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Freeman Hrabowski's UMBC legacy grows as he celebrates 20 years as president
The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Honestly though, he thought Freeman A. Hrabowski...Tags: Finance, Abell Foundation, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Senate panel approves Baltimore judge for U.S. court
A Baltimore circuit judge has been nominated to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. George Levi Russell III, who has presided over 2,700 cases since 2007 on the Circuit Court, would fill a vacancy created with the retirement...Tags: Justice System, Colleges and Universities, Judges, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, University of Richmond
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Former Laurel resident and Roosevelt High grad earns doctorate from Harvard
James Daniel Whitfield, a 2002 graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School and a 2006 graduate of Morehouse College, in Atlanta, received his doctorate from Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. He completed all requirements for his doctorate in chemical...Tags: Columbia University, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Prince George's County, Harvard University
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The president's Morehouse address
Cal ThomasPresident Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., last weekend. It would be easy for this conservative to critique the political and social elements of his speech. Instead, I choose to focus on the...Tags: Cal Thomas, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Colleges and Universities, Values, Barack Obama
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Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?
I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop...
Tags: Music Industry, Oprah Winfrey, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities, Howard University
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Obama tells Morehouse grads to think of more than careers
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPresident Barack Obama roused the new graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday with a commencement address that spoke directly to racial issues in a way the first African-American president does only sparingly. Through a steady downpour, Obama -- at the...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Martin Luther King Jr., Local Government, University of Georgia, Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Some Spelman parents barred from graduation
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionSeveral parents of Spelman College graduates were irate Sunday when they missed their children's graduation after being barred from the ceremony. Parents from as far away as California, Brooklyn and Canada said they were kept from entering a half hour...Tags: Colleges and Universities, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Graduation, Barack Obama, Spelman College
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Obama urges Morehouse College graduates to help others
WASHINGTON — President Obama urged graduates of a celebrated historically black college Sunday to use their education to help others and to work for "something larger than yourself," citing the example of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr....Tags: Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities, Graduation, Barack Obama, Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Obama tries to bounce back after tough week
Reuters* Says Washington beset by partisan politics * Gets personal about race, imperfections By Steve Holland ATLANTA, May 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger U.S....Tags: Tea Party Movement, Entertainment Events, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Barack Obama, Netherlands
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Streetwise and Camera Ready
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe music cranked as party-goers boogied, drank, got high and caroused, loudly carrying on like they did most nights at Perry Homes. The combustible mix gave folks in the sprawling public housing project many reasons to be on edge. A wrong word,...Tags: Political Corruption, Photography, Movies, Invictus (movie), University of Georgia
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Man has diploma, but Morehouse says he didn't graduate
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTerry Boyd says he graduated from Morehouse College 33 years ago. And he's got the diploma that proves he has a degree. Or at least that's what Boyd thought the diploma meant. But when the Atlanta man applied for a job that would've paid him a $150,...Tags: Justice System, Newspaper and Magazine, DeKalb, Colleges and Universities, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Obama, at Ohio State, calls on graduates to be active citizens
WASHINGTON — Speaking to the graduating class of Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday, President Obama called on the students to embrace the school’s motto, “education for citizenship,” and to press the government to act....
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