Voorhees College News August 29, 2018 Voorhees College receives $500,000 grant for preservation of historic building Voorhees College has recently received a $500,000 grant from the National Park Service. The grant, funded through the Historic Preservation Fund, will be used for the preservation of the Booker T. Washington Hall. The Booker T. Washington Hall, which was built in 1905, is the oldest building on campus and was originally used as a hospital for the Bamberg County area. "It is fitting that funding be provided to preserve such a significant and historic structure as the Booker T. Washington Hall," said President W. Franklin Evans. "This building is the only structure currently on campus that Voorhees' founder, Ms. Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, witnessed seeing." The Booker T. Washington Hall is named after former president of the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), Booker T. Washington, who was the mentor of Ms. Wright. "The funding for Booker T. Washington will serve as the catalyst for a long-term preservation program that will involve our students, faculty, staff and alumni. We are very pleased to have applied for and received funding for this important legacy project," said Menia D. Lee, sponsored research director. Voorhees is one among 18 historically black colleges to receive a National Park Service grant. Voorhees College is one of only three HBCUs to receive this round of funding in South Carolina. For more information, contact Megan Freeman, director of communications, at 803-780-1191 or at mfreeman@voorhees.edu<mailto:mfreeman@voorhees.edu>. 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/