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SPRING 2016 THE BELLE RINGER BennettC ollege1 Bennett A Special 90tht 12 e 12 Anniversary Edition FROM THE EDITORS Greetings: Bennett College’s early beginning started in 1873 when emancipated slaves founded an institution to educate men and women at the elementary and secondary levels. Nearly 50 years later, Bennett College was founded to train young ladies to become cultured members of society. Our College with its traditions, White Breakfasts, ACES seminars and other activities that foster sisterhood, has evolved into one of the nation’s only two historically black women’s college. It survived the depression, segregation, the great migration to the North, the separatist movement, the civil rights movement, integration and remains a place where women who come in ready to learn and change their lives, leave competent, competitive, and cultured – ready to make their mark on the world. In this issue of the Belle Ringer we highlight some of these women, who provided their Pictured, Audrey Demps Franklin ’72, Sharon Saunders and Cymone Baker ’16 information, as we celebrate the 90th anniversary of Bennett as a women’s college. various periods about their Bennett College Our graduates have achieved remarkable experiences. We have included several success in politics, education, law, medicine, other features about faculty and students engineering, communications, social work, as well as our standing features such as business and all walks of life. Among the “News from Bennett College,” “Alumnae/ alumnae featured is Marissa Jennings, Commencement Weekend 2015,” “Chapter ’03 who was recently honored at the Happenings,” and “Belle Notes.” Please White House as a “Champion of Change” enjoy this special edition as we recognize for providing a platform where African- Bennett’s 90th Anniversary.
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