Bennett News

On August 1, 1873, Bennett College had its beginning in the unplastered basement of the Warnersville Methodist Episcopal Church (now known as St. Matthews United Methodist Church). Seventy young men and women started elementary and secondary level studies. In 1874 the Freedmen’s Aid Society took over the school which remained under its auspices for 50 years. Within five years of 1873, a group of formerly enslaved people purchased the present site for the school. College level courses and permanent facilities were added. In 1926, The Women’s Home Missionary Society joined with the Board of Education of the church to make …

Bennett College will gather in celebration on Friday, November 7, for its annual Honors Convocation—an academic tradition recognizing the College’s highest-achieving students and reaffirming Bennett’s legacy of scholarship, leadership, and service. The ceremony will take place from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST in Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel on the campus of Bennett College. The event is open to the public and will also be livestreamed at bennett.edu/live. Bennett College celebrates academic excellence for the prior academic year each Fall during honors ceremonies. This year, more than 100 Bennett Belles will be recognized for distinguishing themselves through exceptional academic achievement. …

Bennett College Centennial Celebration | 1926–2026 Women. Learn. Lead. A Bold Future. A Century of Strength. A Sisterhood Like No Other. Bennett College Announces Centennial Celebration and Unveils the Centennial Logo and Tagline: “Women. Learn. Lead.” Bennett College announces its Centennial Celebration, honoring 100 years since its 1926 reorganization as a college for women. The multi-year commemoration celebrates Bennett’s faith-filled legacy, the power of sisterhood, and a century of preparing women to lead. The Centennial tagline — “Women. Learn. Lead.” — captures the essence of Bennett’s enduring mission and the spirit of its alumnae around the world. WOMEN: We are …