North Carolina Central University News March 28, 2017 NCCU Professor Named Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow Abdul K. Mohammed, Ph.D., professor in North Carolina Central University<http://www.nccu.edu/>'s (NCCU) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<http://www.nccu.edu/academics/sc/artsandsciences/chemistry>, was named a fellow of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program<http://www.iie.org/Programs/Carnegie-African-Diaspora-Fellows-Program/>. Mohammed was one of 69 nationwide chosen to travel to Africa to collaborate on curriculum co-development, research, graduate teaching, training, grant wining and mentoring activities. He will work with Federal University of Technology in Minna, Nigeria on several topics including collaborative curriculum co-development, mentorship and training in active learning and computational chemistry and collaborative research in analytical/environmental chemistry and chemometrics. During his visit, Dr. Mohammed will be involved in curriculum co-development mentorship and training in student centered active learning; including the introduction of molecular modeling, chemometrics and computational chemistry into the chemistry curriculum. Mohammed is currently working with the group for the 2016 co-hort on projects including agroforestry, e-learning modules for nursing, ethnomusicology and military mental health. Now in its fourth year, the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program has helped 239 African-born scholars living and working in the U.S. connect with peers at universities throughout Africa. The program is designed to build capacity at the host institutions in Africa, and to develop long-term, mutually-beneficial partnerships between the universities. The Fellowships are funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and managed by the Institute of International Education. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/