Tuskegee University News August 23, 2010 University receives over $60,000 from ExxonMobil Foundation TUSKEGEE, Ala. (August 23, 2010) — The ExxonMobil Foundation recently provided Tuskegee University with a grant check in the amount of $62,625. The gift represents the company's three-to-one match of donations made to the University by ExxonMobil employees, retirees and surviving spouses under the Foundation's 2010 Educational Matching Gift Program. ExxonMobil Foundation promotes math and science education throughout the United States by supporting programs that benefit both students and teachers. The company funds math and science programs in response to the nation's growing need to produce more engineers and scientists, and to develop more highly qualified math and science teachers to train the nation's youth. The ExxonMobil Foundation has gifted Tuskegee University with a total of $322,100 from 2005-2010. 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.