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5 days ago
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Detroit graduate secures 80+ college offers, $1.3M in scholarships
The Brief Harmonie Stewart, Detroit School of Arts graduate, received over 80 college acceptance offers. She says that includes more than $1.3 million in scholarships. For the fall, she's heading off to Alabama A&M. DETROIT (FOX 2) - Many Detroit seniors are graduating with their diplomas in hand, but one graduate is crossing the stage with more than 80 offers from colleges. What they're saying Harmonie Stewart is thrilled to have graduated from Detroit School of Arts and to have received over 80 college acceptance offers. "I didn't expect myself to get into 84. If I was talking to my younger self about it, she would've been like, 'What are you talking about?'" she said. Most of the offers, she says, came with cash, totaling more than $1.3 million in scholarships. "It feels like a big accomplishment. When I first showed everyone my acceptance letters, they were like, 'Yeah, you are who you say you are.' And I'm like, I agree, I am who I say I am," she said. Big picture view DBG manager Dennis Williams Mitchell says Stewart shines academically and in character at DBG, an organization that helps young students and teens succeed in school and life. "Harmonie is phenomenal. She is by far one of the pinnacle students that we have at DBG," he said. Stewart has been there since 6th grade, and Williams-Mitchell says he knew the moment she started applying to schools, she would get in easily. "It started with a friendly competition between one of the alumni who graduated last year," he said. "He got accepted into, I believe, over 50 colleges and received half a million dollars in scholarships." For the fall, she's heading off to Alabama A&M. She can't take all the scholarship money with her, but her hope is that others pick up on her competitive spirit and get accepted to even more colleges. "Yesterday, a student said, 'Oh, I'm so proud of you, and I want to be right where you are today.' I'm like, 'Oh,' and I was just kind of crying about it because I didn't expect to inspire so many people like that," she said. What you can do DBG Detroit says there are 2,000 students on the waiting list. If you'd like to learn more about it, you can tap here.
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28-02-2025
- Entertainment
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City of Detroit arts and culture office to host performing arts summit this weekend
Detroit's City Office of Arts, Culture, and Entrepreneurship (Detroit ACE) will hold its first citywide performing arts summit on Saturday, March 1. The 10 a.m. event is open to the public and will take place at Detroit School of Arts, 123 Selden St. 'While Detroit looks to New York, Austin, Berlin, and Miami for inspiration, those cities are looking right back at us – watching, learning, and admiring,' said Detroit ACE director Rochelle Riley. 'Twelve cities have reached out to Detroit's arts and culture office because they like what they're seeing in Detroit. Now, we need Detroit to love what is happening here. 'We see ourselves as the Motor City, but for over a century, we've been the Music City, too – driving sound, shaping culture, setting the pace. We don't just follow trends; we create them. It's time that Detroit embraces its full power – owning not just what we build, but the music, soul, and energy that move the world.' The event will begin with the Detroit School of Arts Concert Choir's rendition of 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' and feature remarks and presentations from Riley and Detroit arts leaders about the state of the arts in the region and the available future. More: Detroit Public Theatre's 'Confederates' examines struggles of Black women in America More: Detroit Opera's joyful 'Rinaldo' a whimsical, wonderful delight: Review 'Detroit – like other cities are doing – must create a more collaborative strategy to include our creative economy in every overall economy plan,' said Riley. 'No discussion about economic development should happen without the arts sector included, because art is business. Every musician is a small business. Every actor is a small business. Every dancer is a small business. Every filmmaker is a small business. They collaborate to be great. 'It's time that Detroit help our creatives put their businesses above the jobs they have to take to keep their businesses afloat. We want our government, our corporations, our supporters to have the courage to step up and treat our creative workforce like the powerful group of career creators they are. But we also need creators to step up. If we start treating our creative industry like the revenue generator it can be, oh, the places we'll go and the success we'll have.' The summit is free and will be live-streamed on the City of Detroit's Facebook page and YouTube channel. Contact Free Press arts and culture reporter Duante Beddingfield at dbeddingfield@ This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit arts and culture office to host performing arts summit
