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Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home...
Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home to the Morgan State University Choir and the "Maginificent Marching Machine," the school's marching band. Student activities include The Spokesman newspaper, The Promethian yearbook and 20 fraternities, sororities and social clubs. Famous Morgan State alumni include author Zora Neal Hurston and former U.S. congressman Kweisi Mfume.
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Gene H. Johnson Jr., 24
Gene Howard Johnson, Jr. 24, of Hagerstown, Md., died Wednesday, May 17, 2012, at his home in Hagerstown. Born Oct. 6, 1987, in Queens, N.Y., he was the son of Gene Howard and Judy Ann (White) Johnson Sr. of Hagerstown. He was the maternal grandson of...
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Former St. Maria Goretti basketball star, Gene Johnson, found dead in Hagerstown home
julieg@herald-mail.comGene Johnson, a star basketball player for St. Maria Goretti High School who became a member of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferencechampionship teams for Morgan State University in Baltimore, died at his Hagerstown home early Thursday morning. City Police...Tags: Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, National Invitation Tournament, High School Sports
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It's about price, proximity
julieg@herald-mail.comChristian Howard started taking classes at Hagerstown Community College in the fall of 2010 under a program that enables high school students to earn high school and college credit at a discounted price. A graduate of Washington County Technical High...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Coppin State University, Frostburg State University, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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'Red Tails' film hits close to home for family of Tuskegee Airman from Hagerstown
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comHagerstown residents Patricia Johnson and her granddaughter, Michele Sonntag, said they're planning a special date Friday. The two are going to the movies to see "Red Tails," a film that tells the story of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Red Tails (movie), Entertainment
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Musicians to step into All State spotlight
janeth@herald-mail.comFifteen Washington County Public Schools students have been selected from among several thousand high school musicians for Maryland All State bands, orchestras and choruses, a program sponsored by the Maryland Music Educators Association. To be...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music, Arts, Schools
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Retired HCC professor receives alumni award from Western Michigan
Michael H. Parsons was recently awarded an Alumni Achievement Award by the Department of History at Western Michigan University. Parsons, who taught for many years at Hagerstown Community College, earned a bachelor’s degree in English and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Columbia University, Education
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Warriors have history on their side at state track meet
andrewm@herald-mail.comFourteen of the last 15 Maryland Class 1A girls outdoor track and field state team titles have been won by Washington County schools. If the county’s going to make it 15 of 16 this weekend at Morgan State University in Baltimore, the Boonsboro...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Maryland, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest, High School Sports
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South's Sandeen vaults to state title
South Hagerstown senior Jaid Sandeen won a title in the Class 3A girls pole vault Friday at the Maryland State Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Morgan State University. Sandeen equaled her personal best in the event with her winning jump of 10...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Track and Field
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Summer event coverage requires juggling
We are in the midst of what is perhaps the busiest time of the year for the newsroom, in terms of the sheer number of events that we are committed to covering. With the National Pike Festival and other local celebrations kicking off the spring season...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Arts and Culture, Maryland, Human Interest, Memorial Day
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Gussio, Hardy get gold once more
andrewm@herald-mail.comApparently, neither Boonsboro senior Coby Gussio nor Williamsport junior Evan Hardy was satisfied with just one title at the 2011 Maryland State Outdoor Track & Field Championships. They were back for more Saturday at Morgan State University. Gussio,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Washington (U.S. state), Shot Put, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
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Gussio, Lowery, Hardy golden
andrewm@herald-mail.comFinally, Coby Gussio has his elusive state gold medal. The Boonsboro senior won the Class 1A boys long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 5 1/2 inches Thursday in the first day of action at the Maryland State Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Morgan State...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, High School Sports, Washington County (Maryland)
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Warriors wow 'em at states
andrewm@herald-mail.comWashington County girls continued to leave opponents scratching their heads Saturday at the Maryland State Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Morgan State University. Boonsboro held off Harford Tech 108-100 to win the Class 1A girls title, which...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Northwood, Catonsville, Human Interest, Long Jump
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