Category: Baltimore News

Morgan State University announced a new partnership, Nov. 6, between its School of Education and Urban Studies and internationally acclaimed author James Patterson to enhance teacher education in Baltimore City and throughout the State of Maryland. Eight students majoring in teacher education have received a total of $48,000 in scholarship support from The Patterson Family […]

The Baltimore City Police lieutenant who supervised officers who were involved in two recent fatal actions, one involving an innocent civilian, has been reassigned while his role in the actions of his officers is being scrutinized. Lt. Parker Elliott was reassigned from the northeastern district to a different patrol division until the department completes an […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has forged what she calls “Bonus Bucks” to take some of the sting out of the federal food stamp spending slash that went into effect Nov. 1. With $10,000 from two major local foundations, Rawlings-Blake’s program will allow Baltimore’s estimated 190,000 food stamp users to maximize their spending at farmers’ markets. […]

Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) breaks new ground this month with the publication of Morgan Global Journalism Review (MGJR), a quarterly e-magazine that examines media, communication and information technology on the international stage. Available online at MGJR, this electronic magazine provides reporting and analysis on media and communications trends, issues and […]

Valerie Hawkins, Project Lead the Way (PLTW)/ Gateway to Technology (GTT) Educator-Magnet Coordinator, Baltimore County Public Schools received Women of Color Magazine’s K-12 Promotion of Education award at the 18th Annual Women of Color Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference in Dallas, Texas. Hawkins is a coordinator and teacher at Southwest Academy Magnet School […]

More than 380 middle-school girls became engineers for the day during the Society of Women Engineers’ (SWE) Invent It. Build It. event, a hands-on program that provides girls with unique opportunities to learn about the engineering profession. Aspiring adolescent engineers gathered on Oct. 26, alongside female professional engineers, at the Baltimore Convention Center to participate […]

The Rev. Cortly “C.D.” Witherspoon Sr. was installed, Nov. 3, as assistant pastor of Faith Church Baltimore, 301 W. 28th Street. Rev. Witherspoon currently serves as president of the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 

For the 10th consecutive year, Saint Agnes Hospital is raising awareness about the prevalence and devastating impact of heart disease amongst women by inviting leaders from local churches and members of the community to take part in the Women’s Heart Health Symposium, 8 to 11 a.m., Nov. 9 in preparation for the Feb. 9, 2014 Red […]

Access to pertinent information about the contributions and life of African Americans from 1632 to present has been problematic for schools and the general public, and accurate information is often non-existent or distorted in curricula and popular media. The correct exhibition title is The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey – Bernard […]

Dr. Thelma T. Daley, speaker for the Oct. 18 Founders Day event at Coppin State University, gave a complete history of Fanny Marion Jackson Coppin, a slave who became a teacher, principal, lecturer, missionary to Africa and wife of the Rev. Levi J. Coppin, a prominent A.M.E. minister, and together they were a driving force […]

It was a difficult task to convince the feisty Ellen Louise Camper Johns to hold her weekly meeting of “Seniors on the Go” in a room other than her scheduled location in the church. However, she was eventually convinced that work was being completed in the hall, and her meeting should be held upstairs. Everyone […]

Greater Hope Church of God in Christ, formerly on Gilmor Street, cut the ribbon on its new home at Carrollton Avenue and Lanvale Street in West Baltimore, Oct. 19, with the preaching of the Rev. Carl Pierce, pastor of Carter Memorial COGIC. The Rev. Dr. Duane Simmons, pastor of Simmons Memorial Baptist Church, preached for […]