BET News Documents Spelman Students' Humanitarian Efforts in New Special 'Spring Break Diaries'

BET News Documents Spelman Students' Humanitarian Efforts in New Special 'Spring Break Diaries'

19 Students. 9 Days. 2 Cultures. 1 Life-changing experience Premieres Sunday, April 13 at 11AM*

NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of the premiere of BET's annual spring break special, SPRING BLING, BET NEWS partners with Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia for SPRING BREAK DIARIES. Providing viewers with an alternate look on how some college students choose to spend their spring break, SPRING BREAK DIARIES is a half hour documentary style special that follows a group of 19 students from Atlanta's Spelman and Morehouse Colleges on a life-changing trip to Senegal in West Africa. During the expedition the 17 female and two male students set out on a nine day mission to build a school library in the rural Ndoffane village while lodging with local families and experiencing the true Senegalese culture. Dealing with conditions like extreme heat, massive cultural differences, language barriers, and the lack of indoor plumbing-this unique special captures the students' entire journey from take off in Atlanta to their teary goodbyes in Senegal. SPRING BREAK DIARIES premieres on Sunday, April 13 at 11AM* on BET.

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ABOUT SPELMAN COLLEGE

Founded in 1881, Spelman College is a prestigious, highly selective, liberal arts college that prepares women to change the world. Located in Atlanta, Ga., this historically black college boasts a 79 percent graduation rate, and outstanding alumnae such as Children's Defense Fund Founder Marian Wright Edelman; former U.S. Foreign Service Director General Ruth Davis, authors Tina McElroy Ansa and Pearl Cleage; and actress LaTanya Richardson. More than 83 percent of the full-time faculty members have Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees, and the average faculty to student ratio is 11:1. More than 2,100 students attend Spelman. For more information, visit www.spelman.edu.

About BET Networks

BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of businesses extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks -- BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.

*All times are ET/PT.

Source: BET Networks

CONTACT: Tricia N. Newell, BET Networks, +1-212-975-8230,
tricia.newell@bet.net; Renita Mathis, Spelman College, +1-404-270-5013,
rmathis@spelman.edu

Web site: http://www.bet.com/
http://www.spelman.edu/

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