{"id":99749,"date":"2025-04-06T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/?p=99749"},"modified":"2025-04-12T00:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:37:08","slug":"join-honorary-chair-erika-alexander-for-celebration-honoring-president-walsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/join-honorary-chair-erika-alexander-for-celebration-honoring-president-walsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Honorary Chair Erika Alexander for Celebration Honoring President Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Join Bennett College and Honorary Celebration Event Chair, Erika Alexander, for “A Celebration of Suzanne Elise Walsh, JD: A Champion for Creating Equitable Futures.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This celebratory fundraiser, on April 17, 2025, 6 PM – 9 PM, at the NC A&T Alumni Foundation Event Center, will celebrate President Walsh’s achievements during her tenure at Bennett and provide investments to support student scholarships and residence hall renovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join Honorary Chair Erika Alexander for Celebration Honoring President Walsh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more than 150 years, Bennett College has been a beacon of opportunity for students, empowering them to lead, innovate, and inspire – locally, nationally, and globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Suzanne Walsh’s leadership has strengthened Bennett College in profound and lasting ways,” said Event Co-Chair NC Senator Gladys Ashe Robinson, PhD ’71. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This celebration is not only a moment to honor her contributions but also a call to action to ensure Bennett College continues to thrive for generations to come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Celebration Honoring President Walsh: A Legacy of Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

LaDaniel Gatling, II, Event Co-Chair<\/strong>, added, “Suzanne has been a steadfast advocate for Bennett College students and the larger community. This event is a way for us to come together in gratitude and invest in the future she has helped shape.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erika Alexander, award-winning actress, creator, director, philanthropist, and Honorary Celebration Chair, says, <\/strong>“This celebration recognizes President Walsh’s leadership and the transformation she has led at Bennett.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Cone Health, our Presenting Sponsor<\/strong>, Goldman Sachs, our Gold Sponsor, and all of the many sponsors and supporters of this celebratory fundraising event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual tickets are $150 for this fundraising event. Visit the CELEBRATION EVENT PAGE<\/a> <\/strong>for more information or to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join Bennett College and Honorary Celebration Event Chair, Erika Alexander, for “A Celebration of Suzanne Elise Walsh, JD: A Champion for Creating Equitable Futures.” This celebratory fundraiser, on April 17, 2025, 6 PM – 9 PM, at the NC A&T Alumni Foundation Event Center, will celebrate President Walsh’s achievements during her tenure at Bennett and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":90717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":".gspb_container-id-gsbp-134cb07{flex-direction:column;box-sizing:border-box}#gspb_container-id-gsbp-134cb07.gspb_container>p:last-of-type{margin-bottom:0}#gspb_container-id-gsbp-134cb07.gspb_container{position:relative}","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[398,706,495,262],"class_list":["post-99749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bennett-college-news","tag-erika-alexander","tag-event","tag-president-walsh","tag-speaker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99749"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100287,"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99749\/revisions\/100287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bennett.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}