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activities related to safety, security, and criminal justice career opportunities. In addition, students can
obtain bus and train schedules, campus and metro phone directories, the Atlanta University Center
Consortium (AUCC) shuttle schedules, educational booklets, street maps and direction handouts from
our department.
Registrar
Location:
Packard Hall, Room 204
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday
9AM- 5 PM
Phone:
(404) 270-5230
The Registrar is dedicated to providing the best possible services to the Spelman College community.
Our office is responsible for maintaining academic records for all past and current students and
alumnae. We are also responsible for registration, course management, classroom scheduling, grade
posting, commencement certification, degree audits, transfer credit evaluation, athletic eligibility
certification, student data reporting and research, testing and residency. We work very closely with
faculty, staff and students to support the academic mission of the Spelman College.
Shuttle Service
The Woodruff Library
Shuttle Service
transports students between all of the Atlanta University
Center (AUC) institutions and the West End MARTA and Vine City MARTA stations. The shuttle
operates every day that classes are in session during the fall and spring semesters. Routes and
schedules are available in the Public Safety Office and at the Woodruff Library and on the Library’s
website
.
MARTA bus and train schedules are also available in the Public Safety
Office. The Woodruff Library also operates the “Brawley Bounce” pick-up and drop-off service along
the Atlanta University Center Promenade between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Greensferry
Avenue. The Brawley Bounce service operates Sunday – Thursday, 5:00 pm – 12:30 am during the
fall and spring semester.
Sisters Chapel/WISDOM Center
Location:
Bessie Strong Religious/Spiritual & Religious Life Center
Hours of Operation
:
Monday-Friday 9AM – 5PM
Phone:
(404) 270-5729
Sisters Chapel is the center of religious and spiritual life on campus and sponsors a myriad of
programs, events and services for spiritual growth, faith formation and leadership development. It
WISDOM (Women in Spiritual Discernment of Ministry) Center is the educational and program
infrastructure that helps to support the Spelman College mission. The chapel must be reserved along
with the multipurpose room located in the lower level of the Chapel. The multipurpose room is open
for campus-wide use including individual and group prayer Monday – Friday, from 9:00 AM – 5:00
PM.
WISDOM Center
The purpose of the WISDOM Center is to provide a safe space where students can reflect and
critically examine what it means for women of African descent to be called by God and live out their
faith. In community and sisterhood, The WISDOM Center’s Residential Scholars live together and are
encouraged through readings and small group reflection to think deeply about the intersection
between academic pursuits, spirituality, career choice and leadership. The WISDOM Center’s
residential and vocational programs allow students to pursue questions of meaning, purpose and
social justice while deconstructing stereotypes and myths about Black womanhood.
Sunday Worship Services
The Dean of the Chapel, in collaboration with Chapel Assistants offer a weekly Sunday worship held
in Sisters Chapel at 11:00 a.m. A dynamic group of Chapel Assistants and Arts Ministry leaders
including praise singers, spoken word artists, musicians, mime, African and Liturgical dancers support
worship services. Sermons inspire students to better understand God’s purpose for their life, grow
spiritually, overcome challenges, and reflect on issues of leadership, relationship and young
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