Hampton University News June 26, 2015 Mellon Foundation awards $517,000 to HU School of Liberal Arts The Hampton University School of Liberal Arts has received a $517,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the creation of a Center for Teaching and Learning in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. This Center will be home to projects that are designed to increase student success through exposure to and engagement with the humanities, arts and social sciences. "We are very excited about establishing the HU Center for Teaching and Learning in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences," said Dr. Linda Malone-Colon, dean of the HU School of Liberal Arts. "We look forward to implementing the various programs which are designed to maximize student learning outcomes and develop students who are knowledge producers, innovators and creators of solutions to some of the most pressing societal and global issues." The Center's projects will include the following: Writing Across the Curriculum Program; Academic Enrichment Events Series; the University 101 Program; and the Faculty Development Program. In combination, these projects will enhance the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences experiences of Hampton University undergraduate students, which will be reflected in their greater self-confidence, independence, improved academic performance, and ultimately, student success. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation endeavors to strengthen, promote, and, where necessary, defend the contributions of the humanities and the arts to human flourishing and to the well-being of diverse and democratic societies. To this end, it supports exemplary institutions of higher education and culture as they renew and provide access to an invaluable heritage of ambitious, path-breaking work. 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.