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Dr. Mondrail Myrick, Bennett College Director of Information Technology, has been selected to present his proposal on Retention Elasticity (The Relationship Between Cohort Size and Retention) at the national conference of the Association for Institutional Research National. The selection process for submitted proposals is very competitive. Dr. Myrick will be a Session Speaker for the 2023 conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, May 30 – June 2. According to AIR, they received many high-quality proposals, and it is an honor to be selected.

Art and culture are vital to human existence; they nourish us, remind us of our history and guide us toward our future, opening doors to possibility and innovation. Today, Bennett College is pleased to announce the ABOUT LOVE Scholarship recipients for 2022-2023. Funded by Tiffany & Co., BeyGood, and the Shawn Carter Foundation, the ABOUT LOVE Scholarship supports incoming and current students interested in pursuing degrees in creative fields, including visual arts, media, performance, design, history, and communications. Our FIVE new 2022-2023 About Love Scholars are Sophomore: Makaela Reed; Junior:  Jessica Parks and Seniors: Destini Boone, Ikirah Britt-Pena, and Mona Pinder. …

American Rescue Plan helps North Carolina’s HBCUs continue changing lives American Rescue Plan helps North Carolina’s HBCUs continue changing lives Author: Jessie Holmes (North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office Special Contributor) As Bennett College enters its 150th year, it can add yet another major event to its long history: surviving the COVID-19 pandemic. Located in the heart of Greensboro, this historically black women’s college is anchored by a chapel where Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke, and its students – known as Bennett Belles – have played integral roles in social justice movements dating back to the 1930s. Bennett College is …

Dr. M. Yvette Wimberly, Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Experience at Bennett College has been designated by President Suzanne Elise Walsh, JD to serve on the governing board of the VA–NC Alliance as a representative of the College.  The Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA–NC Alliance) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project led by the University of Virginia. One of the project’s goals is the diversification of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce, with an emphasis on increasing the number of underrepresented minority students earning baccalaureate degrees and matriculating to …

These days, just about everything exists online. While cyberspace can be exciting and convenient, it certainly comes with a few threats. Thousands of people fall victim to online scams every day, where their personal information, bank accounts, and social security numbers are compromised. As Bennett College’s Chief Information Security Officer, Brian Cornell states, “Colleges and other institutions may strive to safeguard their member’s data, but the threats by malicious actors are on the rise and the tactics are becoming very sophisticated and creative. End users and individuals are the front-line defenders for any information security program. Targeted attacks, such as …