Summary
Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home to the Morgan...
Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home to the Morgan State University Choir and the "Maginificent Marching Machine," the school's marching band. Student activities include The Spokesman newspaper, The Promethian yearbook and 20 fraternities, sororities and social clubs. Famous Morgan State alumni include author Zora Neal Hurston and former U.S. congressman Kweisi Mfume.
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Catching spirit of enterprise
Sun reporterForget working at the mall, life-guarding or filing paperwork. For 30 Baltimore students, their summer job is about finding their entrepreneurial spirit. And many of them believe that getting paid to craft a business plan is not a bad way to spend a...Tags: Federal Reserve, Glen Burnie, Academic Progress, Business Enterprises, Microsoft Corp.
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Helping houses remain homes
Sun ReporterTwo years ago, Germaine Thomas and her husband, Anthony, moved with their five children into a house in an upscale neighborhood in Prince George's County. Their purchase price was $810,000, but now houses in the area are selling for about half that....Tags: Financial and Business Services, Foreclosures, Bank of America Corp., Freddie Mac, Prince George's County
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Regents working hard to keep Morgan strong
Contrary to what some critics may say, the Morgan State University Board of Regents takes seriously its obligations as a governing board with responsibility for the overall management of the institution ("Morgan regents often 'not here,'" July 13)....Tags: Academic Progress, Government, National or Ethnic Minorities, Heads of State, Colleges and Universities
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Assault victim hears apology
Sun ReporterMore than four years after a fistfight in the parking lot of Randallstown High School sparked gunfire that wounded four students, the man who provided the gun to the shooters looked at the most severely injured victim in a Baltimore County courtroom...Tags: Murder, Public Holidays, Randallstown, Court Administration, Punishment
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William Connor
Sun ReporterWilliam Campbell Connor, a Baltimore public school teacher English teacher dubbed "Uncle Bill" by students and colleagues, died of an aneurysm July 8 at St. Joseph Medical Center. The longtime Rodgers Forge resident was 73. Mr. Connor was born in...Tags: Defense, Christianity, Colleges and Universities, Death and Dying, Family
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DePaul to open basketball season on campus
Chicago Tribune reporterDePaul's non-conference schedule includes a rare on-campus game and tournament appearances in Las Vegas and Anaheim. The Blue Demons open Nov. 17 against Albany at McGrath Arena on campus. The game, which is not included in the season-ticket plan,...Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Boston Bruins
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Dorothy Y. Wright
Dorothy Young Wright, a retired guidance counselor and teacher in the Baltimore City public school system, died Wednesday of respiratory failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 75. Born Dorothy Boone in Raleigh, N.C., Ms. Wright moved to...Tags: Christianity, Medical Conditions, Teaching and Learning, Classical Music, Colleges and Universities
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Morgan regents often 'not here'
Sun reporterSome of the most prominent members of Morgan State University's Board of Regents have routinely missed meetings since at least 2000, a pattern of absenteeism that critics say robs the Baltimore school of key oversight at a time when it is under criminal...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Joan Carter Conway, Barack Obama
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George Barrett Jr., 67
George E. Barrett Jr., a retired assistant attorney general whose career spanned more than two decades, died Friday of lung cancer at Carroll Hospice in Westminster. The Owings Mills resident was 67. George Edmund Barrett Jr. was born in Baltimore and...Tags: Heart Disease, Society, Colleges and Universities, Death and Dying, Corporate Crime
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M. Ogden building his own legacy
Last month, when he officially retired from the NFL, Jonathan Ogden pledged his loyalty to his adopted hometown, proclaiming, "I'm a Baltimore Raven for life."
Unbeknownst to the other assembled onlookers at the Castle in Owings Mills that day, Ogden's...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Brian Roberts, Brett Favre, Sheila Dixon, American League
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