Howard University News October 16, 2014 Fenwick Appointed to Smithsonian Advisory Board Leslie T. Fenwick, Ph.D., dean of the School of Education, was appointed to the Scholarly Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The committee helps shape the museum's intellectual agenda, exhibition content and programming. "As an educator and HBCU community member, I am honored to serve on the Museum's Scholarly Advisory Committee," said Fenwick who is the only SAC member who is a dean at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). "For generations to come, museum visitors will learn about still untold stories of African-American struggle, uplift and contributions to the nation and the world." The 14-member SAC includes noted civil rights historian Taylor Branch; Dr. Johnetta Cole; Drew S. Days, III; Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon; Dr. Michael Blakely; Dr. Alvia Wardlaw; Dr. Deborah L. Willis; Dr. Clement A. Price; Dr. Richard Powell; Dr. Deborah L. Mack; Rev. Dr. Alfred Moss; Dr. Clement Alexander Price, and Dr. Rex M. Ellis. NMAAHC will open in 2016, adjacent to the Washington Monument as the nation's pre-eminent museum dedicated to reclaiming and sharing African-American history and culture. To learn more, go to: http://www.nmaahc.si.edu/About. 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!