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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Bennett College Global Learning Center Multipurpose Room 521 Gorrell St, Greensboro, NC 27406   Join Bennett College President Suzanne Walsh and Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn for a set of live, global conversations throughout the afternoon on gender equity, diversity and inclusion, and the power of service. Participants will join from around the country and around world to discuss the ways in which the thread of gender equity is woven throughout national and international service and development work. Speakers will share life journeys and describe career paths focused on gender equity which were launched and informed …

Team Bennett showed up in force to support and participate in the ACUE Fostering a Culture of Belonging Celebration videos. ACUE is the Association of College and University Educators. ACUE equips faculty and staff with evidence-based practices shown to increase student retention, strengthen belonging and achievement, and close equity gaps.  Dr. Santiba Campbell, Director of Academic Special Initiatives, Faculty Senate President, and Associate Professor of Psychology, is a recognized and highly sought-after national expert for ACUE. Dr. Campbell is credited with orchestrating the inclusion of faculty, staff, and students in this nationally important work. Each member of the Bennett College …

In academic year 2021-2022, Bennett College was selected as one of twenty-eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country to launch the inaugural Strada HBCU Initiative, which included its first program, Strada Scholars. Now in the second year of the Strada HBCU Initiative’s eight-year commitment to participating institutions, Bennett College announces the 2022-2023 Strada Scholars. Three freshwomen are selected each year. The 2022-2023 Bennett College Strada Scholars are Michelle Nelson, freshwoman from Kissimmee, Florida, majoring in Psychology; Zairen Jackson, freshwoman from Waldorf, Maryland, majoring in Elementary/ Special Education and Tamera Kemp, freshwoman from Fayetteville, North Carolina, majoring in …

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. …