Morgan State Year in Review 2018

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2018

MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SELECTED MORGAN TO LEAD A $2.3-MILLION PROJECT TO TRAIN MINORITIES FOR ‘SMART CITIES’ RESEARCH

$50M

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$2.3M

MORGAN EXECUTED ITS FIRST-EVER TECHNOLOGY LICENSING CONTRACT WITH CYKLOBURN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC TWO HISTORIC ENTITIES, THE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AND MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, PARTNER TO LAUNCH A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND STATEWIDE POLL TO GAUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN OPINION

MORGAN REACHES AN AGREEMENT WITH A LOCAL DEVELOPER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE $50-MILLION NORTHWOOD PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

MORGAN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN, TOPPING ITS $250 MILLION GOAL WITH $254,307,730, THE LARGEST FUNDING EFFORT OF ITS KIND IN THE UNIVERSITY’S HISTORY

$1B

$250M

MORGAN RELEASED A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY DETAILING THE UNIVERSITY’S NEARLY $1-BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEWIDE AND $574-MILLION ON BALTIMORE CITY

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MORGAN’S BOARD OF REGENTS AWARDS PRESIDENT DAVID WILSON WITH A NEW, FIVEYEAR CONTRACT

10K

MORGAN’S NEW FOOD RESOURCE CENTER RECEIVED MORE THAN 10,000 POUNDS OF FOOD DONATIONS TO AID IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD INSECURITY ON CAMPUS

400+

MORE THAN 400 BACHELOR’S, MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL DEGREE CANDIDATES WERE ON-HAND TO HEAR A RIVETING DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS FROM 2020 PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN

2019

MORGAN’S MAGNIFICENT MARCHING MACHINE WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM IN THE 2019 MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE

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THE WHARTON SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ENTERS INTO ITS FIRST-EVER COLLABORATION WITH AN HBCU, CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORGAN’S EARL G. GRAVES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT STUDENTS AND FACULTY

100

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GRADUATES OF MORGAN’S NURSING PROGRAM POST A 100% PASS RATE ON THE ON THE NCLEX-RN NATIONAL LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR FY 2018

1200

MORE THAN 1,200 INCOMING FRESHMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN MORGAN’S ANNUAL “MOVE IN DAY”

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STANDARD & POOR’S (S&P) GLOBAL AFFIRMS THE UNIVERSITY WITH ITS A+ LONG-TERM AND UNENHANCED BOND RATINGS

24

THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP HONOR SOCIETY SIGMA NU TAU CHARTERED ITS 24TH CHAPTER AT MORGAN

142

FOUR MSU STUDENTS WERE ADDED TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY INNOVATION FELLOWS REPRESENTING MORGAN, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 32

MORGAN HELD ITS 142ND SPRING COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, CONFERRING NEARLY 1,000 COMBINED DEGREES

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MORGAN’S THREE PSYCHOMETRICS AND QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY DEGREE PROGRAMS HELP THE UNIVERSITY COME IN AT NUMBER SEVEN AMONG THE TOP TEN “BEST PSYCHOMETRICS AND QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGES” AS RANKED BY UNIVERSITY.COM

2026

FIVE MORGAN STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF COMPUTER, MATHEMATICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES PARTICIPATED IN THE GOOGLE TECH EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE 2018/19 ACADEMIC YEAR

THE MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION RECOGNIZES MORGAN’S PROGRESS AND REAFFIRMS THE UNIVERSITY’S ACCREDITATION STATUS UNTIL 2025–2026


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