Morgan State University News April 3, 2012 Morgan Hosts Regional Emergency Management Training Morgan today opened FEMA's (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) to provide Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Higher Education. Seven college emergency management teams will meet for three days to discuss and develop emergency management best practices and processes for colleges and universities. Teams from Bowie State University, Tufts University, University of Maryland College Park, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Goucher University, University of Baltimore and Morgan State University will participate in the training, funded by a grant awarded to the Morgan's Department of Police and Public Safety. EMI is the emergency management community's flagship training institution, and provides training to Federal, State, local, tribal, volunteer, public, and private sector officials to strengthen emergency management core competencies for professional, career-long training. 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 404-520-0593 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street 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/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.