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Campus Address
350 Spelman Lane, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Telephone: 404-681-3643
Admissions Address
Box 277
350 Spelman Lane
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Telephone: 404-681-3643 Ext. 2188
Toll-free: 800-982-2411
Fax: 404-215-7788
E-mail: admiss@spelman.edu
http://www.spelman.edu
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History
Spelman College (SC) is a four-year, private, female liberal arts institution founded in 1881 as Atlanta Baptist Female Academy by two women commissioned by the Baptist church to provide educational opportunities for newly freed black women. Spelman began in a damp church basement with 11 pupils, mostly women, determined to learn to read the Bible and write well enough to send letters to their families in the North. The academy first offered postsecondary education in 1897. It adopted its present name in 1924.
Two years after its founding, the former barracks and drill grounds used for federal troops after the Civil War were purchased for the school for $15,000. To pay the enormous debt, the black community raised $4000, the Negro Baptists of Georgia raised $3000, and individuals donated $1300, which left an outstanding balance of $6700. John D. Rockefeller was so impressed with the school when he visited that before he left, he paid the outstanding balance, which resulted in a name change to Spelman Seminary, in honor of Rockefeller’s mother-in-law, Harvey Spelman. Several years later, Rockefeller donated $40,000 toward the building of Rockefeller Hall, named in his honor.
Spelman continues to be blessed with friends dedicated to its mission to provide high-quality educational opportunities to black women. Spelman was the recipient of a $20-million gift from entertainer Bill Cosby and his wife Camille to build the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center. The school also receives $37 million from the DeWitt Wallace/Spelman College Fund, which was established by the founder of the Reader’s Digest Association. The College has gained national recognition as a result of such philanthropic gifts and the fact that it was the basis for the fictional black college in the television show “A Different World.”
Despite large-scale development, Spelman has retained its intimate academic atmosphere. In particular, the faculty members place special emphasis on the cultural, social, and personal development of each student and sisterhood and individual discovery is encouraged and stressed.
Spelman’s rich history is evident in the diverse architecture of its campus structures. From historic to state-of-the-art, Spelman’s twenty-seven–building campus is situated on 35 acres. Spelman is an integral part of the Atlanta University Center, a cooperative cluster of six predominately black colleges and universities.
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General Information
Private institution
Year founded: 1881
Religious affiliation: None
Academic calendar: Semester
Undergraduate student body: 2,186
Setting: Urban
Endowment: $244,078,619
Fall 2005 Admissions
Application deadline: February 1
Application fee: $35
Selectivity: More selective
2005-2006 Expenses
Tuition and fees: $15,945
Room/board: $8,455
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