Tuskegee University News September 29, 2014 Partnership continues to help improve science and math achievement in Alabama With a mission of making Alabama education better, the Annual Math and Science Partnership Conference hosted students and teachers from across the state. The MSP conference focused on promoting innovative initiatives to prepare Alabama K-12 science teachers and to help raise the science and math achievement of middle school students in the Black Belt region. Alabama State University, Auburn University, Tuskegee University and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa along with five Alabama community colleges are joint recipients of a National Science Foundation grant to fund a five-year program to teach nano-bio science and math to students in 10 school districts in the Black Belt region. Tuskegee is the lead institution. The conference was held Sept. 26-27 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!