Johnson C. Smith State University News July 3, 2012 Dean of JSU College of Education chosen for exclusive conference Daniel Watkins, dean of the Jackson State University College of Education and Human Development has been chosen to participate in the Rutgers Graduate School of Education HBCU College of Education Dean's Think Tank, July 11-12 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He will participate in a two-day experience designed to create spaces for critical and on-going dialogue to illuminate important issues in the P-20 spectrum. In an effort to uphold the mission of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Chair in Education, which is Promoting Potential Through Partnership, Think Tank members will engage in discussions about social justice issues and will be led by facilitators from Temple University, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and Ohio State University. 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 404-520-0593 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/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.