A record-setting group of 142 registered participants took part in the Southeast/Southwest Regional Meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) at Auburn University on November 11 and 12, 2011.  The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Chemical Engineering held well-attended Open Houses which included poster sessions and laboratory tours. Another record was set at the subsequent poster session for registered participants, with 37 students and scientists making presentations.  Several technical sessions, a campus tour for high school students and teachers, professional and teachers’ workshops, an award ceremony for students and an address by Darrell Davis, a recently retired Laboratory Director in the Drug Enforcement Administration, were included in the program of activities.