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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