Tuskegee University News August 24, 2018 First-of-its-kind public workshop to focus on historic campus preservation Proper preservation of Tuskegee University's iconic buildings will be the subject of a two-day, hands-on preservation workshop scheduled for Aug. 24 and 25 on campus. This first-of-its-kind development workshop is intended to teach students, university officials, community members and preservationists valuable skills in architectural and construction restoration and conservation. The Historic Preservation Workshop will be hosted by the Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Preservation Trades Network, and Alabama Historical Commission. "Tuskegee is the ideal campus for hands-on demonstration of preservation techniques because our status as a national historic site and our partnership with the National Park Service," said Kwesi Daniels, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, head of the university's Department of Architecture. "Additionally, we are an institution built upon Dr. Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy of 'learning to do by doing.'" Participants working on the school's historic buildings will have an opportunity to directly connect to and continue the legacy of Tuskegee University's architects and builders, while acquiring advanced preservation trade skills that make them competitive in their professional career paths. Many of the campus' oldest buildings were designed by the school's namesake, Robert R. Taylor, and constructed by Tuskegee students more than a century ago. Taylor himself was the nation's first accredited African-American architect, the first African-American architecture graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tuskegee's first director of Mechanical Industries in 1901. Daniels looks to the workshop as being a building block for the university's future preservation efforts. "Our long-term goal is to start a historic preservation program at Tuskegee, which will teach students how to address those needs on our campus and throughout the state and nation," Daniels said. Funded in part by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Historic Preservation Workshop highlights the nationally significant contributions of Tuskegee University, the only historically black college and university (HBCU) campus to be designated a National Historic Site by the National Park Service. "We're excited to contribute to raising awareness of the cultural legacy of Tuskegee University and allowing students to engage with the important work that happens when theory meets practice in historic preservation," said Monica Rhodes, director of the National Trust's Hands-On Preservation Experience (HOPE Crew) program. "As part of the National Trust's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund campaign, we look forward to continue helping HBCUs amplify the often-overlooked stories of African-American achievement and inspiring future professionals to advocate for places that tell the full American story." The workshop schedule begins at 8 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday, and continue each day through dinner those evenings. Seminars, hands-on workshops and discussions will explore topics that include photogrammetry (photography and drone technology); documentation workflow; window restoration; brick repointing; and laser scanning. Registration for all participants is free, and participants can register online<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-preservation-workshop-tickets-48353654081>. All workshop events will be held in the various Willcox Buildings on the Tuskegee campus. A full schedule is available for download<http://tuskegee.edu/Content/Uploads/Tuskegee/files/News/2018.08%20Historic%20Preservation%20Workshop%20Agenda.pdf>. 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. The 8th HBCU Library Alliance Membership Meeting is scheduled at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library (GA) on Sunday through Tuesday, October 7-9. Click here<http://www.hbculibraries.org/meeting-2018-info.html> for registration and session details. 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/