Tuskegee University News
February 15, 2011
Lionel Richie visits campus to discuss Foundation plans
Tuskegee University alumnus and music icon Lionel Richie visited the campus on Wednesday, Feb. 9 to meet with President Gilbert L. Rochon to discuss plans for the Lionel Richie Foundation to build a museum bearing Richie's name. The foundation will also establish an internship program and long-distance learning center on the historic campus. Richie revealed these plans at the university's 2010 commencement program via satellite.
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Program Director
HBCU Library Alliance
sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
www.hbculibraries.orghttp://www.hbculibraries.org/
404.592.4820
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.orghttp://www.lyrasis.org/
Honor the ancestors, honor the children.
Tuskegee University News
February 15, 2011
Lionel Richie visits campus to discuss Foundation plans
Tuskegee University alumnus and music icon Lionel Richie visited the campus on Wednesday, Feb. 9 to meet with President Gilbert L. Rochon to discuss plans for the Lionel Richie Foundation to build a museum bearing Richie's name. The foundation will also establish an internship program and long-distance learning center on the historic campus. Richie revealed these plans at the university's 2010 commencement program via satellite.
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Program Director
HBCU Library Alliance
sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/>
404.592.4820
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.
