Spelman College News

Jake Ramsey is a well-spoken Vanderbilt University graduate with a degree in economics and a near-perfect grade-point average.

Learning about photographic conservation are Shannon A. Brogdon-Grantham, Jane Rivas, Deanna Clark, Jessica Growing Thunder Jimenez, Keala A. Mason, Veronica Perez and Akicceri Carrillo.

The I P.A.S.S.E.D. HIV Prevention Program in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente will host the 2009 SEA Summer Fest at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia Saturday, July 18th.

The feeble economy is not preventing ambitious entrepreneurs from opening new restaurants in the local region.

"A Song For Coretta" is to be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the GM Theater at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

Sunday marked the second graduation party that Kevin and Diana Williams have hosted at their Irondequoit home in two years.

At Reuters by Wendell Marsh: Wall Street may be losing its luster for new U.S. college graduates who are increasingly looking to the government for jobs that enrich their social conscience, if not their wallet.

Stephanie Nicole Hunter, of Columbia, received the Phi Delta Kappa International 2009 Scholarship for Prospective Educators.

WALL Street may be losing its luster for new United States college graduates who are increasingly looking to the government for jobs that enrich their social conscience, if not their wallet.

The Montgomery County Board of Education interviewed the four finalists for school superintendent this morning.

Jean Williams Jean Williams will long remember the 366 days of 1988. Williams, among the 52 men and women retiring from many years of service with the Douglas County Board of Education this month, will always recall and cherish the special honor awarded her 21 years ago.

From a joyous Reuters : [Reuters caption:] A demonstrator holds a sign during a rally outside Wall Street in New York in this April 4, 2009 file photo.

For the past 11 years, she has managed all the legal work behind the 70-employee company, which is on track to reach $10 million in revenue this year.

Marian Wright Edelman is a prominent children's rights activist in the United States.

Cedar Shoals student Alysse Stagg performed this year with the school's concert choir as a singer and a dancer.

Moore graduates from Spelman College Sunday, May 17, marked the 122nd commencement of Spelman College in Atlanta, GA.

Regardless of their career paths, each of the 212 Berea College seniors who received diplomas Sunday should regard their education as a tool for changing history.

Five applicants are vying to fill the vacant seat on the Gastonia City Council in Ward 6. And residents can see and hear from each of them during their official interviews on June 10.

Tonya Lewis Lee - a mother, attorney, writer, television producer and co-author of "Please Baby Please" with her husband, Spike Lee - is filming a documentary this week on infant mortality, low-birth weight and premature babies.

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College, will be the speaker for Berea College's 137th Commencement on Sunday, May 24.