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Spelman Students Eager to Hear Words of Wisdom From Commencement Speaker Oprah Winfrey
Global media mogul and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will deliver the commencement address to the Spelman College class of 2012 on Sunday, May 20. The Mississippi native, who received an honorary degree from Spelman College in 1993, will also be recognized with the National Community Service Award. Honorary degrees will be bestowed upon public health advocate Dazon Dixon Diallo, C’86, founder and president of SisterLove Inc., one of the first HIV/AIDS non-profit organizations in the Southeast founded by a woman and devoted to women; and highly-acclaimed actress, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith. The commencement ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, Ga.

Benson Soars at Spelman
As Deaweh Benson, C'2012, puts the finishing touches on the valedictorian speech she will deliver to 550 of her peers during Class Day on Friday, May 18, she will have a difficult time pinpointing the singular experience that led to her success. With a 3.99 GPA, the psychology major, English minor and Phi Beta Kappa inductee has been afforded numerous academic and leadership opportunities. She will serve as a management trainee with McMaster-Carr Supply Company after graduation, and plans to pursue a doctorate in strategic management. The Washington, D.C., native would like to utilize her skills to advance minority business development.

Spelman Receives Grant to Support Black Female Superhero Project
Spelman College was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to implement HERadventure, a science fiction-based, multimedia project that interweaves virtual worlds, digital  and social media to dramatically chronicle the journey of HER -- a female superhero from another planet. Ayoka Chenzira, Ph.D., founder and director of Spelman's Digital Moving Image Salon, conceived HERadventure and afforded seniors Lauren Jarvis, Cyncere White and Carina-Michelle Francis, the unique opportunity to play an integral role in the development of the interactive transmedia story.

Student Spotlight

Dual degree computer science and computer engineering major Tyler Davis, C'2013, recently received a $10,000 Google-UNCF scholarship, an award given annually to African-American undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to the scholarship, Davis has been invited to attend the Annual Google Scholars’ Retreat in Mountain View, Calif. She serves as team leader and co-captain of the College's robotics team, and recently led the team at the National Science Foundation's Second Annual USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. Having already completed internships at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Oracle Corporation, Davis will intern at the Boeing Company this summer. Tyler’s life mission is to increase the confidence of minority students, especially girls, in order for them to excel in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.