Elections: Last Graduate Council Meeting of Semester APRIL 15

The graduate council for the Fall 2019-2020 academic year will replace the entity known as the Morgan State Graduate Student Association (MSGSA). The current council members along with the support of Dean Garrison has proposed to dissolve the graduate student association. Beginning in the Fall the organization will operate as one entity known as the Graduate Council. The Graduate Council will work in conjunction with the Faculty Council and the Student Affairs committee. Current active members believe this is the best way to move forward as we seek to impact positive change in the graduate community and legitimize our presence on campus.

Since formal elections did not occur during this academic school year, at our next meeting on Monday April 15 at 1:30pm we will discuss and make decisions on how to move forward with the leadership as we seek to implement the new structure. RSVP for this event on Facebook and get details here.

Morgan State Represented at the Kennedy Center

Morgan State doctoral student Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman returns to the Kennedy Center this month with her arts collective as part of the Kennedy Center’s DIRECT CURRENT festival highlighting contemporary artists creating work speaking to today’s social issues.

Khadijah Ali-Coleman in 2018 at the Kennedy Center in her play BuildingBeautiful with other actors during a reading of the play

Last September, Ali-Coleman, a third-year doctoral student in the Community College Leadership program, had her play BuildingBeautiful showcased in the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage festival. On Wednesday, March 27, Khadijah and her arts company Liberated Muse will present a musical presentation on the Kennedy Center’s Millenium Stage featuring music from their CD Awakening that was released in August.

Liberated Muse is a multi-disciplinary artist collective that uses the performing arts to teach, build community and bring awareness to social justice issues. Learn more about Liberated Muse here.

Liberated Muse members (l to r) Colie Aziza, Anonamas, Lyn Artope and Khadijah Ali-Coleman

DIRECT CURRENT, the Kennedy Center’s two-week celebration of contemporary culture, returns for a second season. Training its focus on new works, interdisciplinary creations in which artistic worlds collide, and innovative responses to topical concerns, the 2019 spring immersion showcases some of the most provocative, original, and pioneering voices in the arts today. DIRECT CURRENT takes place on March 25–April 7, 2019 at the Kennedy Center and beyond.

Learn more here

BEAR PRIDE: Congratulations Istiak A. Bhuyan

Morgan transportation engineering doctoral student Istiak A. Bhuyan, has been named by the Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities as a 2019 National Traffic Safety Scholar (TSS). Along with being recognized, Istiak was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend the organization’s 38^th annual conference event being held in Louisville, KY, from March 31 – April 2, 2019. He was one of 50 college students selected through a competitive, nationwide application process, to be awarded this honor. Read more on Morgan State’s website.

BEAR PRIDE: Meet Franceska Jones

Morgan State graduate students are accomplished citizens, often working in their professional fields and at the top of their game. The first profile in our BEAR PRIDE profile series is Franceska Jones.

Franceska comes to Morgan as a committed higher education professional committed to excellence in her every day work as a higher education practitioner. She was most recently recognized in the 13th Edition of Who’s Who in Black Cleveland .

Franceska is a first-year doctoral student who is part of the Community College Leadership program in the School of Education and Urban Studies.  She lives in Cleveland Ohio and is the Director of Career for students with disabilities at Notre Dame College .

This year, she already is scheduled to present at several conferences. She will speak at the Ohio Career Development Assocation (OCDA ) conference in May. Her presentation will be about bridging the gap between Career Services and Disability Services . In June, she will be presenting at National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Her presentation will include ways Career Services can help students with disabilities find and keep jobs .

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Would you like to be featured in the BEAR PRIDE profile series? Email us at msgsa@morgan.edu to inquire on how to be featured.