Morgan State University

On September 20, 2007, MARY E. ROBINSON; loving wife of Charles Robinson. Friends cay call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 4300 Wabash Ave.,on Monday after 9, where family will receive friends from 5-7. Family will also receive friends on Tuesday at the Empowerment Temple. 4217 Primrose Ave., at 10, followed by Funeral services at 11. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Morgan State University Foundation, Inc., Truth Hall, Rm. 201, 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251 in memory of Mary E. Robinson.

Now in its fifth week, a voice mail meltdown at Morgan State University has riled a campus already frustrated by recent growing pains and an administration that critics say is slow to respond to problems or complaints. "It's not been pleasant," said university spokesman Clinton Coleman. "Mostly because people don't understand why the phones keep ringing. If someone tries to call me at this point," he said, speaking from his office phone, "it would not ring busy. It would just ring. People think you're not in your office when you are."

Sharon Green Middleton Occupation Retired in the news After receiving a unanimous vote for her nomination, Middleton is expected to take over the vacant 6th District seat in the City Council tomorrow. One of the last shakeups to follow Martin O'Malley's ascension to the governor's office, the seat was left vacant when Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake became council president. Middleton said she will seek re-election in this year's city election. career highlights Middleton spent two decades as a teacher and department chairwoman in the Baltimore County public school system before joining the Maryland State Department of Education.

On August 27, 2007, COACH BENJAMIN GRAYSON EATON, SR.; beloved husband of Sandra Eaton; devoted father of Benjamin G. Eaton, Jr. On Friday, the family will receive friends at Huber Memorial Church, 5701 York Road from 4:00-8:00 P.M. On Saturday, services will be held at Gilliam Concert Hall of the Murphy Fine Arts Center Morgan State University, 2201 Argonne Drive, where the family will receive friends from 9:00 - 10:00 A.M, with services to follow....

Vernon Roy Sheffey, retired director of the Lafayette Square Multi-Service Center, died Nov. 17 of congestive heart failure at his Woodmoor home. He was 75.Born in Baltimore, he grew up on Riggs Avenue in the Sandtown-Winchester community. After graduating from Frederick Douglass High School in 1942, he en- rolled at Morgan State College (now Morgan State University) but in 1943 enlisted in the Army. After military service in Seattle, he received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Morgan in 1949.

Seven-year-old Damesha Davis handed off her freshly finished math homework to Dare Johnson for his approval and pulled out the next set of problems from her aqua school folder.Johnson, a Morgan State University sophomore, looked over the math problems while Damesha scribbled sentences on a piece of paper.For another hour, Damesha and Johnson, 21, a computer science major, worked through the homework in a new after-school program at the Pleasant View Gardens Boys and Girls Club. The tutoring program, run by the Baltimore Urban Systemic Initiative (BUSI)

For each of the 102 graduates of East Baltimore's Sojourner-Douglass College -- where the average age of an incoming freshman is 36 -- the 19th commencement yesterday marked a dream fulfilled.Judith Reed Dotson, 50, sought economic independence for herself and two children when she enrolled at Sojourner-Douglass in the 500 block of N. Caroline St.She transferred from Morgan State University, taking advantage of the flexible evening class schedule to pursue a degree in human growth and development.

More than 900 people crowded a banquet room at Martin's West for the 14th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast given by the Howard L. Cornish Metropolitan Baltimore Chapter of the Morgan State University Alumni Association. The event honored the slain civil rights leader through praise, song and fellowship.The Rev. Vashti McKenzie of Payne Memorial A.M.E. Church was guest speaker. Fifteen scholarships were given to local students, 10 from Nestle USA and five from the alumni chapter.

On this fresh spring day at Morgan State University, a dozen or so writing students are enmeshed in the anguish of a woman struggling with the pains of childbirth, none as searing as knowing that her baby's father is the Southern slave owner who abuses her.As Keneshia Thornton reads the story she wrote, her listeners occasionally murmur and shake their heads. At its conclusion, there's a moment of silence before the wave of appreciation begins. This is a class that enters one another's work, takes inspiration from it and is not shy about expressing thanks.

The University of Phoenix, the nation's largest for-profit university, won state approval yesterday to open three campuses in Maryland -- bringing a new era of competition to higher education."

Networking event targets small businesses Minority-owned and small businesses interested in government contracting can attend a Nov. 13 outreach event on the subject at the Morgan State University Student Center. It's free, but the deadline to register is Oct. 16. The "Networking for Strategic Partnerships" event, put on by the Maryland Judiciary, the Maryland Department of Human Resources and Morgan State University, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information: Larry Jones of the Maryland Judiciary, 410-260-3658.

On July 27, 2009, DR. JESSE N. MCDADE. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Saturday 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. and Sunday 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. The family will receive friends at Morgan State University Christian Center Chapel, 4307 Hillen Road, on Monday 9:30 A.M. Funeral services will follow 10 A.M.

Ernestein W. Baylor, a retired professor of history and former department chairwoman who taught at Morgan State University for more than three decades, died of heart failure Saturday at Oak Crest Village. According to her daughter, Michelle J. Baylor Caldwell of Woodlawn, it was her mother's wish that her age be kept private. Ernestein Walker, the daughter of a federal government worker and a schoolteacher, was born in McDonough, Ga., and raised in Jonesboro, Ga. After graduating from Jonesboro High School in 1945, she earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1949 from Spelman College in Atlanta.

If Jordan Milton looks like a model, that's because she is. The 19-year-old Morgan State University sophomore occasionally models in the Baltimore area, as well as around her hometown of New Castle, Del. "Fashion is very important to me because I feel as though I have to look the part. Where I go, I like to have that attention. It's good to have people say, 'Oh, you look like a model.' " This broadcast journalism major certainly got our attention when we "glimpsed" her in between classes at Morgan's Student Center.

Dr. Marlene E. Greer-Chase, a retired Morgan State University professor and an active member of Ames Memorial United Methodist Church, died of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease April 6 at Season's Hospice in Randallstown. She was 74. Marlene Greer was born in Taylors, S.C., and moved to West Baltimore with her family in 1937. She was a 1952 graduate of Douglass High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Morgan State University in 1956. She also held a master's degree from the University of North Dakota.

The Facebook page of Towson University President Robert Caret lists a line from Pat Conroy as his favorite quotation: "Why do they not teach you that time is a finger snap and an eye blink, and that you should not allow a moment to pass you by without taking joyous, ecstatic note of it, not wasting a moment of its swift, breakneck circuit?" In six years at Towson, Caret has not wasted a second. The university's recent skirmish with neighbors in Rodgers Forge, over the location of a new 5,000-seat arena, is an example of both Caret's urgency and his diplomacy.

There was no better place to check out current fashions recently than at the Ebony Fashion Fair show at Morgan State University's Murphy Fine Arts Center. And we don't mean what was on stage. MSU student Ashley Williams was a great example of eye-catching style in the audience. The 18-year old Frederick resident loves to mix and match to fit her mood. And she knows how to do it on a student's budget. "I feel that you should always incorporate fashion into your life because you never know who is watching."

No one would argue that a college president who successfully leads an institution through a quarter-century of growth and development shouldn't enjoy a comfortable retirement. But that's not the same thing as the Wall Street-style golden parachute Morgan State University President Earl S. Richardson has negotiated for himself. After Mr. Richardson retires in 2009 from his $389,000-a-year job as president of one of the nation's oldest historically black colleges and universities, he'll remain on the school payroll, get an equally impressive office and collect $300,000 annually as president emeritus - even though his only duties will be to teach a couple of graduate courses a year.

On September 19, 2008, after a lengthy illness, INDIA M. JONES WILLIAMS, passed away at Heritage Harbor Nursing Home. A native Baltimorean, she attended Baltimore City public schools and graduated from Douglass High School in 1945. She attended and graduated from Morgan State University, Coppin State College, Loyola College, and furthered her education at Johns Hopkins University for post-graduate studies. She was also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She leaves to mourn one brother-in-law, special nieces and nephews, beloved cousin Blanche Stephany, other relatives and friends in Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington DC areas.

The president of Morgan State University is refusing to provide his employment contract to a member of the General Assembly, suggesting that "discriminatory or retaliatory motives" are behind the request made under the state's public information law. On the same day that President Earl S. Richardson announced plans to retire next year, Del. Galen R. Clagett received a letter from the educator "temporarily denying" the Frederick County Democrat's request...