July, 2002
• LIBRARY SITE GETS CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
Validating the University's claim that the site is suitable to locate
its new library, a team of engineers and architects hired to do analyses
has concluded that no ground water problem exists at the location where
the old Carl Murphy Fine Arts Center once stood. The team of experts reported
that nothing more than simple and prudent construction practices will
be necessary to build the new library on that site. And, said the team,
it "will not add any additional financial burden on this project."
For more info...
• MORGAN ROTC UNIT CITED AS AMONG NATION'S BEST
The ROTC unit at Morgan recently received quite an impressive recognition
from the U.S. Army Cadet Command headquarters at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
In a letter to President Earl S. Richardson, U. S. Army Major General
John T. D. Casey announced that Morgan's ROTC unit has been designated
among the top 15 percent of Cadet Command's 270 units nationally. "A
demonstration of excellence in the overall Army ROTC program [at Morgan],"
said Major General Casey, "and the hard work and competence of Morgan
State University cadets."
For more info...
• MORGAN CHOIR WINS PRAISE ABROAD
"The Morgan State University Choir is one of the best-regarded
U. S. university choral ensembles, fielding an extensive repertory that
spans centuries." That is how The Prague Post described
Morgan's choir at the midway point of its 30-day concert tour through
the Czech and Slovak republics. The choir's performance of Porgy and
Bess in Prague with the Czech Philharmonic was broadcast over Czech
radio and television. The tour ended July 10, 2002.
• MAKING US PROUD
At the group's annual meeting in Montreal, Canada, Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch,
dean of Morgan's School of Engineering, was sworn in as president of the
American Society for Engineering Education. It is the world's premier
engineering education society. Dean DeLoatch becomes the first African
American to lead the organization in its 109-year history.
For more info...
Learning for Life, a character education program run by the Baltimore
Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, recently honored Morgan's Dr.
Patricia L. Welch, dean of the School of Education and Urban Studies,
with its 2002 Educational Award. Historically reserved for a member
of the business community, this is the first year the award has been given
to an educator.
For more info...
|
