After announcing that she was eliminating the competitive sports program at Spelman College, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Spelman’s president, faced a barrage of questions and criticism about the impact of the decision for the future of women sports. Organizations like the Black Women in Sport Foundation believe Spelman’s move may be counter-productive to the goal [...]
Spelman College Dumps Competitive Athletics in Favor of Campus-wide Health, Fitness
November 1, 2012 | Posted by
Sports began on American college campuses as a way for students to blow off steam and be healthy. Over the last century and a half, athletics have transformed into something very different: a handful of elite athletes, showered with resources and coaching, competing against other schools while the rest of the student body cheers from [...]
Tananarive Due to Present Ava DuVernay’s ‘Middle of Nowhere’
September 22, 2012 | Posted by
Award-winning director Ava DuVernay will break down the business of filmmaking during a discussion on Black to the Future: Era of the Artist Entrepreneur. Presented by 2012-2013 William and Camille Cosby Endowed Professor in the Humanities, Tananarive Due, the evening with the screenwriter and director will feature a clip from DuVernay’s prize-winning film Middle of [...]
Gabby Douglas Being Recruited By Spelman College
August 9, 2012 | Posted by
Atlanta’s Spelman College has begun to recruit 16-year-old Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, the first African American to win all-around gold in Olympic gymnastics. Spelman president Dr. Beverly Tatum reportedly has flown out to London to get a head start on recruiting. According to an unnamed source, Spelman would love to have Gabby attend the [...]
Robberies Of Spelman Students Prompt Safety Concerns
May 1, 2012 | Posted by
Over the weekend there were two separate incidents in which students from the Atlanta University Center were victims of armed robberies near campus, causing many students at the nation’s most famous center of historically black learning to worry about whether they are safe on the campus they call home. Two Spelman students along with three [...]
2 Spelman Students Robbed & Stripped At Gun Point Near Their Campus
April 29, 2012 | Posted by
Two Spelman College students became the latest victims of crimes against college students Saturday when they were among five people robbed at gunpoint overnight at a park west of the campus, Atlanta police said. College students have been the targets of a rash of robberies near or on several campuses in Atlanta, including at Georgia [...]
