Tuskegee University News March 22, 2012 Former Dillard University President Marvalene Hughes to speak during Founder's Day Marvalene Hughes, the sixth and first female president of Dillard University in New Orleans will serve as the keynote speaker during Tuskegee University's 95th Annual Founder's Day Convocation on Sunday, April 1. The convocation will be held in the University Chapel at 9:30 a.m. Hughes began her tenure at Dillard in 2005 and retired in 2011. During her six years of leadership, she helped to guide the university through post-Hurricane Katrina campus rebuilding and remodeling efforts. The historic 55-acre campus sustained more than $400 million in damage. Under Hughes' leadership, Dillard also opened a new state-of-the-art Professional Schools and Sciences Building, and its first student union. Prior to her time at Dillard, Hughes served as the president of California State University Stanislaus for 11 years, where she was credited with increasing enrollment by 40 percent, fundraising by 416 percent and capital construction by 41 percent. Hughes has a Ph.D. in administration and counseling from Florida State University. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Tuskegee University. She has been the recipient of several honorary degrees, including the Doctor of Humane Letters from Tuskegee University. 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.