Savannah State University News
                    March 13, 2014

Savannah State University News March 13, 2014 Urban planning conference is April 16 The Master of Science in Urban Studies and Planning program at Savannah State University (SSU) will host its annual urban planning conference from 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in the new Student Union. The theme of the conference, which is supported by the Adler Family Foundation Inc., is "Resilience Planning for Historic and Vulnerable Communities." The conference will provide participants with a comprehensive description of how historic and vulnerable communities can become resilient communities that are better prepared to recover from disasters and disruptions in a sustainable way while maintaining a decent quality of life for all. The three tracks include historic buildings and collections, community resilience and resilience planning. Planners, emergency management experts, public administrators, college professors and preservationists will present lectures at the conference, which will be divided into four sessions. The morning sessions will focus on identifying potential disaster impacts on historic building and collections, the resiliency of SSU historic buildings, history of resilient communities, heritage preservation, demographics of vulnerability to disasters and resiliency for services. Lecture topics during the afternoon sessions include preservation and recovery of buildings in Savannah's historic district, campus preparedness, building a culture of preparedness, reinvestment and restoration, resilience planning at the neighborhood level and climate resiliency for coastal communities. The plenary session, which begins at 9 a.m., will include two award presentations: the Urban Planning Award for Structural Resilience and the Urban Planning Award for Community Resilience. The conference is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. For a full conference schedule, list of presenters and online registration, visit http://www.savannahstate.edu/misc/urban-planning-conference/ For additional information contact Deden Rukmana, Ph.D., associate professor and coordinator of the Urban Studies and Planning graduate program, at 912-358-3218 or rukmanad@savannahstate.edu. Established in 1890, Savannah State University is the oldest public historically black college or university in Georgia and the oldest institution of higher learning in the city of Savannah. The university's 4,800 students select majors from 26 undergraduate and five graduate programs in three colleges - Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Business Administration and Sciences and Technology - and the School of Teacher Education. 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 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree 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/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!