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CLASS OF 1943 CLASS OF 1988 NAA & Alumnae Affairs Elayne Gibbs Jones [email protected] Anna Sumpter [email protected] CLASS OF 1948 Elizabeth VanBerhoudt [email protected] Ernestine Paschall-Shade (828) 758 - 0872 Chrystal Stephens Jonas [email protected]

CLASS OF 1953 CLASS OF 1993 Audrey Phillips Highsmith [email protected] Shawn Mussington Hall [email protected] Hazeline McPhaul Ross [email protected] Erica Worley Cunningham [email protected] Shelly Markham [email protected] CLASS OF 1958 Jimmie English Jones [email protected] CLASS OF 1998 Lola Anne McAdoo [email protected] Keisha Reed Brown [email protected] Janet Peterson [email protected] Kelly Cole [email protected] Geneva Averett [email protected] Adrienne Smith Walker [email protected]

CLASS OF 1963 CLASS OF 2003 Tisha Harris tharris60@aol.com Tamile Glenn [email protected] Carolyn Black [email protected] Ulindiwa McCarly [email protected] Doris Bowman [email protected] Opal Hughes Watkins [email protected] CLASS OF 2008 Taryn Dove [email protected] CLASS OF 1968 Chemaye Herring [email protected] Barbara Williams [email protected] Tiffany Lindsay [email protected] Cynthia Frierson [email protected] Ashley Peoples [email protected]

CLASS OF 1973 CLASS OF 2013 Antionette Price [email protected] Melissa Watson [email protected] Jean Yvette Vaughn-Perry [email protected] Delrisha White [email protected] Usha Satish [email protected] CLASS OF 1978 Barbara Hamm Lee [email protected] Marilyn Hicks Lawal-Carter [email protected] Becki Holder Kirby [email protected] Jennifer Fountain Rogers [email protected]

CLASS OF 1983 Atty. Gwendolyn Walker [email protected] Valeshia Watson [email protected]

Belle Ringer Winter 2017 cover.indd 2 1/4/18 12:23 PM A Message from the Editor

Greetings.

As we pondered the theme for this year’s Belle Ringer, we found ourselves realizing we should just get back to basics, to what has always worked for Bennett College: “Education for Your Future. Sisterhood for Life.” You see, what makes Bennett College so special is her charm. The kind of charm that permeates the campus and is felt by not only Bennett Belles but also by women who attended Bennett but didn’t graduate, by former faculty and staff members and by, frankly, anyone who visits our campus. In this edition of The Belle Ringer, we have worked diligently to try to capture just what makes Bennett so special. “Education for Your Future. Sisterhood for Life” is more than just a catchy slogan on this campus and in the lives of the Belles. At Bennett if you major in Biology you’re taught the proper way to dissect an animal. Likewise, if you major in English you’re taught the proper way to dissect a paragraph. But for Editorial Team (L-R) (left to right): Audrey Franklin ’72, Laurie Willis, Aziz Peregrino-Brimah, us the major requirement was just a prelude Shaakira Jones ’12 and Yolande Johnson ‘83 to more. You see, Bennett taught us to think like this: Just what is this ‘Sisterhood thing’ outside of the box, to form our own opinion you Belles have? We all simply say, you can’t which unleashed within each of us the power explain it unless you’ve lived it! So in this, the and confidence to conquer the world and any 2017 edition of The Belle Ringer, we provide small task under that category!! insight into the Bennett Sisterhood through the eyes of four Belles who have been close Dean Mary Ann Scarlette ’54, in one of her friends since their freshwoman year, and Orientation Classes to the Faculty and Staff, through others who may not have been at reiterated that Bennett didn’t simply offer Bennett College at the same time – or even syllabi based on classes and majors. Bennett in the same generation – but who speak offered ‘functional syllabi’ that aided us in eloquently about sisterhood nonetheless. understanding what we learned in class and They talk about how we bond, despite our how to apply what we learned to everyday life. intergenerational differences, way of thinking So a Biology dissection was more than just and even our style of dress. That’s because a science lesson - it became a life lesson. At at the end of the day, from age 18 to 80 Bennett College, we were blessed to be taught and beyond, for us Bennett Belles THERE how to think versus what to think, which REALLY IS NO DIFFERENCE. We mix. shaped our Education for the Future and We mingle. We argue. We laugh. We cry. But allowed us to know the only boundaries in our through it all, we remain proud Bennett Belles lives were those we placed upon ourselves. who share a beautiful bond like no other – the bond of Bennett Sisterhood. Sisterhood for Life – what can I say?! In the years since you graduated from our beloved Enjoy the publication. alma mater, I am sure you have been asked countless times a question that goes something Audrey

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 1 1/4/18 12:11 PM 1 Letter from the Editor 2 Credits 2 Table of contents 3 Message from the NAA President 4 Message from the President 5 Message from the Board of Trustees Chair 6 Message from the VP of IA 7 Message from the NAA Fundraising Chair 8 Message from the VP of Enrollment Management 9 Class Notes 14 Creative Ways to Give 15 Chapter News 16 Alumnae Weekend/Commencement 19 Marriages/Necrology 20 Feature Article 22 Feature Article 24 Faculty/Staff/Student Notes 26 Miss Bennett College and Royal Court 28 Class Photos 30 Chapter Listing 30 Class/Chapter Giving 31 NAA Awards 32 NAA Retreat 34 Honor Roll of Donors 39 Annual Fund Contribution Form/Reunion Coordinators 40 NAA Membership Form On October 13, 2017, during the 8th Annual Higher Education Forum in Martinsville, Virginia, Mr. Vesharn N. Scales made a $5,000 contribution to Bennett College in memory of his sister, President: Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement: Evelyn P. Leathers Virginia Dare (pictured above), a 1948 Editorial Team: ): Audrey Franklin ’72, Chair, Laurie Willis, Aziz Peregrino-Brimah, graduate of Bennett College, who was a Shaakira Jones ’12 and Yolande Johnson ’83 Belle Ringer while she was here. n Photography: Howard Gaither Graphic Designer: Sherry Poole Clark Printer: Piedmont Printing

Bennett College is a United Methodist Church-related institution.

Bennett College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges Commission and Schools, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033, 404-679-4500, www.sacscoc.org; the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Bennett College is a United Methodist Church-related institution.

Bennett College prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age or status as a disabled veteran in admission, access to, treatment of, or employment in its programs or activities.

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 2 1/4/18 12:11 PM A Message from the BCNAA President Gwendolyn Macket Rice ’61

Greetings Sister Belles and Friends!

Thanks to so many of you, we indeed have begun to fulfill our promise to Engage, Empower, and Elevate our awesome alumnae. Serving as your president has been a joy. This responsibility has been made all the more joyful because of the work and support of our other elected officers, regional coordinators, ad hoc committee chairs, and each of their respective members – over 100 Belles. The numbers swell exponentially as we include 38 chapter presidents and/or area contacts and the countless Belles who work with them. As chapters are revitalized, new chapters organized, and as we begin to develop virtual chapters, more alumnae will actively engage. (Hint: if there are five Belles but no chapter in your area, you can start a chapter!) Countless others, in addition, are supporting the College with their gifts. Be sure that you are included in these numbers when the Belles “go marching in” the reports about Bennett.

Alas! We have been busy these six months! In addition to planning the retreat, highlighted in this edition of the Belle Ringer, we have learned so much more about the College and one another. Our Technology and Communications Committee has launched our new BCNAA website, www.bcnaa.org. Your contributions are essential to create a more robust site. You will see in the letter from our Fundraising Chair that her committee is fired up with many ideas and plans for fundraising. Our Recruitment Chair has worked to enhance the efforts of alumnae who are working feverishly to recruit new Belles. As our work progresses, you will hear more from all of our committees.

As we consider the work ahead of us, we must increase our membership. Only 10% of alumnae are National Alumnae Association members, and that includes the class of 2017 whose membership is gratis. Your membership is critical to strengthen our infrastructure and build our capacity for effectiveness. Membership forms can be downloaded from www.bennett.edu and mailed or you may now join through the new BCNAA website, www.bcnaa.org.

My joy heightens as I serve with our new College President, Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, PhD. She listens, she engages, she is innovative, she is strategic, and she values Bennett alumnae. Above all, my joy and excitement overflow as I learn what our budding alumnae are accomplishing!!! Our student Belles are studying and traveling abroad, attending professional conferences, engaging with world class leaders, holding powerful internships, and having empowering leadership experiences. Bennett continues to create awesome Belles! The work of the faculty and staff is so evident among our students. The students are the real reason that we must continue to support Bennett. Bennett creates Belles who are effective, vibrant women who make a difference. Visit www.bennett.edu often and keep up with their activities, subscribe to Bennett College on YouTube to receive notices of campus activities, view ACES programs, see the journalism students’ Weekly Ring production, and read The Bennett Voice.

This year to date, you have demonstrated your unparalleled love for Bennett by more than doubling your contributions compared to this time last year. Your continuous or initial giving will ensure that we meet and exceed our 2018 goal of $1,250,000. Given cheerfully, your gift in any amount blesses both you and Bennett and will assure Bennett’s continued and stellar role in the education of women.

May JOY be yours now and in the year ahead!

P.S. Mark your calendar for Reunion Weekend, May 3-6, 2018, and plan to attend.

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 3 1/4/18 12:11 PM Message from the President Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins

Greetings, Bennett College Alumnae!

The holidays are upon us, and I sincerely hope each of you gets to spend ample time celebrating the season with the people you cherish most.

As 2017 comes to a close, I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank you for your undying support to Bennett College. I’m confident the more than $1 Million you donated during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, Safety Office, the Institution was contributed to the recent decision recognized as having one of the by SACSCOC administrators to safest campuses in the state. I would continue Bennett’s accreditation also like to commend one of your status. Many of you contributed sisters, Belle Dr. Yvonne Johnson more than you normally do, and ’64, for recently being bestowed the for that the entire Bennett College Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the Family is grateful. For those who most prestigious award given by the contributed your usual amount, Governor’s Office. please consider giving more during the current fiscal year, which ends Alumnae, I know Bennett faces on June 30, 2018. Alumnae who many challenges; however, I’m didn’t contribute to Bennett College confident those challenges aren’t during fiscal 2017, we welcome insurmountable. With your support your financial assistance as we must and support from our Board of raise the required amount of money Trustees, led by Belle Dr. Gladys to remove us from SACSCOC Ashe Robinson ’71, our Faculty, probation. I realize we all have Staff, Students and Friends of different financial circumstances; Bennett, we will face them head on. however, please know that every contribution counts. Happy Holidays to you and yours,

This has been a challenging year, yet our Faculty and Students have presented at conferences, our Staff Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, Ph.D. created a website that received President a bronze award in November at the Annual HBCUgrow Lead Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, and in a nod to our Public

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 4 1/4/18 12:11 PM Bennett College Board of Trustees Message from the Board Leadership The Honorable Gladys Ashe Robinson ’71, Board of Trustees Chair Ph.D., Chair Dr. Gladys Ashe Robinson ’71 Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate Mrs. Carolynn Johnson, Vice-Chair Executive Vice President Product Development & Operations Dear Bennett Sisters: Diversity Inc.

Mrs. Kimberly Jessup Ripberger On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Bennett College, I wish each of you and CPA, Treasurer your family a prosperous, blessed and safe Christmas Season. Partner Bernard Robinson & Company, L.L.P.

Ms. Susie Johnson, Secretary When I was asked to chair the board a year ago, I took seriously the financial Executive Secretary for Public Policy, Women’s state of our Alma Mater. I knew, also, that we could not be successful in Division, United Methodist General saving our college without a committed, skilled and contributing board. Our Board of Global Ministries efforts therefore have been around the recruitment of great board members Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins and building a leadership team that could ensure the survival and thriving of President, Bennett College Bennett College. Members of the Board of Trustees

Although last year was the first year I attended SACSCOC on behalf of Mr. Rick Anicetti Bennett, where the outcome was not good, this year was different. The Philanthropist SACSCOC Committee and Board saw that we have indeed put forth great Reverend Arnetta Beverly effort to ensure the College. However, we have a long way to go in the next few Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church Designee months. I know how you must feel because I stood in your shoes twice before Pastor of St. Stephen United Methodist Church, when the College faced these challenges and wondered who was minding the Lexington, North Carolina college. I assure you that capable and committed trustees are minding the Mr. Charles E. Coote, Jr. college and supporting the President with appropriate oversight. You should President, Perry J. Brown Funeral Home know that trustees participate often in campus events, attend meetings with a large quorum. Trustees know the faculty, staff and the young women we serve Mr. Michael Godette VirtusaPolaris Consultants – Director, SAP and have taken pivotal roles in securing Bennett’s future. For example, several Consulting and Solutions trustees have begun the effort to raise “gap” funds from family and friends to Ms. Andrea L. Harris ’70 meet the financial needs of young women who might not be retained without Senior Fellow, Self-Help finances. Others are reaching out to their constituents to garner support. In . addition, they participate strategically in their assigned committees, especially Mr. James Johnson Professor, Kenan Flagler School of Business & finance, investments, audit and fundraising. I have included a list of these Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise individuals and their affiliations/occupations below. Ms. Paige Matthews ’18 President, Bennett College I thank you for your support and for your vigilance – no one can love Bennett Student Government Association like a Bennett Belle; you show your love and we are grateful. I am confident Dr. Prenard R. Mickens that others love Bennett, too; so we must reach them and ask them to give Owner of Prenard Mickens Endodontics generously. Mrs. Gwendolyn Mackel Rice ’61 President, National Alumnae Association Finally, I assure you that our challenge is before us. However, I rely on “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not Mr. Eric Watson see.” Heb. 11:1. But I know well that “17 … faith by itself, if it does not have President & CEO Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council works, is dead.” Jas. 2:17. We must work while it is day. I pray God’s blessings (MSDC) on each of you and on our Alma Mater Bennett. Mrs. Jacqueline “Jackie” Wieland First Vice President/Investments Stifel, With deepest Appreciation, Nicolaus and Company, Inc. Gladys Ashe Robinson Dr. Sara C. Wrenn Senator Gladys Ashe Robinson, Ph.D. ’71 President, Bennett College Faculty Senate Chair, Board of Trustees

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 5 1/4/18 12:11 PM Message from the Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement Mrs. Evelyn P. Leathers

Greetings, Bennett Belles!

The holidays are upon us, and I trust each of you is preparing to enjoy precious moments with family and friends. As 2017 winds down, I find myself reflecting on all of the advancement successes we have had at Bennett College this year. And that brings me to you – the Alumnae.

All of us at Bennett College – and in Institutional Advancement in particular – are extremely grateful for the way you stepped up to the plate this year when your alma mater needed you most. The more than $1 million that you contributed to Bennett College demonstrated your enduring commitment to the Institution and stated, unequivocally, you are just as determined as we are to ensure Bennett College continues educating young women of color for generations to come. I want you to know that it has been my pleasure working with you, in conjunction with Audrey Franklin, for the good of Bennett. And just as I have in the past, I welcome any fundraising ideas you may have as I know it will take all of us working together to bring Bennett College back to a position of financial stability.

As we prepare to usher in a new year, I am reminded of Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10 which says, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”

We are in this together, and I am confident that together we can bring Bennett back. I look forward to working with you in 2018 and humbly thank you in advance for the financial support you will give Bennett College.

Sincerely,

Evelyn P. Leathers Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 6 1/4/18 12:11 PM Message from the NAA FUNDRAISING IDEAS Fundraising Chair Ms. Maxine Womble Bakeman ’62 To reach young alums utilize social media: Instagram, Facebook, etc. HBCU in giving. And remember, you Encourage young alums can contribute any amount throughout to make regular payroll the year and it will be credited to your deductions, automatic bank Annual Fund contribution. You might, drafts, and stress that online giving is available. for example, pledge to contribute $1,000 by June 30, 2018, the end of this fiscal Virtual dinners can be held Following the National Alumnae year. Over the next five months, you can with President Dawkins for Association retreat in August, 2017, the events she cannot attend make a monthly contribution of $200 to newly elected president, Gwendolyn Mackel reach that goal. President Dawkins can Rice 61, asked me to serve as the National ’ videotape messages to be Fundraising Chair. After some deliberation played at events she cannot The Fundraising Committee has made attend. about how much I value my educational several fundraising suggestions for experience at Bennett College, I accepted Identify and make personal consideration by chapters and class this challenge. I am fortunate to work contact with prospective reunion coordinators. Some of the donors. Follow-up with a thank with a dedicated Fundraising Committee suggestions are highlighted in the chart you letter and notify Bennett composed of graduates with a commitment of the contact. titled “Fundraising Ideas.” Also, packets to support our dearly beloved alma mater. have been developed for distribution to Send letters of appeal to Our goal is to raise at least $1.25 million include guidelines for fundraising, Facts friends and associates in this fiscal year which ends June 30, 2018. your Email address listing on Bennett for Fundraising, sample letters requesting financial support

of appeal, scholarship procedures, and for Bennett. Despite the fiscal challenges Bennett is a listing of corporations with employee facing, it remains true to its mission of Host special events like a matching gift programs. If you are birthday party or a reception providing excellence in educating our little interested in any of these or have other to raise funds for scholarships. sisters. As we talk with students, most state Invite family, friends, coworkers ideas you would like to share, feel free that they made the right decision when they and associates who will make a to contact the Office of Institutional contribution to Bennett. decided to come to Bennett. Not only are Advancement. they able to get to know other students and Encourage alumnae to make Bennett the beneficiary develop friendships, most importantly they There are several ways you can give: on their checking account, are able to get to know and be nurtured by savings account, annuity or online, mail, employee deductions, and the faculty. Many students are the first in insurance policy. debit or credit cards. Visit the Bennett their family to attend college; and, most rely website (www.Bennett.edu) and select Encourage alumnae to on financial assistance. establish scholarships in their the method most convenient for you or names or in the names of a call the Alumnae Affairs Office for more loved one. The Annual Fund provides operational information. dollars for Bennett to ensure educational Encourage those with established scholarships and excellence by recruiting and retaining highly Remember, as a Bennett Belle, you are the endowments to increase qualified faculty as well as offer financial funding. best person to advocate for and support assistance to students in need of help. At the fiscal sustainability of our College. Solicit ads for the Alumnae this critical time, when the accreditation So please give now and give often. Let Weekend Souvenir Journal. body has identified fiscal instability as an us commit to investing in a future for area to continue Bennett on probation, it is Survey alumnae in your area Bennett College by giving today. to determine if they are essential that alumnae, family, and friends employed by a corporation contribute to the Annual Fund. As you make with a Matching Gift Program. Sisterly, your year-end tax deductible contributions, I appeal to you to make Bennett a priority. Maxine W. Bakeman Every alumna’s support is needed so that we Maxine W. Bakeman can reclaim our status as the number one

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 7 1/4/18 12:11 PM A Message from the Interim Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management & Registrar Mrs. Gisele Abron

Continued Alumnae Support

Greetings from the Enrollment Management Division at Bennett College! As we continue fulfilling the mission of Bennett College, the Enrollment Management Division asks for your continued support with will begin on January 8, 2018. recruitment efforts. In September Contact the Office of Admissions at 2017, a collaborative letter from 800-413-5323 or admiss@bennett. Mr. James Crawford (Interim edu for any questions or student Director of Admissions), Mrs. referrals. Kenya Samuels Gray ’99 (National Alumnae Association Recruitment Please note we are still in the process Chair), and myself was issued to of revitalizing the Recruitment alumnae providing an update on our Certification Program and more collaborative efforts. We instituted an details will follow at a later date. electronic material request procedure where you can request recruitment Again, I am sincerely grateful for all materials through the Alumnae that you have done for your beloved Affairs section of the College website. alma mater! I look forward to Submitting an electronic request working more closely with you in the allows the Office of Admissions near future. to track your requests and process accordingly and timely. It also Sincerely, provides a place to track your requests for greater accountability. If you have Gisele Abron Gisele Abron, Ed.S. not received this communication, 336-517-2160 office please contact Mrs. Gwen Mackel [email protected] Rice, National Alumnae Association President, for a copy of this letter.

We are so thankful for all of the recruitment events you have attended this semester and we look to your attendance during the Spring semester. Please note that we are actively recruiting for Spring; classes

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 8 1/4/18 12:11 PM brotherhood of Mankind. I think a move that led to her father, it is especially significant to express Maceo Martin, to sue the city. He the resilience of commonground at the time was President of First and goodness for the future of State Bank. Her parents planned CLASSNOTES humanity, in contrast to divided, the incident to test Danville’s inhumane, self indulgence from top compliance with desegregation of Dr. Alice Holloway What had I donated to be granted to bottom, favoring elitism.” The city buses, she said. Smith and her 44 Young ’44 has been an invitation to the reception? In project is approved by UN and the father role played the anticipated honored by Monroe Community answer, before the most recent international Rotary, called Green exchange with her father as the College to name their residence hall changes in technology, I would Legacy Hiroshima. bus driver-ahead of time. Smith complex the Alice Holloway have said, “Let’s rewind the tape” Another project is a newly translated received her Masters in Science Young Commons which is to take us back to Harry Patience Chinese language version of my Education from the University of comprised of four buildings: born in 1877, the second of eight Peace Tree picture book, scheduled Virginia and taught for Pittsylvania Alexander Hall, Canal Hall, Pioneer children whose parents, Crowder to appear the first of the year in county Schools for 34 years Hall and Tribune Hall. Dr. Young and Elsie Patience, had settled in Beijing. She hopes to promote and was an adjunct professor ’44 became a founding trustee in the small borough of West Pittston, an opportunity to spread healing of mathematics at Danville 1961 and was committed to the Pennsylvania, in 1883. Their stories posture working toward peace in Community College for 28 years. College’s vision for four decades are related in my first book,Created the world. She stated that since the also serving as a Board Chair and to Be Free. political revolution, their recent Dr. Gwendolyn Sneed Chair Emerita. Dr. Young has had a history does not encourage their 69 O’Neal ’69 was honored profound impact on education for Because of Harry, the Patience classic roots of great civilization. In by the International Textiles and over 50 years. As a founding trustee name is in the new African the long run, as they’ll exert greater Apparel Association (ITAA) at of Monroe community College and American museum. His father, a influence in the world, I’d love if their Annual Meeting in Saint its chair from 1978 to 1998, she North Carolina run-away slave the China I knew as a child could Petersburg, Florida in November shaped the direction of the college (later a Union veteran), and his return working toward common 2017. In 2013, ITAA appointed and provided leadership that saw mother (a bound servant until good of humanity. Dr. O’Neal leader of a commission the College become the premier her 16th birthday), were both to establish an accrediting agency institution it is today. As an African- determined that their children Yvonne Jeffries Johnson for the profession with the purpose American educator in the Rochester would have at least an eighth-grade 64 ’64 who is the Mayor of advancing program quality and city Schools, she was among the education, an unreachable goal for Pro Tem of Greensboro and the accountability, and encouraging, first African Americans to hold many families so desperately in city’s first African American mayor where needed, program the titles of reading specialist, vice need of the wages their children was presented the Order of the improvement. A previous President principal and principal. When Dr. could earn. This was especially Long Leaf Pine. This is North of ITAA, Dr. O’Neal retired in Young retired in 1985, she held the true in northeastern Pennsylvania Carolina’s highest civilian honor 2014 after 43 years as a university position of supervising director of in the coal region where European and is awarded by the Governor. professor and administrator, elementary education instruction. immigrant sons as young as age Yvonne who has served on the City but continued to lead the seven became breaker boys (also Council since 1993 except for two commission until the Textile and called slate pickers) at the coal years became one of the select few Apparel Programs Accreditation collieries. to receive this award. Yvonne is also Commission (TAPAC) became a a former chair of Bennett’s Board of legal 501c3 organization. TAPAC Harry’s father did not work in Trustees. will begin accrediting textile and the mines. He was a farmer and Paula Martin Smith ’68 apparel programs in colleges and teamster forty years in the employ 68 is known as Danville, universities in 2018. of the well-to-do Carpenter. Virginia’s own Rosa Parks. She spoke at Danville Community Hideko Snider Tamura College where she told her first 56 ’56 continues her person account of helping to Dr. Alice Holloway Young peace activities, the latest one is integrate the Danville bus system. promoting planting trees from At age 10 Paula was asked to Dr. Juanita Patience Hiroshima, that were revived from move to another seat after taking 54 Moss ’54 as a donor the scorched earth as symbols of one behind the bus driver. “I’m was invited to the opening of the rebirth and hope. “Long after we comfortable where I am” she Smithsonian Museum of African repeatedly told the bus driver who are gone, I hope they continue Gwendolyn Sneed O’Neal American History and Culture in to encourage good will and went on to call the police. It was Washington, DC to preview the museum for a Donors’ Reception that hosted 3,000 guests. She is a Charter Member, as well, for whom a separate viewing was held, but she chose to attend the Donors’ along with three of her descendants: daughter Brenda Moss Green, Esq.; and grandsons, Matthew N. Green and Jared A. Green. Also, accompanying her was her publicist,

Reba Burruss-Barnes and her guests. Juanita Patience Moss Hideko Snider Tamura Paula Martin Smith

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 9 1/4/18 12:11 PM LaSandra Muldrow North American Region of the 42350876#photo-42350876 her historical military assignment 81 Hayes ’81 Bishop International Biometric Society. and http://www.greensboro. recorded in the National Library McNamara Assistant Principal and In 2006, Dr. Moore earned her com/1808greensboro/people/ of Congress, Washington, DC, Dean of Students, was inducted PhD in Biostatistics from Emory wedding-story-ayisha-and-chris/ being commemorated in a stained into Kappa Delta Pi (International University. After completing her article_d70d8d63-0d07-5647- glass window on the USAF Honor Society in Education) doctoral degree, Dr. Moore spent b01e-60ec3cf07094.html Academy’s campus, Belle Hunter’s at Loyola University Maryland. six years as an Assistant Professor portrait will be displayed for a year Membership in this prestigious at the University of Pennsylvania’s Jean Yvette Vaughn- in the halls of the United States society is awarded to only the Perelman School of Medicine, 73 Perry ’73, retired as a Pentagon. Next to the displayed top 20 percent of professionals in with a primary appointment in Senior Associate Director of Social portrait, one can hear her video the field of education. LaSandra the Department of Biostatistics Work Services after 30 years at interview citing her perspectives holds a Master of Science in and Epidemiology and a secondary New York City Health & Hospital of trailblazing this military Organizational Leadership from appointment in the Department Corp. on June 1st, 2017. socialization process, as well as Nyack College (Nyack, NY) of Psychiatry. Dr. Moore taught mentions of community services and a Bachelor of Arts in Music physicians, was the lead statistician Alvah Taylor Beander, ’73 was in her church, Trinity AME Zion Education from Bennett. She in the data coordinating center inducted into membership of Church, her alma mater, currently also holds a professional educator for a multi-site randomized the Royal Institute of Chartered National Alumnae Association VP, certification in Educational clinical trial investigating surgery Surveyors (RICS). Founded in her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Leadership (Admin I). as treatment for childhood sleep London 1792 it is the oldest Sorority, Inc., and her affiliations apnea (NEJM 2013), and was and most respected appraisal in the PHA, Order of the Eastern In addition to her work as the biostatistician in the Center association with 125,000 members Stars, Rebecca Chapter #656, the Assistant Principal/Dean of for Weight and Eating Disorders. worldwide and 2,300 members in Greensboro Club of the National Students, she is the Director of In 2012, Dr. Moore became an the USA. She was the first African Association of Negro Business the Project PRIDE Program, Associate Professor at North American inducted as a chartered and Professional Women’s Club, the BMHS admissions inclusion Carolina State University where member with the designation, Inc., and the Greensboro Chapter program to assist our at risk she taught seven classes a year Commercial property: Art & of the American Association of students. This program’s goal is and continued her collaborations Antique. To date only 16 others University Women. On social to instill in each student a drive in obesity. Dr. Moore returned hold this designation in the USA. media (Facebook), USAF Chief of and a determination to overcome to Emory in 2015 as a Research Alvah was also selected to serve Staff General David L. Goldfein, any obstacle or happenstance Associate Professor and Director on the executive board of the wrote, “Many of the veterans that would deter him or her from of the Biostatistics Collaboration D.C. metropolitan chapter with selected [in the Veterans in Blue being the absolute best student Center. She continues teaching 250 members. In addition, Alvah project] have continued their they can be at Bishop McNamara and collaborating with served on the study commission service by leading in businesses High School. Accolades include investigators from Penn, UNC, in 2002-2003 for the new and their communities … From the 2008 New Teacher of the Emory, and beyond. Smithsonian National Museum basic training to today, Hunter Year Award from the High School of African American History & has worked for the betterment of Principals Association and the Renee was instrumental in sending Culture. womanhood and society.” To view Archdiocese of Washington and out the Bennett College National Belle Hunter’s 2017 Veterans in the 2009 winner of The Gazette Alumnae Association (BCNAA) Gwen Hill ’74 and Blue video, go here: Teacher of the Year Award for high strategic planning survey, 74 sister Sherrie Hill ’77 http://www.veterans-in-blue. school teachers in Prince George’s collecting the data and later, received their Doctor of Ministry af.mil/Veterans/VetLib/ County, Maryland. facilitating sessions on the results Degrees from John Wesley Article/1361332/dr-yardley- at the BCNAA retreat only days University in High Point, North hunter/ after receiving her esteemed honor. Carolina

Dr. Yardley M. Nelson 75 Hunter, ’75, was recently distinguished as 1 of 38 recipients of the 2017-2018 United States Veterans in Blue honorariums by the United States Military Pentagon, for her historic military

LaSandra Muldrow Hayes contribution as 1 of 12 women Air Dr. Renee Moore ’99, Training Officers (ATO) training Dr. Yardley M. Nelson Hunter in August of 2017, the first class of women at the 99 United States Air Force Academy, Dr. Moore was inducted as an Dr. Renee Moore American Statistical Association Colorado, as well as for her (ASA) Fellow, which is considered Ayisha Jefferson Evans ’99 tenacious dedication in continuing the highest achievement in the and her husband Chris had the her core value of promoting field of statistics. Each year wedding of a lifetime. It was a women empowerment after only up to one-third of one feature in the local Greensboro her retirement. This prestigious percent of the approximately magazine 1808 and on the recognition culminates 21 years in 18,000 ASA members can be popular site – PopSugar. See the USAF, specifically highlighting inducted as a Fellow. She was also the attached links: http:// her military appointment as the first and only Black woman Air recently elected as the 2018- www.popsugar.com/love/ Dr. Yardley M. Nelson Hunter 2021 Treasurer for the Eastern Modern-West-African-Wedding- Training Officer. Besides having

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 10 1/4/18 12:11 PM USNC-North Carolina chapter the Washington Hospital Center for the American Academy of for one term before relocating member Dr. Frankie Denise (WHC). She is also a volunteer at Dermatology Association. All to Richmond, VA. She is also a Penn Powell ’75 was honored to the WHC with the “Not Alone terms of office begin in March proud member of Alpha Kappa speak at the Sigma Iota Omega Transition Companions,” where 2017. Valerie D. Callender, MD, Alpha Sorority, Inc. She shared chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha she shares her time with the lonely, has been elected to the Academy’s this special day with another Belle Sorority’s 3rd annual Women’s give the gift of companionship board of directors. She will each Sister - Shiron L. Haskins ’12 who Empowerment Luncheon. The to the sick without family and serve a four-year term that will also graduated with a Master of luncheon honored seven women accompany those transitioning begin at the conclusion of the Human Resource Management humanitarians in the local into another life. Academy’s 75th Annual Meeting from the University of Richmond. Lumberton, NC community in March 2017. for their efforts in the arenas of Currently, Dr. Moody is an healthcare, educational, civic, and actor with Actors, Models, & Valerie D. Callender, MD, FAAD, entrepreneurial engagement. Talent for Christ (AMTC). She is also an associate professor of plans to enroll in The New York dermatology at Howard University As a member of the Delta Sigma Conservatory for Dramatic Arts Hospital College of Medicine Theta Sorority, which maintains (Film, Television & Theater) in in Washington DC. She serves United Nations NGO status, Dr. August 2017. on the Academy’s International Penn Powell focused her remarks Affairs Committee. She is the

around one of her sorority’s She retired as a Medical immediate past president of the Pamela R. Singletary revered Five-Point Thrust Program Technologist in Hematology for Women’s Dermatologic Society focuses, that of International 36 years at the National Institutes and is a former president of the Miji Bell ’92 was Awareness and Involvement. Dr. of Health (NIH) this past Skin of Color Society. 92 recently named Director Penn Powell described the North December (2016). Dr. Moody is of Media Relations at the Center Carolina chapter’s commitment married to Mr. George Putnam on Budget and Policy Priorities, a to advocacy and fundraising on Moody Jr. She has one son, Craig leading public policy think tank behalf of UN Women and urged Eugene Moody and one daughter, in Washington, DC. She is also the attendees to connect with UN Ivy Clarice Smith. one of twenty-five business leaders Women through USNC-NC. selected by the World Trade She emphasized that the gifts Center Institute to participate and talents each person possesses in its 2017-2018 Emerging and should be shared, highlighting Developing Global Executives the positive, community-oriented (EDGE) Program, a ten-month focus of the gathering and the curriculum on global leadership. need to become better oriented Valerie D. Callender with both our local and global women’s communities. Dr. Jennifer Wells 81 China ’81 now serves as Dr. Sharon J. Buckner the new President of Southshore 76 Moody ’76 is a native Dr. Moody Campus at Hillsborough of Washington, D.C. Dr. Moody Community College (Tampa, Dr. Valerie Callendar received a Bachelor of Science Florida). She will assume her ’82 has received an in Medical Technology with 82 position on January 2, 2018. appointment in her area of Miji Bell a minor in Chemistry from Jennifer served as the Dean of expertise. The American Academy Bennett. She received her Master Student Services at the Brandon of Dermatology (Academy) has of Divinity (MDIV) at the Maple campus since January, 2016. A Shareka R. Brown announced the results of its Springs Baptist Bible College South Carolina native, she was 97 ’97 of Winston-Salem, annual election. The Academy’s and Seminary (MSBBCS) in employed for a number of years NC began a new position on new officers and board members Capitol Heights, MD in 2012 in a variety of administrative, November 1, 2017 at Davidson will lead the world’s largest and received her Doctor of executive and academic positions County Community College, dermatologic society, which Ministry (DMIN) at MSBBCS at Midlands Technical College as an Academic Counselor in represents more than 18,000 in May, 2015. She was a member in Columbia, SC. She received the Student Support Services physicians who specialize in the of the Board of Directors as her PH.D. from the University TRiO department. She will be diagnosis and treatment of skin, Corresponding Secretary of of Texas in Austin and a Master’s working with first generational hair and nail conditions. These the Alumni Association of the Degree in Business Management and first year college students. officers and board members also MSBBCS from (2012-2015). Dr. from National University in Las She is a former educator of the will hold the same positions Moody is a contract chaplain at Vegas, NV. Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, where she served for 15 Pamela R. Singletary years. Shareka has a Bachelors 89 ’89 graduated from the of Arts in Political Science from University of Richmond in May, Bennett and Masters of Arts in 2016 with a Master of Human Higher Education & Educational Resource Management. She Leadership from Appalachian State has served as President of the University. Eastern North Carolina Chapter of Bennett College National Alumnae Association for two Left-to-right: Alpha Kappa Alpha Program Leader Musheera Ali, AKA Chapter President Pauline Campbell, and USNC-NC Member, Dr. Frankie Denise Penn Powell terms and also as Vice President

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 11 1/4/18 12:11 PM Tameka R. Brown ’97 of - Former Honors dorm)from Barber/) where she will continue high regard for her abilities.” In Winston-Salem, NC was honored Brooklyn, NY. She is now a to advance her scholarly work addition to Katherine’s bachelor October 2017 for her 20 years of Barrymore Award-winning examining the role of structural of arts in English from Bennett Service as an employee of Wake actress, playwright and vocalist. racism in shaping racial health she earned a masters in public Forest Baptist Medical Center. Most recently, her first lead in a inequalities in the United administration from Clark Atlanta Tameka is a Certified Cytogentic short film, “Absent,” directed by States and Brazil. In the past University. While in Atlanta, Technologist, where she specializes award-winning Sudarshan Suresh, year, her empirical research has Parker worked at Robert W. in the area of Blood and Bone premiered at Lincoln Center, the been published in a number Woodruff Library as a graduate Marrow, and assist with the 25th Hamptons International of scientific journals including research assistant. While in diagnosis of leukemia. Tameka has Film Festival and at the 28th New the American Journal of Public graduate school, she developed her a Bachelor of Science degree in Orleans Film Festival. Her current Health and Social Science and research policy skills working with Biology from Bennett. project, “Brooklyn. Blue. Sky.” Is Medicine. A recently published Edgecombe County’s Cooperative a new digital series launched by study from her work in Brazil was Extension Office, the office of Dr. Kiyona Brewster BET. Brooklyn.Blue.Sky. is the featured on Bom Dia Brasil, a Governor Beverly Perdue and 01 ’01 received an M.A. and recipient of the best Web Series national broadcast on the largest United States Congressman G. K. Ph.D. in sociology and a certificate Award presented by Xfinity at media outlet in Brasil. In July, Butterfield. in gender & sexuality studies The 2017 American Black Film Dr. Barber was awarded a 3-year, from Northwestern University in Festival and best webisode at the $231,000 Scientist Development Returning to North Carolina in September of 2016, as well as a 2017 Bronzelens Film Festival. Grant from the American Heart 2014, she previously worked at the teaching certificate from the Searle For more information, watch the Association to continue her Northampton County Manager’s Center for Advancing Learning official trailer of Brooklyn.Blue. research in Brazil and has been Office where she assisted the and Teaching. Kiyona also has Sky. here: https://www.bet.com/ invited by the National School of clerk to the board, completed an M.A. in psychology from video/living/2017/11/watch-the- Public Heath in Brazil to teach numerous projects and policies the University of Connecticut trailer-for-brooklyn-blue-sky.html a week-long intensive course in for the county manager and the and is a certified life coach. Social Determinants of Health board of commissioners. She also She has received scholarships Alexis Mitchell ’06 Inequalities to graduate this served as a committee member to and predoctoral fellowships 06 Is the News Content upcoming Spring. coordinate the Weldon Back to or honorable mentions from Specialist for WBTV News This School Bash in 2015. She joined the American Psychological Morning, WBTV News at Noon the Weldon Police Department Association, the Ford Foundation, and lifestyle show “Morning this year as the public Information Northwestern University, and the Break” in Charlotte, NC. She officer and administrative assistant, state of Illinois. To date, Kiyona is also the newly appointed with a focus on coordinating has published articles in several President of Charlotte Area various community policing events academic journals and is currently Association of Black Journalists and managing the various social working to publish research based and Chair of National Association media networks. She continues on her dissertation. In the fall of Black Journalists Student to volunteer in the community of 2017 she joined the faculty Education Enrichment and with the Eastern North Carolina of Centre College as an assistant Development (SEED) programs. Alumnae Chapter of Bennett professor of sociology where her Dr. Sharrelle Barber College, serving as financial research and teaching interests Dr. Sharrelle Barber Mar’Kayla Walker-Jones ’07, a secretary, and the Enfield-Roanoke lie primarily in the areas of race, 07 ’07 recently started Psychology major at Bennett, who Rapids Alumnae Chapter of Delta gender, religion and qualitative a faculty position at Drexel subsequently received her MSW Sigma Theta Sorority. methods. University Dornsife School of from Columbia University and is Public Health in the Department now in the Ph.D. in Counseling She is also a May graduate from Adiagha Faizah ’01 was a of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Psychology program at Howard the Rural Economic Development Psychology major who lived (http://drexel.edu/dornsife/ University. She was just awarded Institute Class. She was also the in Jones Hall & Merner Hall academics/faculty/Sharrelle- a Ronald E. McNair Graduate Bennett College National Alumnae Fellowship to cover her remaining Association Young Alumnae of he 3 years in the program. Year.

Katherine Parker ’11 11 is the new city clerk in Roanoke Rapids, NC. Parker’s duties include managing accounts payable, utility billing, human resources, finance officer and clerk to the town board.

“The town board decided to hire her because of her education and her ability to do the job,” Katherine Parker Macon said this afternoon. “She’s going to do well because she has Shiron L. Haskins that desire and tenacity. She will ’12 recently earned do well in this position because 12 her Master’s Degree in Human the town and its citizens have a Adiagha Faizah Melissa J. Watson Resource Management from

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 12 1/4/18 12:11 PM the University of Richmond in Influencers. She is a member the inaugural launch of Newsroom Carolina A&T State University in May, 2016. She is a native of of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, U: White House Student Press May. She also serves as the Second Richmond, Virginia. Ms. Haskins Incorporated, and volunteers Briefing Multimedia Weekend. Vice President for the Bennett is currently employed with the with Redefining, Empowering, Newsroom U facilitates and College National Alumnae Virginia State Police as a Personnel Preparing U [R.E.P. U NYC], a captures immersive learning Association and is actively charged Assistant in the Human Resource non-profit education agency in experiences for journalism students. with recruiting and engaging Department. Her short term Manhattan. As the only business student, young alumnae. goal is to become well versed in Calista produced two video projects the field of HR, and her long- Calista Phair ’13 is the about how Washington Metro Area Shemiah Curry ’16 term goal is to teach a college 13 founder and CEO of millennials living in the shadow of 16 spent her first year after prep course to assist students by SKKY Marketing and has a zeal government are affected by election graduation teaching in Rawanda. preparing them for the workforce for business and marketing. She year issues. Partners include: She had the experience of her prior to graduation. While at left her hometown of Seattle, Adobe, Canon, USA Today, life and engaged in numerous Bennett, She served as a Resident Washington to attend Bennett, Huffington Post, the Journalism activities with the youth. For Assistant, Miss Southern Belle where she obtained a Bachelor of Education Association, Ford a detailed journey of her time 2009-2010, President of the Arts degree in Political Science Foundation and the Student Press there, please log on to the video: > Southern Belle Club 2010-2011. with a minor in Global Studies. Law Center. Calista’s production https://shemiahc.wordpress.com She is also a proud member of In the course of her matriculation videos can be found on www. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. she was selected as the student newsroomu.com Deja Willis ’17 has where she was initiated into the representative to sit on the 17 accepted a position as Omicron Delta Chapter while Consumer Advisory Panel for Calista is a member of Alpha an English Teacher position with attending Bennett. She shared AT&T North Carolina Corporate Kappa Psi Professional Business EnglishFirst in Beijing China this special day with another Belle for two years. She was assigned Fraternity Inc. and Sigma Nu Tau for at least one year. EnglishFirst Sister – Pamela R. Singletary ’89 as a legislative intern for the City Entrepreneurship Honor Society. Education First is the world’s who also graduated with a Master of Greensboro and recruited by She alsoI received notice that she leading privately owned education of Human Resource Management City Council members to build a is a recipient of the inaugural 2016 company. The main mission of the from the University of Richmond. bridge between community youth 30 under 30 with the Charlotte company is to “ open the world and the City. Working with these Mecklenburg County of the Black through education.” Currently Lydia T. Blanco ‘12 is a agencies Calista gained access and Chamber of Commerce. EnglishFirst educates within five proud Afro-Latinx digital-first a wealth of first-hand knowledge hundred schools and offices within multimedia journalist with of business opportunities and one hundred and twelve countries. a strong passion for truthful resources in the community and Teaching candidates are selected storytelling, photography and beyond. She was surprised to learn from the United States, Canada, content strategy. Blanco is a 2016 many in the community were United Kingdom, Ireland, graduate of Columbia University’s unaware there were diamonds in Australia, and New Zealand. The Graduate School of Journalism. the rough in their own backyards large poll of applicants can make At Columbia, her coursework and began requesting her services the interviewing and selection included media management, and expertise. (SKKY Marketing process very competitive. I have tactical technology reporting, was creating itself before she was accepted the position and my mobile video storytelling, digital aware it existed!) departure date is set for October content strategy, photojournalism 11th. I accepted my first full and feature writing. She Calista’s extensive work with time job nearly two weeks after covered the ethnic beat of the local churches, businesses and graduating from Bennett. I have Senegalese community in Harlem various organizations on program Calista Phair attached a referral link for any concentrating on business and development and marketing, individuals who may be interested. religion. Her thesis is a 5,000- buoyed up by her enrollment Melissa J. Watson ’13 has a new http://www.englishfirst.com/ word A.P Style report exploring in Claflin University’s MBA position as the Residence Life esl-jobs/refer-a-friend/?utm_ faith, justice and activism through program provided fertile ground Coordinator in the Honors and source=efteacher&utm_ a Harlem church. She received for the sprouting of her dream Scholars House at the University of medium=referral&utm_ one of two honors awards in the venture, “SKKY Marketing”. She Memphis. She received her Masters campaign=none&utm_term=staff Ethics of Journalism class with has over 15 years of experience in Adult Education from North Dean Steve Coll. Blanco has conducting leadership training, experience in telling stories about cultural competency and social justice, health and wellness community development projects and technology with an emphasis while working with city officials, in social impact. In 2014, Blanco non-profits, police departments founded Sincere Visions, a digital and schools. Calista said “SKKY documentary photography and Marketing will offer a personal feature stories website, which now approach to develop marketing has a growing national audience. needs to local, small businesses In March of 2016, she was invited and entrepreneurs via a myriad of by the Digital Diversity Network, today’s technologies. SKKY takes a non-profit trade association, your lead and craves your vision aimed at advancing diversity in like a chisel into your reality.” leadership and ownership within the digital media and hi-tech In May, 2016 Calista was selected sectors, to join the Board of along with 25 other students to Shemiah Curry

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 13 1/4/18 12:11 PM UNCF Day Party CreativeWays to Give invitations to close friends and family and in lieu of gifts, she asked them to consider making donations in increments of $60.00 to this event. These donations will help to ensure that another Bennett College student can remain in school and graduate. “While this has been done by several Bennett Belles in the past, it is a simple and unselfish way to raise friends and funds for Bennett,” says “Bennet Belles are Deborah. In addition, always thinking Belles Brenda Brown outside of the box Walker ’66 and Jennifer when it comes to Fountain Rogers ’78 ways to give back to were table hostesses. their alma mater to One of Brenda’s guests, show their love and retired Coach Leon J. gratitude. McDougle, and his wife ur Immediate Past Renee made a generous President of the donation of $5,000 to National Alumnae establish a scholarship Association,O Deborah in their names and Tillman Love ’79, is one pledged to do so every of those Bennett Belles. year.” Knowing the significance of scholarship dollars and its connection to student retention, Deborah decided to partner with Institutional Advancement and celebrate her 60th birthday during the 2017 UNCF Black & White Day Party on Saturday, December 9th, in the Global Learning Center at Bennett College. She sent approximately 150

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The Delaware Valley Chapter held its first ChapterNews meeting in three years. They have organized and gathered for EASTERN NC the Christmas party. Khia Naylor ’97 is the The Eastern North Carolina Alumnae President Chapter’s Spirit Night at Zaxby’s

INDIANAPOLIS

Former President Dr. Gloria Randle Scott with her Bennett sisters from the Indianapolis Chapter Chapter. GREENSBORO

The Greensboro Chapter was very excited about their White Breakfast fundraiser held on November 11, 2017. The event was a “reclamation event” as they encouraged Bennett Belles in the area to attend who had not been back to the campus for a period of time

BALTIMORE Baltimore Metro Area Chapter sharing well wishes to our RICHMOND newest Bennett Belles as they begin their post-secondary journey at Bennett College in the Fall 2017 semester. Richmond Chapter visiting the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

“President Phyllis Dawkins and Associate VP for Institutional Advancement, Evelyn Leathers visited the Southern California Chapter.

RALEIGH Raleigh Chapter’s Annual Christmas Party

DURHAM Durham Chapter worshipping together at New Creation United Methodist Church in Durham, NC.

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50 YEAR CLASS

2017 GRADUATES

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Sally Burrow Tom Lipscomb Samantha Dow Hankerson ‘97 STAFF SERVICE AWARD FACULTY SERVICE AWARD ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Katherine G. Parker ’11 Pamela Warner ’92 Deborah Tillman Love ’79 YOUNG ALUMNAE AWARD SUSIE W. JONES AWARD PRESIDENT’S AWARD

r. Leon J. McDougle, MJr., affectionately known by many Belles as “Coach McDougle,” attended the UNCF Black & White Day Party Scholarship Fundraiser on December 9th with his wife Renee. During the event, the couple blessed Bennett College Rev. Dr. Marilyn McKenzie King Lewis ’76 with a check for $5,000, ELLEASE RANDALL COLSTON through which they want SERVICE AWARD an annual scholarship to be established.

The scholarship will bear their names and also honor former Bennett College President Dr. Gloria Randall Scott. Coach McDougle is a former Physical Education and Health Instructor at Bennett, who also served as Head Basketball Coach before retiring in 2005. Coach McDougle announced during the UNCF Black & White Day Party that he’s challenging all former faculty members to donate to Bennett College. n

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 18 1/4/18 12:11 PM Breah Pope ’13 married Dwyane Robinson April 10, 2016, in Greensboro, NC LaRika Jones ’14 marriedMarriages Nealie E. Whitt III June 11, 2016,h in Roxboro, NC BENNETT COLLEGE NECROLOGY

Lisbeth “Ellen” Edwards Berry ’39 Sarah Catherine Harris ’55 Cynthia D. Brown ’80 Thelma Groves Turner ’42 Margaret Hall Mebane ’54 Helen Green Whitelowe ’84 Nannie McAdoo Dick ’42 SharonDeaths Faye Rice Robinson’55q Schandra Gale McLeod ’92 Sarah Harris Carter ’43 Juliette Juanita Walker Barnwell ’55 Gay Morris ’94 Etta Lucille Edwards Wiltshire ’43 Doris Humphey Ferree ’56 Brenda Drayton ’97 Vashti Warren Joyner ’44 Dorothy Harris Williams ’57 D. Cherie Lofton ’06 Zadie Vernelle Williams ’44 Anna Elizabeth Ferguson ’58 Tameka Monroe ’07 Glendora M Putnam ’45 Shirley Mae Moore ’58 Goldwyn Foster Harris ’45 Veronica Shipley Norwood ’58 FACULTY/STAFF Nettie Houston Thigpen ’45 Clara Carter Fields ’59 (current and former) Josephine Wright Thomas ’46 Sarah Frances Griffin ’61 Dr. Dorinda Trader Margaret Carr Prillerman ’47 Genevieve Seporia Holland Wilson ’66 Dr. Fred Eady Margaret Gwinette Ricks ’48 Elnora Harris Galbreath ’66 Dr. Audrey Ward Evelyn Darden Floyd ’48 Brenda Celestine Jackson ’67 Dr. Myrtle Sampson Ruth Crops Glen ’48 Helen Thomas McCoy ’67 Mr. Thomas Kirkman Margaret Hall Mebane ’54 Annie Johnson Smith ’69 Dr. Nellouise D. Watkins Mary Duncan Colley ’50 Johnsie Williams ’70 Remonia George Clarke ’50 Tyna Wilson Key ’70 TRUSTEES Eunice Pogue Stevens ’50 Vashtine Staley Franks ’71 Mr. Sonny Walker Lillian Clarke Lockery ’50 Bessie Johnson Obey ’71 Daisie McCallum Johnson ’51 Willie Mae Brown ’71 INTERIM PRESIDENT Eliza Aldrich Belle Dixon ’51 Dianne Earle Coleman ’71 Dr. Charles Fuget Mamie Smith Brown ’52 Gwendolyn Stroud Kirby ’72 Betty Foster Moore ’52 Norma ’Cindy’ Jones ’73 Evelyn Floyd Jones ’53 Patricia Teal Stewart ’75 Doris Green Barnes ’53 Althea Loraine McClellan ’76 Lyvonne Mackel Washington ’53 Carmen Miles Pruitt ’77

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 19 1/4/18 12:11 PM Suffice it to say the weekend A FRIENDSHIP FOR THE get together far exceeded their imagination. By Laurie D. Willis “I knew we would have fun, but I didn’t expect the great reception that Some friendships last a few months, they reminisced about their days on we received on campus from staff and campus by recalling anecdotes, looking others a few years. But in the case students,” Deans Brown said. “We felt at old photos, reading articles about like celebrities.” of Rita Deans Brown, Julie Pope- the Institution, sharing memorabilia Douglass, Janise L. Kyle and Bernadette and walking around inside Pfeiffer That’s because as word spread about Residence Hall where they once lived. Gregory Watts, who met as Bennett why the women had returned to They also drove through neighboring freshwomen in 1967, try a half century Bennett, students, staff and faculty A&T and UNCG, dined at good stopped to talk to them and commend and counting. restaurants, shopped, visited a classmate them on their lasting friendship. in Winston-Salem and just enjoyed he women have experienced each other’s company. marriages, births, deaths of loved The “Fab Four Bennett Friendship Reunion,” as Watts calls the weekend, Tones and the everyday ups and “We had been trying to find a date for a will undoubtedly long be remembered downs of life. Still, no matter what couple of years but life got in the way,” by the quartet. Yet it’s just one of comes their way, they remain close said Deans Brown of Charlotte, who is countless memories they’ve shared over friends who celebrate the good while self-employed. “Julie came up with the the past 50 years. joining forces to get through the bad. idea for this year, Janise suggested the date because September 14 is when we As students, they fondly remember In September when they returned arrived on campus back in 1967, and traveling to Atlanta for National Pre- to Greensboro to commemorate Bernadette and I suggested we return to Alumnae Council meetings and to their friendship’s golden anniversary, Bennett.” Detroit for UNCF conferences. Since graduating, they’ve gotten together too many times to count, though spending four days in Virginia Beach the year they turned 30 and time in Las Vegas to celebrate their 60th birthdays certainly stand out.

“I think our friendship has sustained itself because even though we were all different, we shared the same common interests, values and goals,” said Kyle of Arlington, Virginia, a retired guidance counselor and teacher. “These are things I believe are necessary to sustain a lifelong friendship.”

Watts said remaining friends for 50 years has been easy, to an extent, because the women genuinely wanted to keep in touch with each other.

“Communicating … regarding life’s opportunities, challenges, fears, relationships and happiness Dr. Bernadette Gregory Watts ’71, Julie Pope Douglas ’71, Rita Dean Brown ’71 and Janie Kale ’71. fostered the next tier of our foursome

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 20 1/4/18 12:11 PM relationship,” said Watts of Durham, after being emboldened by the other who’s retired from the North Carolina three – got up the nerve to ask their When asked what they liked so much Cooperative Extension Service at N.C. residence hall director to borrow her about their alma mater as students, the State. “Graduate school, marriages, car. women expressed similar sentiments: children, divorces, parental illnesses its small faculty-student ratio, the and deaths brought us to the support “I didn’t even have a driver’s license way Bennett allowed them to find level with each other. Wanting to stay and neither did Janise,” Pope-Douglass their voices, exposure to strong, in touch made all the difference. We recalled. “Even so, I went in and asked African-American female role models, even conference call sometimes…” her. She politely looked at me as if I its nurturing atmosphere and its had lost my mind and said, ‘Young traditions. To be sure, the road to Bennett was lady, there are certain things you just different for all four women: Watts don’t ask people to borrow.’ I said It goes without saying they all cited was smitten after visiting with a friend ‘Oh, ok’ and left. We laughed until we the sisterhood that permeates Bennett’s and attending a Christmas concert couldn’t stand up.” campus and is the heart and soul of the on campus. Pope-Douglass learned Institution. about Bennett from her mother. Turns out they eventually caught a ride Kyle enrolled sight unseen on the to the tournament, but five decades One year when Pope-Douglass went recommendation of her brother, a later the women still laugh about the home for Thanksgiving break, she Morehouse man. Deans Brown was incident and occasionally jokingly say learned devastating news that her influenced by the experiences of her to one another, “Young lady, there are best friend had died in a car accident. mother and high school economics certain things you just don’t ask people When she returned to campus the next teacher, both Belles. to borrow.” week, her sisters were there for her just as she knew they would be. “... Bennett alumnae leave their During their four years at Bennett, the footprints of time, talents, treasures women experienced other humorous “Bernadette, Rita and Janise all times. There were also a few things rallied around me and gave me their and excellence wherever they are.” they didn’t necessarily like about the undivided support,” she said. “I knew institution. For example, Kyle could if I needed to talk that they were there You could say it was meant for the have done without the strict curfew. for me. The sisterhood they exhibited women to meet at Bennett and Deans Brown didn’t like the need towards me during that difficult time become fast friends. During their to temporarily house three or four meant so much.” freshwoman year, Watts and Pope- students to a room at the beginning Douglass were roommates in 205 of the semester. Pope-Douglass wasn’t When one of them has been in need Pfeiffer. Deans Brown was in the room fond of having to attend Vespers every throughout the years, the other three directly across from them. Kyle was Wednesday while wearing a black dress. have rallied to support her. Their just doors away down the hall. Watts considered it odd to have finals friendship is the epitome of sisterhood after Christmas break. and what can be gained – in addition “I liked and enjoyed being around the to an outstanding education – by three Belles and considered them my But those minor inconveniences, attending Bennett College. friends,” recalled Pope-Douglass of if you will, hardly overshadow the Virginia Beach, a retired elementary impact Bennett College had on their “Bennett College is an educational, school teacher who’s married with lives. They all credit Bennett with life transformational, leadership and two adult sons. “We cried together making them the competent, successful career development depository,” Watts whenever some guy … had broken our women they are today and for helping said. “One’s initial investments yield heart. We laughed together. We got them understand they could achieve tremendous dividends that can be into mischief together.” anything they wanted in life. They cashed in during life’s great journey. also give a loving nod to several former Bennett alumnae leave their footprints Mischief indeed. professors or staff members who were of time, talents, treasures and among their favorites and really pushed excellence wherever they are.” Once when the CIAA Basketball them to excel, including Dr. Mary Ann Tournament was in Greensboro, the Scarlette, Dr. Queen Hester Bell, Dr. And some Bennett alumnae develop foursome decided they wanted to Francis Grandison, Mrs. Carrie Shute, meaningful, unbreakable friendships attend it despite the fact that they Mrs. Ellease Browning Colston, and that stand the test of time. n lacked transportation. One of them – Dr. George Breathett.

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Members of the Class of 1961 f you’re not sure how deep “For example, Laura Ometria Campbell, Hattie Isisterhood runs at Bennett Plummer and Joyce Pullum Price, Barbara Miller and Dr. College, just ask Roslyn Smith from our class became close Esther Terry, the first alumna of the Class of 1961. friends and are still friends to become Bennett College today,” Smith continued. President. Gwendolyn Mention the word sisterhood “Sisterhood is a feeling that Mackel Rice, Bennett to Smith, and a wide, loving you developed based on College National Alumnae grin quickly spreads across your associations, whether Association President, is also her face. in the residence halls, in a proud member of the Class the classroom or through of 1961. “Sisterhood starts from the extra-curricular activities moment you step foot on like singing in the choir or “My friendships with some Bennett’s campus and are playing in the orchestra. of the women in my class grouped with other girls in You developed sisterhood grew gradually during our your residence hall,” said based on the experiences you time at Bennett,” Smith Smith, who has a bachelor’s encountered as individuals said. “Gwendolyn Mackel degree in sociology with a or in groups. That sisterhood Rice and I have grown minor in psychology. never goes away.” even closer over the years because we’ve worked on “You experienced the bonds Indeed. various organizations and of sisterhood when you had to committees together. Esther do what we used to call beauty It’s been 56 years since Terry and I met on our first work or dining hall duty. Smith graduated from day at Bennett. Sometimes Also, we sat alphabetically Bennett, yet she’s still close I’d go home with her because in our class during Chapel, friends with several of her my parents couldn’t afford for so some people developed classmates including Karen me to come home except at relationships based on how Leach, Iris Jeffries, Laura Christmas and at the end of we were seated. Marshall, Daisy Robinson, the year.”

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 22 1/4/18 12:11 PM Sisterhood for life. By Laurie D. Willis

Smith said girls like her family members have come to Bennett also enriched the from out of state often Bennett. lives of Talia McCray, a 1990 went home with local girls Bennett honors graduate and on weekends and during For example, the late Doris former Board of Trustees breaks. The fifth of six Young Baldwin is a member member, her sister Dr. children, Smith is from of the Class of 1948. Her Monique McCray-Osley,

Princeton, West Virginia, daughter, Linda Baldwin a 1991 Bennett honors Pensal Winston McCray ’63 about two and a half hours Herring, graduated from graduate, and her sister Dr. from Greensboro. She said Bennett in 1974. And Rispba McCray-Garrison, the Bennett sisterhood has Herring’s daughters, Carah a 1995 Bennett honors made a lasting impact on Herring and Chemaye graduate. her life. Herring, graduated from Bennett in 2005 and 2008, Make no mistake about it:

Sisterhood at Bennett respectively, and served as The McCray sisters didn’t Dr. Talia McCray ’90 College manifests itself Miss Bennett College. just happen upon Bennett in many ways, including College. Their mother, the Big Sister Little Sister Carah Herring, who lives Pensal Winston McCray, is relationship, and Senior in Oakland, California, said a 1963 Belle. She and her Day, when Little Sisters because of her family’s legacy husband, Christoph McCray, robe their Big Sisters in she didn’t have a choice about founded the Ethnic College their caps and gowns. attending Bennett – and it was Counseling Center in Those are just two of the the best thing she could have Denver, Colorado, in 1983. Dr. Monique McCray-Osley ’91 many traditions at Bennett done. The organization has helped College around which the more than 3,000 students concept of sisterhood is “The word sisterhood as it attend college, many of whom wrapped. relates to Bennett College enrolled at Bennett. is more than just a notion,” Not surprisingly, Bennett Carah said. “Regardless of “Some girls who are blood attracts girls from the where I travel in the U.S., I sisters come to Bennett Dr. Rispba McCray-Garrison ’95 same family. In fact, it always know there are some College, and then others, like isn’t uncommon to ask a Bennett sisters in that city and Esther Terry and me, become Belle how she heard about I’ll never be alone. Bennett as close as blood sisters while Bennett and to learn that sisters embrace each other they’re at Bennett,” Smith her grandmother, mother, with open arms, even if we said. “Bennett College just aunt, older sister or cousin weren’t in college during the has that effect on you.” n attended the institution same time. The bond that that was founded in 1873 exists among Bennett sisters Yolande Johnson ’83 contributed to this article and became women’s has enriched my life.” only in 1926. In some instances, generations of

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 23 1/4/18 12:11 PM FACULTY “I enjoyed learning about Quaintance Weaver Restaurants and Hotels and studying the STAFF various roles within hospitality management,” Angbo said. “I shadowed a lot of employees, from those at the front door of STUDENT the hotel to back-of-the-line cooks. There wasn’t anything about the internship I didn’t like.”

NOTES During the summer, Angbo was paired with Pat Soenksen, Belgium a mentor through Opportunity Greensboro’s Internship Program.

“As we got to know each other, I was impressed with Joy’s thoughtfulness, poise and insightful questions,” Soenksen said. “She demonstrated excellent time management and follow-up – skills that bode Joy Angbo, a senior business well for her future career. Joy administration major from represents the best of Bennett Brooklyn, New York, interned n in the hospitality industry over College.” the summer and loved it. FOUNDER’S DAY Celebration Johannesburg, South Africa

This year’s Founder’s Day celebration was special at Bennett College as former President Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole delivered the keynote address and later watched with joy as a sign bearing her name was unveiled on the Honors Residence Hall. Dr Cole is spearheading a $1.5 Million Johnnetta Betsch Cole Scholars Campaign to raise money for scholarships for the Belles who reside in the residence hall. After the Founder’s Day Convocation inside the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel, and after the Seoul, South Korea Ribbon Cutting for the naming ceremony, a Silent Auction and Reception ennett College has a robust study abroad program were held inside the Global Learning Center. Each of the events was very Bthat provides wonderful opportunities for students. well-attended. Attendees included area college presidents, local politicians, Over the summer, Belles traveled to South Korea and members of the Bennett College Board of Trustees, Bennett Alumnae, South Africa. This fall, a group of students also traveled faculty, staff, students and members of Dr. Cole’s sorority, Delta Sigma to Belgium. n Theta Sorority, Incorporated. n

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 24 1/4/18 12:11 PM uring the summer, Bennett DBelles Aaleah Renee Lancaster and Carmen Acosta participated in the Math-Bio Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at UNC Greensboro.

The highly selective program – more than 120 students across the country vied for 10 slots – was funded by the National Science Foundation and provided Lancaster, Acosta and others Bennett College Assistant Professor with hands-on research experience of Psychology Dr. Santiba Campbell and the opportunity to make a real (far left standing) and some Aaleah Renee Lancaster impact in solving scientific problems Bennett Belles toured the Marriage at the intersection between biology and Family Therapy Program at and mathematics. “I’d recommend the Pfeiffer University in October. internship to other Belles, but it’s a very Dr. Campbell and the students intensive program,” Acosta said. “There viewed clinics in the program and were many mathematical concepts met Pfeiffer students enrolled in that I might not have learned in class it. Through a Memorandum of for another year or two that I much Understanding, Bennett College appreciate knowing.” has joined the Pfeiffer University Partnership Program, which Added Lancaster: “I was very excited provides a 20 percent tuition to be chosen out of so many students; discount on undergraduate degree however, I’m more so thankful to Dr. Oh completion and graduate programs for being thoughtful enough to include for Bennett alumnae, faculty and Bennett College in the grant proposal staff that attend Pfeiffer. n and paving the way for students at such a Carmen Acosta small school to get this opportunity.” n

Belles prepare to march to the polls!

Bennett College Pre-Alumnae Council n what has become a tradition stringing lights and putting ornaments December 2 when they decorated Iat Bennett College, six students on a Christmas tree, placing gift boxes The President’s House. took time on November 28 in under it and adorning the area with between classes to decorate the beautiful Poinsettias. Not surprisingly, Bennett College President Dr. lobby of the Global Learning the tree decorations include some white Phyllis Worthy Dawkins said she Center. Belles Imani Atkins, bells and blue bulbs. appreciates the students’ efforts Dymond Estep, Sierra Long, and hopes the GLC decorations Natajia Smith, Kayla Stevenson Pre-Alumnae Council President helped to put Bennett faculty, and Chelsea Tubbs, all members of Sierra Long said the students enjoyed staff, students and alumnae in the the Bennett College Pre-Alumnae strategizing on the perfect place to holiday spirit. n Council, spent about an hour put each ornament, as they did on

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 25 1/4/18 12:11 PM INTRODUCING BENNETT COLLEGE’S

Looks aren’t everything, but presentation onto Bennett College’s beautiful campus is key. You can be only you, and I can be I knew I finally had a place to call home. only me. As I tried to find and make my way through the undergraduate experience, I Greetings and salutations! I am Niquia S. became involved in various activities and Harris, a senior social work major from groups, and that’s when I first started Willingboro, N.J., and I am humbly acknowledging my own crown. Serving serving Royalas your 40th Miss Bennett asCourt Miss Sophomore and Miss Junior College for the 2017-2018 academic helped me recognize my purpose. The year. love and support I continuously receive from my Bennett sisters and our beloved As a former fostered youth, I never Institution have made me realize it is thought I would be in the position in incumbent upon me to offer that same which I proudly find myself today. I can love to those in need. recall the moment I was accepted to our beloved College and the emotions I felt. My platform, “Embracing Traditions I was proud of myself for even applying, and Expressing Individuality for A Seat yet quickly discouraged because I had at the Table,” is based on the journey I no assistance with taking the next steps. just shared. My passion is assisting others You see, I had constantly been told so they, too, can love themselves and who college was not an option for youth of they are. I believe as your queen it is not “my kind”. Likewise, I was told if I chose my duty to sit on the throne but, instead, to go out of state for college I wouldn’t to prepare a table where we can ALL be last a year. seated for success. It truly doesn’t matter the cards we are dealt in life. What It was only a day before Welcome Week matters most is how we choose to play that I found a stable ride to North those cards. I consider Bennett College Carolina. But the moment I stepped a home for lost butterflies, and as Miss Bennett College I pledge to show my sisters that they, too, can find their wings as they matriculate on these hallowed grounds.

Embrace what those who came before us left behind. Express who you have always been.

Niquia Harris, your 40th Miss Bennett College

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 26 1/4/18 12:11 PM JAMIE ROSE ’21 ANNA JOYCE BROWN ’18 JAYLA BARNES ’20 Miss Freshwoman Miss Royal Blue & White Miss Sophomore Jamie is a freshwoman Social Work major Anna is a senior, psychology major from Jayla is a sophomore Special Education major from Suitland, Maryland, who graduated from Middlesex, North Carolina. At an early from Wilson, North Carolina. Throughout her Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper age she discovered her passion for ministry high school career, Jayla was very involved and Marlboro, Maryland, with a 3.8 cumulative through dance, which became the foundation received distinguished honors as a 2016 N.C. GPA. In high school, Jamie served as president for her life. At Bennett, Anna has served in Homeschool graduate. Today, she continues to of the Student Ambassadors program and various leadership positions and was one of actively volunteer in her hometown at the local STEM Club. She also served as Vice President the first students to serve as a member of the library and in her church. In her first year at of the National Honor Society. Jamie graduated Greensboro College Commission. She has Bennett, Jayla served as a Student Ambassador as a Certified Medical Administrative assistant. also served as a Student Ambassador, Student and actively participated in the Student North At the Sanctuary at Kingdom Square, Jamie Union Advisory Board member, Orientation Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE), was a youth leader, mentor to teenage girls and Leader, Spirit of David Dance Ministry Vice Divine Unity and competed in The Little Miss youth pastoral assistant. Her campaign theme President, Student Government Association Divine Unity Pageant. Jayla was an Honors was RISE (Reaching, Inspiring, Strengthening Intern, Peer Support Group member and and Dean’s List recipient for the 2016-2017 and Empowering), and she aspires to help Resident Assistant. During the spring semester academic year. She is proud of the woman she’s her classmates RISE while networking in the of her junior year, Anna was inducted into become and can’t wait to grow even more. One Greensboro community. Jamie lives by the Psi Chi National Honor Society, for of her favorite sayings is, “If your plan doesn’t 1 Corinthians 2:9, which say, “Eyes haven’t seen which she currently serves as Vice President. work, change your plan but never the goals.” and ears haven’t heard all the things in which After graduating, Anna plans to attend God has planned for me.” graduate school and earn a Master’s in School Psychology.

MICAIAH SMITH ’19 ESSENCE JAMERSON ’18 ZOEY OTEY Miss Junior Miss Senior Little Miss Bennett Micaiah is a junior Elementary Education major Essence is a senior political science major from Since birth, Zoey has spent many hours at from Columbus, Ohio. At Bennett, she has Fayetteville, North Carolina. She enrolled at Bennett College, where her mother Shaunaray participated the Spirit of David Dance Ministry, Bennett with the expectation of growth and Otey ’12 works in the Financial Aid Office. Zoey Fusion Twist Dance Team, the Student North beginning a new chapter in her life. At Bennett is also the daughter of Brandon Lee. At Bennett, Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE) she has been a member of Fusion Twist Flag Zoey has participated in many campus festivities, and Bellesody Poetry Club. This year, Micaiah Team, Spirit of David Dance Ministry, Student and when she’s not being an engaged first grader plans to start her own organization and revamp Ambassadors and Divine Unity. She has also at Triad Math and Science Academy, she enjoys the dance team over which she once presided. served as Miss Spirit of David, a Resident dancing, reading and singing. Her mom keeps She also wants to “restore the original Bennett Assistant and as the Event Coordinator for Divine her active in basketball and gymnastics, and the sisterhood,” promote unity and offer enthusiastic Unity, for which she currently serves as Vice vivacious young girl also loves modeling and and real love to her Bennett sisters. Micaiah President. Essence is also a Student Marshal for taking pictures. When a camera is present, her firmly believes that her crown means nothing the third year. After graduating, Essence wants to personality shines bright. Zoey loves being a big if her Bennett sisters do not wear it with her. become a court counselor in the Juvenile Justice sister to her little brother and also spending time After graduating from Bennett, Micaiah wants to System, through which she hopes to take on the volunteering at local animal shelters. Because move to Washington, D.C., and serve as a fifth challenges of redirecting misguided youth and of her love for animals, she aspires to become a grade teacher in a low-income area. She aspires to making positive changes for them for generations veterinarian. Zoey also dreams of one day being eventually become a principal. to come. She is inspired by a famous Mahatma crowned Miss Bennett College. Gandhi quote about service.

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 29 1/4/18 12:12 PM CHAPTER PRESIDENTS NEW ENGLAND HOUSTON, TEXAS Ms. Lensley Gay ’75 Ms. Charmaine D. Wilson ’99 [email protected] [email protected] ALBANY, GEORGIA Dr. Judith Hatch ’77 NORTHERN VIRGINIA SOUTH CENTRAL [email protected] Mrs. Brenda Morgan Nicholson ’69 Dr. Frankie Penn Powell ’75 [email protected] [email protected] CHAPTER & AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Dr. Stacy Copeland Davis ’90 NORTH JERSEY [email protected] CLASS GIVING Ms. Samantha Dow ’97 REGIONAL COORDINATORS [email protected] BALTIMORE, MARYLAND [email protected] SOUTHEAST 1942 $ 4,000.00 Ms. Ardena N. Githara ’96 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North 1947 $ 34,226.00 [email protected] ORANGEBURG, SC Carolina, South Carolina and 1952 $ 10,150.00 Dr. Grace Heyward Salters ’55 Tennessee) CHARLESTON, SC 1957 $ 39,613.00 [email protected] Mrs. Sarah Brodie Sharpe ’87 1962 $ 46,387.00 Mrs. Eugenia D. Johnson ’48 [email protected] [email protected] 1967 $ 50,202.00 PEE DEE COUNTY, SC 1972 $ 35,200.00

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BENNETT COLLEGE Mrs. Yulaundra Ferguson-Heyward ’76 CHARLOTTE, NC [email protected] (West Virginia, Virginia, District of 1977 $ 13,366.00 Ms. Megan Lawrence ’13 Columbia and Maryland) 1982 $ 15,540.00 [email protected] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RALEIGH, NC Ms. Konica Haynes ’09 1987 $ 3,465.00 Dr. Keisha Reed Brown ’98 [email protected] CHICAGO, IL 1992 $ 15,410.00 PRESIDENT [email protected] 1997 $ 8,970.70 Ms. Alexandria Hardin ’13 PACIFIC Ms. Gwendolyn Mackel Rice ’61 [email protected] 2002 $ 1,390.00 RICHMOND, VA (Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, [email protected] 2007 $ 562.00 Mrs. Terressa Campbell Oten ’96 Washington, Alaska, Hawaii) CINCINNATI, OH Mrs. Janet Dailey Peterson ’58 2012 $ 394.26 1st VICE PRESIDENT [email protected] Rev. Jeannine Lewis Walker ’85 [email protected] $ 278,875.96 Dr. Yardley M. Hunter ’75 [email protected] [email protected] ROCHESTER, NEW YORK NORTHEAST Ms. Lillie Stone ’74 Albany, GA $ 400.00 COASTAL CAROLINA, NC (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, 2nd VICE PRESIDENT [email protected] Baltimore $ 17,656.00 Ms. Renee R. Purvis ’85 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ms. Melissa J. Watson ’13 [email protected] Charleston $ 870.00 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA New Jersey, New York) [email protected] Ms. Melodi Dice ’97 Ms. Lenore Brathwaite ’89 Chicago $ 25,590.00 DELAWARE VALLEY [email protected] lenore72lab@aol Cincinnatti $ 20,045.00 RECORDING SECRETARY Ms. Khia K. Naylor ’97 Mrs. Joyce Bass Valentine ’78 Ms. Carolyn J. Silvers ’70 Coastal Carolina $ 3,326.00 [email protected] GREAT LAKES - VACANT [email protected] [email protected] Delaware Valley $ 10,304.94 (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Detroit $ 11,311.00 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio FINANCIAL SECRETARY Mrs. Sandra Philpott-Burke ’70 Durham $ 28,814.00 Dr. Myra McCoy Pope ’73 and Wisconsin) Mrs. Elayne Gibbs Jones ’88 [email protected] Eastern NC $ 22,300.00 [email protected] [email protected] WESTERN - VACANT Florida $ 13,222.81 DURHAM, NC (Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Gastonia $ 2,550.00 TREASURER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Dr. Bernadette G. Watts ’71 Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Dr. Marilyn King Lewis ’76 Ms. Brooke Walker ’94 General $ 76,104.50 [email protected] South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming) [email protected] [email protected] Greater NY $ 37,054.55 EASTERN CAROLINA Greensboro $ 103,958.50 TIDEWATER AREA, VIRGINIA SOUTH CENTRAL – VACANT PARLIAMENTARIAN Ms. Sarah B. Sharpe ’87 Houston TX $ 2,000.00 Dr. Judith Brooks Buck ’71 (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ms. Charisse Simpson ’92 [email protected] Kinston $ 750.00 [email protected] Oklahoma and Texas) [email protected] Las Vegas $ 7,146.00 GASTONIA, NC WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK Metro Atlanta $ 26,493.00 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Mrs. Donna Brown Washington ’77 Mrs. Leilani Yizar-Reid ’04 Metro Charlotte $ 15,045.00 Mrs. Deborah Tillman Love ’79 [email protected] [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Metro Washington $ 91,484.56 GREATER NEW YORK New England/Conneticut $13,375.00 WESTERN NC ALUMNAE AFFAIRS Ms. Lenore Brathwaite ’89 North Jersey $ 10,540.00 Mrs. Doris Luck Fullwood ’61 Mrs. Audrey Demps Franklin ’72 lenore72lab@aol Northern VA $ 30,099.00 E-mail: [email protected] Executive Director Orangeburg $ 1,550.00 Bennett College GREENSBORO, NC WINSTON SALEM, NC Raleigh $ 31,214.24 900 E Washington Street Ms. Roslyn Smith ’61 Ms. Shareka R. Brown ’97 Richmond VA $ 3,550.00 Greensboro, NC 27401 [email protected] Office: (336) 517-2247 [email protected] Rochester NY $ 12,750.00 [email protected] LAS VEGAS, NEVADA San Francisco Bay $ 6,206.33 Ms. Tisha Harris ’63 Pending/Reorganized South Central $ 5,591.75 [email protected] Southern Ca $ 48,386.85 Chapters: Tidewater $ 19,583.00 METRO ATLANTA, GA Westchester $ 9,576.00 Ms. Francena Brown ’86 KINSTON, NC Western NC $ 3,900.00 E-mail: [email protected] Mrs. Joyce H. Raye ’59 Home: (252) 523-4991 Winston Salem $ 11,362.00 METRO WASHINGTON, DC $ 724,110.03 Mrs. Kenya Samuels Gray ’99 [email protected] Grand Total $ 1,002,985.52

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 30 1/4/18 12:12 PM NAA Awards Criteria ALUMNAE AWARDS are presented during Alumnae Weekend and are open to all eligible Must have been a financial candidates that meet the criteria for each applicable award. Please submit a glossy 3 X 5 member of the National black & white photo, brief biographical sketch and any additional information by Alumnae Association for at least five consecutive years. January 31, 2018 to Dr. Yardley Hunter Nelson, [email protected]. Go to www.bennett.edu, click on Alumnae tab and download Nomination Form. Must have been a financial member of the local chapter, if in geographic area, for at 1942 $ 4,000.00 Format least five consecutive years. 1947 $ 34,226.00 __ All nominations must be completed on the official nomination form 1952 $ 10,150.00 Must have consistently 1957 $ 39,613.00 __ Typed submissions only contributed to the National Alumnae Association 1962 $ 46,387.00 __ Please complete form in its entirety Annual Fund for at least five 1967 $ 50,202.00 __ If an item is not applicable, mark it N/A consecutive years. 1972 $ 35,200.00 __ Attach additional sheets as needed 1977 $ 13,366.00 Must have contributed 1982 $ 15,540.00 What to Include outstandingly to the growth 1987 $ 3,465.00 and development of the __ Please submit a Resume and/or a Brief Biographical Sketch 1992 $ 15,410.00 Bennett College National Alumnae Assoc. 1997 $ 8,970.70 __ An electronic photo in jpg. format __ A detailed Narrative, providing specific examples of merit wherever possible. 2002 $ 1,390.00 Must actively provide service 2007 $ 562.00 __ Optional: Up to 3 letters of support/recommendation may be submitted to Bennett College and/or 2012 $ 394.26 students.(i.e. participating in $ 278,875.96 Of Note College events, volunteering for Campus projects, staying __ The Selection Committee will hold all nominations in confidence. Albany, GA $ 400.00 in contact with students, __ Nominations may be resubmitted in subsequent years mentoring students, Baltimore $ 17,656.00 __ No nomination will be carried over automatically. participating in College Charleston $ 870.00 recruitment efforts, etc.). Chicago $ 25,590.00 __ A Complete Nomination package includes nomination form, Resume and/or Cincinnatti $ 20,045.00 Biographical sketch, Narrative and Electronic photo Must actively promote the Coastal Carolina $ 3,326.00 Mission of Bennett College. Delaware Valley $ 10,304.94 Deadline Detroit $ 11,311.00 UNSUNG HEROINE AWARD __ Completed nomination packages should be submitted electronically to This award will recognize Durham $ 28,814.00 [email protected] no later than January 31, 2018 an alumna from each active Eastern NC $ 22,300.00 chapter. Chapters will submit Florida $ 13,222.81 __ There will be no exceptions to the nomination deadline. the name of their Unsung Gastonia $ 2,550.00 __ All submissions will be acknowledged with an electronic confirmation email. Heroine to the NAA Awards General $ 76,104.50 Committee per the following Greater NY $ 37,054.55 criteria: Greensboro $ 103,958.50 Criteria for Nominee Must be an alumna of Should be a person not over Must have rendered at least Houston TX $ 2,000.00 FRIEND OF BENNETT Must have been honored Bennett College. Kinston $ 750.00 Has never attended Bennett because of outstanding 35 years of age or who has four years of outstanding graduated less than ten service to develop the local Las Vegas $ 7,146.00 College as a student. achievements in her chosen Must be a financial member years ago, and must have chapter and the National Metro Atlanta $ 26,493.00 profession. of the local chapter and actively participated in her Alumnae Association. Has made outstanding National Alumnae Metro Charlotte $ 15,045.00 chapter at least one year contributions to the Must have been promoted Association. Metro Washington $ 91,484.56 enhancement of the National to a higher level of prior to nomination. Must have exemplified New England/Conneticut $13,375.00 dynamic leadership as a Alumnae Association. responsibility. Must be an active member Must have rendered professional. North Jersey $ 10,540.00 of the chapter attending outstanding services to her Northern VA $ 30,099.00 Has made outstanding Must have exemplified the majority of scheduled Alma Mater, community and Must have exemplified high Orangeburg $ 1,550.00 contributions in support of high moral character, high meetings, activities, and profession. moral character, high ideals Raleigh $ 31,214.24 Bennett College. ideals, integrity, and held in contributes to fundraising high esteem by her fellow integrity, and be held in high Richmond VA $ 3,550.00 and recruitment goals. Has exemplified high moral alumnae. Must have exemplified esteem by fellow alumnae. Rochester NY $ 12,750.00 high moral character, high character, ideals, and Should be someone that San Francisco Bay $ 6,206.33 ideals, integrity and held in ELLEASE RANDALL integrity. YOUNG ALUMNAE AWARD is not necessarily in the high esteem by her fellow COLSTON SERVICE AWARD South Central $ 5,591.75 Should be a person who has forefront, however, she alumnae. Must have contributed Southern Ca $ 48,386.85 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD been a financial member of supports the mission of outstandingly in an elected Tidewater $ 19,583.00 Must have achieved a high her local chapter for at least Bennett College for Women SUSIE W. JONES AWARD or appointed National Westchester $ 9,576.00 level of excellence in her two years. from“behind” the scenes. chosen profession. Must have contributed capacity (i.e. national officer, Western NC $ 3,900.00 outstandingly to the growth national committee, regional Should be a person who has Should not be a current Winston Salem $ 11,362.00 and development of the committee). Must have received a BS/BA been a financial member nominee in any other $ 724,110.03 Bennett College National degree from Bennett College. of the National Alumnae alumnae award category. Association for at least two Alumnae Association. Grand Total $ 1,002,985.52 years.

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 31 1/4/18 12:12 PM CHARTING A BOLD INTERGENERATIONAL FUTURE

| Recap by Gwendolyn Mackel Rice ’ 61, President The Bennett College National Alumnae Association (BCNAA) Strategic Planning and Leadership Development Retreat August 11-13, 2017

o begin the terms experiences, and interests. Tof the new BCNAA Complete responses came leadership team and to from 130 alumnae, a plan for the bi-annual statistically significant alumnae retreat, it was sample. The data was important to capture the analyzed and a report concerns and hopes of completed by Belle Renee’ alumnae for Bennett and Moore, ’99, PhD, FASA, for the BCNAA. Many Emory University statistics alumnae expressed the need professor. Alumnae for leadership training, identified these priority engaging alumnae across concerns for the College: the generations, and to plan Physical Plant, Governance for the future. In July an (Board of Trustees), online strategic planning Administration/Leadership, survey was conducted to Student Affairs, and inform our planning. With Academic Affairs. Policies, considerable help and actions, and concerns in support from the Office these areas are continuously of Alumnae Affairs, the being recommended to the retreat was planned with the College Administration theme: Charting a Bold and the Board of Trustees. Intergenerational Future. Priority concerns for the Nearly 60 alumnae from BCNAA were: Alumnae the classes of 1948 to 2016, Engagement and Outreach, journeyed from as far as Alumnae Relationship California to be in retreat. to Students, including We met in The Global recruitment; Regional and Learning Center and lived Chapter Development in the Honors Dormitory, (including virtual now the Johnnetta Betsch chapters), Communication, Cole Honors Residence Governance/Administration, Hall. and Alumnae Relationship to the College (including Preliminary Online fund raising). At the retreat, Strategic Planning alumnae selected the latter as Survey Outcomes: the overarching focus for the The survey, sent to strategic plan, yet, not at the all alumnae, assessed sacrifice of the other areas. their views, concerns,

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 32 1/4/18 12:12 PM Penn Powell ’75, PhD President; and Nominating – South Central NC – Brandy Osimokun ’00, Chapter; Fundraising – JD – Immediate Past- Chair Maxine Womble Parliamentarian. CHARTING A BOLD INTERGENERATIONAL FUTURE Bakeman ’62 - Greensboro Chapter: Recruitment The overall 96% favorable – Chair Kenya Samuels evaluation retreat rate suggests Gray ’99 – Washington, that it was a rousing success. The Bennett College National Alumnae Association (BCNAA) Strategic DC Chapter President; The energy was electric. One Planning and Leadership Development Retreat Student Affairs – Chair alumna stated, “I so enjoyed Deborah Tillman Love ’79 the retreat and appreciate August 11-13, 2017 – Greensboro Chapter and being involved as well as Immediate Past President, informed with the process for BCNAA; Technology & sustaining my alma mater.” Communications – Co- Though work has begun on Chairs: Ashley Peoples some recommendations, a ’08 - Atlanta Chapter & strategic plan to drive the Breah Pope Robinson ’15, organization for the future is MSW – California Bay Area being prepared for approval at Chapter. the Annual Meeting in May 2018. Where provided for in the By-Laws, others signed up to serve on standing committees. They and their chairs include: Alumnae Retreat Highlights: a “Tell Me Why” Breakfast, Awards – Yardley Nelson Sessions included Strategies Dean Mary Ann Scarlette Hunter, EdD, 1st Vice- for Regional Coordinators shared the history of Bennett President; Constitution and Chapter Presidents and traditions to our delight. At and By-Laws Chapter Development and lunch, Dawn Hicks Tafari, Charisse Simpson Responsibilities. Alumnae PhD, of Winston-Salem ’92, Parliamentarian; and college staff participated State U. helped us to Bridge Finance –Marilyn jointly in sessions on the Intergenerational Gap King-Lewis ’76, ThD, Recruitment, Fund through fun exercises to help Treasurer; Membership Raising, Student Affairs, us become more aware and – Elayne Gibbs Jones and Academic Affairs to accepting of our generational ’88, Financial Secretary; explore how alumnae could differences. Scholarship – Melissa best work with the college Watson ’13, 2nd Vice- in the respective areas. From Ideas and Alumnae joined faculty Recommendations to Committees: and staff at a reception in When the chatter of Belles is stilled, the Steele Hall Gallery to The BCNAA Executive When the last chords of the alma mater are sung, formally welcome Dr. Phyllis Committee approved ad When the Belles have all gone home, Worthy Dawkins as 18th hoc committees to continue When the officers reunite with their members, President of the Bennett. the work of the retreat. The work of the Retreat begins: Special sessions included: Participants signed up to To reach out to other alumnae. the State of the College work on committees while To recruit students. with President Dawkins others were assigned based To gather at White Breakfasts. and her leadership team and on their survey responses. To raise funds for Bennett. Strategic Planning Survey The ad hoc committees and To bring honor to our alma mater. Outcomes with Belle Moore their chairs, selected after

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 33 1/4/18 12:12 PM Mrs. Margaret Fortune Mrs. Hazeline Harris Mrs. Annie Boyd Ms. Bobbie Henderson Honor Dr. Linette Fox Ms. Consuelo Harris Ms. Yolanda Braswell Mr. Connie Herbin Dr. Marthalia Joyce Garrett Mrs. Barbara Hart Ms. Jeanne Brayboy Mrs. Linda Herring Rev. Dr. Ernestine Gray Ms. Marion Hatch Ms. Idajeanne Brown Dr. William Herring Roll Mrs. Joyce Gray-Dyes Dr. Joyce Hilliard-Clark Dr. Keisha Brown Mrs. Lillian Hester Mrs. Annie Harding Mrs. Gardenia Hobbs Ms. Sandra Brown Ms. Patrice Hinnant Trustee Andrea Harris Mrs. Bernice Johnson Judge Joan Brown Mrs. Cordelia Ann Hinnant Donors Ms. Natalie Hatch Mrs. Wilma Johnson Ms. Christy Bryant Ms. Tonya Horton Ms. Constance Hazzard Mrs. Charlene Jones Ms. Beverly Buchanan Ms. Tera Hunter Dr. Helen Houston Ms. Sylvia Jones Dr. Carolyn Buck Mrs. Cynthia Huntley-Crocker Ms. Othelia Hughes Dr. Tina Jones-Faison Mrs. Argie Lee Butts-Lamb Mrs. Evelyn Juanita Ingram July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 Dr. Norma Jones Mrs. Janice Justice Mrs. Glenda Caldwell Mrs. Carlene Jackson This list reflects gifts from Dr. and Mrs. Frankie Jones Dr. Gwendolyn Keita Ms. Nancy Callender Mrs. Eunice Jackson Smiley Alumnae, Friends of the Mrs. Pamela Jones Mrs. Alma Lee Ms. Dede Carney Dr. Ambrous Jacobs College, Faculty, Staff, Mr. David Jones Ms. Deborah Love Ms. Suzanne Carothers Dr. Mary Jacobs Ms. Marilyn Mackel Ms. Roslyn Cheagle Ms. Claudette Jenkins Students, Corporations, Dr. Yan Lyansky Mrs. Carolyn McKie Ms. Barbara Martin Ms. Edwina Clark Mrs. Gladys Jessup Organizations and Mrs. Alma Miller Ms. Jacqueline Martin Ms. Norma Cobbs Trustee James Johnson Foundations. 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JONES SOCIETY Dr. Patricia Ravenell Mrs. Ruth Payton Mrs. Diann Dawson-Adebayo Ms. Nancy Kirby $10,000 - $24,999 Trustee Gladys Robinson Mrs. Hattie Price Mrs. Donna Dennis-Amoro Dr. Laurrie Knight Ms. Edith Bowman Mrs. Alice Scipio Mrs. Theresa Raines Ms. Bonnie Dill Mrs. Mary Ann Lanear Dr. Valerie Callender Dr. Gloria Scott Ms. Faye Robinson Ms. Cherie Dill Mrs. Evelyn Leathers Ms. Remonia Clarke Ms. Roslyn Smith Dr. Myra Sampson-Wilson Mrs. Narda Dixon Mrs. Anita LeDeaux-Ricks Trustee Susie Johnson Mrs. Lasenia Smith-Barnes Ms. Carolyn Silvers Ms. Leonia Dorris Mr. Bobby Liley Ms. Ada Lomax Mrs. Pamela Stearns Mrs. Rita Simpson Senator Katie Dorsett Ms. Constance Lindsey Mr. Andrew Olson Mrs. Annie Stewart Dr. Jasmine Smith Ms. Marva Douglas Mr. Thomas Lipscomb Mrs. Leacy Pierce Mrs. Alma Stokes Mrs. Linda Smith Dr. Terri Dove Mr. and Mrs. C. Lloyd & Elizabeth Mr. Joseph Rodgers Ms. Dorothy Stubbs Mrs. Lillian Stanford Ms. Catherine Downing Lipscomb Mrs. Janice Shaw Mrs. Phyllis Taylor Ms. Annie Thompson Mrs. Alice Dula Mrs. Fleda Little Dr. Louise G. Streat Dr. Esther Terry Ms. Annette Vines Mrs. Cherry Dula Mrs. Patricia Lockett Dr. Lucille Thomas Ms. Betty Walker Mrs. Sandra Wallace-McCoy Mrs. Jacqueline Dusenbury Ms. Barbara Loftin Dr. Pamela Warner Mrs. Patricia Walker-Smith Mrs. Opal Watkins Mrs. Willie Mae Eccles Ms. Teresa Lynn Dr. Alice Young Mrs. Laura Webb-Marshall Dr. Karyn Weaver-Hargett Mrs. Rosa Elliott Mrs. Gabrielle Mallory-Phillips Trustee Jacqueline Wieland Mrs. Margaret Whiteman Mrs. Athalene Emory Ms. Gwendolyn Marion SUSIE W. JONES SOCIETY Ms. Annie Wilkins Dr. Adelia Williams Mrs. Barbara English-Leath Mrs. Wilma Marshall Mrs. Colleen Williams Mrs. Lisa Williams-Lunsford Ms. Kathleen Evans Mrs. Bernice Marshall $2,500 - $9,999 Ms. May Wilson Ms. Ola Willoughby Mrs. Karen Ferguson-Nelson Rev. 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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 34 1/4/18 12:12 PM Mrs. Dorothine Murphy-Speller Trustee Eric Watson Mrs. Shannon Celestine-Brown Mr. and Mrs. Wiley & Thelma Harris Mrs. Stacey Mitchell-Precia Dr. Mark Nesi Dr. Bernadette Watts Mr. Kenneth Chadwick Dr. Willa Harris Ms. Enola Mixon Dr. Barbara Nicholson Ms. Acquenetta Wheeler Ms Judith Chenevert Mrs. Clara Harris Ms. Arnetta Molina Mrs. Treva Oglesby Mrs. Jamesina Whitehurst Dr. Cassandra Cherry Mrs. Willa Harris-Ashe Mrs. Sharon Monde’ Ms. Charlotte Osgood Ms. Paulette Wicks Mr. Charles Clapp Ms. Ethel Hart Ms. Sharnell Montgomery Mrs. Brandy Osimokun Mrs. Margaret Wildy Mrs. Constance Clark Dr. Judith Hatch Dr. Renee Moore Mrs. Viola Owens-Turner Ms. Joann Williams Mrs. Betty Clark Mrs. Barbara Haynes Ms. Katherine Moore Mrs. Opa Owiye-Johnson Ms. Robin Williams Mrs. Lovye Cochran Ms. Joyce Henderson Mrs. Barbara Moore Ms. Caleb Page Mrs. Nellie Williams Mrs. Shirley Cohen Mrs. Angela Henry Ms. Bonita Moore Mrs. Jeune Parker Ms. Leslie Williams Ms. Janet Coles-James Mrs. Audrey Highsmith Mrs. Page Motley-Mims Ms. Claudette Parker Rev. and Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant Dr. Linda Coley Mrs. Ernestine Hoke Ms. Gegertha Mozia Mrs. Yvonne Patterson Mrs. Barbara Williams-Jenkins Ms. Martel Cooper Miss Mary Hollaway Ms. Marian Murphy Ms. Olivia Penn-Carter Mrs. Cynthia Williams-Lemus Ms. Janice Cunningham Mrs. Constant Hollingsworth Mrs. Cynthia Nesbit Ms. Fannie Perry Mr. Steven Willis Ms. Katrice Dallas Ms. Cynthia Holloway Mrs. Brenda Nesmith Ms. Ruby Person Ms. Rose Wilson Ms. Sharon Davis Mrs. Minnie Holmes Ms. Tiffany Newsome Mrs. Janet Peterson Ms. Diana Wilson Mrs. Sarah Davis Mrs. Cheryl Holmes-Bute Ms. Jonnette Newton Mrs. Jean Phillips Ms. Linda Wilson Mrs. Bernice Dean Ms. Freida Horne Ms. Anne Nobles Mrs. Sandra Philpott-Burke Ms. Edwina Wilson Mrs. Lucille Deane Mrs. Peggie Horton Mrs. Sara Ofosu-Benefo Ms. Veronica Pickett Ms. Janice Wilson Ms. Melodi Dice Ms. Hedy House Mrs. Jacqueline O’Neal Ms. Sarah Plummer Dr. Edwina Wilson Ms. Emily Gail Dill Ms. Sarah Howard Ms. Shaunaray Otey Ms. Annie Ponds Mrs. Karen Wilson Mrs. Faye Dixon Mr. Gilbert Howell Mrs. Bernice Otudeko Mrs. Cynthia Poole Mrs. Phyllis Wood Ms. Nellie Dixon Mrs. Rose Hudson Hill Ms. Mildred Parker Ms. Cynthia Price Ms. Sylvia Woodruff Mr. Willard Douglas Mrs. Camilla Hyatt Mrs. Margie Parker Ms. Robin Ramsey Mrs. Jacquelyn Wright Ms. Bessie Dowdell Mrs. Charlene Ingram Ms. Queen Payne Ms. Essie Randall Mrs. Lillie Wright-Alston Ms. Belinda Drayton Dr. Patricia Jackson Ms. Deedee Pecchioni Cummings Ms. Mattie Randolph Ms. Freddie Wyche Mrs. Bonnie Duffins Ms. Irma Jackson Ms. Christine Pendleton Mrs. Gwendolyn Rice Ms. F. Dianne Wyche Mrs. Phyllis Dunn Mrs. Elsie Jacobs-Johnson Ms. Adrienne Perkins Ms. Ezell Richardson Mrs. Marian Yates Mrs. Linda Ebron Ms. Ida Jaggers Ms. Frankie Perry Dr. Peggy Richmond Mrs. Jean Ebrons Ms. Diane Jenkins Atty. N. Scott Phillips Honorable Elizabeth Riggs SILVER BELLE CLUB Ms. Gloria Edmonds Mrs. Maurice Johnson Mrs. Jocelyn Pierce Trustee Kimberly Ripberger Ms. Barbara Edney Dr. William Johnson Ms. Linda Polk Mrs. Helen Robbins $200 - $499 Ms. Gayani Ekanayake Mrs. Barbara Johnson Dr. Frankie Powell Mrs. Paula Roberts Mrs. Linda Addison-Pinckney Mr. Eric Eley Mrs. Sonja Johnson Mrs. Antoinette Price Mr. Wendell Roberts Mrs. Alelia Akigbe Mrs. Paulette Evans Ms. Nurry Johnson Mr. William Price Mr. William Robinson Ms. Gayle Allen Mrs. Thay Evans Mrs. Erika Johnson-Frazier Dr. Darwin Prioleau Mrs. Clara Robinson Mr. William Alston Ms. Shirley Evans Ms. Elayne Jones Ms. Catherine Pugh Mrs. Jennifer Rogers Ms. Donna Amoro Mrs. Precious Everett Mr. Paul Jones Mr. Timothy Randall Ms. Irene Russell Ms. Ama Asafu-Adjaye Ms. Onica Fields Mrs. Nora Jones Mrs. Orial Redd Dr. Grace Salters Mrs. Gwendolyn Baccus Mr. Henry Findlay Ms. Dana Jones Ms. Mary Reed Ms. Kamin Samuel Ms. Annette Baker Dr. Dolores Finger-Wright Mrs. Lela Jones Ms. Patricia Reed-Cunningham Ms. Dasretta Sapp Ms. Yahnick Barclay Dr. Karen Fisher-Mattocks Mrs. Vashti Joyner Ms. LaTonya Reeves Mrs. Millie Saunders Mrs. Gwendolyn Belk Mrs. Angela Fitzgerald Mrs. Geraldine Kearney- Warren Mrs. Ruth Richburg Mrs. Sandra Scott Dr. Marion Bell Mrs. Latonya Flamer Mrs. Beverly Kelly Mr. Richard Robbins Mrs. Rhonda Simmons Mrs. Windy Bellamy Mrs. Valerie Fleming Mrs. Geraldine Kiser Ms. Mary Robbins Ms. Queen Simpson Ms. Patricia Bell-Daniels Mrs. Tennille Francis-Drummond Ms. Laurel Lashley Ms. Sydney Roberts Mrs. Audrey Slade Mrs. Theresa Bennett-Wilkes Ms. S.P. 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LaVonne Thompson Mrs. Sherie Arnold Dr. John Brunson, Jr. Dr. Michael Cotton Ms. Shirley Fountain Ms. Margie Thompson Ms. Yolanda Arrington Ms. Angel Buckhanan-Williams Dr. Sandra Cox Mrs. Doris Frazier Ms. Peggie Tillman Dr. Isaac Artis Ms. Ednita Bullock Ms. Debra Crockett Ms. Tisa Frederick Mrs. Ometria Trimble Ms. Jennifer Ash Ms. Brittany Bunn Ms. Elene Crosby Mr. Lazelle Free Mrs. Annie Tyson Jett Mrs. Kimberly Atkinson Dr. and Mrs. Lewis & Carolyne Burgman Ms. Julie Crowder Mr. Kenneth Free Mrs. Joyce Valentine Ms. Geneva Averett-Short Ms. Faith Burks Mr. Anthony Crowell Ms. Mary Fritz Ms. Myra Waddell Ms. Sherry Bailey Ms. Caroline Burnett Ms. Carolyn Crump Mrs. Ethel Fuller Ms. Yvonne Waldon Mr. Lee Baker Mrs. Connell Burnette Ms. Lamia Cummings Mr. John Fuller Ms. Nannie Waldon Mrs. Rorye Baker Jordon Dr. Rolanda Burney Ms. Robin Curry Ms. Pearl Fuller Dr. Adrienne Walker Ms. Aja Baldwin Ms. Blanche Burrow Ms. Shemiah Curry Mrs. Gretchen Fuller Ms. B.P. 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Anita Byrd Ms. Helen Davis Ms. Sheila Garnett Ms. Betty Watson Ms. Maryam Batts Ms. Jessica Byrd Mr. Jerome Davis Mr. James Garrett Ms. Marion Weaver Ms. Deborah Becker Mrs. Mayasah Cameron Thomas Ms. Cynthia Davis Ms. Lensley Gay Ms. Richetta Webb Ms. Wendi Belk Mrs. Ruby Campbell Ms. Teresa Davis Mr. Curtis Gentry Ms. Barbara Whitehead Ms. Evelyn Bell Mr. Norris Campbell Mr. Thadious Davis Mrs. Michelle Gethers-Clark Mrs. Janol Whitfield Ms. Sharon Bell Mrs. Bettye Campbell Mr. Thomas Davis Ms. Shirley Gibbs Mr. Darrell Whiting Dr. Arthur Bell Ms. Angela Campbell Mrs. Kendra Dawson Ms. Consuella Gibson Ms. Janice Whitted Ms. Cheryle Belo Ms. Erica Campbell Mrs. Lorena Dean Ms. Danielle Gibson Mrs. Gertrude Whittle Dr. Liza Benham Ms. Theresa Canada Ms. Christine Degraffenriedt Dr. Valerie Giddings Ms. Jean Wiggins Ms. Sharnetta Bennett Ms. Nina Cardwell Ms. Era Dillard Ms. Deneisha Gillard Mrs. Cynthia Williams Ms. Y Sekou Bermiss Mrs. Dianne Carson Mr. Van Dixon Mr. Fenton Gilmer Mrs. Lillian Williams Mrs. Rita Bernard-Harris Mr. John Carson Ms. Sonya Dixon Ms. Glenda Gilmore Mrs. Edna Williams Ms. Bianca Best Ms. Gail Carter Ms. Kathryn Dorn Mrs. Sheila Ginn Ms. Karen Williams Ms. Janet Birchette-Moss Ms. Ruth Carter Ms. Chasity Dorsett Rev. 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Sekinah Hamlin Ms. Eugenia Johnson Mrs. Margaret Malloy Mr. Philbert Neal Dr. Sheila Reeves Dr. Vivian Hampton Mr. Thomas Johnson Ms. Nabila Mangum Ms. Alondra Nelson Mrs. Eddie Reid Mrs. Marrian Hannah Mr. Darryl Johnson Ms. Nan Manuel Mrs. Rose Nelson-Kary Ms. Pamela Reid Mrs. Laverne Harley Ms. Edna Johnson Ms. Glenda Mariner Ms. Brendateen Nero Ms. Natalie Reid Ms. Bernetta Harper Ms. Delores Johnson Mr. Homer Marshall Mrs. Sandra Neville Dr. Gladys Reid Ms. Melvia Harris Mr. and Mrs. Robert & Carol Johnson Dr. Mary Marshall Ms. Gina Newton Mrs. Frances Rembert Ms. Jackie Harris Ms. Jan & Pat Johnson & Wright Mr. Waldo Martin Ms. Penny Nichols Mrs. Yvonne Revell Ms. Luwana Harris Ms. Laticia Jolly Mrs. Sadie Martin Mrs. Delores Noble Ms. Judy Rhodes Dr. Ruth Harris Ms. Whitney Jones Mrs. Ida Martin Ms. Velma Noble Dr. H.W. Richard Ms. LaLeza Harris-Yorn Ms. Shaakira Jones Ms. Glenda Martin Mr. Timothy Noble Mr. Andre Richardson Ms. Kasandra Hart Ms. Vernon Jones Ms. Bettye Martin Ms. Yosha Nobles Ms. Clara Riddle Ms. Bria Hawkins Mrs. Loyce Jones Mrs. Annye Martin-Wright Ms. Dorin Nurullah Mrs. Brenda Rivers Ms. Willa Hawthorne Dr. Linda Jones Mrs. Virginia Massey Ms. Tahiya Nyahuma Mrs. Myra Roberson Ms. Dolores Hayden Mrs. Carolyn Brenda Jones Ms. Kate Masur Ms. Dekayla Oakes Dr. Harrell Roberts Mr. Sheldon Hayer Dr. Martha Jones Dr. G. 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King Mrs. Sabrina McMickens- Tanner Mrs. LaShona Patton-Jones Ms. Margaret Russ Ms. Carla Holland Mrs. Pamela Kirkland Ms. Minnie McMillan Mrs. Antoinette Pearson Ms. Cora Russell Mrs. Marion Holley-Smith Ms. Yamuranai Kurewa Ms. Ange McNeel Mrs. Amanda Pecchioni-Compton Ms. Helen Russell Ms. Anjuna Holloman Mr. Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Mantha & Tommy McNeil Ms. Nyarika Penick Ms. April Ryan Mr. Jonathan Holloway Ms. Dee Labogin Mr. Neal McNeil Dr. Sharon Pepukayi Mr. Robert Sampson Ms. Cheryl Holt Ms. Addie Lamb Dr. April McNeil Mr. Abdul Peregrino-Brimah Ms. Nicole Samuels Ms. Judith Hood Ms. Georgene Lane Mrs. Clara McNeil Ms. Jeanette Perkins Mrs. Kenya Samuels-Gray Mrs. Earlene Horne Dr. Bheki Langa Ms. Linda McNeill Mrs. Artelia Perry Dr. Crystal Sanders Ms. Shirley Horton Ms. Tanisha Laventura Ms. Michelle Mebane Ms. Laurinda Perry Mrs. Velvaline Sanders Mr. Willie Howard Ms. Jalen Lawson Ms. Valeria Melvin Ms. Florence Perry Mr. Charles Sanders Ms. Jasmin Howard Ms. Cynthia Le Blanc Ms. Monica Mercer Ms. Kelly Peterson Ms. Lauren Satterfield Ms. Maxine Hoyles-Yates Ms. Jacqueline Leach Pierce Ms. Tiya Miles Mrs. Gloria Peterson Ms. Bonique Sauls Ms. Alicia Hubbard Mrs. Kimberly Leathers- Raynor Ms. Alethea Miller Mr. Floyd Pettit Ms. Annie Scarville Mrs. Ann Huggins Dr. Byong Lee Ms. Florentine Miller Dr. Hester Petty Dr. and Mrs. Alvin Schexnider Ms. Alexandra Huggins Ms. Adriane Lentz-Smith Ms. Harriett Miller Ms. Crystal Phifer Mr. David Schoem Mrs. Mattea Hunter Mrs. Margaret Lewis Ms. Flontina Miller Ms. Ronda Pierce Ms. Michelle Schreiber Ms. Sandra Hunter Lawrence Ms. Dorothy Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Cheryl & James Mills Mrs. Diane Pinkney Ms. Shana Scott Mrs. Brandi Hunter-Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Edward & Wanda Mills Ms. Angel Pittman Ms. Keirra Sedgwick Ms. Yvonne Huntley Ms. Florine Lewis Ms. Kiara Mills Mr. Henry Ponder Mrs. Liane Sewell Ms. Helena Hyman Ms. Toriell Lewis Ms. Naomi Milstein Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Ponting Mrs. Sarah Sharpe Ms. Florence Ince Dr. Rita Liberti Ms. Carla Mims-Dixon Ms. Rachel Portee Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shaw Ms. Kenyetta Jackson Ms. Ketruda Liburd Ms. Lynette Mitchell Ms. June Porter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw Ms. Aggie Jean Jackson Ms. Cathy Liddie Mr. Michael Mitchell Ms. Ashley Powell Mrs. Andrewetta Shaw Ms. Ethel Jackson Mrs. Carolyn Lindsay Rev. Daran Mitchell Mrs. Marlene Pratto Mr. Edward Shelton Mr. John Jackson Ms. Ruth Lippin Ms. Kyia Mobley Ms. Delores Prillerman Mr. and Mrs. Jermail & Brandi Shelton Ms. Kellie Jackson Ms. DyAnne Little Mrs. Wanda Mobley Ms. Delores Pruitt Mrs. Lugenia Shipp Ms. Laura Jamerson Ms. Audrey Lloyd Ms. Rhoni Moffit Ms. Renee Purvis Mr. Michael Simmons Dr. Barbara James Mrs. Phyllis Lockett Ms. Gloria Montgomery Ms. Rayonna Purvis Ms. Kendall Sims Ms. Mattie James Ms. Rose Lofton Atty. Rochelle Moody Ms. Raven Quattlebaum Mrs. Pauline Singletary Ms. Jailen James Mrs. Reba Long Mrs. Patricia Moody-Jefferson Mr. Richard Rabinowitz Ms. Pamela Singletary Ms. Glory Jamison Mr. Jarmaal Long Ms. Chelsea Moore Mrs. Dorothy Randall-Gray Mrs. Cynthia Singleton Mrs. Jacqueline Jenkins Ms. Kristen Loving Ms. Maya Morrison Ms. Sherie Randolph Ms. Ann Sink Mrs. Sharon Jennings Mrs. Hortense Lowery Ms. Donna Morris-Powell Ms. Geraldine Raper Ms. Ebony Small Ms. Agnes Jennings Ms. Betty Lowery Rev. Dr. Tiajuana Mosby Mrs. Kweli Rashied-Henry Mr. Wilbur Smith

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 37 1/4/18 12:12 PM Mr. Ralph Smith Ms. Linda Waddell Ms. Karen Wynne Epps Alumni Heritage Society, Inc Memorial United Methodist Church Ms. Ann Marie Smith Ms. Brooke Walker Ms. Julia Yancey Foundation for the Carolinas Metropolitan United Methodist Church Ms. Linda Smith Ms. Beverly Walker Ms. Malika Yansen GE Capital Foundation Mount Olivet AME Zion Church Mrs. Dorothy Smith Mr. J. Wesley Walker Ms. Ankober Yewondwossen Grace Jones Richardson Trust Mt. Ennon Baptist Church Mrs. Elease Smith Ms. Jessie Walker Griffith Family Foundation Mt. Olive Baptist Church Mr. Roger Smith Mrs. Cheryl Walker Jack and Jill of America Foundation Mt. Rona Missionary Baptist Church Ms. Dola Walters ORGANIZATIONS Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation, Inc. N.C. Conference of the United Methodist Mrs. Bowonna Smith 100 Black Men of Great Columbia, Inc. Ms. Alicia Ward Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc. 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DuBose Spence Ms. Melissa Watson Bennett College Pre- Alumnae Association Reg Pulpit Forum of Greensboro Mrs. Kameelah Spence Ms. Marilyn Webb Black Child Development Ins. of Greensboro The Community Foundation of Greater Saint Philip AME Zion Church Ms. Allison Staton Ms. Judith Weisenfeld CA Technologies, Inc. Greensboro Saints Home-St. Andrews UMC Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens Ms. Brenda Wells Children’s Defense Fund The Executive Leadership Foundation Shiloh Baptist Church Ms. Emily Stevens Mrs. Theresa Wells-Jones City Kids To Wilderness Project, INC. The Seed Foundation St. James Presbyterian Church Dr. Tonya Stewart Ms. Jaiza Wesley Cogic Charities, Inc. The Winston Salem Foundation St. Matthew United Methodist Church Ms. Millie West Mrs. Venika Stockham College Now Community Vision, Inc. Tulsa Community Foundation St. Paul UMC Mrs. Shayla West-Barnette Ms. Jeanette Stokes Council of Independent Colleges UNCF, Inc Sycamore Hill Baptist Church Rev. 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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 38 1/4/18 12:12 PM ANNUAL FUND FORM

BELOW IS MY GIVING CATEGORY: YES! I would like to contribute to BENNETT COLLEGE _____ $25,000 or more President’s Circle and be a part of ensuring a strong and vibrant future for _____ $10,000—24,999 David D. Jones Society aspiring young women who desire to join the ranks of _____ $2,500—9,999 Susie Williams Jones Society _____ $1,926—2,499 1926 Society educated women. _____ $500—1,925 Golden Belle Society _____ $200—499 Silver Belle Society Online Gifts: www.bennett.edu _____ $100—199 Century Club

Name: ______Class:______Address: ______City: ______State: ______Zip: ______Phone number: Home ( ) ______Email: ______

Please Check All That Apply: ___ ALUMNA ___ PARENT ___ TRUSTEE ___ FACULTY ___ STAFF ___ STUDENT ___ FRIEND/SUPPORTER Enclosed is my check or money order for: $ ______Card #______Exp. Date: ______Name as it appears on card: ______Signature: ______

_____ I/we would like our gift designated toward the Annual Fund _____ I/we would like our gift designated for the Scholarship Fund _____ Other _____ My employer will match my gift. Company ______

(Please complete and enclose your company’s matching gift form with your contribution)

_____ I would like information on making a planned gift or including BENNETT COLLEGE in my will.

To make an online donation visit www.bennett.edu, press donate now.

Mail form to: BENNETT COLLEGE Office of Institutional Advancement 900 East Washington Street Check payable to BENNETT COLLEGE Greensboro, NC 27401-3239

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 39 1/4/18 12:12 PM BENNETT COLLEGE NATIONAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION (BCNAA) MEMBERSHIP FORM

Name: ______Class:______

Address:______

City:______State:______Zip:______

Phone #: Home ( )______Cell ( )______

Email:______

Membership Type -Please check one:

______Special Annual Membership of $35 (Graduation date less than 5 years) Membership is free for Alumnae during the first year after graduation.

______Regular Annual Membership of $50 ______Life Membership of $500

______Partial Life Membership (Initial payment $150)*

*Partial Life Membership payments must be completed within three (3) years or payments to date will be voided.

Enclosed is my check or money order for $______

Credit Card Payment: ______Visa ______MasterCard ______Discover

Amount to be charged $______

Card #______Exp. Date:______

Name as it appears on card:______

Signature

Checks and money order payable to: Bennett College National Alumnae Association Mail completed form and payment to: BCNAA, P. O. Box 20321, Greensboro, NC 27420

SPECIAL NOTE: PAID MEMBERSHIP GRANTS VOTING PRIVILEGES DURING ALUMNAE MEETINGS AND ELIGIBILITY FOR A BALLOT IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

For questions, contact Elayne Gibbs Jones ’88 at [email protected] or Dr. Marilyn K. Lewis ‘76 at [email protected]

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE BCNAA THROUGH YOUR MEMBERSHIP!

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Belle Ringer Winter 2017.indd 40 1/4/18 12:12 PM Bennett Belles, since the beginning of the current fiscal Bennett College Revitalized year, which ends on June 30, 2018, I have made several appeals to you for donations. I have asked, and you have PLANNED GIVING PROGRAM answered the call!

As the College moves forward in developing To date, you have contributed $503,272.63 to Bennett. and implementing its’ strategic fund raising I am so encouraged by the way you have stepped up to plans, it is important that a vibrant Planned the plate for your alma mater in just the first six months Giving Program is near the top of the donor of the year, so I am taking this public opportunity to say pyramid. Along with major gifts, planned thank you for your stalwart support of Bennett College. gifts can be the biggest donations received by I cannot tell you how comforting it is for me, as the 18th nonprofit organizations. They can both greatly President of this esteemed Institution, to know I can aid Bennett and help to continue a loyal donor’s always count on YOUR SUPPORT. When it comes to legacy. HBCU giving, Bennett Belles give at higher rates than virtually any college or university in the country. This program will educate potential donors about this unique giving opportunity and So on behalf of the Bennett College Board of Trustees showcase the value of donating these high- and the entire Bennett College Family, it is my honor to impact gifts. As the market strategy materializes say Thank You. which includes scheduling meetings with potential donors, please be “on the look-out” for contact from the newly appointed Planned Giving Consultant in early 2018. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, Ph.D. Bennett College President

KEEP IN TOUCH

CALL: Audrey Franklin ’72, Director of Alumnae Affairs, 336-517-2247 EMAIL: [email protected] FAX: 336-517-2244 WRITE: Bennett College, Office of Alumnae Affairs 900 East Washington Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 WEBSITE: www.bennett.edu

March 10 Greensboro Chapter Fundraiser – Mrs. Mary and the Gospel Dinner and Play 2018 March 23 UNCF Golf tournament – Winston Lake Golf Course UPCOMING March 24 Richmond Chapter White Breakfast – on campus of Virginia State University March 25 Durham Chapter – sponsors Bennett College Choir – A New Creation UMChurch EVENTS April 15 Western North Carolina Chapter – sponsors the Bennett College Choir and reception for Dr. Dawkins May 3-6 Alumnae Weekend–Headquarters – Sheraton Four Seasons

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