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First lady Michelle Obama will speak at Bowie State University’s commencement on May 17, the White House said Thursday. The school, Maryland’s oldest historically black college and one of the oldest in the nation, is celebrating its 148th anniversary. The school is “part of the rich legacy of historically black colleges and universities that have been instrumental in educating generations [...]

The nonprofit Business Innovation Center opened at Bowie State University in October, initially hosting four resident businesses. More than five years in the making, the center will serve as an incubator for fledgling businesses, providing office space, equipment and receptionist services, coaching and mentoring, business plan support and other services with an eye to fostering strong companies that can provide [...]

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered an inspirational message of empowerment and responsibility to a capacity crowd of mostly students inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Communication Arts Center on the campus of Bowie State University October 26. “I am the change that I’ve been looking for,” Minister Farrakhan told the crowd and those viewing live nationwide via Internet web-cast. [...]

It’s an exciting week at Bowie State with homecoming kicking off. With a jam packed weeks worth of events, bulldogs prepare for “The Golden Legacy”, a event combination including a concert, pep rally, football game, fashion show, step show, talent show, coronation and more.   With a ton of homecoming cheer in the air, some students find it a struggle [...]

Defending Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) and 2011 NCAA semifinalist Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) scored 21 points in the second half and rolled to a 35-3 victory over Bowie State University (BSU) on Saturday Sept. 29 in Bowie, Md. The Bulldogs fell to 3-2 overall on the season and 0-2 in CIAA play, while Winston-Salem State improves to 5-0 overall [...]

Ever since Bowie State University freshman Alexis Simpson, 19, of District Heights was charged with fatally stabbing her roommate during an alleged dispute over an iPod last September, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said she has been unnerved. She said it was that case, which is scheduled for trial Nov. 13, that drove her to create an event [...]

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education awarded more than $12.2 million of federal grants towards Maryland’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore. This federal grant will be invested towards strengthening academic resources, improving management capabilities and renewing building infrastructures for the four schools. “Maryland’s [...]

Former UMES President Thelma B. Thompson has been named visiting professor of English at Bowie State University in Bowie, according to the Journal for Blacks in Higher Education. Thompson led the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne for nine years, until 2011, then joined the historically black Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as consultant to Academic [...]

Bowie State University presents “Bearden at Bowie,” an art exhibition of limited edition prints and other works by celebrated African-American artist Romare Bearden, running Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 – Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 at the new BSU Fine and Performing Arts Center’s Gallery of Art. More than 30 artworks from local collectors are featured in the exhibit, including rare works [...]

The Division II Athletics Directors Association (D2ADA) announced the 2011-12 recipients of the D2ADA Academic Achievement Awards. The Academic Achievement Awards is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level. Among those honored is Bowie State University softball playerMariela Hernandez. Hernandez, a pitcher for the Lady Bulldogs softball team ended the 2012 season with a [...]

Now that he’s become their starting running back, Pittsburgh Steelers coaches can laugh about how Isaac Redman tanked in his first impression during an NFL training camp.As a nervous undrafted rookie from Division II Bowie State three years ago, Redman almost failing the annual first-day-of-camp conditioning test wasn’t as funny. “I was out of shape,” Redman recalled on Sunday at [...]

Fifteen high school students are learning how to build robots and create mobile apps during the 4th annual CPU Computer Camp for African-American Boys at Bowie State University. For the first time, the camp – started by Dr. Daryl Stone, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science – received a grant from the Mid-Atlantic Consortium-Center for Academic Excellence, which [...]

An HBCU blazes the trail in championing LGBT rights on their campuses. Maryland’s Bowie State University is the first historically black college or university to introduce a resource center specifically catering to the LGBT community, according to the LGBT advocacy group human rights campaign. Bowie State opened the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexed and Allies (LGBTQIA) Resource Center in [...]

Enjoying visits to the African Union, lectures at Addis Ababa University, and playtime with children at the Shashemene Kindergarten and Elementary School, 10 undergraduate and graduate business majors along with faculty members traveled to Ethiopia as a part of the Bowie State University Business and International Education grant through the College of Business. In this video, join students and faculty [...]

Bowie State University (BSU) women’s softball team lost only its second Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) game of the year as they split wins and losses with the Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) Lady Vikings in two games on April 14 in Elizabeth City, N.C. The Lady Bulldogs won game two with a 5-3 victory, but they lost the first [...]

Four Historically Black Universities; Bowie State, Cheyney, Fisk University and Lincoln University competed for the 2011 Fresh Coast Classic Championship Title this year. Pictured above are members of the championship team from Lincoln University of Pennsylvania following their 74-72 victory against Bowie State in the Fresh Coast Classic finals. Photo by Pat A. Robinson.

Bowie State University was in the midst of celebrating its Homecoming on Thursday, September 15, when the student body received horrible news. Dominique T. Frazier was stabbed and killed in her campus dorm—by her own roommate, Alexis D. Simpson. This makes the job of protecting the students’ safety harder for campus police when the culprits are living together in the [...]

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