North Jersey Bennett College Alumnae Association

Sydney Meeks: The NAA leadership for 2023-2025 are excited to begin our work in leading and engaging Alumnae. In order to complete this goal we need a full executive committee and board. There are seven vacant positions that President-Elect, Sydney Meeks would like to fill:

2nd Vice President

Recording Secretary

Parliamentarian

Carolinas Regional Coordinator

Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator

Midwest Regional Coordinator

Pacific/International Regional Coordinator

If you are interested, please email [email protected].

To view requirements, roles, and duties please view the link below!

BCNAA Officer Vacancies 2nd Vice President: The candidates for 2nd Vice President shall have been a Bennett College graduate no more than seven (7) years prior to nomination. (Article VII. Section 2 of Constitution)

💙🔔We are excited and proud to announce the North Jersey Bennett College Alumnae Association 2023-2025 Leadership Team!

We thank all the wonderful outgoing officers for their service and look forward to a successful term with our new officers. Please join us in wishing everyone well! 💙

The Belles Creed:
Because I am woman, Strength, wisdom, and compassion are my gifts.
Because of my faith, I have the courage to move mountains.
Because I am a Phenomenal Bennett Belle, I am a leader prepared to shape the future.
Whatever I can envision, I can achieve.

Just 4 Days Left to Secure Your Seat for Alumnae Weekend 2023!

In 2023, we honor our long tradition of excellence and opportunity. As Bennett alumnae, we mark our 150th anniversary with a sesquicentennial celebration. We’re so excited to welcome you back home to Greensboro this May to celebrate Alumnae Weekend. Reunion is the perfect time to remember, reconnect, and rejoice with your Bennett sisters. All alumnae are invited to join us while classes ending with 3s or 8s will celebrate a special class reunion. Over the decades, we have seen many changes, but our sisterhood remains the same.

Regular Registration is due on or before May 1, 2023. After May 1, 2023 individual tickets are available on a first come/first served basis, NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION!

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Bennett College National Alumnae Association presents Alumnae Week 2023 Come and join the sisterhood and celebrate our awesome network.

Attention NJ Belles! Happening Sunday, April 16th at 2:30 pm.

Bennett Sisters, Save-The-Date! We look forward to your participation!

NJ Bennett Belles having dinner on a Saturday night. These belles have a bonus sisterhood because they graduated from the same school in NJ… Montclair High School!😊🔔💙

In 2023, we honor our long tradition of excellence and opportunity. As Bennett alumnae, we mark our 150th anniversary with a sesquicentennial celebration. We’re so excited to welcome you back home to Greensboro this May to celebrate Alumnae Weekend. Reunion is the perfect time to remember, reconnect, and rejoice with your Bennett sisters. All alumnae are invited to join us while classes ending with 3s or 8s will celebrate a special class reunion. Over the decades, we have seen many changes, but our sisterhood remains the same.

https://bcnaa.org/alumnae-weekend/

ATTENTION NJ BELLES: The deadline to pay your dues so that you can either run for office or vote in the election is March 15, 2023. The deadline for receipt of all nominations is March 30, 2023.

Via web: http://bcnaa.org/join/
Via mail: Complete the following form, include it and your payment and send to: BCNAA, P. O. Box 20321, Greensboro, NC 27420 (https://www.bennett.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BCNAA-Membership-Form-Revised-2018.pdf) Please make checks and money orders payable to: Bennett College National Alumnae Association

-For more information, feel free to reach out to our Financial Secretary and Membership Chair, Wendelin Douglas ’91 at [email protected].

-Please contact chair Sandra Johnson, at [email protected] if you have any questions regarding nominations.

Become a BCNAA Member JOIN TODAY! There is an additional 3% + $0.30 fee for all PayPal Payments. You may also download the membership form and send in the completed form and payment to: BCNAA, P. O. Box 20321, Greensbor…

Bennett College National Alumnae Association presents Alumnae Weekend 2023

In 2023, we honor our long tradition of excellence and opportunity. As Bennett alumnae, we mark our 150th anniversary with a sesquicentennial celebration. We’re so excited to welcome you back home to Greensboro this May to celebrate Alumnae Weekend. Reunion is the perfect time to remember, reconnect, and rejoice with your Bennett sisters.

All alumnae are invited to join us while classes ending with 3s or 8s will celebrate a special class reunion. Over the decades, we have seen many changes, but our sisterhood remains the strong!💙🔔🙏🏾

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Alumnae Weekend Visit the post for more.

What a perfect way to close out Black History Month and kick off Women's History Month was listening to Belle Malika Yansen Class of 2017 speak on a HBCU panel at Shiloh Baptist Church in Plainfield, NJ. Those Bennett Belles... Beauty, Brains, Boldness & Beloved! 🔔💙🤗

The women of the North Jersey Bennett College Alumnae Association send our love and condolences to our sister Zelma Crump
on the passing of her beloved father, Rev. Dr. Lloyd Preston Terrell. Our prayers are with her and her family during this most difficult time.🙏🏾💙🔔🕊️

Yesterday I took my nieces and younger cousins to the HBCU Legacy Classic in NJ. Check out a few of our moments and the t-shirts they made themselves!😉💙🔔

TODAY November 8, 2022 is a big day - it’s the Bennett College annual Day of Giving AND it’s Election Day!

Our is your opportunity to join our 24 hours of giving that will impact the lives of students and our college for years to come. What A Difference A Day Makes: A Day of Giving and Voting!

At Bennett College, each student is a woman we invest in and support in ways that allow her to grow into the woman she is destined to become. Your support is a big part of that!

Listed below are listed below. You can also scan the QR code or click link for ways to donate. Thank you in advance for your support!

WAYS TO GIVE:

-https://fundraise.givesmart.com/form/8K3Ovw?vid=vgrp2

-ONLINE: WWW.BENNETT.EDU/DAYOFGIVING

-BY PHONE: DEBORAH LOVE AT 336-517-2247

-IN PERSON: BETWEEN 10:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. AT THE GLOBAL LEARNING CENTER ON CAMPUS

Good Morning Belles,

Please join the NAA Tonight.NAA Restructuring Committee Focus Group Sessions (Defining the Mission and Purpose of Our NAA) and share with other Bennett sisters. You do not have to be financially, active to participate! Have a blessed day!

Meeting Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrc--qpz4uH9GEPNNSxvEbaeShttKcoyL0

ATTENTION BENNETT BELLES: Save-The-Date and check your email for additional information. 💙🔔💙🔔

Wishing this lovely NJ Bennett College Zeta Xi 2021 Graduate the very best! Ashley is the recent SGA President, social work major and entrepreneurship minor. She is absolutely delightful, genuine, resilient, focus and compassionate... a true Bennett Belle! Prayers for continue favor as she goes off to graduate school and persist to soar. If you haven’t, check out her recent interview for Watch The Yard: https://www.watchtheyard.com/leadership-highlight/ashley-robinson-sga-president-of-bennett-college/?fbclid=IwAR1Dkh67Mg5uQTjp_5eyVgChGjY60NZB1RbiJ0fAiHWkQyXCZ2nLi6_oh3I

🔔💙🤍💗💚💪🏾 👩‍🎓

North Jersey Belles Virtual Alumnae Week is Finally Here!!! Yassss!!! In Bennett tradition, we are starting the week off with Belle Worship Service tomorrow, Sunday, May 2nd. Please see flyer for more details.

Happy First Day of Spring! Ticket sells end today at 2:00pm! You still have time to purchase a ticket to attend or donate! Thank you to the 2021 National Alumnae Association Candidates: Carlinda Purcell, Konica Haynes and Yardley Hunter for your support!💙🔔

For more details, please see flyer. Click link below for tickets.

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Final call to get your tickets & join us for an afternoon of inspiration, entertainment & fun. For more details, please see flyer. Click link below for tickets:l

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Last week to grab those tickets & get ready for an afternoon of inspiration, entertainment & fun!!!

Please see flyer for more details. Click link below for tickets:

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We are BOLD! We are BRILLIANT! We are BOUNDLESS! Happy International Women's Day 2021 Bennett Belles! BCNJAA celebrate all our Beautiful sisters!💙🔔👑

Inspiration, entertainment & fun!!! Join the North Jersey Bennett College National Alumnae Association on March 21st for our “Pushing Forward with Resilience” Virtual White Affair.

Please see flyer for more details. Click link below for tickets:

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Happy Blessed 100 Birth Anniversary to Diamond Bennett Belle Sister, Vashti Joyner! What a blessing! Your sisters in New Jersey honor you!!! 💙🤍🔔🎁🙏🏾🎉🎂🥳🎀🎊 👑 👸🏽

The HBCU-New Jersey Community Day of Service initiatives continues virtually on Saturday, February 6, 2021! Please make a donation today as we support the operations of the Community Food Bank of Hillside, NJ and our neighbors in need! We want to travel the extra mile during these unprecedented times in blessing others! Click the link below and thank you in advance for your generous donations!

https://give.cfbnj.org/fundraiser/3047567

Fundraising for Community FoodBank of New Jersey Neighbors Helping Neighbors

REMINDER: Chapter meeting tomorrow at 7 pm via Zoom. Please check your email for details. See you soon!

The NJ Belles had a great time at December chapter meeting. We handled the business then enjoyed sisterly fun at the “Holiday Sip 'n' Chat & Secret Santa Reveal”! The Bennett Belles of BCNJAA wishes everyone a safe, blessed and happy holiday season!💙🔔🙏🏾

https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/an-exciting-moment-bennett-college-finds-a-new-accreditor-after-two-years/article_467e4d1e-34ae-11eb-9552-1f5eb4c218d9.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share

'An exciting moment': Bennett College finds a new accreditor after two years GREENSBORO — After nearly two years of uncertainty, Bennett College has a new accreditor.