Spelman ALIVE

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Spelman ALIVE Progress Report on Our
Collective Efforts

• A Academic Excellence
• L Leadership Development
• I Improving Our Environment
• V Visibility of Our Achievements
• E Exemplary Customer Service

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A Academic Excellence

• Celebration of 125 Years of Women who Change the
  World!
• Research Day 126 students from 13 academic
  departments and programs participated, also
  featuring the 2nd Annual Etta Zuber Falconer
  Mathematics Lecture by Dr. Teresa Edwards C76
  and keynote presentation by Dr. Lisa
  Egbuonu-Davis, Visiting Pfizer Scholar in Womens
  Health
• New institutional collaborations
• University of Washington
• University of California, Berkeley
• Sarah Lawrence College (British American Drama
  Academy)
• Record number of students studying abroad (70-80
  per year)
• 1st among liberal arts colleges receiving
  Benjamin A. Gilman Awards

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A Academic Excellence

• Record number of prestigious post-graduate
  fellowship winners this year
• Fulbright Fellows Robinette Dowtin C06
• Juliana Montgomery C06
• Sarah Thompson C06
• (regional finalist for Rhodes and
  Marshall Scholarships)
• Dionne Griffiths C01
  
• (2 Fulbright Fellowships still pending)
• Watson Fellowship - Ndija Anderson
  C06
• Cole-Slater Award - Tiffany Classie
  Williams C06

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A Academic Excellence

• First time participation in the Arthur Liman
  Public Service Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
  Program at Yale University
• Ashlee Caligone and Brittany Armstrong
• First time participation in the Paul Jones
  Leadership Program at the University of Delaware
  11 Spelman students participating
• Other individual student accomplishments
• Amanda Aiken - Rockefeller Brothers Fellows
• Ashley Johnson Rockefeller Brothers Fellows
• Ashley Mackel Goldman Sachs Global Leader
• Alana Hewitt Lehman Brothers Internship

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A Academic Excellence

• Model United Nations team competed in Beijing,
  China
• Spelman student receives Outstanding Delegate
  award
• Spelbots again qualify for the International
  RoboCup and will compete in Bremen, Germany in
  June (competed against Brown University at the US
  Open in May and tied 1-1)
• 2006 Spelman College Honda Campus All-Star
  Challenge team made it to the playoffs for the
  first time in seven years
• Mock Trial team competed in the regional and
  national competition took 2nd place in the
  Southeastern Regional competition
• Spelman College Dance Theater won the Southeast
  Regional Competition of the American College
  Dance Festival and will compete at the Nationals,
  performing at the Kennedy Center on May 17

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A Academic Excellence

• Spelman student video Sisters of the Sojourn
  honored at the Black Womens Film Festival in
  Atlanta and at the Women of Color Film Festival
  in Berkeley, CA
• 6th Annual Toni Cade Bambara Conference this
  years theme was Generations of Resistance
  Scholar Activism at Spelman and Beyond
• featuring multidisciplinary presentations by
  students, faculty, alumnae, and community members
• Many student and faculty presentations at
  national and international conferences -
  including several award-winning presentations
  (e.g., Psychology, Mathematics, Chemistry)
  great visibility!
• Task Force on Student Development (led by Dr.
  Cynthia Spence) examining ways to better
  integrate the curricular and co-curricular
  dimensions of the student experience at Spelman
• NSF planning grant in collaboration with
  University of Wisconsin to develop an
  international collaborative research program on
  Science and Social Transformation

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A Academic Excellence

• Black Arts Movement Poets Conversations (Amiri
  Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Haki Madhubuti, Jessica
  Care Moore Poole, and Ed Spriggs) organized by
  Sharan Strange in conjunction with ENG 346 The
  Politics of Black Poetry
• Cosby Chair (Humanities) Pearl Cleages
  SisterSpeak series
• Cosby Chair (Social Science) Patricia McFaddens
  Global Feminism lectures and symposium
• Biology Department curricular revision (supported
  by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute) featuring
  a cluster of four introductory courses, organized
  around the principles of reading science,
  talking science, writing science, and doing
  science.
• Spelman College Education Scholars Team, led by
  Dr. Karen Donaldson, focusing on Closing the
  Achievement Gap The Spelman Way, title of their
  forthcoming textbook and theme for comparative
  national and international presentations

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L Leadership Development

• Reorganization and expansion of the Center for
  Leadership and Civic Engagement incorporating the
  Bonner Office of Community Service, the Women of
  Excellence Leadership Series, and Spelman
  Independent Scholars (SIS) program
• 3rd Annual Women of Color Leadership Conference
  (creating professional development opportunities
  for alumnae, faculty, staff and students)
• 1st Black Womens Public Policy Institute (held
  in conjunction with Homecoming)
• 2nd Womenomics (financial literacy) workshop
• Hurricane Katrina community service projects
  (Bonner Students, SIS and others)
• Learning Resources Peer Tutors presented a panel
  Effective Tutoring at the College Level at the
  14th National Tutoring Association Conference in
  California

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L Leadership Development

• Restructuring of the Spelman Student Government
  Association with support of Ms. Sheena Glover,
  Director of Student Activities
• Mediation training and conflict management
  certification led by Interim Dean of Students
  Teresa Johnson Ramey
• Public Safety Departments POSSE peer education
  program expanded to 35 students (record number of
  participants) and participated in emergency
  preparedness training at Morehouse School of
  Medicine
• Spelman hosted several local and regional
  meetings e.g., Math Sciences Research Institute
  Workshop on Modern Mathematics, Minority
  Opportunities in Research (MORE)/National
  Institute of General Medical Sciences/National
  Institute of Health Regional Meeting, Boeing
  Higher Education Integration Board Meeting

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I Improving our Environment

• Concluded the land swap with the Atlanta Housing
  Authority (acquiring more land adjacent to
  Spelman College, along Lee Street and Westview)
• Took occupancy of the Milligan Building and
  surrounding property
• New 300-bed residence hall planning complete
  construction to begin in Fall 2006 on lot behind
  the Milligan building
• Student Development staff traveled to visit
  innovative residential life programs in
  anticipation of the new residence hall

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I Improving Our Environment

• All academic buildings are now wireless (Fine
  Arts building technology upgrades in progress)
• Upgraded hardware in student labs
• Installed software to protect our systems from
  viruses on student machines
• More SmartBoards installed in Cosby Building
• Upgraded to most current version of Lotus Notes
  with minimal disruption to campus users

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I Improving our Environment

• Spelman Institutional Review Board (IRB) obtained
  a Federal Assurance Number from the Health and
  Human Services Office for Human Research
  Protection, making Spelman faculty eligible to
  apply for federal grant funds for research
  involving human participants
• Community outreach efforts through the Office of
  Continuing Education
• Project Nobility at Brown Middle School
• Education and training for Head Start teachers
• Training for troubled youth - City of Atlanta
  Weed and Seed Program
• Early College Program and Pre-Collegiate
  Prep Program
• NSF funded grant for Middle School Computer Camp
  and HBCU Robotics Project
• Student Health Services awarded major grant
  funding to develop interventions for students at
  risk for Type II diabetes

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V Visibility of Our Achievements

• 125th Anniversary Events -
• Great local, regional and national coverage in
  AJC, Atlanta Daily World, Jet, Atlanta Woman,
  V-103 and all local TV affiliates
• Nearly 500 million media impressions between
  May-December 2005
• Highlights include Women of Color Leadership
  Conference, Spelman College Museum of Fine Arts
  (two successful exhibits), Faculty Interviews,
  Student Interviews, and Presidential Interviews
• Spelbots garnered more than 237 million media
  impressions with coverage on CNN, CBS News, ABC
  News, Ebony, and NPR
• Hip Hop Week (November 2005) garnered 115 million
  media impressions and five consecutive days of
  major coverage in AJC

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V Visibility of Our Achievements

• Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN) launched his Fit Nation
  campaign at Spelman College Brenda Dalton
  featured on House Calls discussing obesity and
  diabetes on college campuses
• Spelman Tennis Team wins Great South Athletic
  Conference Title (our first championship title in
  NCAA Division III)
• Glee Club and Jazz Ensemble Spring Tours
  including Brown University, Shenandoah
  University, Schomberg Center for Research and
  Black Culture
• Glee Club participation with Atlanta Symphony in
  a King Celebration Concert on NPR and
  participation in Coretta Scott King Memorial and
  Funeral Services
• Glee Club Reunion Concert (100 returning members)
• Organ Concert Series including recital by Dr.
  Joyce Johnson

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E Exemplary Customer Service

• Institutional response to many students impacted
  by Hurricane Katrina (Admissions staff counseled
  more than 400 displaced students immediately
  after the disaster campus welcomed 41 guest
  students in the fall semester)
• Reorganization of Physical Plant as Facilities
  Management Services under the leadership of Art
  Frazier using technology to process work
  orders, notify campus constituents, and reduce
  wait time
• Enhanced use of technology in Administrative
  Services, under the leadership of Jackie James,
  to track and reduce time to process requisitions,
  and improve purchasing and delivery of research
  supplies and equipment
• New partnership with the US Postal Service to
  enhance access to important mail services on
  campus and creation of Spelman Postage Stamp
  (soon to be available at stamps.com)
• Switchboard changes to improve service to
  internal and external callers

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E Exemplary Customer Service

• Dr. Turner conducted series of Community Chats
  with student focus groups to assess needs and
  implemented changes when possible (i.e., longer
  hours in the dining hall, reduced dining cost for
  commuter students, improved funding for resident
  assistants)
• Addition of a trained staff person to the Help
  Desk to offer higher level tech support
• Implementation of Human Resources Web for
  Employees
• Sponsored Programs implemented an online grant
  proposal routing and approval process
• Plan developed by Steve Bowser, faculty and key
  administrators to increase monitored students
  after hours use of classroom, lab, practice and
  studio spaces to be implemented in Fall 2006
• 3rd Annual Exemplary Customer Service Awards

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Thank you all for your hard work!!!