28 August

Fall 2020 Welcome Prayer

Dear God, Blessings belong to You. We welcome You to direct our steps on this journey. Your heart towards us causes us to flourish. We celebrate the contributions and mourn the losses of ones dear to our community. Their work is complete, and their fruit remains with us. We remember: Trustee Andrea Harris’s love for Bennett and passion for empowering women, We remember retired professor, Dr. David Pinnix. The memory of his musical gifts lives on. We remember professor, Dr. Ruth Lucier, whose smile was light on our campus. We also celebrate colleagues and friends enjoying retirement. We represent portions …

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24 August

Alumna Ana Lewis ‘2018 – South Africa

Each One, Teach One: Lessons Learned from the Journey to South Africa During my time at Bennett, I was afforded many opportunities. One was traveling abroad to South Africa with some of my Bennett sisters and our college president, Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins back in 2017. I was able to go on this international excursion by applying for the leadership program which included an all-expenses paid trip to learn about the cultures of South Africa. The College had received the Melon Grant to provide students with international travel experience and leadership development. The application was competitive, but I’m so glad …

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19 August

When Life Gives You Lemons – Part 1

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is …

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07 August

North Carolina Public Radio’s Tested Podcast host Leoneda Inge talks Black women’s health and Bennett’s plans for a virtual Fall semester with President Walsh

While most historically Black colleges and universities in North Carolina are welcoming students back to campus this month, some small, private institutions are offering only virtual instruction this fall. Host Leoneda Inge talks with Suzanne Walsh, president of Bennett College in Greensboro, about the college’s decision to go online this semester.   We also hear Durham-based jazz musician Brian Horton perform a unique rendition of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called the Black national anthem. Click here to listen — The original news story can be found on wunc.org.

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04 August

Bennett College was the first N.C. school to announce that it will offer only virtual classes during the upcoming fall semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic

While most of North Carolina’s colleges and universities zigged toward reopening their campuses this month, Bennett College zagged toward a virtual fall semester. Bennett in July was the first N.C. school to announce that it will offer only remote classes during the upcoming fall semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, three other N.C. private schools have said they will be online-only this fall: Johnson C. Smith and Queens universities in Charlotte and Salem College in Winston-Salem. A fifth, Mars Hill University north of Asheville, said last week it will start the fall semester online but hopes to move to …

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