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I Am My Sister's Keeper THE BENNETTVOICE BENNETT COLLEGE’S MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018 Welcome Class of 2022 I Am My Sister’s Keeper A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Greetings, Bennett College Faculty, Staff, Students, Parents, Alumnae and Friends! And welcome to members of the Bennett College Class of 2022! I hope you enjoy reading this edition of The Bennett Voice, which features profiles on student leaders and some insight into what a few of our faculty members did during the summer. There’s also a nice profile on two budding journalists, freshwomen who recently broadcast a football game with Journalism and Media Studies Assistant Professor Tom Lipscomb. I am confident you will enjoy this edition! Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins President Because Aug. 20 is the first day of classes at Bennett, I would be remiss if I didn’t speak directly to students in this address. Young ladies, I hope each of you had an Mason Blacher enjoyable summer and you’re excited about getting the 2018-2019 academic year off Acting Vice President for to a great start! Please begin by getting a good night’s sleep on Sunday. Institutional Advancement Laurie D. Willis New students, you’ve chosen an excellent institution at which to spend the next four Chief Communications and years. Bennett College has outstanding faculty members who will teach you what Marketing Officer you need to know inside and outside the classroom for success. Likewise, we have energetic, hardworking staff who will guide and assist you along your journey. Please Shaakira M. Jones ’11 take advantage of the faculty’s expertise and ask staff for help when you need it. Digital and Social Media Specialist Returning students, we’re glad you are continuing your education at Bennett, and we Aziz Peregrino-Brimah Webmaster trust you’ll help your new Bennett sisters get acclimated to our beautiful campus and to Bennett traditions. Audrey Demps Franklin ’72 Executive Director of Alumnae As president, I can say, unequivocally, that Bennett has some of the finest, brightest Relations and most dedicated students in the country. My hope is that you’ll take full advantage of everything Bennett has to offer – from academic and social clubs to the opportunity Yolande Johnson ’83 to travel abroad. Please do your part by arriving on time for class every day, paying Community Campaigns Coordinator attention in class and spending some time nightly studying or researching and writing Crystal Hall your papers. If you invest the proper amount of time in studying and working on your Executive Administrative Assistant papers and projects, your grades should positively reflect your efforts. to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement Belles, let’s work together to make 2018-2019 a year for the record books! Julie Beard Moreover, please enjoy Advancement Services Analyst reading this edition of The Bennett Voice! Bennett Voice photos taken by Shaakira Jones and Aishia Lassiter Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, CONNECT WITH US! Ph.D. President @BennettCollege Dr. Dawkins with a few student leaders during Welcome FOLLOW DR. DAWKINS ON Week for the Class of 2022 TWITTER! @BennettPrez_PWD SO O S MESSAGE FROM THE ACTING VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Welcome to a new year, and a new Bennett in terms of an exciting class of Freshwomen and the dynamic growth indicated by your increased numbers and great academic records! The Bennett to which Belles have been devoted for nearly a century is alive and well too, as you can see from Andrena Coleman’s historical exhibition in the Wilbur Steele Art Gallery and from traditions that you have experienced during Orientation week, including today’s Casual White Breakfast. You’ll enjoy a Bennett which many have worked hard, and given much, to Mason Blacher, Acting Vice President for ensure a good experience for you. It’s our job in Institutional Advancement Institutional Advancement to strengthen and preserve Bennett College for future generations. We do this by bringing in financial donations from alumnae, parents, friends and others in the community and nationwide who believe in the importance of a single gender college for women of color. (As you know, Bennett is the only such college in the country outside of Spelman in Atlanta, and Greensboro has a special warmth, safety and friendliness you’ll enjoy.) I’ve been honored to serve as Acting Vice President for Institutional Advancement for the last five months, an important time in which the College’s finances have strengthened. Blacher talks with a 2018 graduate about her art pieces at the Blacher speaking at the 2018 Alumnae Weekend’s All Senior Art Gallery Exhibit Bennett Luncehon Blacher discusses giving options with an alumna during the 2018 Blacher ooses with Cyera Bonner ’18 Alumnae Weekend’s Donor Breakfast The Bennett Voice 3 Faculty-Staff Institute AUGUST 7-8, 2018 BENNETT COLLEGE FACULTY OUR 2017-2018 HIRES BENNETT COLLEGE STAFF DR. SANTIBA CAMPBELL HAS A BUSY, PRODUCTIVE SUMMER Dr. Dorothy C. Browne and Dr. Santiba Campbell participate in the Center for Health Equity Research Institute (CHER) at the University of Southern California CHER Institute at California the Humanities to attend a summer the Society for the Psychological State University Long Beach seminar titled, The Bhagavad Gita: Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race, Ancient Poem, Modern Readers at which was held at the University of From June 4-9, Bennett College Yale University July 9-27. Texas Austin. At the Conference, Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Campbell presented a paper with Dr. Santiba Campbell attended the Center During the three-week fellowship, Adrienne Carter-Sowell of Texas for Health Equity Research Institute participants engaged in intensive study A&M University, which is currently (CHER) at California State University of seminal work through literature and under review for the Group Processes Long Beach. art, including the studying of Sanskrit, and Intergroup Relations journal. with tours of various museums on The presentation was titled Defining As part of a group of faculty with high Yale’s campus and in New York. Academic Success and Identifying potential, Campbell was selected to Student Satisfaction from Minority/ conduct community-based, social and Majority Viewpoints. health behavior research to enhance American Psychological health equity among racial and ethnic Association Division 45 Research Faculty Development Funds covered minority populations. Each participant Conference in Austin, Texas Campbell’s travel to Austin. was paired with a faculty mentor July 19-21, Campbell attended the who worked with two individuals. American Psychological Association Dr. Richard Bluthental from the Division 45 Research Conference, University of Southern California served as Campbell’s faculty mentor, and Dr. Erlanger A. Turner from the University of Houston-Downtown was her partnered mentee. Bennett College Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Dorothy C. Browne also participated as a faculty mentor and led a session titled Engaging Ethnic, Sexual and Gender Minorities in Health Disparities Research. NEH Fellowship at Yale University Dr. Santiba Campbell and other participants at the NEH seminar titled The Bhagavad Gita Ancient Poem, Modern Readers Campbell was awarded a fellowship The Bennett Voice 5 through the National Endowment of JMS PROFESSOR TAMARA JEFFRIES ATTENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP RESIDENCY IN NEW YORK amara Jeffries attended the Mind & Life Institute’s TSummer Research Institute in Garrison, New York, in June. The mission of the M&L Institute is to “integrate science with contemplative practice and wisdom traditions,” according to its website. The summer institute is a gathering of scholars from across the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America who are experts in psychology, neuroscience, social science, philosophy, communications, religious studies and other disciplines. This year’s theme was “Engaging Cultural Difference and Human Diversity,” and scholars presented research on subjects including “Communication between Cultures,” “Mindfulness as a Multicultural Tamara Jeffries at the Mind and Life Institute Summer Research Institute with Dr. Nilanjana Experience,” “Social Cognition and Dasgupta, Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Dr. Kamilah Majied, Associate Professor of Social Work at Howard University Dehumanization,” “Contemplative Neuroscience” and others. The campus, discussed the impact of these Leadership Center in Rhinebeck, scholarly presentations were practices on the College’s unique New York. The OWLC, dedicated intentionally interspersed with student community and exchanged to nurturing women’s leadership required periods of contemplative ideas about Bennett research on the and action, offers women leaders practice (yoga, qigong, meditation). topic. the opportunity to spend a week at the Omega Institute giving focused During the Institute, Jeffries shared Later in June, Jeffries participated in attention to study, research and information about the yoga and Juno Women’s Leadership Residency, writing. mindfulness programs on Bennett’s a program of the Omega Women’s Also during the summer, Jeffries took (and passed!) a Human Anatomy class under the excellent instruction of Dr. Michael Cotton. After course completion, Jeffries immediately used her enhanced knowledge of body systems to inform her teaching in the summer session of yoga, welcoming 16 enthusiastic new Belles to the benefits of yoga to balance their new academic life. The cost of the Summer Research Tamara
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