We cordially invite you to participate in the 19th Annual HBCU Faculty Development Network Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida on October 18-20, 2012. With this year's conference theme: "Innovating and Inspiring in a Global World", we invite and challenge our HBCU Faculty Development Network colleagues to work side-by-side to develop newideas and ways of thinking about innovation in teaching and at the same time how to inspire our students to perform to their optimal level of scholarship. For most of our students, the traditional approaches of teaching and learning may be outdated. Although the role and responsibility of the college professor remains the same, the classroom environment, the students,and the tools needed to engender more impactful teaching and learning outcomes have drastically changed. Indeed, when this generation of students comes into the classroom, they seem to expect an environment that mirrors their world. Additionally, because of the exponential growth of knowledge and its availability anywhere and anytime, it has become increasingly difficult for college faculty to facilitate the motivation, and inspire students to learn.