After getting a call from outward-bound president Beverly Daniel Tatum to visit campus last year “out of the blue” Dr. Campbell says that she was wowed by her experience: “This is an extraordinary campus… I don’t think I ever been on a campus that had this much energy and passion on it,” she said and filed away, returning back to work on her book, a biography on the artist Romare Bearden. The rest is history. “Spelman College could not have made a more outstanding choice than Mary Schmidt Campbell to be its next president,” said John Sexton, President of New York University. Dr. Campbell, who boasts several years of rebuilding and growing and creating capital for organizations that support people of color, is tasked to continue Spelman’s mission to educate and train its students into global leaders of today. “…my background and my experience actually might be a perfect fit for Spelman at this particular time in its history,” said Dr. Campbell.
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