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Happy 106th Birthday
Vol. XXX, No. 5 Atlanta, Georgia March/April, 1987
Presidential Search Narrows
To Two Final Candidates
Tentative Calendar
Of Events For
By Trina C. Smith
Spelman College is in the
process of selecting a new presi
dent to fill the vacancy left by
Donald Stewart. The search has
been narrowed to two
candidates—Dr. Johnetta B.
Cote from Hunter College in
New York and Dr. Belinda
Wilson from the State Depart
ment of Higher Education in
Colorado. The following
paragraphs give a brief discrip-
tion of each candidate:
The first candidate, Dr.
Johnetta B. Cole, is currently a
professor of Anthropology as
well as director of the inter-
American Affiars Program at
Hunter College in New York.
She attended Fisk University.
She received a B.A. in
Sociology from Oberlin College,
and an M.A. as well as a Ph.D.
in Anthropology from North
western University. Her areas of
specialization are Cultural An
thropology, Afro-American
Studies, and Women’s studies.
Her sub-areas of specialization
are Systems of Inequality: Race,
Gender and Class, and the Pan-
African World: United States,
Caribbean and Africa.
Dr. Cole has taught at Hunter
College, Oberlin Colledge,
Williams College, University of
Massachusetts, Washington
State University and the Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles.
She has also been Associate
Provost for Undergraduate
Education at the University of
Massachusetts. In addition to
her teaching and administrative
responsibilities, Dr. Cole has
published thirty-three (33) works
including All American Women:
Lines That Divide, Ties That
Bind, 1986; and “Racism and
Sexism, They Ain’t Genetic You
Know . . 1984. Several of her
written works have appeared in
The Black Scholar such as “Mili
tant Black Women in Early
United States History” in 1978
and “Culture: Negro, Black and
Nigger” in 1970 which has been
reprinted in several anthologies.
Dr. Cole has written twenty-one
(21) invited papers, given
seventeen (17) invited ad
dresses, and been involved in
nineteen (19) symposia and
conferences.
She has done fieldwork in
Cuba, Haiti, Domenican
Republic, St. Croix, and Liberia,
West Africa.
The other candidate, Dr.
Belinda Wilson, is currently the
Executive Director of the State
Department of Higher Educa
tion and Cabinet Officer under
Governor Richard d. Lamm.
She received an A.B. in English
and Secondary Education from
Cedar Crest College, an A.M. in
Education-Remediation and
Learning Disabilities from Seton
Hall University, one Ph.D. in
Higher Education Administra
tion and Organization Studies
from Boston College, and
another from the Institute for
Educational Management from
Harvard Business School.
In addition to her current
position, Dr. Wilson has been
the Vice President for Effective
Sector Management at Indepen
dent Sector, Senior Associate
Dean for the Harvard Universi
ty Graduate School of Educa
tion, Associate Dean for Ad
ministration at Harvard Univer
sity, and a Lecturer on Educa
tion, also at Harvard. While at
Rutgers University, Dr. Wilson
was also the Associate Executive
Director and Education Director
for Middlesex County Economic
Opportunities Corporation, as
well as the Executive Director.
She was also a Head Start
Director and Education
Specialist.
The Spotlight will announce
our new president and try to in
terview her when she is named.
If you have questions you would
like to ask, please address them
to “Ask The President” and
bring them to the Spotlight of
fice in the Lower Concourse of
Manley Center.
In Our Next Issue . . .
* Comments from Alice Walker
* Update on Varnette Honeywood
* Spelman Honor Society Joins Mortar Board
Stay Tuned!
Founders Day 1987
SPELMAN COLLEGE
FOUNDERS DAY 87
Friday,
1987 Blue & White
7:30 p.m.
April 3
Coronation
Sisters Chapel
Saturday,
Junior Day
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
April 4
Blue & White parade
10:00 a.m.
Founders Day Fair
Lower Concourse
Manley College Center
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Blue & White Extravaganza
9:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m.
Sunday,
Chapel Service
11:00 a.m.
April 5
Sisters Chapel
History of Spelman Col.
A Personal Perspective
(Alumnae Participants)
Residence Halls
7:00 p.m.
Monday,
Spring Concert
8:00 p.m.
April 6
Fox Theatre
Tuesday,
Career Convocation
11:00 a.m.
April 7
Sisters Chapel
Faculty Follies
Howe Hall
7:00 p.m.
Cast Party
Alma Upshaw Dining
Room
9:00 p.m.
Friday,
April 10
Judging of Res. Halls
4:00 p.m.
Art Exhibit Opening
Fine Arts Building
5:00 p.m.
Atlanta Chapter
Party for the Stewarts
Alma Upshaw dining
Room
8:00 p.m.
Saturday,
Convocation
10:00 a.m.
April 11
Sisters Chapel
Picnic
Alma Upshaw Dining
Room
Noon
Patio Party
Lower Concourse
(outside)
8:00 p.m.-midnight