Friends of The Red & Black February 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to our monthly newsletter, which provides updates on The Red & Black's programs, student success, and organizational progress.
Meet The Red & Black's New Board Members!
The Red & Black is pleased to announce that five new members have joined the board of directors for the 2025 cohort. The five incoming board members are Adrion Bell, Andrew DeMillo, Laurie Murrah-Hanson, Robbie Ottley and Mark Schlabach.
The volunteer board sets the annual budget and overall strategy for the organization. Members represent a variety of media organizations, corporations and nonprofits including ESPN, Cox Enterprises, the Greater Baltimore Committee and Capital One. In addition to industry veterans, the board includes student leaders of The Red & Black, representing the student-first mission of the organization.
Jesse Wood
Jesse Wood, a senior journalism major from Monroe, Georgia, is The Red & Black’s spring 2025 managing editor. Wood has been at The Red & Black since her sophomore year and has served on multiple desks with a focus on food and culture coverage. She hopes to encourage positivity and inclusivity during her time as managing editor.
Anna Logan
When Anna Logan graduated, she never expected her future career would involve posing a duck for a kitchen shoot or outsmarting the weather to capture the perfect snowy home cover. As the senior homes and style editor at Country Living magazine, Logan has found herself in unlikely settings — yet, her appreciation for creativity and the little details has remained constant across her design and decor stories. Logan got her start at The Red & Black and Ampersand Magazine as a staff writer and editor.
Happy Valentine's Day from The Red & Black
We're starting off this month of love with a new campaign to "Show Your Love" for The Red & Black! We want to hear about your time here and what made it special — post your favorite throwback picture and tag us @redandblackalumni or email us at [email protected]. We'll be resharing pictures throughout the month, all leading up to a very special video we are releasing soon...
Share your photos with us now!
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Tickets now available for the Spring 2025 Red & Black Banquet
Please plan to join us for our annual Spring Banquet on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at The Chapel Athens from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Our biggest event of the year, the Spring Banquet is an event where our mission is at the centerpiece. Not only will you be able to connect with staff, board members and fellow friends and alumni, you will be connecting with our current student student cohort — many of whom will be recognized for their leadership and scholarship that evening.?
General admission tickets are now available for $75 and include a meal, two drink tickets and access to a silent auction featuring special collection items from The Red & Black and the Athens community. The proceeds from your ticket funds our student stipends.?
Interested in sponsoring a table at the banquet? Please reach out to [email protected].
Sign up for the 2025 Red & Black Mentorship Program
We are excited to announce that alumni and student applications for The Red & Black’s 2025 Mentorship Program are now open!
Our annual alumni mentorship program allows alums and students to learn from each other's experiences and skills. We call this a mutual mentorship. Students will learn from alums and grow their networks — and at the same time, they will fill alums in about their experiences as a university student today and how The Red & Black might have changed.
If you want to sign up, complete the form linked above.?The deadline to sign up is February 14. From there, we will pair a student with an alum! The mentorship program runs through the end of the calendar year (or you can extend if you both choose to).
If you have questions, email us at?[email protected].
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Our Contact Information
The Red & Black
540 Baxter Street
Athens, GA 30605
706-433-3009