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The weekend includes a leadership dinner at the Sheraton Four Seasons on Friday night and a ceremony recognizing nine people on Saturday at Bennett College. Among the graduates are two Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) employees, including one local worker. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
Panel slams N.C. cops over 79 KKK killings May 26, 2006
The report was released at a ceremony in a campus chapel of the historically black Bennett College for Women, where the commissions archives will be permanently stored. On tables in front of the chapels pews were five peace lilies meant to represent the spirits of the five people killed in the Klan shootings: Sandra Smith, Cesar Cauce, Dr. James Waller, Dr. Michael Nathan and William Sampson. (MSNBC -- Race)
Private commission issues report on 1979 killing of 5 activists May 26, 2006
Greensboro also is also home to a pair of well-known historically black institutions, North Carolina A&T State University and Bennett College for Women. Thursday's ceremony was held at a chapel on the Bennett campus, where the commission's archives are to be stored. (Herald Sun)
Gag order sought in lacrosse case May 25, 2006
Monica A. Coleman, director of womanist and religious studies at Bennett College in Greensboro, told the gathering that sexual assault is underreported because of society's skepticism and intimidation of its victims, both subtly and not-so-subtly. "Rarely do people say, 'I don't believe you,' " Coleman said. (Herald Sun)
Yesterday's commencement May 8, 2006
SPEAKERS: Leslie Allen, former professional women's tennis player; Johnetta B. Cole, president, Bennett College for Women; Emily Kernan Rafferty, president, Metropolitan Museum of Art. HONORARY DEGREES: Leslie Allen, Johnetta B. Cole, Emily Kernan Rafferty. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Greensboro firm wins contract for A&T annual campaign May 3, 2006
Other N.C. clients include Bennett College, the N.C. State University Annual Fund and the Wolfpack Club, N.C. State's athletics booster club. Related Industry stories. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
Final report of Klan shootings commission to be issued May 25 Apr 26, 2006
The event is to be held in a chapel at Bennett College for Women, where the archives compiled by the commission during its nearly two years of work will be housed. Five people -- Sandi Smith, Cesar Cauce, Jim Waller, Bill Sampson and Mike Nathan -- were killed Nov. 3, 1979, when Klan and Nazi members opened fire on people gathering for a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro. (Herald Sun)
What's Next? Cheerleaders in Burkhas? Apr 21, 2006
Abdul-Haqq recalls trying to join a sorority at Bennett College in Greensboro and fearing she might be required to dress immodestly while pledging. "I don't wear short sleeves," she says. (Ocnus.net)
Religiously founded colleges ponder their religious ties Jan 15, 2006
Bennett College, Methodist. Elon University, what is now United Church of Christ. (Herald Sun)
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