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Dr. El-Haggan named “Innovator of the Year”
Technology head to be honored by Maryland Daily Record By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (8/30/2010) - Dr. Ahmed El-Haggan, tech guru and Coppin’s Vice President for the ...
Posted: Aug 30th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Miss Coppin to seek crown as national “Queen”
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (8/17/2010) – In only a few months after being elected “Miss Coppin State University 2010-11”, Lauron Thomas, 20, is poised to compete for a “national cr...
Posted: Aug 17th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Cummings Holds Town Hall Meeting and Training Event at Coppin
Congressman updates faith leaders on healthcare reform, hosts training event for young adults BALTIMORE (8/03/2010) – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) convened two groups...
Posted: Aug 16th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
CSU’s Quad Project to Transform the 110-Year Old Institution
Initiative supports American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie BALTIMORE(8/05/2010)- In an effort to become more e...
Posted: Aug 5th, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
American Humanics Director Recognized by Associated Black Charities
Tenyo Pearl named Emerging Leader in Higher Education By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (8/04/2010) - Tenyo Pearl, Coppin State University’s (CSU) Campus Director for the...
Posted: Aug 4th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
CSU DANCE PROGRAM TO LAUNCH BRAVO! SCHOLARSHIP
By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie BALTIMORE, MD -- (July 21, 2010) -- The Coppin State University Dance Program will launch a scholarship this Fall that offers liberal tuition breaks to 100 s...
Posted: Jul 21st, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
CHCDC Receives Certification to Build Homes on North Avenue
BALTIMORE (7/21/2010) - The Coppin Heights Community Development Corporation (CHCDC), the non-profit established to implement the Coppin neighborhood revitalization plan and offer support to th...
Posted: Jul 21st, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Coppin Welcomes New Provost
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (7/21/2010) - On July 1, 2010, Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond assumed the position as the new Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs for Coppin Sta...
Posted: Jul 21st, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Coppin Hosts Egyptian Students for Summer Exchange Program
Two-week Exchange Continues Agreement with Egyptian School By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (7/19/2010) - Coppin State University (CSU) is hosting 40 Egyptian students...
Posted: Jul 19th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Advisory Board for STEM Project Announced During Reception
Board to oversee Coppin’s B.E.S.T. Project By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (7/09/2010) - A reception announcing the appointment of Coppin’s advisory board for the Balti...
Posted: Jul 9th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
A Coppin Alumna Perseveres to Study Medicine
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (7/06/2010) - Ever since Diana Oyuga’s father was diagnosed with a destructive cancer when she was nine and she helped him treat the tumors with wild pla...
Posted: Jul 6th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Dr. Garey Hyatt Named President of National Drama-Speech Org.
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (7/06/2010) –The board of The National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts, Inc. (NADSA) elected its 30th president last March, Coppin State Universi...
Posted: Jul 6th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Residence Life Director Becomes Columnist for National Magazine
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (6/21/2010) - Sheen magazine welcomes a new columnist—Coppin State’s Kevin Pertee, acting director for the Office of Residence Life. He premiered ...
Posted: Jun 21st, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Nurturing the Black Male to Persistence
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (6/08/2010) - For years, statistics have shown that fewer African American men graduate from college compared to their female counterparts and other race...
Posted: Jun 8th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Coppin State Welcomes New Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (6/04/2010) - On July 1, 2010, Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond will assume the position as the new Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs for Coppin ...
Posted: Jun 4th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
CHCDC Partners with Matthew Henson Elementary School
By Dr. Gary Rodwell The year 2010 brought more events and accomplishments for the Coppin Heights Development Corporation (CHCDC), including the continuance of a strategy to ensure the academ...
Posted: Jun 4th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Nearly 600 Receive Degrees in New PEC
PFIZER MEDICAL CHIEF DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS By Dr. E. Lee Lassiter BALTIMORE (6/04/10) –On Sunday, May 23, 2010, 485 undergraduates and 100 graduates were awar...
Posted: Jun 4th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
USM Communication Channels for Anonymous, Confidential Reporting of Fraud
Students and other members of the University System of Maryland (USM) community are strongly encouraged to communicate suspected fraud Employees, students and other members of the Un...
Posted: May 28th, 2010 by Ursula Battle
Coppin Sports Management Graduate asserts: ‘Without Coppin I would be a different person’
By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE (05/21/2010) – Tunji Akinduro didn’t allow anyone to tell him he couldn’t go to college. So, when his high school counselor advised him to stay out of sc...
Posted: May 21st, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Coppin English Major Proclaims: Mission Completed
Overcomes childhood years in a shelter By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE (05/21/2010) – When 22-year-old Troy Burke filled out the undergraduate admissions application to at...
Posted: May 21st, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Coppin Graduate Earns 3 Degrees Defying Obstacles in Quest for Education
Ernestine Dumas proves that Coppin nurtures potential and transforms lives By Mary-Ann Dogo Isonagie (BALTIMORE 5/20/10)-What many would call an impossible ro...
Posted: May 20th, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
Coppin the “turning point” for Cameroon “bad boy”
Graduating senior eyes human advocacy role By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (5/20/2010) - “Disrespect was the vibe I picked up, pimps in school, bad boys were picked up,...
Posted: May 20th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Coppin student to graduate despite five-year cancer battle
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (5/18/2010) – Twenty-three-year-old Justin Izlar faces the challenges typical of a college senior—he has to select the best Biology professor, turn down ...
Posted: May 18th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
From developmental math to doctoral Geophysics
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (5/18/2010) - When Lennox Emmanuel Thompson was a child, he was diagnosed with level 4 language comprehension problems and a mild case of autism. By high...
Posted: May 18th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
CSU Ceremony Salutes the Late Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Event is 1st in U.S. to commemorate legacy of equal rights icon By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (5/07/10) – In the first commemorative event in the nation to salute th...
Posted: May 7th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
8 Coppin Buildings Getting “Sun Power”
CSU Receives $500,000 Stimulus Grant to Install Solar Photovoltaic Systems BALTIMORE, MD (5/07/2010) -- Coppin State University (CSU) has been awarded a $500,000 grant to fund...
Posted: May 7th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Nearly 600 to Receive Degrees at Coppin State on May 23rd
PFIZER MEDICAL CHIEF TO DELIVER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS By Dr. E. Lee Lassiter BALTIMORE, MD -- (May 5, 2010) – Dr. Freda C. Lewis-Hall, a Maryland native and a physicia...
Posted: May 5th, 2010 by Ursula Battle
Lining Up Yet Another Technology Award
Coppin’s ITD Wins the 2010 Avaya Customer Innovation Award in the Enterprise Transformation Category By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE (04/30/2010) – On April 20th, Coppin’s ...
Posted: Apr 30th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Coppin to Host Maryland General Assembly Town Hall Meeting April 24
BALTIMORE (4/20/10)– Coppin State University’s Department of Social Sciences in conjunction with the Woman Power Inc., a Baltimore based nonpartisan group aimed to interest women in politics, w...
Posted: Apr 22nd, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
Coppin State University Inducted for the Fifth Time in Four Years as a Laureate of the Computerworld Honors Program
By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE (03/26/2010) – Coppin’s fifth-time induction as a Laureate in the Computerworld Honors Program stamps a clear message that Coppin’s technology is thriving wi...
Posted: Mar 26th, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Part I: Haiti Earthquake Through the Lenses of a CSU Chair
The impact of Haiti earthquake on the life and family of CSU Chair and Professor By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE 03/22/2010 – A picturesque, colorful painting portraying a ...
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Part II: Haiti Earthquake through the Lenses of a Young Haitian CSU Student
By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE (03/23/2010) – In a tall, concrete apartment complex in the Carrefour neighborhood of Haiti’s capital is where the sweet teenage memories of Mitch Robert Noe...
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Dr. Alfred Amah, Longtime Coppin Chemistry Professor, Dies at 60.
CSU Loses Noted Professor By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie BALTIMORE, MD -(03/12/10) - Dr. Alfred Amah, a former Chemistry Professor at Coppin State University (CSU) since J...
Posted: Mar 12th, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
Chancellor William E. Kirwan Honored with TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award
New York, March 8, 2010 -- The TIAA-CREF Institute is pleased to announce William E. (Brit) Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, as winner of the 2010 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. ...
Posted: Mar 8th, 2010 by Ursula Battle
Coppin Receives $932,116 Grant Award from U.S. Department of Commerce
HBCU the only school in Maryland to receive award By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (3/03/2010) --Today, President Reginald S. Avery announced that Coppin received an awa...
Posted: Mar 3rd, 2010 by Shernay Williams
PEC Embodies the Link Between Coppin and Neighboring Community
By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE, MD (3/03/2010) -- After five years of construction and anxiety to envision the final outcome of the 246,000 square foot complex, last Saturday, February 27t...
Posted: Mar 3rd, 2010 by Shernay Williams
CSU Foundation Board Welcomes New Leadership
By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE (3/23/2010) - Dr. Pamela Love Manning, a proud Coppin alumna and the President of P M Love Enterprises, was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Coppin St...
Posted: Mar 2nd, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Longtime Coppin educator James Edgar McDonald passes away
By Ursula V. Battle and Mrs. Julie Haskins-Turner Coppin State University is saddened to announce the passing of longtime CSU major donor and alumnus James Edgar McDonald. Mr. McDonald passed away ...
Posted: Feb 26th, 2010 by Ursula Battle
CSU To Honor the Legendary Dr. Dorothy I. Height
CSU’s seminal event of the year will salute legendary social justice icon By Dr. E. Lee Lassiter BALTIMORE 3/3/10 - Civil rights and social justice legend Dr. Dorothy I. Hei...
Posted: Feb 24th, 2010 by Ursula Battle
$85,000 Grant Awarded to CSU’s School of Professional Studies’ Department of Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling for HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse and Hepatitis Awareness
Grant Will Help Disseminate HIV/AIDS Awareness to the Campus Community By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie The Department of Applied Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling (APRC) in...
Posted: Feb 22nd, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
Coppin Academy Honors Invitation to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Park Hopes to Expand Coppin Academy Partnership in National Park Services By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie Baltimore 01/2/10 -- In an effort to increase underserved y...
Posted: Feb 22nd, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
CSU Develops Partnership with Egyptian University
By Shernay Williams In line with President Avery’s mission to globalize our University, three faculty and staff members conducted an eight-day training session for journalism students and pr...
Posted: Feb 1st, 2010 by Shernay Williams
Rosemont Elementary/Middle School Holds Video Conference with South African School
BALTIMORE (1/25/10) – In December, a group of 15 students from Rosemont Elementary/Middle School held a 70 minute live video conference with 15 students from Northridge Primary School in Preto...
Posted: Jan 25th, 2010 by Ursula Battle
Alumna Janulyn Lennon Washington (‘93) Credits Coppin for her Success
By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie BALTIMORE 01/14/10 - Success is something that Janulyn Lennon Washington values – and she has always had a plan to accomplish it. Now, several years later, W...
Posted: Jan 14th, 2010 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
Over $140,000 Contributed For the Establishment of the ITD Endowment Fund
By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE – 12/09/09 When 23-year-old George Irungu of Kenya first entered Coppin State University in the fall of 2006, there was a high chance he would not be able to stay and earn...
Posted: Dec 9th, 2009 by Ana Sebescen
Coppin’s Helene Fuld School of Nursing’s State-of-the-Art Simulation Center
Advancing Clinical Teaching and Practice for Future Healthcare Professionals By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie Baltimore 12/09/2009 - In August 2008, the Simulation Center at...
Posted: Dec 9th, 2009 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
Coppin’s Largest Gift From an Individual Donor Provides Educational Opportunities to Financially-Challenged Students
By Ana Sebescen BALTIMORE 12/01/2009 – Dr. Delores Cawthon Hunt transformed the lives and enabled education for many Coppin State University students who are struggling to pay the cost associated w...
Posted: Dec 2nd, 2009 by Ana Sebescen
Donor Establishes Scholarship Fund to Honor Coppin State University Dean Dr. Susan Arisman
DEAN OF SCHOOL OF EDUCATION RECEIVES TRIBUTE THROUGH AN ENDOWMENT FUND By Ana Sebescen Since its inception in 1900, Coppin State University established an epicenter of teacher-trai...
Posted: Dec 2nd, 2009 by Ana Sebescen
Coppin Technologists Recognized at National Conference
Dionne Curbeam and Tykesha Reed Receive Technology Awards in Dallas, TX By Watina Greene and Shernay Williams BALTIMORE 11/10/09 - Two members of Coppin State University’s O...
Posted: Nov 10th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
The First Academic Pep Rally to Encourage Academic Awareness
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS UNITED TO PROMOTE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS By Ana Sebescen On October 22nd, the Academic Resource Center (ARC) promoted awareness for academic success an...
Posted: Oct 30th, 2009 by Ana Sebescen
Alumna Trena Taylor Brown Testifies: Coppin Nurtures Potential and Transforms Lives
As a member of the graduate class of 1973, Trena Taylor Brown credits her Coppin experience for carving her path to success. Thirty-six years later,she returns with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShiel...
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2009 by Mary Ann Dogo-Isonagie
Shock Trauma Surgeon Takes on City’s Violence Problem
WHO: Carnell Cooper, MD, Director, Violence Prevention Program University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center and Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine WH...
Posted: Oct 21st, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Student-Athletes Witness “Giving Back” at Work
TWO DEPARTMENTS EXPAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH COLLABORATION By Ana Sebescen The community outreach collaboration between American Humanics and the Athletic Department at Coppin State U...
Posted: Oct 21st, 2009 by Ana Sebescen
CSU's Roberts Family To Be Honored by Neighbor To Family on Sept. 30
BALTIMORE 9/24/09 – Neighbor To Family, Inc., a Baltimore foster care agency that keeps siblings together, will honor Coppin's own William and Alice Roberts family at its second a...
Posted: Sep 24th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Two Members of CSU's Office of Information Technology to Receive Awards
Dionne Curbeam and Tykesha Reed to be honored at Technology Awards Luncheon in Dallas, TX BALTIMORE 8/7/09 - Two members of Coppin State University’s Office of Information Tech...
Posted: Aug 7th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Rosemont School Continues Six-Year-Old Rebound
2008-2009 Maryland School Assessment Scores Show "Stunning" Improvement By Dr. E. Lee Lassiter BALTIMORE, MD (August 5, 2009) – Rosemont Elementary/Middle School continued i...
Posted: Aug 7th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Pre-College Summer Program Prepares New Batch of High School Grads for College Life
By Shernay Williams Each year, the Coppin State University (CSU) Academic Resource Center offers the Pre-College Summer Program where potential Coppinites can improve their English, m...
Posted: Jul 13th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
85-Year-Old Returns to Coppin State University
MAJORING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES By Mary-Ann Dogo-Isonagie BALTIMORE 7/13/09 - Proving that it is never too late to make up for lost time, 85-year-old Pho...
Posted: Jul 8th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Extraordinary Opportunity…Extraordinary Life
By Anthony Littlejohn Someone told me once that given extraordinary opportunities, we should live extraordinary lives. My tenure at Coppin State, I realize now, was my extraordinary o...
Posted: Jul 6th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Coppin State University: My One and Only Choice
By Laverne McNeal The prospect of returning to school after a 25-year hiatus was the cause of many sleepless nights during the fall of 2006. Would I be able to handle the challen...
Posted: Jul 6th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Coppin Substance Abuse Coalition to Offer Training Sessions to Campus Community
Initiative seeks to shed light on mental illness and substance abuse to help prevent tragedies By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE 6/29/09 - April 16th marked the two-year...
Posted: Jun 29th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Dean of Graduate Studies Receives Award from the National Technical Association
Dr. Mary Owens-Southall Honored for Contributions in Technical Field By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE (6/29/09) - Dr. Mary Owens-Southall, Dean of Coppin State Universit...
Posted: Jun 29th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Rosemont Child Development Center Renamed In Honor of Coppin Alum
By Shernay Williams BALTIMORE 6/29/09 - The Rosemont Child Development Center, a Pre-K program that operates in collaboration with Coppin State University to prepare Baltimore City four-year...
Posted: Jun 29th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Coppin History Professor Dr. Roger Davidson Crafts Marine Corps Guide
MUSEUM BROCHURE BARES ROLE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS BALTIMORE, MD -(June 16, 2009) – A new brochure researched and developed by Coppin State University Professor Dr. Roger Davids...
Posted: Jun 16th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
CSU Students Visit the White House
Travel to D.C. on the Invitation of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden By Ana Sebescan BALTIMORE 6/16/09 - Coppin State University (CSU) students traveled to Washington D.C. on t...
Posted: Jun 16th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
CSU Students Invited to Serve at the 11th Annual Uncommon Height Gala
By Ana Sebescen (BALTIMORE 6/5/09) - In March, members of the Coppin State University (CSU) First Lady’s Book Club traveled to Washington, D.C. to visit legendary civil rights activist Dr. D...
Posted: Jun 5th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Coppin Academy High School Graduates First Class
By Dr. E. Lee Lassiter BALTIMORE, MD -- (June 2, 2009) – The Coppin Academy High School, a Baltimore City Public School System Charter School located on the campus of Coppin State University...
Posted: Jun 2nd, 2009 by Ursula Battle
CSU Inducted as a 2009 Laureate by International Computerworld Honors Program
First Organization to Receive Award for Two Cases BALTIMORE (June 2, 2009) --- For the third time in three years, Coppin State University (CSU) were inducted as a Laureate by I...
Posted: May 28th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
CSU Graduate Student Graduates with Honors and alongside Daughter despite Battling Brain Tumor
By Shernay Williams Valerie Scott receives degree in Human Services Administration on May 15 BALTIMORE 5/28/09 - A hardworking Coppin State University (CSU) graduate student...
Posted: May 28th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Former CSU Honors College Student Receives Howard Ph.D.
Academic Milestone for Lopez D. Matthews, Jr. By Dr. E. Lee Lassiter BALTIMORE, MD -- (May 27, 2009) -- After maintaining a 4.0 average for 10 consecutive semesters at Howa...
Posted: May 28th, 2009 by Ursula Battle
Coppin Humanities Professor Granted 2009 Fulbright Scholar Award
Dr. K. Selassie awarded a Fulbright Scholars Award to Cote d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) By Shernay Williams Coppin State University Associate Professor and Toni Morrison Scholar Dr. ...
Posted: May 5th, 2009 by Ursula Battle


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