Shining A Different Kind of Light
A quaint Black-owned tea shop anchors the up-and-coming Southside neighborhood By: BRIANA BARNER “Excuse me a second,” says Kimberly Bailey, the owner of KimBee’s, a gourmet tea shop located in Greensboro’s Southside neighborhood, “I have to blow up balloons.” The balloons, a bouquet of brown, yellow and clear ones, are for a client. KimBee’s is [...]
The Chronicles of a Transfer Student
Transfer student Evette Dionne recounts her not-so-easy transition into becoming a Belle By: EVETTE DIONNE Living a joyous reality at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) with ignorance towards the existence of Bennett College for Women, one coincidental moment on July 22nd, 2008 forever changed the course of my life. While casually browsing CNN’s “Black [...]
The Belle that Sings
Student singer prepares for a career in music By: AJOYA LONG Margaret Gregory, a senior Public Relations major, expresses a passion many may not know- singing. “I do it with a happy heart”, says Gregory. She started singing in the church and continued throughout high school. She is now a part of the Bennett College [...]
Touched by a Dream
55-year-old Freshwoman Beats Out Cancer By: AJOYA LONG While sitting in church on a Sunday evening in 2005, Patricia Alexander felt a sudden pain in her chest. Worried, Patricia decided to go see a doctor. The following Tuesday at the hospital, she was told she had cancer. “At that moment I knew that I wanted to [...]
Rev. on Sunday, Prof. on Monday
By ABINA JOHNSON The next time you need spiritual counseling, talk to your professor. Odds are he or she is a minister. A disproportionate number of Bennett college faculty and staff members are also preachers and pastors. The most well-known minister on campus is the college chaplain, Rev. Natalie McLean, Ph.D. For the past seven [...]
Global Citizens
By SHANAY BROWN with reporting by LAUREN WATERS Bennett College is going global with new international students and faculty. In addition to international students from Russia, the college welcomes faculty members from Turkey, Morocco and North and West Africa. Aisula Utesheva is a student from West Kazakhstan, a small country in central Asia. The Global Undergraduate [...]