admin
Filed under April 2012, Departments, Your Gift in Action
Share your favorite Founders Day memories with us on Wed., April 11, from noon – 1:00 p.m., on Twitter. Follow @SpelmanCollege and be sure to use the hashtag #InsideSpelman. The best tweet wins a prize! April 10, marks Founders Day 2012 and Spelman’s 131 years of educating women of African descent. On this day each year, Spelman observes its [...]
Planning a Legacy of Educational Excellence
March 1, 2012 by admin
Filed under Departments, March 2012, Your Gift in Action
In just a few months, Spelman women will come together at Founders Day and Reunion to celebrate their memories and the legacy that for years has created eternal bonds of sisterhood. Honoring their past while looking to the future, some alumnae are choosing planned giving to align their personal legacies with those of the College [...]
Coca-Cola Continues to Support Spelman With $1.2M Pledge
February 2, 2012 by admin
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Spelman College is fortunate to count The Coca-Cola Co. and The Coca-Cola Foundation as a longtime partner. Their generous gifts of more than $2.3 million over the years have provided support for important campus priorities such as scholarships for hundreds of students, annual sponsorship of the Women of Color Conference, and programmatic efforts such as [...]
