Xavier University News April 2014 IBCS Receives President's Volunteer Service Award New Orleans LA - The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has awarded the Xavier University of Louisiana Institute for Black Catholic Studies (IBCS) a 2014 United States President's Volunteer Service in recognition of its commitment to strengthening the nation through volunteer service. The award, whose stated three-fold purpose is to recognize and honor volunteers as a way of setting a standard for service, to encourage a sustained commitment to civic participation, and to inspire other to make service a central part of their lives, was originally established in 2003 by President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. Today the award program is administered as a CNCS initiative. The IBCS, established in 1979 to help sustain and support the pastoral and intellectual needs of Black Catholics throughout the United States, offers a Master's degree in Pastoral Theology and continuing education units in Catechesis, leadership and youth/young adult ministry. 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!