20 April

Commencement Information

Spring 2022 Senior Commencement Activities (as of 05-11-2022) Based on the current forecast for Friday and Saturday, graduates and families should plan for an indoor commencement ceremony on Saturday. We will continue to monitor the weather each day and receive meteorologist briefings; however, at this time, we must all continue to prepare to be indoors. Commencement Rehearsal Thursday, May 12, 2022, 4:00pm,starting with a CELEBRATION! (followed by rehearsal) Outside in front of the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel Call Time: 3:30pm Roll Call: 4:00pm President Walsh, Vice President Colson, and faculty will be at rehearsal in their regalia to celebrate you …

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23 February

Bennett College selected to host American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow

Greensboro, N.C. (February 23, 2022) – Bennett College is pleased to welcome Dr. Tammi Vacha-Haase, a 2020-22 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow, to campus. Vacha-Haase was one of 52 scholars nominated and selected for the prestigious ACE Fellows Program. Bennett College’s rich history and contributions to social justice, combined with the commitment to students’ individual success drew Vacha-Haase to the college. “I was looking for a personalized, hands-on learning experience at an institution that had a clear hold on the present while maintaining an understanding of the past to create the future,” said Vacha-Haase. “There is no doubt that …

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14 February

Bennett College is all About Love: This Valentine’s Day we are celebrating our ABOUT LOVE scholars

The ABOUT LOVE Scholarship, supported by Tiffany & CO., Beyoncé and JAY-Z is for students pursuing degrees in creative fields at five small historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Greensboro, N.C., – This February, Bennett College is pleased to celebrate its 11 ABOUT LOVE Scholars funded by Tiffany and Co., BeyGOOD, and the Shawn Carter Foundation. As part of Tiffany’s ABOUT LOVE campaign starring The Crazy in Love Carters (Beyoncé and JAY-Z), Bennett College received $400,000 in scholarship funding over four years for students in the creative fields, history, and communications. According to President Suzanne Walsh, the Carters’ and Tiffany …

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04 February

Grant helps Bennett College create Black Lives Matter Theater Festival

A $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant awarded to Bennett College will help the school stage the inaugural Black Lives Matter Theater Festival. The festival will take place over four weeks in April and early May. Theater faculty members from Bennett have teamed up with theater departments from seven other local schools to organize the event. “The grant will help fund the productions, and we’re able to really build the productions and promote them,” said Tennille Foust, festival co-chair, and associate professor of theater at Bennett College. “And we hope eventually it will grow and be like the National …

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11 January

2021 UNCF Achievement Capstone Scholarship outcome

Ashlynn Lee, a Bennett College alumnae and now a Duke University medical graduate student, has been selected to receive an award scholarship from the United Negro College Fund to continue her pursuit of higher education. Lee will use her $3,000 award toward her tuition at Duke. Lee majored in biology with a minor in chemistry at Bennett. Originally from Windsor, a small rural town in eastern North Carolina, Lee wants to use medicine to serve underserved, minority communities.

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