Baptist Hospital

Baptist Hospital is one of the largest employers in the city. Baptist has provided meeting rooms for seminars for teachers and students during in service training. They print a professionally produced high quality newsletter monthly that is distributed to parents. The Gladys Stringfield Owen Education Center is used for the athletic, senior, and academic banquets. MLK students have the opportunity to serve as mentors at Baptist. Baptist Hospital was selected as one of four schools to receive the Mayor's Award for an outstanding partnership with MLK at the 2006 Spring Celebration for Pencil Partnerships.

Baptist Hospital
2000 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37236
Contact: Ms. Nicole Bates (interim)
nicole.bates@baptisthospital.com

Fisk University

From its founding in 1866 as a liberal arts intuition committed to educating newly freed slaves, Fisk University has been one of America's outstanding universities. It is home of the Jubilee Singers and artists and thinkers such as W.E.B DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, Aaron Douglas, John Hope Franklin, and Nikki Giovanni. Arnold Burger is the liaison between Fisk University and MLK.

Meharry Medical College

Meharry Medical College is the nation's largest, private independent historically black institution dedicated solely to educating health science professionals. Since its founding in 1876, it has been a leading educator of African American physicians, dentists, and biomedical scientists. The Meharry-State Farm Alliance was formed to meet the challenge of increasing seat belt use among all Americans with a particular emphasis on getting the message to youth between the ages of 16 and 24 to Buckle Up--the message is seat belts save lives. MLK students researched and learned about the issues in primary legislation surrounding seat belts. They conducted observations of seat belt use in September and May, held a special assembly about seat belts, did a school-wide survey, and appeared on a Meharry Health Waves radio program on the Fisk radio station. Irwin Goldzweig is the liaison between the college and school. Dr. John Maupin is the college president.

Outback Steakhouse/West End
 
Outback is a national franchise, and our partner is the one located on West End Avenue.  They have worked with the school to provide incentives for students and teachers.  They provided food during the basketball tournaments hosted by MLK and for the Homecoming reception.  They also opened the restaurant for the Homecoming students and parents to have a special celebration.  They have provided incentives for Hoops for Heart and other activities at the school.  Outback Steakhouse is committed to giving back to the community.  Jeff Wilson is the manager.

SiteMason.com

SiteMason.com is composed of several graduates from Martin Luther King Academic Magnet High School.  The owner is Timothy Moses.  They have a lab at MLK, Monsterlabs, which is utilized by the engineering students.  Other subgroups with the company are Moses.com and Monsterlabs.com.  Because of their active participation, they became an official partner on Thursday, September 30, 2004.

Monster Labs, Inc.
110 30th Avenue North, Suite 5
Nashville, TN 37203
Contact: Mr. Tim Moses
615-301-2600

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. is a full-service engineering firm headquartered in Nashville with other offices in Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Memphis, Sarasota, Tampa, Chicago, and Fort Lauderdale. Founded in 1968, SSR has a workforce of 355 employees who provide services in the areas of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design in buildings. SSR also provided civil engineering services such as water and wastewater system design, building structure design, and site design. A new area of emphasis is building commissioning where we provide design service in the areas of higher education and in sports venues. We most recently provided design services and helped obtain donated materials and service for the MLK lobby renovation. SSR’s workforce of engineering and technical staff provide a great resource for the students who have an interest in learning more about what a career in the engineering filed would be like.

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
2995 Sidco Drive
Nashville, TN 37204
Contact: Mr. Dan  Ryan
615-460-0536
dryan@ssr-inc.com

Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE)

The Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers is proud to be a pencil partner with MLK. The TSPE is a state chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers whose purpose is to promote the ethical practice of engineering and to promote engineering licensure. Much like doctors and lawyers, engineers must be licensed to legally practice engineering. Our work with student programs help encourage American students to pursue postsecondary education in the technical sciences for careers like engineering. Over the last generation, American students seeking careers in the technical sciences have decreased while the universal demand for these skills has increased. Much of the world's engineering and related technical professionals are coming from Asia and Europe. Although our world has become unified in many ways, it is important to develop domestic knowledge and ability in all careers including the technical sciences. The Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers and MLK is an obvious partnering relationship toward this goal!

TN Society of Professional Engineers
Littlejohn Engineering Associates
1935 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
Contact: Mr. Tom Davis
615-385-4144
tdavis@leainc.com

TSU, Biology Department

Tennessee State University, an 1890 land grant institution, is a major urban and comprehensive university. TSU’s history distinctively shapes it’s instructional, research, and public service programs. The university promotes positive and life-long learning, scholarly inquiry, and commitment to the service of others. The present TSU exists as a result of the merger of the former Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee at Nashville on July 1, 1979. Dr. Terrance Johnson is the dean of the Biology Department. They work with students during the science fair and on other collaborative waves to enhance the learning of MLK students. Dr. Melvin Johnson is the college president.

TSU, Department of Biology
PO Box 9536
Nashville, TN 37209
Contact: Dr. Terrance Johnson
615-963-5748
tjohnston@tnstate.edu

Vanderbilt Pharmacology Department

The department is led by Dr. Heidi Hamm.  The department is dedicated to providing talented high school students with exposure to a research laboratory environment.  To accomplish this goal and get students excited about scientific research, Dr. Hamm assembled the team of Dr. Joey Barnet, Director of Graduate Studies, and Karen Gieg, Educational Program Coordinator, to invite a very limited number of students (2) two from only two public high schools in the Nashville area to work in a research lab in various departments of the university.  These students, who are in good academic standing, at least 16 years of age, and recommended by the MLK faculty coordinator of the program, participated in general lab work, assisted with experiments or data analysis, or completed their own specific project during the program period.