Higher education

    Towson University president takes new job as leader of University of Louisville
    Towson University President Kim Schatzel is leaving the university for a new job as president of the University of Louisville.
    Dr. Kim Schatzel has been president of Towson University since January 2016.
    UMBC preps future educators for vacancies in Baltimore city schools
    At a time when Baltimore City's public schools are looking for teachers, UMBC has provided a small pipeline of graduates to fill needed positions.
    Haleemat Adekoya, fifth grade English and Language Arts teacher at Cherry Hill Elementary and Middle School, is a Sherman Scholar.  Here she helps students individually with their assignments.
    Towson University plans to honor longtime professor despite criticism of his role advising controversial student group
    Richard Vatz, a professor at TU for 41 years, says he tends to want to help conservative groups because there’s ‘so much anti-conservatism in higher education.’ But he said he told Turning Point members that their remarks were inappropriate and that he would quit as their advisor if they continued.
    Towson University students protest that the University hosted Attorney General nominee Michael Peroutka and Gordana Schifanelli, Dan Cox running mate in the West Village Commons Ballroom A from 6-8pm.  The League of the South, according to its website, seeks to “return to a more traditional, conservative Christian-oriented Southern culture.” The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled The League of the South as a hate group.
    Johns Hopkins still wants private cops despite deep opposition and falling campus crime
    The university plans to hire 100 officers, citing a 'sustained surge' in violence.
    Collage of photographs of Ronald Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins library, Charles Village row homes, police officer, and signs and graffiti protesting the private police force.
    MICA Art Market returns for first time since 2019 as a pop-up
    Maryland Institute College of Art students, faculty, alumni and staff will showcase and sell their art on Dec. 3 and 4 this year.
    Vendors set up for the MICA Art Market at the college's Brown Center.
    U.Va. shooting suspect was part of field trip to DC, school confirms
    A University of Virginia student who went on a field trip to see a play with classmates is the one suspected of opening fire inside the bus.
    Charlottesville police secure a crime scene of an overnight shooting at the University of Virginia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Charlottesville. Va.
    U.Va. shooting suspect charged with murder of three football players
    The suspect in the Sunday night shooting was identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. Two others were wounded in the shooting, which happened on a bus of students who were returning from an off-campus trip.
    Charlottesville police secure a crime scene of an overnight shooting at the University of Virginia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Charlottesville. Va.
    Ex-Coppin State basketball player alleges sexual assault, blackmail in lawsuit
    Ibn Williams, 22, of Newark, New Jersey, filed the lawsuit on Nov. 2 in Baltimore Circuit Court.
    A basketball in a basketball hoop.
    Morgan State University credits new real estate and branding for record-breaking enrollment
    For the past two years, the university recorded back-to-back historic enrollment figures, with 9,101 students this year and 8,469 in 2021.
    Morgan State University, in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
    The student loan forgiveness application is now available. Here’s what you need to know.
    Millions of borrowers will receive relief without applying; others will need to apply for loan forgiveness.
    Towson University campus
    UB student turns to TikTok to sound alarm about another student she views as ‘threat’ to campus
    University of Baltimore president says campus police arrested an individual on a handgun charge, and there was not an ”ongoing threat” to the university community.
    A sign for the University of Baltimore sits on top of one of the campus buildings.
    New Morgan State student housing complex is a tribute to Thurgood Marshall’s life and legacy
    Gibson, an attorney and historian, was personally asked to curate the new student housing complex at Morgan State University in honor of Baltimore-native Thurgood Marshall. The exhibits to his legacy are located on each floor of the building for students to ponder.
    Dr. Larry Gibson curated Morgan State University's new Thurgood Marshall Housing complex. Students are essentially living in luxury apartments and a museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Marshall. When you first enter there’s a huge mural that was painted by a senior of the university. There’s also a timeline that dates the years of Marshall’s personal life, and on each floor of the building there’s a prominent photo and fact of his professional life as students get on and off the elevators.
    Baltimore’s MICA downsizes as pandemic-related financial problems persist
    The downsizing effort stems from a loss of revenues after three consecutive years of shrinking first-year class sizes.
    The president of MICA announced to the school community in August that the school would be downsizing -- permanently -- in response to dropping enrollment numbers.
    Maryland AG probes death of teen driver who was being followed by city police; man wounded in shooting at Morgan State homecoming party
    Police said a 17-year-old driver drove through an intersection and collided with multiple vehicles after a traffic stop Saturday evening.
    A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
    A Johns Hopkins Hospital cook complained about broken appliances, unsanitary conditions. Then he was fired.
    The allegations may shed light on what hospital safety monitors discovered when they visited the medical center in August and issued a preliminary denial of accreditation.
    Kevin Blunt, Former Hopkins hospital kitchen worker, tried to report safety and sanitation problems. Hopkins didn't fix the problems and fired him instead.
    Homecoming at Morgan State University, other HBCUs is a cultural phenomenon
    Homecoming at an HBCU represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones and experience the promise of a safe space where Blackness is celebrated.
    Azikiwe Deveaux, 47, is founder of Events 4 Good People (E4GP), an event coordinator and event productions company.  This year, his event at Rye Street Tavern is expected to attract 1,000 people. In all, this weekend, he will throw five Morgan State homecoming related events. (Paul Newson for The Baltimore Banner)
    Prosecutors drop case against former Morgan State University student accused of shooting classmate in 2021
    Marcellus Walls, 19, of Washington, D.C., had been facing charges of attempted first- and second-degree murder, using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses.
    Morgan State University is moving forward with plans to create the nation’s fourth medical school to be affiliated with an HBCU.
    3 voters file lawsuit to prevent the Johns Hopkins University from developing its own private, armed police force
    The plaintiffs live near where the proposed Johns Hopkins Police Department would have jurisdiction.
    A large group of student protesters who oppose plans to create an armed, private Johns Hopkins University police force disrupted a public meeting scheduled for Thursday evening.
    Baltimore students ‘stuck in limbo’ after Stratford University abruptly closes
    School president Richard Shurtz blamed the closure on a “set of unfortunate circumstances,” including a federal agency decision.
    The Baltimore campus of Stratford University. The for-profit university closed its doors, leaving students uncertain for their academic futures.
    Student protestors disrupt Johns Hopkins meeting on planned police force
    The action comes one month after university officials announced that the institution would proceed with plans to develop and implement the force.
    A large group of student protesters who oppose plans to create an armed, private Johns Hopkins University police force disrupted a public meeting scheduled for Thursday evening.
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