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page Morgan Staff Interim Vice President Institutional Advancement Cheryl Y. Hitchcock Director of Public Relations and Communications Clinton R. Coleman Publications Manager Ferdinand Mehlinger Art Director David E. Ricardo Sr. Graphic Designer Andre Barnett
Presidential Perspective —Dr. Earl S. Richardson . . . . . . . . . 1 MSU Holiday Cheer/Kwanzaa —For the Children . . . . . . . . 3 Dr. Nathan M. Carter, Jr. —Farewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Morgan Fulbright Scholars Flourish—Student Scholarships . . .5 Homecoming 2004 —”On Track & On Time” . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Photographer (cover) P. A. Greene
Strike Up the Band! — Additional Staff Contributing Writers Dr. Kelly Clark Patrice Wallace Dr. Ruth T. Sheffey Contributing Photographers John Moore Ferdinand Mehlinger Femi Alabi Morgan Magazine is published by the Office of Institutional Advancement of MSU for alumni, parents, faculty, students and prospective students. Morgan Magazine is designed and edited by the Office of Public Relations. Opinions expressed in Morgan Magazine are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily those of the University. Unsolicited manuscripts & photographs are welcome, but will be returned only if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Letters are also welcome.
Morgan’s Magnificent Marching Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Diva Kishna Davis —Opera’s Rising Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 20th Zora Neale Hurston Society —A Powerful Voice . . . . 14 Equal Education —Brown vs Board 50 Years Later . . . . . . . 16 Bill Cosby Benefit —For Baltimore City Teachers . . . . . . . . 18 Donor Profile —Meet the Tylers and the Tyler Scholars . . . . 20 “On the Waterfront” —Marine Sciences at MSU . . . . . . . 22 Exhibition —”Something All Our Own” Grant Hill Collection 26
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New Horizons —Thank You to Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Calendar of Events—2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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