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The Brothers of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. at Morgan State University recently hosted its 7th annual stroll competition. Check out the video above, and ‘Ow Ow’ to the bruhs. About Iota Phi Theta: Founded September 19, 1963 on the steps of Hurt Gymnasium at Morgan State College, now known as Morgan State University, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. strives [...]

Former student James Reed saw a chance at a dream of his by attending Morgan State University. Reed just wanted to play basketball, but his skin color added more value, and hardships to his HBCU experience. Waiting for competition to resume at a regional track meet in Churubusco, Ind., last spring, the 15-year-old didn’t look much different from other teenagers [...]

A Morgan State University alumnus who is leading a coalition suing the state over discrimination at historically black colleges and universities has criticized the university’s embattled president for showing “minimal interest and involvement in the lawsuit.” David J. Burton, president of the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, wrote in a letter to Dallas R. Evans, chair of Morgan’s [...]

According to the Associated Press: Baltimore police have arrested a 20-year-old Washington man in the shooting of a Morgan State University football player. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (guh-lee-EHL’-mee) says Keith Robertson confessed to the shooting, which occurred around 1 p.m. Friday near a residence hall. Robertson was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, when police say he was seen [...]

In this day and age online course enrollment continues to grow at exponential rates. With online enrollment reaching tens of thousands in individual courses, MOOCs have demonstrated an enhanced sociability that has enthralled U.S. higher education and news media. The phenomenon recently motivated The New York Times to dub 2012 as “the year of the MOOC.” Both Morgan State University and Alcorn State University are in talks with a partnership with Udacity, one of the [...]

Morgan State watched Bethune-Cookman start to unravel early in the second quarter of Saturday’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference matchup even though the Wildcats had a three-point lead at the time. After defensive back Dion Hanks was ejected for striking a Morgan State player, Wildcats coach Brian Jenkins was also kicked out of the game seconds later for berating the officials. The [...]

Morgan State’s president says lack of resources thwarts many African-American students Low graduation rates among African-Americans at Maryland’s historically black colleges and universities present a major issue deserving of systematic analysis for solutions. This problem has been well documented by countless media outlets in HBCU communities nationwide, including in a recent Sun editorial. That editorial also challenged Maryland’s HBCUs on [...]

At Morgan State University, students gathered at the “Academic Quad” in a call for peace following Wednesday’s violence. “This is more than a campus, this is our home. We sing our alma mater, ‘Fair Morgan.’ This is what we believe in, so we have to all be safe,” said rally organizer, Chinedu Nwokeafor of the student organization, X Assembly.  The [...]

Morgan State University was placed on emergency lockdown and classes were canceled Wednesday night after a man was shot on campus — the latest in a series of violent incidents that have touched the region’s schools this fall. Many students had just gotten out of class for the day, and others were preparing for evening lectures around 4:15 p.m. when gunfire [...]

A new partnership between Morgan State University and a nonprofit lender aims to help small businesses get the loans they need to grow. ECDC Enterprise Development Group, a nonprofit based in Arlington, Va., has started making monthly visits to Morgan’s Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center to meet with small-business owners about ECDC’s micro-lending program. ECDC offers loans of between $500 [...]

Ashley Boursiquot finished with a match-high eight kills and a hitting percentage of .800, while Aleksandra Wachowicz added six kills to lead the visiting Red Storm to a 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-22) over host Morgan State in the Battle at the Bay tournament on Friday afternoon at Hill Field House. The match was the first-ever meeting between the two programs [...]

Yankee Stadium will once again play host to a classic college football matchup, as Hampton University and Morgan State University will meet in the New York Urban League Football Classic on November 17, 2012, at the home of the Yankees. The two-year agreement calls for the two schools to play at Yankee Stadium again in 2013 as well. The original [...]

Morgan State University’s School of Architecture & Planning enters its second year of participation in the annual Baltimore Artscape festival. This year’s project is the “Road House,” an interactive music/live act venue completely made of reusable wooden pallets from Mexico and unused shelves and other wooden products found on and near the Morgan campus. Fully constructed, the project will cover [...]

A man who lived in the same townhome as a missing Joppa man now feared dead was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Wednesday, after parts of a dismembered human body were found inside the home and in a dumpster nearby, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest of Alexander Kinyua, 21, came almost a week after Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, [...]

Distinguished list includes employers engaged in developing, recruiting and hiring talented students pursuing technical careers at the nation’s minority-serving institutions For the second consecutive year, the Chrysler Group has been selected to the list The deans of 14 accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), in conjunction with the Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) alliance, have again selected the [...]

Morgan State University won the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Cheerleading Championship Sunday evening at the Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The cheerleading championship is the opening event of the 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Tournament games are scheduled for Monday, March 5-10 at the Joel Coliseum. The Lady Bears captured first place honors for the second consecutive year [...]

There is a battle going on today. A battle that doesn’t obtain headlines on CNN or MSNBC. A battle that does not get much attention in our own communities, but will carry such a grand significance to our HBCUs future. The battle is happening in Maryland. The battle is for the future of Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State [...]

Princeton University professor, activist and author Dr. Cornel West will be the 2012 Morgan State University Black History Month Lecturer. This event is sponsored by the Student Government Association and will be held on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7p.m. in the Morgan State University Student Center-Calvin and Tina Tyler Ballroom. From the paradigm shift of society starting with the election of America’s [...]