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Morgan State President and More Celebrate MLK’s Legacy
The Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse was adorned with glowing prisms and a sleek grand piano where Dr. David K. Wilson of Morgan University took the stage to speak on the Black experience. The night featured multiple musical performances, opening with a rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a song historically known as the ‘Black National Anthem,’ by Purdue’s Black Voices and directed by James Dekle.
Professor Launches Ida B. Wells-Barnett Textbook Fund to Raise Money for HBCU Students
Dr. Stacey Patton is spreading awareness about her Ida B. Wells-inspired initiative aimed at helping students at Morgan State and Howard University who are facing financial hardships.
Inside The First HBCU With A Fintech Center, Here’s How It’s Preparing Students For The Future
In 2017, as the price of bitcoin exploded for the first time, interest in cryptocurrency among students and faculty at Morgan State University was rising, too. Ali Emdad, Associate Dean at Morgan’s Graves School of Business, noticed the growing interest and decided to develop not just a course in blockchain fundamentals, but to create an entire center dedicated to it: the Center for the Study of Blockchain and Financial Technology, the first of its kind at an HBCU.
Morgan State University Alumna D’Angela ‘Dia’ Simms Believes in Making Room for Diversity in the Spirits Industry
D’Angela “Dia” Simms doesn’t believe in leaning in. She thinks the concept of trying to sit at the decision-making table and seizing the opportunity once it arises historically hasn’t worked for women and racial minorities. She believes in building her own table — a bigger one.
From Kenya to the US: My Experience of Doing a Master’s Degree at a HBCU
Collins Oswago, studying at Morgan State University, reflects on his experience dealing with culture shock as a student from Kenya at a historically black college in the US.
HGSE Remembers Charles Willie
“You can look around the country at institutions and districts that have successfully navigated the desegregation era, and so many attribute that to the work of Chuck Willie,” said Morgan State University President David Wilson, Ed.M.'84, Ed.D.'87, noting the unique impact that Willie had as a scholar who was truly able to reach practitioners.
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