Bennett College has advanced to accreditation candidacy status with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS).
Greensboro, N.C. — Bennett College is delighted to announce its been counted among 11 historically Black colleges and universities to receive a donation from Bleacher Report’s House of Highlights. On Friday, Nov. 27, at 3 p.m./ET Turner Sports will present Capital One’s The Match: Champions for Change, a premier golf event featuring the World Golf Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley going against three-time NBA Champion Stephen Curry and two-time Super Bowl Champion Peyton Manning at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Oro Valley, Ariz. The live event coverage will be available on TNT with …
Bennett students are “Crazy in Love” with this gift of fitness. Bennett College is thrilled to announce participation in a partnership with Peloton and Beyoncé. Peloton, the world’s leading interactive fitness platform, and GRAMMY® Award-winning global entertainer and entrepreneur, Beyoncé, joined forces to give Bennett College students access to a free, two-year digital membership. Currently enrolled Bennett students will be able to connect from anywhere, at any time—with or without equipment — and receive unlimited access to live and on-demand classes from world-class instructors. Beyoncé and Peloton worked closely to create a series of Homecoming themed workout experiences via classes …
Bennett College, one of the country’s two historically Black colleges for women, quickly decided that it would switch to an all-remote semester, even while others like UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State charged ahead with in-person classes. It also planned programming that urged its almost 300 students — called Bennett Belles — to vote wherever they are. Among the programming was a discussion between alumna-editor Evette Dionne and Johns Hopkins University Professor Martha Jones, both of whom have published recent books on Black women and the suffrage movement.
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.