MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 2016 YEAR IN REVIEW PURPOSE • PROGRESS • PROMISE
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2017
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$5M
Spring Commencement, featuring House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi as keynote Contribution to MSU by alumnus Calvin Tyler and his wife, Tina: the largest individual donation ever
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HBCU to have entire university named as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Designation as an NSA/DHS “Center of Academic Excellence”
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$1M
MSU BEGINS THE CELEBRATION OF ITS SESQUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
$250M ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
15 MSU SCHOLAR-ATHLETES NAMED TO MEAC FOOTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
10K FOLLOWERS FOR THE MSU TWITTER ACCOUNT
50K LIKES
REGISTERED FOR THE MSU FACEBOOK PAGE
IN NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT FUNDING AWARDED TO MSU IN 2016
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NEW DEANS NAMED: DEAN KEELS (CHAPEL), DEAN SPENCER (SOE) AND DEAN YU (SCMNS)
MSU UNIVERSITY FELLOWS NAMED IN 2016
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ANNUAL MSU INNOVATION DAY HELD BEFORE LAWMAKERS, ALUMNI, FACULTY, STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS IN ANNAPOLIS
1ST EVER FULL PATENT TO
MSU, FOR A METAL-ASSISTED AND MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EVAPORATIVE CRYSTALLIZATION TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
50K MORGAN GRADUATES SINCE THE UNIVERSITY’S START IN 1867
437
MSU DECEMBER GRADUATES: A RECORD NUMBER
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MUSEUMS OWNED AND OPERATED BY MORGAN, WITH THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE LILLIE CARROLL JACKSON CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM
$5K CONTRIBUTED
TO THE MSU FOUNDATION’S IOTA PHI THETA ANNIVERSARY ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND BY JUNIOR MATHEW REEDS
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12 DAYS SPENT IN
CHINA BY MSU STUDENTS AS PART OF A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM