by Dorothy Rowley
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer
Spelman College recently announced that the historic women’s school in Atlanta has generated $157.8 million during a 10-year fundraising campaign, exceeding its goal.
The total represents the largest in Spelman’s history, with 71 percent coming from alumni, school officials said.
“When we launched the campaign, we were focused on strengthening the institution’s healthy foundation through increased scholarship support for students, strategic investment in our faculty and academic programs, and capital improvements on our campus,” said President Beverly Daniel Tatum, who has announced that she will retire in June after 12 years in the position. “It is very gratifying to have met all of these objectives while exceeding our campaign goal.”
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