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* >> CONNECTING MARYLANDERS TO THEIR GOVERNMENT.

THIS IS "STATE CIRCLE."

* >> Kaye: WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "STATE CIRCLE."

I'M DR. KAYE WISE WHITEHEAD HOSE OF TODAY WITH DID KAYE ON WEAA RADIO 89-POINT FINANCE FM.

THE THIS IS HBCU WEEK ON MPT FOCUSING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF REGION'S HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES AND.

THE COMING UP ON THIS HOUR HOFF LONG PROGRAM MPTS MPT'S JEFF SALKIN WILL BE TALKING TO THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS IN OUR REGION.

WE WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS A EACH UNIVERSITY, PLUS GET AN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL LOOK AT THE CULTURE, THE HYPE, THE HOME COMINGS AND THE HISTORY OF HBCU BANDS.

TODAY THERE ARE OVER 100 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING MY ALMA MATER LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, AND SIX OF THEM ARE IN OUR AREA.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT COLUMBIA ARE LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, DC.

BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY, COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY, MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE ARE ALL LOCATED IN HERE IN MARYLAND.

WE BEGIN WITH MARYLAND'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BOYD RUTHERFORD WHO IS A GRADUATE OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

>> WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE '70s, MID-70s WSES MID TO LATE '70 THERE WAS STILL SOME CHALLENGES IN SOCIETY IN TERMS OF JUST HOW YOU FELT WHEN YOU GOT ONTO A LARGER CAMPUS AND HOW PEOPLE MAY EITHER TREAT YOU DIRECTLY OR JUST A THE LOOKS AND THE FEEL, SO THE BASE WAS OFTEN ON MINE.

AND I HAD TRANSFERRED TO BOWIE.

AND IT HAPPENED TO BE DURING PHASE 1 BUSING ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON UP THERE, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF RACIAL TENSION GOING ON IN BOSTON AT THE TIME.

AND BEING ABLE TO GO TO HOWARD, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THOSE CONCEPT, THAT THOUGHT PROCESS WASN'T IN MIND.

YOU KNEW THERE WAS A LARGER WORLD OUTSIDE, BUT YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT.

YOU DIDN'T NEED A BLACK STUDENT UNION BECAUSE YOU WERE THE STUDENT UNION.

AND SO I THINK IT ALLOWED FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT EDUCATIONAL, THAT FULL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

>> Kaye: THE CROWD, THE MUSIC, THE CEREMONIES AND, OF COURSE, THE HOPE COMING TRADITIONS.

HBCU BANDS PRODUCED THE SOUND TRACK OF THE HBCU EXPERIENCE.

LET'S SEE HBCUs BY LISTENING TO SOUNDS OF THE GAME.

>> FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS MIGHT BE A FOOTBALL FIELD.

MAYBE EVEN THE CENTER OF A TRACK.

FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS MIGHT BE A SOCCER STADIUM.

BUT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, THIS IS A STAGE.

HI, I'M BEMO.

I'M YOUR HOST.

WELCOME TO SOUNDS OF THE GAME.

* THE HISTORY OF HBCU BANDS ACTUALLY STARTS WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

BLACK FOLKS WERE FORCED INTO THE MILITARY AND MILITIA SERVICE BUT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY WEAPONS.

GO FIGURE.

SO WHILE THERE, BLACK SOLDIERS OCCUPIED THE BANDS AND ACTED AS MARKETERS FOR THE ARMY.

IN THE CIVIL WAR, MOST, AND I MEAN MOST BLACK REGIMENTS EVOLVED FROM THE PURE DRUM LINES TO THE BLACK BRASS BAND WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH NOW.

GOING INTO THE 1940S, THESE BLACK BRASS BANDS, NOW DIVORCED FROM THE MILITARY, MIXED THEIR STYLE WITH MINSTREL PERFORMANCE PRINCIPLES TO CREATE A HIGH-STEPPING, ENTERTAINMENT-FOCUSED STYLE.

THE LEADERS OF THESE SHOW BANDS EVENTUALLY BECAME LEADERS OF BAND PROGRAMS AT HBCUs LIKE TUSKEGEE AND ALABAMA STATE, KENTUCKY STATE, AND, OF COURSE, FAMU.

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SINCE BANDS CAN'T BE PERFORMING IN FRONT OF NO ONE, SILENT STADIUMS, RESPONSES ONLY FROM YOUR FELLOW BAND MEMBERS AND DIRECT AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GUIDING YOU, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE DRUM MAJOR CALLS YOU TO ATTENTION, THAT SILENCE IS TRANSFORMED INTO SENSATION.

6 YOU NEVER FORGET THE MAGIC OF THAT SOUND.

THE CREATION ARE BLACK CULTURE CAN BE CATEGORIZED INTO TWO DYNAMIC SITUATIONS.

ON ONE SIDE WE HAVE OUR FORMAL INSTITUTIONS.

THESE ARE THE INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE CREATED TO HOUSE WHAT BECAME BLACK CULTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, HBCU IS MY ALMA MATER, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE FUN.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE INFORMAL SIDE, THE COMBINATION OF AMERICAN OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS PLUS THE RESILIENT ATTITUDE OF FORMERLY ENSLAVED AFRICANS COMBINING TO CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT IS THAT BEAUTIFUL THING?

IT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE AT MY ALMA MATER.

IT IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE HBCU STYLE MARCHING BAND.

SO TODAY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY WE'RE GOING TO GET A FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE HOW STUDENTS ARE STILL CELEBRATING THIS HBCU MARCHING STYLE, AND ON THE OTHER HAND WE'RE GOING TO SEE A FILM FROM THE BLUE AND GOLD MARCHING MACHINE DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA A&T.

SO WHETHER IT'S THE TROMBONES IN THE BACK, WHETHER IT'S THE SOUSAPHONES CRANKING IN THE FRONT, WHETHER IT'S THE DANCERS OR EVEN THE GUY TALKING TRASH IN THE BOOTH, THESE OF THE SOUNDS OF THE GAME.

TODAY WE ARE HERE SETTING UP FOR A VERY INTEGRAL PART OF EVERY BAND MEMBER'S MARCHING SEASON, THE PINNING CEREMONY.

* THE PINNING CEREMONY ACTS AS A TRADITIONAL INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW FRESHMAN CLASS INTO THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY FAMILY.

WE HEAR FROM INDIVIDUALS LIKE OUR PRESIDENT, DR. WAYNE A.I.

FREDERICK AND THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, DEAN PHYLICIA RASHAD.

WE ALSO GET A INTRODUCTION INTO OUR NEW SCHOOL PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE ABOUT STUDENT LIFE AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES AS THEY INDOCTRINE THE NEW FRESHMEN INTO WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HOWARD STUDENT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BISON.

OH, IT MEANS A LOT.

FIRST OF ALL, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT A BISON IS.

IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, THE BISON IS ONE OF THE MOST MAJESTIC CREATURES.

THE BISON IS INTUITIVE.

THE BISON IS STRONG.

THE BISON LIVES IN PROTECTION OF ONESELF AND THE HERD.

THE BISON IS FAST.

THE BISSON IS AGILE, CAN TURN ON A DIME.

THE BISON CAN DETECT PREDATORS AS FAR AS 30 KILOMETERS AWAY AND KNOWS HOW TO AVOID THEM.

SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU TO BE A BISON?

IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE WELCOMED INTO A LEGACY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STRONG, STRONG AND INTELLECTUAL STRONG IN INTELLECTUAL PURSUIT, STRONG IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, STRONG IN SERVICE, STRONG IN UPHOLDING AND MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THIS INSTITUTION, THIS INSTITUTION THAT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN BRICK-AND-MORTAR.

WE WELCOME YOU INTO THIS LEGACY THAT YOU ARE NOW A PART OF.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL PROGRAM SOUNDS OF THE GAME TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 4:00 P.M.

RIGHT HERE ON MPT.

IT'S AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE INNOVATIVE BANDS PROGRAMS THAT MAKE HBCUS UNIQUE.

JOIN US NOW DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF HBCU BANDS IS DR. JORIM REID, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COORDINATOR OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND THE NEW DIRECTOR OF BANDS AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN.

FROM RHEE, WELCOME TO MARYLAND.

>> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE WELCOME?

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

NOW, YOU HAVE A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A BAND DIRECTOR AND BAND MEMBER, HAVING ARRIVED AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FROM FAYETTE STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE WERE YOU THE BAND DIRECTOR FOR THE BROKEN EXPRESS.

NOIK NEGOTIATION PRIOR TO THAT YOU STOIF FOR 14 YEARS AS THE SICH BAND DIRECTOR AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY'S MARCHING SOUND MACHINE IN DUR HAPPEN, NORTH CAROLINA.

NOW, A CLIP FROM THE FILM WE SHOWED A LITTLE EARLIER ALLUDED TO THE UNUSUAL BEGINNINGS FOR H HBCU BANDS.

CAN YOU TELL AS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THEIR ORIGINS?

>> MY DOCK MY DOCTORAL RESEARCH DEALT HEAVILY WITH THE ORIGINS OF HBCUS BAND PROGRAMS, AND THEY GO A LOT DEEPER, AND THE ROOTS OF WHERE HBCU BANDS ARE INTERTWINED WITH THE ROOTS OF SLAVERY AND AFRICAN DI SPORE A WHERE THOSE TRADITIONS OF AFRICAN DRUMMING AND THE RHYTHM, THE MOVEMENT INTERTWINE WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC AND AMERICAN MUSIC OVER IF YEARS, SO AT THE ADVENT OF FOOTBALL AND WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR HALFTIME SHOWS AND MARCHING BANDS PARTICIPATING IN HALFTIME SHOWS, THE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS HAD ESTABLISHED BAND PROGRAMS WHERE HBCUS BEGAN TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS WHERE TUSK EEG E WAS THE FIRST YOU HBCU TO HAVE A MARCHING BAND, AND WITH THAT, AS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BE IT FOOD, BE IT DANCE AND MUSIC, WE ALWAYS ADD A LITTLE EXTRA SPICE, IF NOT A LOT OF SPICE AND FAVOR TO IT.

THE HIGH-STEPPING OR TRADITIONAL MARCHING STYLE OFTEN OR FORTUNATELY IS CALLED SHOW STYLE, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE TITLE TO CALL THAT.

THE TRADITIONAL MARCHING STYLE CAME FROM WILLIAM P. FOSTER IN HIS DISSERTATION, BAND PAGEANTRY, HE AT FLORIDA A&M WANTED ALL OF THE BAND MEMBERS TO MARCH LIKE THE DRUM MAJORS WITH THE HIGH KNEE STEP, HIGH KNEE.

AND HE WANTED A DIFFERENT FLAVOR.

HE WANTED MORE OF A FLASHY MOVE, THE HORN FLASHES AND THE DANCE MOVES.

SO THOSE WERE THE NATIVITY THINS INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT WERE INTERTWINED AT FLORIDA AX&M THAT SPREAD MORE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE HBCU COMMUNITIY WHEN THE HBCU BANDS TOOK THIS TRADITIONAL MARCHING STYLE, THIS HIGH KNEE STYLE AND BASICALLY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND THEN ADDED MORE FLAVOR, ADDED MORE PROGRESSIVE AND MODERN MUSIC OR CURRENT MUSIC INSTEAD OF JUST TRADITIONAL SONGS ON THE BAND FIELD.

SO THIS INFLUENCE AND THIS INNOVATION, AS HAS EVOLVED INTO THIS CULTURE BANDS THAT REALLY IS A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

>> NOW, HBCU BANDS, IT'S A WHOLE VIBE, IT'S A WHOLE FEELING, IT'S A WAY THAT OUR CULTURE COMES TOGETHER.

BUT AS AN EDUCATOR AND BAND DIRECTOR, WHAT LESSONS DO HBCU BAND MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND TEAM WORK AND ABOUT MUCUS?

>> EVERYTHING.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO BEING IN ANY HBCU BAND PROGRAM IS THAT OH, THE MUSIC MAJOR.

AND EVERY HBCU THAT I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF AND THE HBCU THAT I MAFD IN AT FLORIDA A&M, THE MAJORITY OF THE BAND MEMBERS IF NOT 80 PERSONS WERE NOT MUSIC MAJORS, DID NOT HAVE -- [INAUDIBLE] AND THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS THAT THEY LEARNED FROM BEING WITH THEIR PEERS AND HAVING RESPONSIBILITIES WHILE THEY WERE A STUDENT CARRIED FORWARD INTO THEIR CAREERS.

BE IT BUSINESS.

I KNOW DRUM MAJORS THAT I MAFD WITH AS A DRUM MAJOR AT FLORIDA A&M WHO ARE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS, FBI AGENTS.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE MAYORS, IN APPLICABLE OFFICE.

SOME ARE ATTORNEYS AND MAJOR LEADERSHIP ROLES, AND LOOKING BACK TO SEEING HOW AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE AS ABOUT AN MEMBERS, WHEN THEY WERE JUST 18, 19, 20-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS AND TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS AND PROCESS AND HOW THEY DEVELOPED AS BEING IN THE BAND.

IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST SHOWING UP AND MARCHING AND COMING INTO THE STANDS AND ALL OF THE FANFARE.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO PREPARATION ON GAME DAY OR EVEN BEFORE OR EVEN IN THE SUMMERS.

THERE'S EQUIPMENT YOU HAVE TO CLEAN, TO MAINTAIN.

THERE'S SHOWS THAT HAVE TO BE DESIGNED.

THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS IN WHAT MUSIC WE'RE GOING TO PLAY.

ALL OF THESE THINGS PLAY OUT IN THE REAL WORLD.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LITERALLY BOARD MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT GO ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AND IN THE BAND WORLD THAT GO UNSEEN.

PEOPLE JUST SEE THE PRODUCT.

AND IT'S OFTEN FRUSTRATING TO A LOT OF DIRECTORS WHERE SOME WILL THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND GET A BAND TO SHOW UP, BUT THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE DEVELOPED LEADERS WITHIN THE BAND, STUDENT LEADERSHIP, NUMBER ONE, AND THEN NUMBER TWO, AFTER WE DEVELOP THAT LEADERSHIP, THESE STUDENTS BUTES PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND WE ARE ABLE TO PUT ON A PERFORMANCE, AND YOU SEE THE BUY PRODUCT OF THAT.

>> NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR PASSION FOR HBCU BANDS, WHEN DID IT START?

AS A MUSICIAN?

AS A BAND DIRECTOR?

AS A STUDENT?

LIKE WHERE DID IT START FOR YOU?

>> IT'S ALWAYS THE MUSIC.

HBCU BANDS, WE TALK TO, BE IT DANCE OR FLAG OR EVEN POSITIONS PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, IT'S THE MUSIC.

IT'S THE SOUND.

AND FOR ME IT STARTED WITH THE LESSONS WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG ON PIANO AND PLAYING IN A CHURCH.

FIRST BAND THAT I SAW IN MIAMI, FLORIDA WAS THE FLORIDA A&M MARCHING BAND AT THE ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC AND THEN I SAW THAT BAND AGAIN WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I SAW THAT BAND AGAIN WHERE I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE SIDELINE AND WATCHED THEM, YOU KNOW, FEELING THE GROUND AND THE EARTH SHAKE, AND THEN HEARING THE SOUND, YOU KNOW, IN MY FACE.

OF THE MAY HAVING 100 IN THE ORANGE BOWL.

AND FROM THAT I WENT TO NEW ORLEANS HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT IN A BAND AND BECAME DRUM PAGER MAJOR AND MY HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR WAS A FLORIDA A&M ALUM I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP ON BOBBY OH OBOE BUT I PLAYED PIANO, AND I KEPT THAT PASSION FOR HBCU BANDS AND BAND MUSIC AND DEVELOPED THE HBCU TRADITION IN HAVING TEACHERS THAT ATTENDED AN HBCU, HAVING PRINCIPALS THAT ATTENDED HBCUS.

BY THE TIME GOT TO FAMU TO, BEING A DRUM MAJOR WAS INGRAINED.

IT WAS HAMMERED HOME WHEN I GOT TO FLORIDA A&M, AND THEN HAVING A PRIVILEGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DR. WILLIAM T. FOSTER AS MY BAND DIRECTOR AND MENTOR WHO IS THE FATHER OF THE HBCU BAND, DR. WILLIAM T. FOSTER IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF THE HBCU BAND AND THE STYLE IN WHICH WE SEE TODAY, AND THAT, THAT PASS GREW EVEN FURTHER WHERE I UNDERSTOOD AND LEARNED BY GETTING THE DEGREES AND THE CREDENTIALS AND SEEING THAT WHAT THE PUBLIC SEES AS FAR AS THE MAVS BAND, -- MARCHING BAND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT THE HBCU BAND DIRECTOR DO THAT GO UNNOTICED.

THERE ARE GREAT JAZZ BANDS.

THERE ARE GREAT AND FINE BANDS AT HBCUs, GREAT CHOIR PROGRAMS THAT THESE BAND MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER THESE HBCUS.

NOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVER GET THE AUDIENCE FOR OR THE VIEWERSHIP OR OF THE MARCHING BANDS BUT THESE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THESE AUXILIARY OR SATELLITE MUSICAL PROGRAMS AND ENSEMBLES BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH TALENT.

BLACK PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT.

I MEAN WEEK YOU GO TO HBCU, YOU DO NOT GET JUST A REGULAR BAND MEMBER.

YOU GET STUDENTS THAT PLAY IN CHURCHES, ORGAN, THEY PLAY DRUM SET, THEY SING, BUT, YOU KNOW, ON SATURDAY WE SEE THEM AS JUST A REGULAR BAND MEMBER THAT, THEY'RE JUST DANCING OR PLAYING SAXOPHONE.

THEY HAVE SO MANY TALENT.

AND FOR ME BEING AN EDUCATOR AND GOING THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, THAT PASSION GROWS DEEPER AND BECOMES EVEN RICHER IN SEEING ALL OF THESE BRILLIANT, TALENTED AFRICAN AMERICANS, FRESHES TAKE THEIR TALENT AND TAKE THEIR TALENTS AND COME UP WITH SHOWS ON SATURDAY.

IN THE WORLD I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TELLING OUR STORY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES OTHERRERS TELLING OUR STORY.

A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE THE HBCU BAND DIRECTORS TELLING THE STORY, AND A LOT OF THINGS AREN'T REALLY GIVEN THE FULL PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN WHAT IS PERCEIVED.

AND EVEN WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES OR EQUITABLE RESOURCES.

BUT YET THEY STILL PERFORM AT A HIGHER AND BETTER LEVEL THAN A LOT OF OUR COUNTERPARTS THAT HAVE EVERYTHING LAID OUT FOR THEM.

>> SO COMING UP WITH IN MORGAN, YOU'RE STEPPING INTO A LOT OF HISTORY.

YOU ARE SUCCEEDING THE LEGENDARY BAND DIRECTOR FROM MORGAN'S MAGNIFICENT MARCHING MACHINE.

HOW DO YOU PLAN ON BUILDING UPON THE FOUNDATION HE LAID FOR OVER 49 YEARS?

>> OH, WELL, I MEAN, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED AND TOBY IN THE -- TO BE IN THE POSITION.

TO ME KNOWING MR. MYLES WAS A PART OF THE PROCESS AND COMING AND BEING IN THIS POSITION WEEK I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

I HAVE HIM ON SPEED DIAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW DO I BUILD ON IT?

I STILL TALK TO HIM.

EVEN BEFORE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW AND DID NOT KNOW THAT I WAS A VERY, VERY, VERY YOUNG BAND DIRECTOR STARTING OFF AS A COLLEGE BAND DIRECTOR, AND I CALLED -- I WOULD CALL MR. MYLES WHEN I WAS AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL AND ASK FOR SOME ADVICE BECAUSE HE'S A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

HE'S NOT A PERSON THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO THAT.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO DO.

AND I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN APPRECIATION FOR THAT.

AND TO BUILD OFF OF THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, I'M HUMBLED TO LISTEN TO THAT AND I ALWAYS HAVE AND TO BE IN A POSITION, TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN YOU TRY TO BUILD UPON THAT, I SEEK TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE TRADITIONS THAT WE HAVE AND ENHANCE THEM, INCREASE THE VIEWERSHIP, INCREASE THE SUPPORT , EXPAND, SO I DON'T LOOK TO REBUILD OR REDO OR DO OVER.

I WOULD SAY ENHANCE OR UPDATE THE OPERATING SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, SO TO SPEAK.

HOW CAN WE STILL KEEP THESE TRADITIONS THAT WERE SET, THAT WERE BUILT AS FOUNDATION AND BUILD UPON IT AND LET'S MODERNIZE IT WHERE IT'S MORE RELEVANT TO THE CURRENT STUDENTS AND THEN WHERE THAT LEGACY THAT MR. MYLES HAD SET IS STILL THERE, STILL INTACT AND STILL REMEMBERED.

>> SO AS YOU WORK TO UPDATE THE OPERATING SYSTEMS, AS YOU SAY, CAN YOU GIVES A LITTLE TASTE?

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE MAGNIFICENT MARCHING MACHINE THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, UNDER THE VISION OF AN OUTSTANDING, BRILLIANT, COMPETENT PRESIDENT OF MORGAN STATE, DR. WILSON, HE TWEETED THAT HE WANTED TO SEE OVER 200, SO NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT.

SIZE DOES MATTER AND ALSO QUALITY.

BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY, THE OPERATING SYSTEM.

WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY.

WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE OUR MEDIA FOOTPRINT.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY OBSERVATIONS.

OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTPRINT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED WHERE EVEN AS AN INSTITUTION WHERE THE BAND CAN HELP TO ENHANCE ALL OF THOSE STORIES OF BEING AN ACTUAL TREASURE, THAT THERE'S A GREAT JOB IN THE UNIVERSITY IN TELLING THE STORY, BUT FROM -- COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THEN NOW BEING ON THE INSIDE AND SEEING ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND THAT ARE HAPPENING, THAT STORY IS NOT BEING BROADCAST, SO THE VISION THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO BE A GOBBLE INSTITUTION, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THING GLOBAL AND LITERARY AND FIGURATIVELY BE AN INSTRUMENT.

THE BAND NEEDS TO BE AN INSTRUMENT FOR THAT.

BUS ANY BAND PROGRAM, BIG OR SMALL, IS GOING TO BE THE LARGEST ORGANIZATION ON CAMPUS.

SO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATION OF EVERY SINGLE MAJOR ON CAMPUS.

SO WHEN I'M RECRUITING, I'M NOTE JUST RECRUITING BAND MEMBERS.

I'M RECRUITING FUTURE GRADUATES FOR THE UNIVERSITY, FUTURE SUCCESSFUL LEADERS, AND WHO CAN GIVE BACK TO THE INSTITUTION, AND TO DO THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF GETTING THIS GREAT STORY, THIS GREAT MEDIA AND IMAGES AND PICTURES THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT YOU KNOW I LOOK TO ENHANCE THAT BY TRYING TO SEEK MORE PERFORMANCE ON AN INTERNAL SCALE AND SEEKING HOW WE CAN PUSH THE MEDIA TO WHERE WE CAN GET SOME OF THIS MEDIA IN DIFFERENT OUTLET BEYOND JUST THIS REGION WHERE PEOPLE CAN KNOW ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. REID.

WE ARE TRULY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR WORK THIS YEAR.

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME UNIQUE PROGRAMS FROM EACH UNIVERSITY.

FIRST UP IS COPPIN STATE WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDING A NEW PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO, WOULD WAS DAYCARE PROVIDERS AND EARN THEIR BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

MPT'S NANCY YAMADA SHOWS US HOW THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND PROGRAM IN MARYLAND WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL ACCESS FOR STUDENTS AND A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR PARENTS ACROSS THE STATE.

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A MISCONCEPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, EARLY LEARNING CENTERS OR THOSE TEACHERS ARE JUST BABYSITTERS AND THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL.

>> Nancy: DR. WYE LETTA GAMBLE LOW TAX MA AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AT P COULDIN STATE UNIVERSITY SAYS INVESTING IN CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS OLD CAN CHANGE LIVES.

>> WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED, HOW TO HOLD A PENCIL, HOW TO HOLD SCISSORS, HOW TO SPEAK, HOW TO READ.

OFF THAT STARTS IN THAT TIME, IN THAT SPACE, SO IT'S REALLY CRITICAL IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE STRONG EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS.

>> Nancy: AT COPPIN STATE, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS AIMED AT ALREADY ESTABLISHED TEACHERS AND OWNERS OF EARLY LEARNING CENTERS.

>> HOW DO WE KEEP INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN WANTING TO BECOME EDUCATORS, AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT 345EUBGING SURE WE FIT INTO THOSE R. THEIR LIFE LIFESTYLES.

WHEN THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKESOME EVENING OR WEEKEND CLASSES?

>> Nancy: FOR THE FIRST TIME KOPP INSTUDENTS IN THE EARLY EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CAN TAKE ALL OF THEIR CLASSES ONLINE, AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A LOT OF THE STUDENTS WHO COME TO THIS INSTITUTION, THERE ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD.

OUR AVERAGE AGE OF STUDENTS ENROLLED AT COPPIN IS 26.

THESE ARE CAREER CHANGERS.

THEY'RE NO SITTING AT HOME.

THEY'RE OUT WORKING.

>> Nancy: DR. LEWIS IS THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND EDUCATION AT COPPIN STATE.

>> HAVING THIS PROGRAM AVAILABLE ONLINE PUTS THEM AT AN EASE THAT THEY CAN WORK, THEY CAN STUDY, THEY CAN CARE FOR THEIR FAMILY, THEY CAN TAKE THEIR CLASSES, COMPLETE THEIR ASSIGNMENT IN THEIR OWN TIME WHILE NOT MISSING A DAY OF WORK.

>> Nancy: AND MOVING MORE COPPIN CLASSES ONLINE EXPANDS THE SCHOOL'S REACH BEYOND BALTIMORE.

>> IF WE ARE NOT MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE, THEN WE ARE AT NO REACHING OUR GOAL.

WE'RE NOT ACHIEVING THE PRIORITY THAT WE SET FOR THE INSTITUTION OF HAVING AN IMPACT.

>> Nancy: FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DR. GAMBLE LOMAX SAYS THE MOVE TO VIRTUAL IS A VITAL WAY TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO ENTER A FIELD WITH A DECLINING WORKFORCE.

>> I DON'T KNOW THINK ANYONE YOU HAD HAD SHOULD BE IN EDUCATION WORKING WITH CHILDREN WHO DON'T CARE, BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO REMAIN IS BECAUSE THEY FEEL CALLED TO IT, PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

>> Nancy: I'M NANCY YAMADA FOR "STATE CIRCLE."

>> Kaye: THEIRS MPT'S JEFF SALKIN WITH THE EIGHTH IN THE OF COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY, DR. ANTHONY JENKINS.

>> Jeff: A SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION BUT WE DON'T TRAIN ENOUGH EDUCATORS.

COPPIN IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS FIGHTING THAT TREND.

>>IN', IT IS AND WADE'S ON WHAT YOU JUST SHARED, WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS HERE ON OUR CAMPUS ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEAN IN MORE HERE AT COPPIN AND DO OUR PART.

WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT EDUCATORS ARE, AND AS YOU NOTED, WE HAVE A RICH, STORIED HISTORY HERE AT COPPIN OF TRAINING TEACHERS.

IN FACT, IF YOU WALK INTO ANY SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE OR ACROSS THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND, YOU ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO RUN INTO SOMEONE WHO GRADUATED FROM COPPIN WHO IS EITHER IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITHIN THAT SCHOOL.

AND SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A POINT IN OUR SOCIETY WHERE I WON'T YET CALL IT A CRISIS, BUT THERE'S GREAT CONCERN ABOUT SO MANY TEACHERS WHO ARE LEAVING THAT IMPORTANT PROFG PROFESSION OR NOT BEING ABLE TO FELL THAT PIPELINE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WALKING AWAY, WHO ARE RETIRING OR CHANGING CAREERS.

BUT WE ARE AT COP INWE ARE DOUBLING CAN DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE EDUCATING TEACHERS.

WE WILL BE CREATING A CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE WHICH WILL BE FOCUSED ON HOW WE GET MORE TEACHERS INTO THAT EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE AND ESPECIALLY TEACHERS OF COLOR.

WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS OUR STATE AND EVEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHERS AND TEACHERS OF COLOR MAKE UP A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE, AND MALE TEACHERS OF COLOR MAKE UP ABOUT 2% OF ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.

AND SO WE WANT TO DO MORE AND WE ARE CREATING A PATHWAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT LEARNERS OR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THEIR CAREER TO COME THROUGH COPPIN AND GET THEM INTO THE CLASSROOM CAIRCHLTS THE UNIVERSITY OF M. EASTERN SHORE HAS A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

MPT'S CHARLES ROBINSON LOOKS INTO ITS ROOTS AND FUTURE.

>> I'M CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM MODEL, FISHERIES ECOSYSTEM MODEL OF THE MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS WHO ASSESS HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS BIOMASS AND FISH DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE ECOSYSTEM.

>> Charles: SA CAWRND WILL SOON BECOME ONE OF THE NEWEST GRADUATES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE TO EARN A DOCTORATE IN MARINE BIOLOGY.

SHE'S A PART OF MARINE ESTUARY ENVIRONMENTAL A SCIENCES PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY.

THE SCHOOL HAS SIX SPECIALIZED AREAS WHICH RANGE FROM ECOLOGY TO OCEANOGRAPHY.

WHAT REALLY GAVE THE SCHOOL A BOOST WASTY PARTNERSHIP WHICH CREATE THE NOAA LIVING MARINE RESOURCES COOPERATIVE SCIENCE CENTER NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO.

>> IT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE FOLLOWING THE COMPETITION FOR OUR -- WERE MADE TO OUR SEVEN INSTITUTIONS, AND INVESTING IN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING FUNDING FOR THE LIVING MARIN CENTER.

>> Charles: WITH THE PARTNERSHIP CAME ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT ALLOWED THEM TO PURCHASE THIS DEVICE WHICH CAN DETERMINE MICROSCOPIC METALS AND ORGANIC MATERIAL IN WATERWAYS.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE ACID WOMAN BAY AND IS AN ESTUARY HERE ON MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE.

IT'S WHERE MANY UMES STUDENTS COME TO DO THEIR RESEARCH.

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT ALL THIS, THERE ARE ONLY FOUR HBCUS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT DO THIS KIND OF RESEARCH.

>> FROM 2003 TO 2019, 35% AFRICAN AMERICANS AND 39% OF HISPANICS WHO RECEIVED Ph.D.

EDITION IN MARINE SCIENCE, GRADUATED FROM THE LIVING MARIN SCIENCE CENTER.

THAT'S AN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

>> Charles: THE STUDENTS FROM UMES ARE SPREADING THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY TO MARINE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY ARE THE LEAD SCIENTISTS.

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, I'M CHARLES ROBINSON FOR "STATE CIRCLE".

>> Aaron McNeil: HERE'S JEFF SALKIN WITH HEIDI ANDERSON, THE PRESIDENT OF UMES SINCE 2018.

>> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, AND ABOUT 35 MILES FROM EACH WHICH MEANS WE ARE VOWBD SURROUNDED BY WATER IN A SPENCE OUR TOWN OF PRINCIPLE SENSE ANNE IS A VERY SMALL TOWN SO WE'RE VERY RURAL, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL OVER HERE AND WE'RE HAVING WONDERFUL WEATHER THESE DAYS.

OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY REALLY LOVE THAT.

>> I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I'VE HEARD THE PHRASE LAND GRANT INSTITUTION FOREVER.

AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY.

>> LET ME SEE IF I CAN SHARE THAT WITH OUR VIEWERS AND WITH YOU.

LAND GRANT INSTITUTIONS REALLY CAME ABOUT IN THE 1800S, AND YOU HAVE TWO TYPES.

THERE IS 1865 LAND GRANTS, AND THOSE ARE REALLY WHAT WE CONSIDER PWIs, THE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS.

SO IN OUR STATE THAT'S COLLEGE PARK.

THEN IN 1890 MORE LAND WAS GIVEN FOR INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP UNIVERSITIES, AND THOSE WERE GIVEN TO THE HBCUs, THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

SO IN SOME STATES YOU HAVE BOTH OF THOSE.

IN MANY STATES YOU ONLY HAVE ONE.

AND WE ARE A PROUD 1890 HBCU LAND GRANT HERE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOUR VIEWERS ABOUT LAND GRANTS, IT IMPLIES A COUPLE THINGS.

IT MEANS THAT YOU REALLY FOCUS ON NOT JUST TEACHING AND SERVICE BUT ALSO EXTENSION AND REALLY ENGAGING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE AT UMES WE HAVE BECOME WHAT PEOPLE KNOW AS A STEM UNIVERSITY, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH AND BE BUT I LIKE TO THINK OF US AS A STEAM INSTITUTION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AGRICULTURE, AVIATION, ARTS AND MATH.

AND THAT GETS THE STEAM IN THERE.

SO YOU COVER THE BREADTH OF THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT LAND GRANTS IS OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE IS TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS, THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE GLOBAL, FOR EXAMPLE, PROBLEMS WITH WATERWAYS.

SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY ATLANTIC OCEAN, CHESAPEAKE BAY, WE WORK ON SOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS THAT REALLY IMPACT FISHERIES OR THE ECOSYSTEM OR THE PROBLEMS WITH FOOD SHORTAGES FROM OUR AGRICULTURE SIDE.

THERE ARE FOOD SHORTAGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IS TRYING TO SOLVE THOSE.

>> Kaye: AT HOWARD EVER HOWARD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY EDGE ENGAGEMENT ARE AT THE HEART OF A A NEW PROGRAM.

HERE'S MPT'S SUE KOPEN FROM WASHINGTON, DC,.

>> Sue: WELCOME TO THE CENTERS EXCELLENCE, I JOINT HOWARD UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE WITH THE DISTRICTS COLUMBIA DESIGNED TO TACKLE THE HEALTH CHALLENGES FACING AREA RESIDENTS.

>> IT IS A $30.8 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS TO STAND UP FIVE CENTERS EXCELLENCE.

>> Sue: MICHAEL CRAWFORD IS ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR STRATEGY, OUTREACH AND INNOVATION.

>> WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO ADDRESS HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES, HEALTH EQUITY ISSUES AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

SO WHEN THE CITY WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES, HOWARD AND THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS A NATURAL FIT CIEWNCHTS.

>> Sue: THE DOORS TO THE CENTER IS OFFICIALLY OPENED AUGUST 8th WITH AN OPEN HOUSE.

THE FIVE CENTERS FOCUS ON BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, ORAL HEALTH, SICKLE CELL DISEASE, TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE, AND WOMEN'S HEALTH.

>> WE WANT TO USE THE FACILITY TO BRING TOGETHER THOUGHT ALERTS LOCALLY AS WELL AS NATIONALLY, BRING IN THE COMMUNITY, PATIENTS TO ADD THEIR VO TO HOW DO WE CREATE INITIATIVES THAT ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> Sue: PSYCHIATRIST DR. DANIEL HERSTON IS WORKING WITH THE CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

>> WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO FROM THE CENTERS IS HAVING PEOPLE ENGAGED MORE AND DOING THE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, LOOKING THE WORK WITH THE PATIENTS AND MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

>> Sue: DR. HAIRSTON WHO IS ALSO THE RESIDENCY TRAINING DIRECTOR FORE HOWARD'S PSYCHIATRY PROGRAM, SAID MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS-A ROME TO PLAY AS WELL.

>> STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE GAME, THEY'RE ALWAYS THINKING FORWARD, AND THEY'RE INNOVATORS SO THEY ARE BRINGING NEW IDEAS, LIKE LET'S TRY THIS, I'VE HEARD OF THIS, WHY DON'T WE OFFER THIS OR CAN WE SEE IF THEY CAN BE PLACED HERE OR I'VE HEEFERRED THIS PLACE.

WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

>> Sue: AND THAT INCLUDES OTHERS FROM AROUND AND OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY.

>> WE KNOW THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST IN SOME OF THESE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ARE NOT JUST MEDICAL PROBLEMS.

THEY REQUIRE A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.

THEY ALSO REQUIRE SOCIAL SERVICE PERSPECTIVE.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO BRING TOGETHER PROFESSIONALS IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MANNER, TO LOOK AT THESE PROBLEMS FROM A DIFFERENT LENS.

>> Sue: WHILE INITIAL FUNDING FOR THE CENTERS IS LIMITED TO SEVEN YEARS, WORK IS UNDERWAY THE MAKE THE PROGRAM SELF-SUSTAINING.

>> SO OVER THE SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD WE'LL BE SAC SEEKING OUT PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC, PLIEFT AND PHILANTHROPIC TO EXPAND IN SCALE AND SUSTAIN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE'RE WORKING ON.

>> Sue: AS FOR LONG-TERM GOALS FOR THE CENTERS.

>> WE SHOULD BE PRESENT NEVER NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE SHOULD HAVE A HUB ACROSS THE CITY.

SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND HOWARD PROVIDING SORRY SUBSTANCE USE, EARP MATERNAL NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH, ORAL, DENTAL, EVERYTHING.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WILL MEASURE OUR SUCCESS ON HOW WE ARE IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.

>> Sue: IN WASHINGTON, I'M SUE KOPEN.

>> Kaye: HERE'S THE 17th PRESIDENT DR. WAYNE HENRY WITH MPT EAST JEFF SALKIN.

>> YOU'RE THE ONLY HBCU IN OUR REGION THAT OPERATES A HOSPITAL, A MEDICAL CENTER.

TELL ME HOW THAT FITS INTO THE BROADER MISSION OF THE INSTITUTION.

>> YES, IT'S CRITICAL.

HOWARD WAS FOUND, IT'S THE ONLY FEDERALLY CHARGE HBCU ON MARCH 7, 1867.

E. TO HAVE A MEDICAL SCHOOL WITH TWO BLACK FACULTY MEMBERS ON IT, VERY, VERY AMBITIOUS, BUT AS A RESULT WE HAVE NOW PRODUCED MORE AFRICAN AMERICAN PHYSICIANS THAN ANY SINGLE INSTITUTION IN THE COUNTRY.

WE SEND MORE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO MEDICAL SCHOOL.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PANDEMIC AND THE SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, I WOULD SAYIT BROUGHT TO BEAR, YOU RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THAT HOWARD UNIVERSITY PLAYS IS AN ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL ROLE TODAY SO WE ARE PLANNING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT EXPERIENCE.

WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD DOUBLE OUR MED SCHOOL CLASS.

WE HAVE THE FIFTH MOST SELECTIVE MED SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY GETTING 9500 APPLICATIONS AND A CLASS ONE OF 126.

SO WE ARE PLAYING A CRITICAL ROLL UNTIL-AMERICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

>> YOU HAVE ONE ESPECIALLY FAMOUS HOWARD GRADUATE LIVING ACROSS DOWN THERE IN DC IN THE VICE PRESIDENT'S MANSION.

HOW MUCH OF A BOOST HAS THAT BEEN ON CAMPUS AND MAYBE WHEN IT COME TO ADMISSIONS PROCESS?

>> I'LL START PERSONALLY.

SHE SAT ON THE COMMITTEE THAT APPOINTED ME SO SHE'S BECOME A VERY DEAR FRIEND AND I CERTAINLY OOD MYER HER WORK ETHIC, HER INTELLIGENCE.

SHE'S AGAIN A GREAT EXAMPLES.

ON CAMPUS IT'S A SOURCE OF PRIDE.

>> Kaye: NOW WYE HEAD TO BOWIE STATE WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO CLOSE THE TEACHERS GAP THAT IS GEEFNTS WORSE SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

AS NANCY YAMADA TELLS US, THEY ARE HOPING TO DO THAT WYE ENCOURAGING BLACK BOYS AND MEN TO, TEACHERS.

>> WE'RE RECRUITING BLACK MALE STUDENTS TO WEEK TEACHERS JUST LOOK A COACH WOULD RECRUIT PLAYERS FOR THEIR TEAM.

>> Nancy: IN THIS KIES THE COACH IS NONE ON THEY ARE JEWEL YAS DAVIS, THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND MENTORING OF BLACK MALE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY.

BUT INSTEAD OF A COURT, IT'S CLASSROOMS HE'S TRYING TO FILL WITH BLACK MEN.

>> REALLY HOW WE SEE IT, THAT IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE POPULATION OF BLACK MALE DPEARTS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT BLACK MALE STUDENTS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION.

>> Nancy: BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY'S BLACK MALE TEACHERS COLLEGE EXECS POSING BLACK MALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO A PROFESSION WHERE ON 7% TEACHERS NATIONWIDE ARE BLACK AND OF THOSE ONLY 2% ARE BLACK MEN, ACCORDING TO THE STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.

>> BLACK MALE STUDENTS ARE OFTEN NOT TREATED WELL AS STUDENTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE AS STUDENTS, AND SO WHO WOULD WANT TO JOIN A PROFESSION WHERE THEY WEREN'T TREATED WELL?

AND SO MANY OF THEM JOIN THE PROSKS TO CHANGE THAT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT'S ONE ELEMENT OF IT.

THE OTHER ELEMENT WE'RE FINDING IS NO ONE HAS ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER TEACHING AS A POSSIBLE CAREER CONSIDERATION.

>> Nancy: COULD BLACK MALE TEACHERS BE THE ANSWER TO PLUGGING THE TEACHER GAP?

IN MARYLAND ALONE 60% TEACHERS SAID THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION OR RETIRE EARLY BECAUSE OF INCREASED WORKLOAD, STAFF SHORTAGES AND SPHRES.

>> THE THING THAT MAKES ME WANT TO BE A TEACHER, I GET THE LOOK ON A STUDENT'S FACE WHEN YOU TEACH THEM SOMETHING, SAY, OH, THIS IS HOW YOU DATE.

OH, I GET IT.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD INSIDE.

AND I WANT TO SPREAD THAT FEELING THROUGHOUT, THE FEELING DIDN'T HAVE FROM CERTAIN TEACHERS.

>> Nancy: 14-YEAR-OLD FOSTER IS A EIGHTH GRADER AND AN ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENT AT THE BLACK MAIM TEACHERS COLLEGE.

HE ATTENDS CLASS EVERY SATURDAY.

>> WE DO THE A LOT OF THINGS.

WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BLACK MALES.

EVERY MORNING IN THE BEGINNING HE PLAYS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM SONG THROUGHOUT MANY PEOPLE.

SO WE CAN MEMORIZE AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTAND.

>> ARE YOU FEELING THIS COULD BE A PROFESSION YOU WANT TO PURSUESOME.

>> YES, DEFINITELY.

MY EDUCATION RUNS THROUGHOUT MY FAMILY.

MY MOM IS AN EDUCATOR.

MY GRANDMOTHER IS AN EDUCATOR.

MY THEY'RE IS AN EDUCATOR.

>> Nancy: BEYOND THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BOWIE STATE IS ALSO RECRUITING OLDER STUDENTS, UNDERGRADUATES UP TO THE MASTER'S LEVEL FOR THEIR SCHOLAR FELLOWS PROGRAMS WHERE ASPIRING TEACHERS ARE MENTORED, AND EK TAKE PART IN THEIR NETWORKING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

>> WE KNOW THAT FINANCIAL PIERCES VERY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH TEACHER EDUCATION TO BECOME TEACHERS, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO RALLIED OUR ALUMNI THROUGHOUT BOWIE BLACK MALE TEACHERS AND LEADERS ALLIANCE, AND SO WE CONNECT CURRENT STUDENTS WITH OUR ALUMNI AND WE HAVE MENTORING EXPERIENCES.

WE INVITE THEM TO CLASSES.

THEY ARE A PART OF TEACHERS.

>> Nancy: DAVIS EMPLOYEES HAVE MORE BLACK MALE TEACHERS AREN'T JUST GLOOD GOOD FOR THE CLASSROOM.

>> ONE MAJOR SING THING IS IT HELPS TO DEBUNK A LOT OF STEREO STEREOTYPES ABOUT BLACK MALES IN SOCIETY MOSTLY NEGATIVE AND RARELY INVOLVE ANYTHING EDUCATIONAL.

SO I THINK SEEING BLACK MALE EDUCATORS IN THE CLASSROOM HELPS STUDENTS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES TO SEE BLACK MEN IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT THAN WHAT THEY'RE USED USED TO SEEING, AND IT HELPS THEM TO SEE THE INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, THE UNIQUENESS THEY BRING TO THE PROFESSION.

>> Nancy: I'M NANCY YAMADA.

>> Kaye: DR. AMINTA BREAUX HAS SERVED AS THE TENTH PRESIDENT OF BOWIE STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY SINCE 2017.

>> THE STATE OF MARYLAND HAS SETTLED A LONG-RUNG LAWSUIT CONCERNING TREATMENT OF HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS IN THE AT A TIME.

STATE.

IT'S MORE THAN $500 MILLION SETTLEMENT DIVIDED AMONG THE STATE'S HBCUS OVER TIME.

WHAT IS THAT GOING TO MEAN AT BOWIE?

>> FOR BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS WE WILL SEE ABOUT $10.6 MILLION COMING TO HSU.

THAT HELPS US TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE MANY RING UP THAT WE NEED TO DO TO IN INCREASE THE NUMBER AND THE KINDS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

I'M SURE EVERYONE IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THE WORKFORCE IS FACING WITH NURSING SHORTAGES, EDUCATION, THE LACK OF TEACHERS TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOM, AND HERE AT HSU WE'RE VERY PROID OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING FORTH AND SCALING UP TO PROVIDE GREATER OPPORTUNITY STUDENTS TO COME HERE BUT THAT REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SUPPORT TO RAMP UP THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEN TO CREATE NEW PROGRAMS.

WE'RE VERY STRONG IN THE STEM AREAS AND SCIENCE, IN TECHNOLOGY, AND SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS CREATING NEW PROGRAMS THAT MEET WORKFORCE NEEDS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, MORE STACKABLE CREDENTIALS, AND BY THAT I MEAN MORE CERTIFICATES, MORE BADGES, BEARING THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE -- VARYING THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE HAVE.

AGAIN, THESE FUNDS COMING TO US FROM THAT SETTLEMENT CASE ALLOW US TO HAVE THIS FLEXIBLE THAT WE NEED TO INNOVATE, TO CREATE NEW PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT DELIVERY MODES, SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR US, BUT THAT WILL BE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS WHERE WE WILL HAVE THIS INFLUX OF NEW DOLLARS TO HELP US TO GET UP TO THAT LEVEL OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO MEET THE WORKFORCE DEMANDS.

>> Kaye: THE UNIVERSITY OF DISTRICT COLUMBIA GOT ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TRAINING NURSES.

THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO DO SO FOR THE HEALTH BUILDING IN NEW UNIQUE WAYS.

CHARLES ROBINSON HAS THIS STORY.

>> YOU KNOW THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY IN RED?

>> NO.

>> OKAY.

>> Charles: IN DR. SEUSS' CATO'S CLASS THERE IS A SENSE OF PURPOSE IN DRIVE IN THESE NURSING STUDENTS.

SUSIE CATO.

AS ONE OF THE VETERAN TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL, SHE HAS SEEN IT ALL.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNGER STUDENTS AND STUDENTS THAT MAY BE IN FOR VIR VARIOUS EXPREARNTION I SAY IN TALKING TO THEM THEY ARE NOT AS COMMITTED AS IN THE OLD DAYS.

WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE THERE, THEY WANTED TO WORK IN NURSING TO PROVIDE SAFE CARE, TO PROVIDE CARE.

>> WHEN I WEN INTO NURSING AFTER WATCHING MY GRANDMOTHER, I HAD COMPASSION.

WE WAS -- IT WAS KNOWN THAT OUR HANDS WAS FOR HEALING.

I HAD THE COMPASSION TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES OR EVEN PAY FOR THEIR CARE, BUT ALL MY CONCERN WAS MAKING SURE THIS PERSON DID NOT LEAVE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THE SAME WHEN THEY CAME IN.

NURSING HAS CHANGED FROM THAT.

IF DR. CATO, DR. ROGERS, DR. BEASLEY, DR. SONGWOOD, AND WE WERE ALL ON A UNIT TOGETHER AND WE HAD A CRITICAL PATIENT, THESE LADIES OR MY NURSING SISTERS WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT ME ALONE TO CARE FOR THE CRITICAL PATIENT.

>> Charles: THERE IS A UNIQUE SENSE OF MISSION AMONG THE SCHOOL'S FACULTY.

IT WAS A PART OF THE TRADITION IN 1851.

>> IT IS STILL A CALLING, ABSOLUTELY.

WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF FLUX.

WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHALLENGES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID CRISIS, AND WE SAW THAT THERE WAS SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE COMING INTO NURSING THAT REALLY DID NOT HAVE THAT CARING SPIRIT, DID NOT REALLY NEED TO BE IN THE PROFESSION.

SO WE HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF SCREENING THE STUDENTS.

WE HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF EDUCATING SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE BEHAVIORS THAT ARE CARING BEHAVIORS BEFORE STUDENTS GRADUATE.

>> Charles: I'M IN THE SIMULATION ROOM HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT COLUMBIA, AND BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE PATIENTS.

THIS IS WHERE A NUMBER STUDENTS COME IN AND THEY ACTUALLY GET PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.

>> WHY DO YOU NEED -- >> THERE ARE EXPERIENCES IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS IN WHICH NURSING STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NECESSARILY HAVE.

>> Charles: DR. SHARON BEASLEY IS THE HEAD OF UDC'S NURSING PROGRAM.

>> THIS IS A MOTHER WHO SHE SIMULATES BIRTH.

>> I TELL STUDENTS YOU ARE NOW ENTERING UDC COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

YOU ARE A NURSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO FUNCTION AS A NURSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE DUTIES AS A NURSE.

>> Charles: AS AN HBCU, THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED FOR NURSES IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

UDC TRAINS NURSES IN A TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM.

THE KEY BEING ABLE TO PASS THE NURSING EXAM.

SO YOU CAN GO FROM AN R N TO AN SASM WHICH DEALS WITH BEDSIDE NURSING OR FROM AN R N TO A BS N WHICH DEALS WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH.

THE HARD WORK PAYS OFF WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE WITH A DIPLOMA IN HAND.

AS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, I'M CHARLES ROBINSON FOR "STATE CIRCLE."

>> Kaye: RONALD MASON IS THE NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

>> Jeff: LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES UDC UNIQUE AMONG HBCUS.

>> WELL, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS.

LET ME START WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE ONLY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL ACTUALLY ENVISION BIDE GEORGE WASHINGTON IN HIS FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS WHEN HE SAID THERE WERE TWO THINGS IMPORTANT TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRACY HE WAS CREATING.

ONE WAS A MILITARY ACADEMY, AND ONE WAS A STRONG PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL.

AND SO WEST POINT BECAME THE MILITARY DEAMED ACADEMY.

UDC BECAME THAT PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.

WEAR EVER WE'RE ONLY THE ONLY CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED UDC.

WE WERE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL HIGHER EDUCATION ACT WHICH WAS 1965.

WE DIDN'T COME INTO EXISTENCE UNTIL 1976, AND SO CONGRESS SPECIALLY DESIGNATED US AN HBCU.

WE'RE THE ONLY EXCLUSIVELY URBAN LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY OF IN AMERICA.

WE HAVE ONE LAND GRANT SERVICE AREA.

THAT'S THE DISTRICT COLUMBIA.

WE ARE AN ENTIRE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM WORKFORCE THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE THROUGH BACHELOR'S UP TO Ph.D. AND LAW DEGREES ALL IN ONE SEAMLESS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE ALSO ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT THE MOST AFFORDABLE UNIVERSITY IN THE DMV, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY AMERICAN WHO WANTS TO COME THROUGH OUR DOORS.

>> Kaye: ONE OF MORNING'S STATE'S GROWING AND INNOVATE PROGRAMS IS IN CYBER EXECUTE.

SUE COHN HAS THE STORY FROM THE CAMPUS.

>> Sue: FOR MOST OF US THIS PROBABLY LOOKS LIKE A DOLLHOUSE.

BUT DON'T BE FOOLED.

IT'S REALLY A TEACHING TOOL ABOUT CYBERSECURITY.

USED IN THIS SUMMER'S JENN CYBER PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS FROM BALTIMORE CITY.

>> THEY CAN DO VULNERABILITYES SAMENT JUST, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE TURNING OFF SO THEY CAN HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THEIR HOME SHOULD A HACKER SEIZE CONTROL OF THE DEVICES IN THE HOME.

>> Sue: PROVERBS KEVIN KORNEGAY IS THE DIRECTOR MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY ASSURANCE AND POLICY WHO SPONSORS THE SUMMER PROGRAM WITH A GRANT FROM NSA.

THE PROGRAM'S GOAL: >> THE EXPOSE THEM TO THE BASICS OF IOT SECURITY, SO WE WANTED TOME LATE THE HOME ENVIRONMENT.

>> Sue: THE HOPE IS THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE SUMMER PROGRAM MIGHT PURSUE A CAREER IN CYBERSECURITY, MAYBE EVEN BECOME A PART OF MORGAN'S CYBERSECURITY AND SECURE EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PROGRAM.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM UNIQUE, WHERE OUR FOCUS IS IS OUR SECURITY.

SO OUR GOAL AND MISSION IN THE CENTER IS TO CREATE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AS WELL AS TRAIN A WORKFORCE WHO HELP PROTECT THE NATION'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> Sue: THIS PAST MAY THE PROGRAM GRADUATED ITS FIRST FOUR Ph.D.S.

AMONG THEM NOW DR. OTTILIE TOUSSAINT.

>> I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO LIKE CYBERSECURITY BECAUSE I HAVE A BACKS GROUND IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND NETWORKING BEFORE I ACTUALLY GAME CAME TO MORGAN, AND WHEN I CAME HERE I MET DR. KORNEGAY.

HE WAS IN CYBERSECURITY AND HE HELPED ME.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

>> Sue: TOUSSAINT AS AREA RESEARCH, CREATING A SYSTEM TO SECURE AND PROTECT SMART HOME DEVICES.

>> SO I ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A MACHINE SYSTEM.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND HERE.

IDEAS STEM STAND FOR BUSINESS SYSTEM SO IT'S A BUILT A DESIGN FOR HEAKS OBVIOUS -- >> Sue: THIS IS ANOTHER MEMBER OF THIS YEAR'S DOCTORAL CLASS.

HIS REYOU ARE DESIGNING A SECURE, SUSTAINABLE INTERNET NETWORK SYSTEM.

>> BASICALLY WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THE SPACE ON HOW WE USE SMET WORKS, AND WE FIGURED OUT SOME OF THE MISSING GAPS, WHICH ONE OF TO THEM WAS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON OUR NETWORKS.

SO WHAT WE DEAFLTD MORGAN WAS AN ALGORITHM TO IDENTIFY THOSE DEVICES.

AND SO BASED ON THAT WE CAN APPLY A BUNCH SECURITY.

ONCE WE KNOW WHAT'S ON THAT NETWORK.

THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

>> Sue: THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM IS IN GRADUATE WORK BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORGAN'S UNDERGRATS GRADS AS WELL.

>> WITHIN THE PROGRAM WE OFFER A TRACK CYBERSECURITY COURSES.

IT'S ABOUT FIVE TO SIX COURSES WHERE STUDENTS COMPLETE THOSE COURSES, THEY GET AN NSA CERTIFIED CERTIFICATE IN CYBERSECURITY.

>> Sue: KORNEGAY SAYS STUDENTS FROM MORGAN'S PROGRAM ARE IN DEMAND.

>> THEY HAVE A UNIQUE SKILL SET THAT IS -- AND WE FILL A GAP THAT THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES IN THE DMV AREA, IN THE CYBER AREA DON'T HAVE.

WHICH IS HARDWARE SECURITY.

>> Sue: AND SAYS KORNEGAY, THE NEED IS ONLY GOING TO GROW.

>> SO THE JOB IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY EASIER.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE BUSIER.

>> Sue: I'M SUE KOPEN REPORTING.

>> Kaye: THAT YOU A DECADEON ON THE JOB, HERE'S MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT DR. CAVED DAVID WILSON.

>> MORGAN MOMENTUM.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, MOMO AS WE CALL IT, MORGAN MOMENT OF UM.

WE ARE IN AN IMMENSE PERIOD OF TRANSFORMATION HERE AT MORGAN AND THAT IS REALLY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT CIRCLES, SO TO SPEAK.

FIRST OF ALL, WITH REGARD TO THE GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTIONS ENROLLMENT-WISE WE ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 9,000 STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY.

WE HAVE NEVER, EVER HAD THAT MANY STUDENTS IN THE 155-YEAR HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION.

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OUR FRESHMAN CLASS HAS BEEN HISTORIC IN TERMS OFFING ROLLMENT.

WE ENROLLED NEARLY 2500 NEW FRESHMEN LAST YEAR.

WE EXPECT TO BE IN THAT SAME RANGE THIS YEAR.

AND THAT WAS ABOUT A 60% INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER OF FRESHMEN THAT WE TYPICALLY ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY EACH YEAR.

AND SO WE ARE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT MORGAN.

THE 2,003 TO 600 NEW APPRECIATE BHEERN EXPECTING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT MORGAN, OUT OF STATE AND IN-STATE.

55% OF THEM ARE OUT OF STATE COMING TO MORGAN REPRESENTING 38 STATES IN ABOUT AND ABOUT 70 COUNTRIES.

AND SO THE MORGAN NAME IS STRETCHING ALL OVER THE NATION AND INDEED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE ALSO ARE GOING INTO A PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE TO CONSTRUCTION ON THIS CAMPUS A NEW RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES BECAUSE THE LAST RESIDENTIAL HALL THAT WE BUILT HERE WAS 35 YEARS AGO, AND SO WITH THIS GROWING DESIRE TO BE A PART OF THE MORGAN EXPERIENCE, IT'S ALSO BECOMING A DESIRE TO LIVE ON CAMPUS WITH STUDENTS.

>> Kaye: 911 AT FLRT P.M. ON MPT AS HBCU WEEK CONTINUES, BE SURE TO WATCH BREAKING GROUND: A STORY OF HBCU FOOTBALL AND THE NFL.

THEN OUR BIG WEEKEND OF HBCU SPORTS CONTINUES WITH THE MPT SPORTS DESK TOMORROW AT 6:30 P.M.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY MPT'S PRESENTATION OF THE BATTLE FOR GREATER BALTIMORE: TOWSON TAKING ON MORGAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO JEFF, CHARLES, NANCY AND SUE AND EVERYONE WHO JOINED US HERE TONIGHT.

I'M DR. KAYE WISE WHITEHEAD.

NOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HBCU WEEK, GO TO MPT.ORG/HBCU OR HBCU WEEK MD ON TWITTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

>> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >> SYSTEM STEM CITY USA BRIDGING THE GAP TO MILLIONS OF UNDERSERVED THROUGH COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION, AN IMMERSIVE DIGITAL WORLD THAT PROVIDES PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND RESOURCES.