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ABOUT THE SCHOOLS
Last year, after two field goals and three interceptions, the Morgan State Bears defeated
Howard University’s Bison 20-3 in front of nearly 35,000 football fans. The tension between the college
rivals has had nearly a year to brew and it will be an all out battle on the field to see which team will march
out of New Meadowlands Stadium victorious. Additionally, each team’s marching band put on a dazzling
show throughout the game and wowed the crowd with a stunning halftime performance. |
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School and Academics:
Founded in 1867, Howard University today is one of only 48 U.S.
private, Doctoral/Research Extensive universities with 10,500 students
enjoying academic pursuits in more than 120 areas of study leading
to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University
continues to attract the nation’s top students and produces more
on-campus African American PhDs than any other university in the world.
Howard University has a 1,200-member faculty that comprises a large
number of the nation’s
top scholars. Among Howard’s major research centers and programs are
the National Human Genome Center, African American Resource Center, and
Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Center for the Study
of Terrestrial Extraterrestrial Atmosphere, and the Center for Urban
Progress and the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center. Howard
has an 89acre main campus in the heart of Washington D.C.
The University’s school of Law and Divinity are located on separate
campuses in the city, and an area in Maryland is used for scientific
research and development. Howard’s commitment to excellence has
propelled many of its students to the highest levels of academia. |
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Sidney Ribeau, President
Sidney Ribeau is the current president of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Prior to accepting
the
position at Howard, Ribeau was the president of Bowling Green State
University in Ohio for 13 years. Ribeau, a married father of three, was
named the 16th president of the 11,000-student university in May 2008.
He began his tenure there in August 2008, succeeding H. Patrick
Swygert. Ribeau grew up in Detroit and is a graduate of Mackenzie High
School. Ribeau received his bachelor's degree from Wayne State
University in 1971. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees in
interpersonal communication from the University of
Illinois,Urbana-Champaign, in 1973 and 1979, respectively. |
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The Team
The
Bison compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Division I Football Championship Subdivision, currently as a member of
the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) under the leadership of
their head coach Gary Harrell. The Howard University football team
plays its home games in the friendly confines of William H. Greene
Stadium. Constructed in 1986, Greene Stadium holds 7,086 spectators and
attracts multitudes of fans on a regular basis. Renovations took place
in the summer of 2008. |
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School and Academics:
For over 140 years, Morgan State University has been an important part of the higher education
system in Baltimore City, the State of Maryland, and the nation.
Throughout its history, Morgan has served the community with
distinction while meeting the educational needs of an increasingly
diverse society. Its designation as Maryland's Public Urban University
assures that Morgan will continue to
play a prominent role in Maryland's education future.
Morgan
awards more bachelor's degrees to African-American students than any
campus in Maryland. In many fields- especially in engineering and the
sciences- Morgan accounts for large percentages of the degrees that
African-Americans receive from Maryland institutions. An above-average
percentage of Morgan graduates enter graduate and professional schools.
Morgan ranks among the top four colleges and universities nationally in
the number of black graduates who subsequently receive Ph.D. degrees.
Typically, about 41 percent of our graduating seniors report in May
that they have found employment, and about 23 percent indicate that
they have applied to graduate or professional schools. Of the students
seeking to pursue advanced study, 74 percent report that they have
applied to programs directly related to their majors at Morgan. |
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Dr. David Wilson, President
Dr. David Wilson brings a wealth of skills and a long trail of
accomplishments to his new position as
the 12th president of Morgan State University. Dr. Wilson holds four
academic degrees: a B.S. in political science and an M.S. in education
from Tuskegee University; an Ed.M. in educational planning and
administration from Harvard University and an Ed.D. in administration,
planning and social policy, also from Harvard. He comes to Morgan from
the University of Wisconsin, where he was chancellor of the University
of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin–Extension. Before
that, he held numerous other administrative posts in academia, among
them: vice president for University Outreach and associate provost at
Auburn University, and associate provost of Rutgers, the State
University of New Jersey. Dr. Wilson’s educational philosophy is to put
the students’ experience first. As a leader,
he is a consensus builder and a strong believer in transparency of process. His goal is to make
Morgan State a leader in producing the next wave of innovators in the U.S. |
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The Team
TThe Morgan State University football team competes in American
football on behalf of Morgan State University and is lead by their head
coach, Donald Hill-Eley. The
Bears compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Division I Football Championship Subdivision, currently as a member of
the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The Bears play their home
games at Hughes Stadium, a 10,000 seat facility in Baltimore, Maryland.
Morgan first joined the NCAA in 1898, 31 years after the school was
founded. The teams all time record is 402 wins, 343 losses and 33 ties.
A majority of those wins came from 1930 to 1956 when Eddie P. Hurt was
the head coach and the Bears won 14 CIAA conference championships.
Coach Earl Banks won 4 CIAA championships during the 1960s and an
additional championship in 1971 after Morgan entered the MEAC. The
Bears won MEAC championships in 1976 and again in 1979, but have not
won any other championships since. |
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