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Lake Clifton Graduate Dena Freeman-Patton Happy to ‘Come Home’ to Baltimore as Morgan State’s First Female Athletic Director
Dena Freeman-Patton’s career path has come full circle. About three decades after she first stepped onto Morgan State’s campus as a junior at Lake Clifton High School to attend a Lakers-Dunbar basketball game and later participated as a senior in a homecoming parade, Freeman-Patton will return to Baltimore as the first female athletic director in the Bears’ 155-year history.
Award-winning Playwright, Filmmaker, and Acclaimed Morgan State University Alumnus David E. Talbert to Serve as Keynote for Spring Commencement Ceremony
More Than 900 Undergraduate and Advanced Degrees to Be Conferred During 145th Spring Commencement Exercises
Morgan State Board of Regents Approves Lake Clifton Acquisition; Maryland Board of Public Works Votes Next Week
The Morgan State University Board of Regents moved to unanimously approve the purchase of additional property in East Baltimore, bringing the institution one step closer to creating its first modern satellite campus. The university plans to acquire three city-owned parcels of land, which includes the old Lake Clifton High School campus and the historic Clifton Park Valve House, and spend $200 million to create its satellite campus. To finalize the sale, Morgan State awaits approval from the Maryland Board of Public Works.
Morgan State Names First Woman Athletic Director
Dena Freeman-Patton has been named Morgan State University’s director for intercollegiate athletics, becoming the first woman to oversee the historically Black university’s sports teams, announced President David K. Wilson.
Morgan State University Names New Athletic Director, Beginning New Era of Leadership in Athletics
Dena Freeman-Patton to Serve as Vice President and Director for Intercollegiate Athletics, Becoming First Woman in University History Hired to Lead the Athletics Department
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Morgan President David Wilson as New Member
President Wilson Joins Class of 2022’s 261 New Members, Including Scientists, Business Leaders, Artists, Technocrats and Educators
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