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As a child growing up in Waldorf, Maryland, Jovan Adepo had no idea he would one day become a full-time working actor in Hollywood.

Mickey L. Burnim was formerly president of Bowie State University, another historically black Maryland college.

Senate President Mike Miller has ideas for settling a long-running lawsuit over how Maryland treats its historically black colleges and universities. For instance, Miller wants to state money to open a law school at Bowie State University and funding for Morgan State University to buy land.

Bowie State University’s marching band has been suspended in the wake of hazing allegations against the group, according to the university.

Mickey L. Burnim, who served as Bowie State University president for more than a decade, will be the interim president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

The system handed out 28,420 degrees in 2008. By 2017, that number had risen to 40,303.

The University of Maryland, College Park has set aside $3.8 million for new diversity measures following the killing of a black Bowie State University student by a white UM student on campus last May, Maryland President Wallace Loh said this week.

Beginning next fall, students attending Howard or Prince George's Community colleges can take courses at the Laurel College Center as part of Bowie State’s bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Family and friends of slain Bowie State University student Richard W. Collins III gathered Friday to remember the young man they described as a protective

University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh on Wednesday announced a series of actions he said would help fight hate on campus after the murder of a student visiting from another university.

In a Bowie State University commencement ceremony punctuated by shouts and cheers from excited graduates and their families, none was louder than the rousing standing ovation for the family of 2nd Lt. Richard W. Collins III, who accepted a posthumous degree on his behalf on Tuesday.

Police are investigating a fatal stabbing on the University of Maryland, College Park campus early Saturday morning.

Five Bowie State football games this season have been nullified after the program self-reported an eligibility violation to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and NCAA.

When Donovan Reed, 18, was referred to Silver Oak Academy after breaking his probation two years ago, he had fallen in with the wrong crowd.

The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents meets in Baltimore Wednesday to consider raising tuition at state colleges.

A Harford County man is suing the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, alleging he was hazed when he joined the fraternity's Coppin State University chapter in 2013.

A Bowie State University alleges he was hazed while pledging Alpha Phi Alpha in 2013.

Laurel girls basketball hopes to build on last year's strong finish

When Columbia resident Kelly Renee Armstrong was a student at Bowie State, she had several interests. Her first love was theater, but since Bowie did not have a drama department, she settled for being in campus plays while majoring in political science and minoring in Pan African studies.

We don't always agree with the state's chief tax collector, but we do always appreciate his independence and willingness to ask questions of the Democratic powers-that-be.

Coppin State University suffered a $2.5 million revenue shortfall this year because of a dip in enrollment, and school officials said Tuesday that the deficit is being offset with personnel changes and cost-saving measures rather than tuition increases.

A Harford County judge who helped lead this week's Maryland Judiciary summit on care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in the state's foster care system said the event was a success and could lead to substantive improvements in the future.

There were few surprises for local colleges and universities in the oft-quoted U.S. News and World Report annual rankings released Tuesday.

Noting that student loan debt in the U.S. has ballooned to roughly $1 trillion, Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin spoke with students at Bowie State University on Thursday to draw attention to a proposal Democrats will push next week to allow borrowers to refinance their student loans.

Ollie M.J. Ray, whose career teaching in city public schools spanned nearly four decades, died Tuesday of heart failure at Northwest Hospital. She was 82.

In the middle of July 1992, Bill Clinton accepted the democratic nomination for president, the TV show "Melrose Place" premiered on Fox and America loved the following songs, via Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.

When Maryland Black Ice Softball Club coaches Bob Stephenson and Tony Canami recruit players for their Cockeysville-based 18U team, they are looking for ¿young stars.¿

History has demonstrated the importance of historically black colleges and universities in producing well prepared competitive citizens for the American economy and the world community. Today's challenge lies in making these institutions more diverse and more fully effective in achieving their missions.

Bowie State athletic director Anton Goff is leaving to accept the same position at the University of Hartford and was introduced in his new role at a news conference Friday.

Educators from throughout Prince George's County will present a discussion on various topics at the Prince George's County Council's education town hall meeting, Tuesday, April 22 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Surrattsville High School, 6101 Garden Drive.

Morgan State University is working with a group that intends to bring controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to speak on campus this fall, a university spokesman said Saturday.

This semester, the University System of Maryland is exploring reducing that cost to zero with "open-source" electronic textbooks.

College students from Laurel achieved undergraduate degrees and were named to the dean's list at various colleges and universities.

State officials and attorneys representing Maryland's historically black colleges and universities will head to mediation to resolve the remnants of a legal battle spurred by the institutions' complaint that the state hasn't done enough to help them overcome segregation-era policies.

Marita Carroll, a retired Annapolis elementary school teacher and civil rights activist who was arrested on trespassing charges in 1960 as she sat at a bus stop lunch counter, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Saturday at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Eastport resident was 91.

Closing or transferring academic programs will not integrate Maryland's historically black colleges.

Morgan State University's graduate programs deserve better from state of Maryland

Tylar Brock, of Laurel, a Bowie State University senior, received a $5,000 scholarship from Aerotek, a provider of recruiting and staffing services.

Presidents of the state's historically black colleges and universities were cautiously optimistic Tuesday that a recent federal court ruling ordering remedies for persistent segregative policies in Maryland higher education would result in new opportunities and resources for their campuses