If passed, Bowie State University, Coppin State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore would cut ties with USM

Bowie State University Bowie State University was founded in 1865, by the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of Colored People as a teaching school. It is the oldest HBCU in Maryland and one of the ten oldest in the country. Bowie State University offers 22 undergraduate majors and 38 master’s, doctoral and […]

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A federal judge has ruled that Maryland has shortchanged the state’s four historically black colleges by unnecessarily duplicating their programs at nearby predominantly white institutions. In a ruling issued Monday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Judge Catherine Blake wrote that the duplication of academic programs was part of an earlier dual system of higher […]

Via: KYSDC.com Graduation season is in full swing and the Bowie State University Class of 2013 had the privilege of being sent into the real world with an awe inspiring commencement speech by the First Lady of the United States of America. Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday to live […]

Via Foxbaltimore.com 20-year-old Alexis Simpson was found not guilty of the stabbing death of her Bowie State University roommate,  18-year-old Dominique Frazier. Thursday the jury deliberated for three hour and found her not guilty on all seven charges. Read More.  Sharpton: Hold On, Keep Our Eyes On The Prize Zimmerman Prosecutor Makes Gaffe In Case By Leaking Witness Names Protect […]

An 18-year-old university student, Dominique Frazier (above), was fatally stabbed by her roommate during a fight over an iPod in a campus dormitory. Alexis D. Simpson (below), 19, was charged Friday with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault after her room mate’s body was found unconscious in a second-floor hallway. Monday a judged ordered […]

An 18-year-old university student, Dominique Frazier (above), was fatally stabbed by her roommate during a fight over an iPod in a campus dormitory. The victim was identified by police as Dominique Frazier of Washington, who was a student at Bowie State University. Frazier was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after arrival at a nearby […]

A civil rights group is suing Maryland’s Higher Education Commission for allegedly discriminating against the state’s four historically black colleges. The plaintiffs argue that Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have underdeveloped programs because black schools are funded in a manner that puts predominately white […]