The Chronicle of Higher Education September 12, 2010 Obama Declares Week to Honor Historically Black Colleges and Universities The coming week will be filled with White House-sponsored events to raise awareness of and support the efforts of the nation's 105 historically black colleges, so it only makes sense that President Obama has declared the week as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.<http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/09/10/presidential-proclamation-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-w> The week's events are part of a conference<http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-confwshop.html> organized by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities<http://www.ed.gov/blog/2010/03/president-renews-white-house-initiative-on-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/> and will feature, for example, discussions of ways institutions can strengthen their fund raising and corporate partnerships. The president's domestic-policy adviser is scheduled to speak on Monday morning, and a press announcement says President Obama is invited but not confirmed. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and other key officials are also scheduled to speak at the conference, as are the presidents of several black colleges and other experts on minority-serving institutions. 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 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/meeting-form.html for the October 24-26, 2010 HBCU Library Alliance 4th Membership Meeting and the "Conference on Advocacy" pre-conference in Montgomery, AL. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.