HBCU Digest February 3, 2015 Hampton, NC A&T Named to National Engineering Education Consortium By Jarrett Carter Hampton University and North Carolina A&T State University were last month named to the 'Pathways to Innovation' consortium<http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/HU-selected-for-Pathways-to-Innovation-Program-by-the-NSF--funded-National-Center>, a 15-member institutional consortium charged with analyzing and creating new methods of undergraduate research and education in engineering. The two-year program, funded by the National Science Foundation, will bring faculty and executives from schools around the country to develop entrepreneurial approaches to engineering education.<http://epicenter.stanford.edu/page/pathways-to-innovation> The network will review and produce best practices in how to produce a new generation of engineers, ready to create globally demanded products and concepts. "This program fits well with Hampton University's commitment to educating our students' minds, hearts and hands," said Hampton University President, Dr. William R. Harvey. "It is not enough to teach theory; we emphasize active practice as well so that our students will be leaders in their disciplines." 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.