Lydia Harsley Joins Kentucky State Athletics Staff

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FRANKFORT (August 10, 2011) – Kentucky State University’s (KSU) Director of Athletics, Dr. Denisha L. Hendricks, has announced the hiring of Lydia Harsley as the new Assistant Director of Athletics for Internal Relations and Senior Woman Administrator. As the newest member to the Thorobred athletics staff, Harsley will serve as the athletic academic coordinator, and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Student-Athlete Affairs (SAA, formerly CHAMPS/Life Skills) advisor.

Prior to her arrival at KSU, Harsley was the athletic academic coordinator and cheerleading advisor for Cheyney University (PA). During her time at CU, Harsley was the liaison between athletics and residence life, student activities, dining, career and health services. She was a member of CU’s Student Affairs Council and the athletics senior staff. Over the course of two years, Harsley raised thousands of dollars for student training, materials and funding for the academic program at CU. She was also the advisor for CU’s first two Academic All-American and a McClendon Scholar, while organizing CU’s first revenue-generating volleyball tournament and hosting the first cheerleading competition in CU history.

Preceding her time at CU, Harsley worked at Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA where she served as Compliance Director, SAAC Advisor and NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinator. She was responsible for monitoring student-athlete progress while managing  NCAA, CIAA and institutional compliance. In addition, Harsley educated coaches, boosters and student-athletes on NCAA regulations, oversaw a scholarship budget of over one million dollars and prepared grant-in-aid contracts for all student-athletes. Harsley also worked for Richmond Sports Backers, the Richmond Ballerz Event Operation Staff and Virginia State University’s Sports Information Office.

Harsley holds membership with the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) and is a graduate of the NACWAA/HERS Institute (2007) and the Division II Leadership Academy (2009)

A native of Woodbridge, VA, Harsley earned a Bachelor and Master of Science in Sports Management from Virginia State University.

HBCU Buzz Marketing/Sales Internship – Dead Line August 19th, 2011

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MARKETING/SALES INTERNSHIP

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Perform required administrative functions of the organization and support the sales and marketing director.
  • Conduct research to perform SWOT Analysis and assist in developing effective marketing strategies.
  • Participate in distribution of marketing/promotional materials to customers and stake holders.
  • Maintain and regulate correspondence of the sales and marketing departments.
  • Provide adequate support in planning, product launches and competitor analysis, if required.
  • Prepare reports, sales forecasts and all other analytical documentation to assist the director.
  • Shadow director in meetings with clients and stakeholders and actively participate in group discussions as needed.

Skills and Specifications

  • Possess strong written and oral communication skills as well as interpersonal skills.
  • Willing to work under supervisory guidance.
  • Possess a desire for learning from more experienced personnel.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and has working knowledge of basic computer applications.
  • Adobe Creative Suite Proficiency strongly preferred
  • Ability to express information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information.
  • Ability to analyze markets and interpret data to develop strategy
  • Exercise sound judgment, by determining the accuracy and relevance of information.
  • Willing to work under pressure and meet deliverables in a timely manner.

Education and Qualifications

Currently enrolled in a four year college, university, or accredited institution higher than high-school.

Must provide transcript (2.5 GPA or higher)

Writing sample required

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Shaw University President Dr. Irma McClaurin Resigns

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The first female president of Shaw University is leaving her position, WRAL News learned Tuesday.

The university called Irma McClaurin’s resignation a “mutually agreed-upon decision.”

McClaurin was the first woman to hold the permanent job of steering one of the oldest historically black colleges in the South.

She took over the position in September from interim president Dorothy Cowser Yancy, the retired president of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, and was at the helm of the school when it was hit by a tornado on April 16.

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Alcorn President Christopher Brown II attends White House Community Leaders Briefing Series

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Today, Alcorn State University’s 18th President M. Christopher Brown II is among a select group of individuals invited to attend White House Community Leaders Briefing Series, a day-long session of meetings with the White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE). He will also meet with the United States Department of Education to explore opportunities for strengthened community engagement with the academy. Since taking office in January, Dr. Brown has been heavily engaged in expanding Alcorn’s community outreach and services.

Additionally, Dr. Brown has been named to the advisory council for the American Commonwealth Project (ACP). Other University presidents selected for this prestigious appointment include Nancy Cantor (chair), Syracuse University, Judith Ramaley, Winona State University, Paul Pribbenow, Augsburg College, and Brian Murphy, De Anza Community College. The group will officially convene in September 2011 and begin discussions on how college campuses across the nation can improve community civic health. Their work will conclude with a national conference in 2012.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to participate in this important project,” says Dr. Brown. “This is further recognition of Alcorn State University’s reputation as the nation’s first historically black land-grant institution and its commitment to its founding mission to provide excellent teaching, research and outreach programs.”
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The Teen Vogue Handbook

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Something important that I’ve learned in my young 17 years, is networking is EVERYTHING! As I was tweeting one of my followers on Twitter one day about my career goals in the fashion industry, she simply said, “You NEED to get the Teen Vogue Handbook”. Once she advised me, I immediately went to amazon.com and placed my order for this “handbook”. I was so anxious to receive it! Once it came in the mail, I honestly took one look at it and said, “Yessssss!!” The Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider’s Guide to Careers in Fashion is a handbook that was put together by the senior writer of Teen Vogue, Lauren Waterman. In the handbook, it features six chapters filled with advice from current and post Teen Vogue workers on their careers which features: Designers, Editors, Stylists, Models, and Beauty! It also includes an appendix with a fashion glossary, design schools, and much more. Some tips that I found to be accurately helpful included, searching for an internship, interview tips, and tips on having a great resume and cover letter. If you think you have all the secrets to success to being in the fashion industry, you better think again because having this handbook will give you a new mindset. “Be as free as possible, experiment as much as you can, and surprise yourself. Don’t conform. You need to have integrity to be yourself”- Frederike Helwig, Photographer. For a low price of $13.86, this handbook can be yours today and also comes with a one-year subscription to Teen Vogue with purchase of the book. Take my word, this book will be the BEST thing you’ve ever had!
By: Donovan Moore
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Bowie State host Nnenna Freelon Concert to Benefit Scholarship Funds

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Award-winning vocalist, Nnenna Freelon, is set to perform her uniquely refreshing interpretation of classic jazz standards Sept. 7 at the Music Center at Strathmore as a benefit for Bowie State University. Proceeds from the 7:30 p.m. concert will support university scholarships.

Freelon is a six-time Grammy award-nominee and has been named the ‘international voice of jazz.’ Her rhythmically infectious performances make a personal statement with each song, engaging audiences with creative surprises in familiar jazz standards.

Freelon has shared the stage or recordings with artists as varied as Jessye Norman, Herbie Hancock and Aretha Franklin. She has been featured in the film “What Women Want,” the hit television series “Mad Men,” and has performed at dozens of music festivals, events and award shows as well as at the White House. Freelon’s seventh Concord Records album, “Homefree,” was released in 2010.

The concert will enhance Bowie State University’s scholarship fundraising efforts, a priority in its ongoing $15 million campaign. Tickets range from $20 to $40 and are available through Strathmore.org  or by phone at 301-581-5100.

“As we continue to combat a slumping economy and rising tuition costs, we are making every effort to increase scholarship funds for our students,” said Richard Lucas, vice president of institutional advancement at Bowie State. “With the Nnenna Freelon concert, we offer an opportunity for our alumni, friends and the larger community to enjoy a gifted performer while supporting expanded opportunity for our youth.”

The Music Center at Strathmore is located at 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, Md., 20852.

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B-CU releases response to flawed AAUP report and attempts at censure

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Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) faculty today responded to a report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), an organization whose members consist of professors and other academic personnel employed by colleges and universities in the United States. The AAUP is not an accrediting agency nor does it have any oversight over colleges and universities.

“This report, which concerns the termination of seven faculty members by B-CU in 2009, contains many errors and false assertions and presents a one-sided view of the manner in which the university handled the matters in question,” said Pamela G. Browne, Esq., General Counsel.

At the same time, the university released the findings of a study on sexual harassment on campus, which led to the termination of four faculty members on such grounds. Four of the seven faculty members were dismissed based on allegations of sexual harassment after the university hired a consultant to conduct a thorough investigation.  The AAUP alleges that the four professors were denied their due process rights. That is not true. In fact, B-CU presented the AAUP with a thorough report which contained documentation showing that, prior to the present administration, three of the four professors had student complaints filed against them for sexual misconduct. The university found also files documenting administrative hearings involving two of the professors.  The hearings were conducted by the previous administration in late 1999 and 2000 and concluded the professors had engaged in acts of sexual harassment against students.  The professors were issued letters of reprimand which warned them of termination if this behavior continued.  The four professors subsequently filed claims against B-CU with the EEOC, and all four claims were dismissed.

The university commissioned a report, by renowned civil rights attorney David Honig, to give an impartial review the terminations and to issue a report of his findings concerning the claim of “lack of due process” brought by the AAUP.  “Bethune-Cookman University’s handling of the incidents involving the four professors needed to be expedited for reasons of student health and safety. Once President Reed learned of the allegations, she set in motion a process that was rapid, appropriate, and ethical. It afforded the four professors the process they were due,” ,” Honig’s report concluded.  Additionally, the university’s actions were in compliance with federal mandates that require taking “swift and remedial action” to correct situations involving allegations of sexual harassment.

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DSU Receives $2,000 Scholarship Donation from Bancroft Construction

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The Bancroft Construction Company recently expressed its support for Delaware State University by donating $2,000 to go toward a scholarship for the 2011-2012 school year.
Bancroft’s Greg Sawka, president, and Stephen M. Mockbee, past president, presented the check to Dr. Alton Thompson, DSU provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, who accepted the financial gift on behalf of the University during a campus visit by the company’s officials on Aug. 5.
The gift is the first installment of an annual scholarship donation that Bancroft has committed to over the next five years, which Mr. Sawka said is a reflection of Bancroft’s mission and commitment to the community.
This year’s recipient of the Bancroft Scholarship is Devon Sivels, a DSU junior aviation major and honor student from Milford, Del.
The Bancroft Company is a Wilmington-based full-service construction management, general contracting, design-build, program management and estimating services firm that serves the Mid-Atlantic Region. The company – which has been in existence for 35 years – specializes in a variety of commercial, institutional and industrial sectors projects.
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Nationally Known Speakers Will Help Welcome and Inspire ASU Students

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Best-selling authors Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. Rameck Hunt, and Dr, George Jenkins, fondly known as “The Three Doctors,” will speak at Alabama State University on Friday, August 12, as part of the 2011 Welcome Week activities.

The three men made a special pact when they were teenagers growing up on the tough inner-city streets of Newark, New Jersey. They vowed to stick together, go to college, graduate and become doctors.

Despite being surrounded by negative influences and a lack of positive role models, they overcame obstacles and achieved their goal. Davis and Hunt are physicians; Jenkins is a dentist.

Their fascinating story is chronicled in their three New York Times best-selling books, The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream; The Bond: Three Young Men Learn to Forgive and Reconnect with Their Fathers and We Beat the Street, a children’s book.

Stanley Giles, mentoring coordinator for ASU’s Bridge Program, said he hopes students will benefit from their story.

“I was really excited when I read their books. It’s wonderful to see three young African-American males bond together and ultimately reach the goals they set,” Giles said. “Their story is remarkable, and I hope it will inspire our students.”

Inspiring young people is one of the goals of “The Three Doctors.” They have spoken across the country, encouraging young people to set goals and work to achieve them, and to join pacts rather than gangs.

The three friends have received widespread acclaim for their achievements. Their story has been featured on national platforms such as the “Today Show” and the “Oprah Winfrey Show.” PBS also aired a documentary about them called “The Pact.”

“The Three Doctors” will speak at noon on Friday, August 12 in the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact ASU’s University Relations office at 334-229-6795.

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Howard University Communications Senior Lands Singapore Internship

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Imani Pope-Johns, a public relations senior in the School of Communications, traveled to Singapore to participate in the Digital Life Academy, an internship sponsored by MyCubeTM.com.

The Digital Academy is a global think tank of 30 people ages 16-25 interested in online privacy, data and content ownership, content monetization and similar topics. The 30 were chosen from 15,000 worldwide applications. Selection was based on entrepreneurial drive, business acumen and a dedication to the concept of digital life freedom.

The participants received an all-expense-paid trip, plus housing and a stipend of $2,400. This six-week internship is scheduled from July 4 to Aug. 12. To win the internship, Pope-Johns wrote an article about online privacy versus mobile shopping convenience.

“I am grateful of this experience, not only because it is in my field of study, but because I have never been out of the country,” Pope –Johns said. “I cherish moments like this.”

Pope-Johns is chief moderator of the Digital Life Academy blog. Interns will be contributing to the site at www.digitallifeacademy.tumblr.com.

Hampton University to Host UNCF/Mellon Teaching and Learning Institute

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Hampton, Va. – Hampton University will sponsor a UNCF/Mellon Teaching and Learning Institute aimed at administration, faculty and staff of HBCUs on Aug. 10-12. The event’s theme is “Extending a Legacy of International Presence and Outreach at HBCUs-Social Justice and Education Policy for the 21st Century.”

Supported by a $30,000 grant from the UNCF/Mellon Programs, the Institute aims to lead a discussion on the success stories and challenges colleges and universities face in preparing students to be global citizens in the 21st century. Participants will explore the roles students potentially play as global citizens of a swiftly changing world.

The following sessions are free and open to the public:

Wednesday, August 10th
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Welcome
HU Harvey Library Meeting – 1st Floor. Featuring Dr. Cynthia Spence, director, UNCF/Mellon Programs; Dr. Pollie Murphy, HU assistant provost for academic affairs; Dr. Paula Barnes, chair, HU Department of English; and Novelle Dickenson, chair, HU Department of Political Science and History

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. – Opening Plenary
HU Harvey Library Meeting Room – 1st Floor. Featuring retired professor Dr. Patrick Lewis, HU Department of History and Political Science; Michele Lewis, chair, HU Department of Modern and Foreign Languages; Marcia Jackson, director, HU International Office.

Thursday, August 11th
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Morning Plenary – Civil Rights and Politics at Hampton Institute
HU Harvey Library Meeting Room – 1st Floor. Featuring Dr. Hoda Zaki, author of “Civil Rights and Politics at Hampton Institute.”

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N.C. A&T grant of the month for July: $803,000 for research in health disparities

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N.C. A&T received 11 grants totaling $1.55 million in July.

One highlight of July’s funding was a grant worth $803,177 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to Dr. Goldie Byrd of the Department of Biology. The funding is the fourth grant in support of a five-year, $4 million project.

The project: Expanding Research and Research Training Infrastructure at NCA&TSU

The issue: The emphasis of this proposal is on developing collaborative junior faculty members and students to become independent researchers and thought leaders in eliminating health disparities.

Abstract: Objectives of this project are to: 1) Create a focused environment in which minority students remain in the biomedical science pipeline and become thought leaders for eliminating health disparities;  2) Create a mentored and collaborative environment for health disparities research; 3) Develop a centralized community model for educating minorities about health disparities and for recruiting minorities into health disparities research; and 4) enhance the administrative, technical and research resources that facilitate health disparities research.  This project will develop a research niche in cancer biology, develop a core facility for genomics and informatics research tools, develop a core resource for subject ascertainment and education outreach, enrich student training and development through a bridge to the master’s degree, and provide meaningful assessment and feedback to developing researchers.

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Langston University President JoAnn W. Haysbert announced Resignation

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Langston University President JoAnn W. Haysbert announced Monday she plans to resign at the end of the fall semester.

Haysbert, who has served as Langston University’s president for six years, told faculty members at a luncheon that she plans to return to Hampton University in Virginia, where she will serve as executive vice president.

Haysbert spent 25 years serving in various academic and administrative positions at Hampton University before coming to Langston University.

“While this was personally a difficult decision, I know it is the right one and this is the right time, given what has been accomplished in the past six years,” Haysbert said in a news release. “I believe in a higher power, so I am confident that the stars are properly aligned in favor of this move. I am deeply honored to have served as president of one of the finest historically black colleges in America with a rich heritage.”

Haysbert was Langston University’s 15th president and first female president.

“On behalf of the OSU/A&M Board of Regents, I commend President Haysbert for her outstanding leadership and the many accomplishments achieved during her presidency,” Jay L. Helm, board chairman, said in the release. “She did an admirable job in a relatively short period of time. In so doing, her leadership has put Langston on a pathway to greater academic and research success in the future. We wish President Haysbert only the very best in her new position at Hampton, and we are appreciative of her work at Langston.”

Haysbert cited the implementation of a comprehensive 10-year strategic plan for Langston University as being one of her top accomplishments.

“We completed over 80 percent of our ambitious goals in only five years,” she said.

She listed the following as other major accomplishments of her administration:

• Fiscal soundness. The University’s fiscal health is the best it has been in 20 years, according to external auditors, she said. In addition to receiving several consecutive unqualified audits, the institution operates without a deficit.

• Closed the technological divide. Five years ago, there was virtually no technology on any of the three campuses. Today, each campus has wireless capabilities, four-digit dialing capability to Tulsa and Oklahoma City campuses from the main campus, online registration (including bill payments), several computer labs and “smart classrooms” on each campus, and a total upgrade of the network infrastructure.

• Increased and enhanced academic offerings. Eleven programs of distinction have been identified, University College was established as a comprehensive resources center and the “academic home” for all freshmen and sophomores, online courses are now offered and several new graduate programs have been added.

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Long Live the King Part I – King Still Rises Above his Adversaries

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“Discrimination is a hell-hound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives.”—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leader of the civil rights movement and stood behind the belief that nonviolence was the method as to which African Americans and all people facing discrimination would obtain equality and freedom. He was the living personification of the biblical phrase “turn the other cheek”, and led his disciples and followers on marches and protests in a never ending quest to end the tyranny of racism and segregation in America. King was a man of peace; however history shows us that promoting nonviolence in the face of hatred led to more violence that expected or wanted. From being stabbed in the chest to peaceful protests transforming into anarchic riots, to death threats delivered regularly, King did not become the man of the people without making some bitter enemies.

The hell-hounds had been chasing King since the inception of the movement and his growing and enormous influence within the South. They never made him stop, but King did become weary. According to “Hellhound on his Trail”, a book by Hampton Sides chronicling the last years of King and the man who committed his assassination, King’s brutal schedule saw him on the road more and less at home with his family. King was becoming distant from his wife, Coretta, and his movement. There were a growing number of people in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) that feared for King’s safety and sanity. His Poor People Campaign was considered too ideal and too big of a plan to be an organized, effective strategy in the battle for freedom. He held a self proclaimed “War on Sleep” to accomplish his goals.

He would go to travel to Memphis where blacks’ efforts to secure economic rights was in need of a savior, and King would jump to their rescue— against his SCLC members wishes. King would make these obligations to lead marches in cities without thinking about the consequences of the toll it was taking on him. He truly was married to the movement. His SCLC members told him not to go to Memphis to fight for the black laborers who had gone on strike, but King demanded he be there—for the people. His attempt at a peaceful protest turned in a riot that drew even more media criticism toward King, claiming the riot as an embarrassment and as a clear indication of King’s fading star power. He was losing his audience, but King was worried about losing something much more—his life. When Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Coretta Scott King ominously said that they “had a sense of fate closing in” on her and her husband. The hell-hounds would not stop chasing him until they tasted blood.

James Earl Ray did not need to be persuaded to kill the man behind the movement. Sides’s portrait of Ray as a depressed, insecure and aloof escaped convict held an immense disdain for African Americans that originated probably due to his Southern upbringing. There was no rationale in his hatred; what bigot uses any? But Ray was as tactical as he was crazy, and hunted for King. His thirst for King’s blood grew out of his loyalty to George C. Wallace, the Alabama governor who was running for president on a platform of prejudice. Wallace had constantly been made a fool of by King; it was in Wallace’s state that King became an icon with his Birmingham protests and arrest. Ray supported Wallace for president. The devil can always recognize his own.

King was killed on April 4, 1968 but the legacy and influence of King will never be silenced. Instead, it will be etched forever as a 30 foot, $120 million statue that is to be dedicated to the Washington, D.C. National Mall on August 28, 2011. On that day, the 48th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech, King will be memorialized with the Jefferson Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial—a “line of leadership” they call it—as a man who dedicated his life to democracy, justice and the people. They tried to tear him down before, but on August 28, we will understand that killing a man cannot kill his dream.

Michael Livingston II
HBCU Buzz Staff

Nicole Scott – This Weeks Stylish Buzz of the Week

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Name: Nicole Scott

Classification: Sophomore

Repin’: Howard University

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada

By looking though her stream of photos Nicole depicts, classic vintage. An over-sized vintage blouse, high waisted white shorts, dusty brown wedges and the perfect Dooney and Bourke bag to completely achieve this look. This outfit in particular is all in all versatile. Perfect for the classroom, hanging on campus or even to happy hour! Fab!

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Entertainment Exec Kevin Liles Returns to MSU for Summer Business Institute Ceremony

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Morgan, ‘Make it Happen’ Foundation Assists 22 Future Business Leaders from Regional High Schools

Renowned entertainment executive and Morgan alumnus Kevin Liles returned to campus yesterday for the closing awards ceremony of the inaugural ‘Make It Happen Summer Business Institute.’ The institute hosted 22 Baltimore City and Baltimore County high school juniors and seniors, and engaged them in a two-week business plan competition judged by panel of local entrepreneurs, legislators and civic leaders.

The program was funded by Liles’ ‘Make it Happen’ Foundation, and was managed by the MSU Entrepreneurial Development & Assistance Center. Morgan professors, MBA alumni and undergraduate students provided instruction on marketing, software and finance to help the students develop their business plans.

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