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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Founded in 1867, Morgan State University is a Carnegie classified Doctoral Research Institution offering more than 70 academic programs leading to bachelor’s degrees as well as programs at the masters and doctoral levels. As Maryland’s Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multi-ethnic and multi-racial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Founded in 1867, Morgan State University is a Carnegie classified [https://www.morgan.edu/news/morgan-state-university-receives-high-research-classification high research (R2)] Institution offering more than 70 academic programs leading to bachelor’s degrees as well as programs at the masters and doctoral levels. As [https://www.morgan.edu/news/morgan-is-marylands-preeminent-public-urban-research-university Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University], Morgan serves a multi-ethnic and multi-racial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible.</span></span>
  
= Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =
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The Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Morgan State University-Interview with Dr. Singh By Adrien Feudjio
 
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= Campus Overview =
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=Campus Overview=
 
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-809f18af-8857-c551-5ce4-5c77585eb078"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship: </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Morgan State, our leadership circle has dug deep and found that students have aspirations and dreams of starting their own &nbsp;businesses. The Morgan State Landscape Canvas provides sufficient amount of programs and seminars to get students on campus aware of entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. The issue on campus is students don’t feel empowered enough to voice their opinions. There’s a lack of interdisciplinary spaces that let students from different backgrounds come together and collaborate ideas and projects. The labs and facilities our school has are exclusive and only a few know about the resources. Morgan State is an HBCU, a school with strong culture and traditions. The students here have a different ways of learning and progressing within the academic curriculum. We need to develop an effective approach to get students involved and gear them towards an innovative mindset.</span></span>
 
 
 
<span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship: </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The faculty at Morgan are interested and willing to &nbsp;help promote innovation and entrepreneurship into the Morgan ecosystem.</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The President, Dr. David Wilson, has voiced his support on the I&E movement; “</span><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am truly excited with the innovation culture that is engulfing the campus and want to do everything I can to support and encourage it</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”. Encouraged faculty will subsequently strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship mindset in the teachers’ students. The vision will be shared and students will start to understand what it's all about. Dr. Archibald, from the Social Work Department, has stated that this movement is very important to him, and has some ideas on how to speed up this movement. Keeping in mind that Morgan State is an overall commuter school, we should make resources accessible for all students with hours that are convenient for all. Most of the commuter students have heavy schedules and are balancing full-time work schedules while having part-time or full-time course loads. The faculty will be a big part of this movement, because they can help articulate and help voice important student issues</span>
 
 
 
<span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Actively supporting the university technology transfer function:</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology Transfer here at Morgan State University is a key tool that supports all entrepreneurs and innovators that have copyright needs or patents. They support all faculty and students that partake in research within the labs and facilities. They focus on intellectual property issues that may be concerning an individual. The purpose of The Office of Technology Transfer is</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(77, 64, 60); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to serve as a fully integrated center, structured to manage Morgan State’s intellectual property, fulfill the university's federal obligations, interact with industry to commercialize university intellectual property, foster economic development, and ultimately increase Morgan State’s resources to support its strategic goals. This office needs to operate at its highest level at all times. The students and researchers need to know all the rules and regulations to take their creations and discoveries to the industry smoothly and properly, and with the help of the Office of Technology Transfer, Morgan State can accomplish that.</span>
 
 
 
<br/><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration: </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The step from gathering your findings within a campus and getting it fine tuned to present to the industry is not an easy task, and requires the right tools and mentoring for a successful launch in the industry world. Morgan provides a few options to students who need help making the transition into the industry. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Strategy focuses on supporting &nbsp;start-up entrepreneurs in getting the right advice and helping with longevity and success. Director, Robert Singh, PhD., who is apart of this big movement, is a big believer in inclusive entrepreneurship and would like to make incubators for young entrepreneurs and training. The Earl G. Graves Business Building, which is the newest addition at MSU, will be the location of many of these spaces and tools.</span>
 
  
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-809f18af-8857-c551-5ce4-5c77585eb078"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mission of the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory &nbsp;(PEARL) is to provide society with the knowledge to solve its environmental challenges through research, education and economic development. This is the biggest partnership Morgan (since 2004) has that focuses on bettering the community by research and findings based on the community needs. It is located near the Patuxent River in Saint Leonard, Maryland. The laboratory capabilities include Benthic, Pelagic & Nearshore Monitoring, Water Quality Monitoring, Power Plant & Industrial Compliance, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, GIS in Coastal Waters, Quantitative Analysis & Modeling, Natural Resource Economics, and Population and Community Ecology. We need to ensure the lab is being utilized at its fullest potential and if there is needs for improvement, we need to gather funds from sponsors to help the community grow.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-94682bf9-b04f-2775-4326-d61c92be4d6a"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Morgan At A Glance*</span></span></span>
  
= Strategic Priorities<br/> =
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<span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morgan State University, is a coeducational institution located in a residential area of northeast Baltimore, Maryland. The campus covers an area of more than 143 acres.</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University offers a comprehensive range of academic programs</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the both undergraduate and graduate levels</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Morgan is also a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morgan State University is an equal opportunity affirmative action institution of higher education. See the Nondiscrimination Policy.</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By action of the Maryland Legislature, the University has been designated as Maryland's Public Urban University, with the responsibility of addressing the needs of residents, schools, and organizations within the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Morgan State University is located in a residential area of northeast Baltimore City. It is easily accessible from downtown, the Baltimore beltway, and Interstate 95. Each year, the school enrolls an average of 7,700 students in programs from the baccalaureate level through</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">doctorate.</span></span>
  
= '''<span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">1. Encourage Student Awareness and Involvement on Campus</span></span>''' =
 
  
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Encouraging student awareness is key at Morgan State University. Most students are unaware of the opportunities available to have a successful career and be involved with their school. Students don’t know what they are missing, and this develops into a feeling that there are NO opportunities available to be active and involved in campus. We need to create a new channel that shares opportunities and events maximizes the people it reaches around campus. This will make students on campus active and involved overall</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">in the I&E movement on campus.</span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-94682bf9-b055-e4e4-d88d-089b773de440"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship:</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Morgan State, our leadership circle has dug deep and found that students have aspirations and dreams of starting their own &nbsp;businesses. The Morgan State Landscape Canvas provides sufficient amount of programs and seminars to get students on campus aware of entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. The issue on campus is students don’t feel empowered enough to voice their opinions. There’s a lack of interdisciplinary spaces that let students from different backgrounds come together and collaborate ideas and projects. The labs and facilities in our school although mostly open to all, only a few students know about the resources. Morgan State is an HBCU, a school with strong culture and traditions. The students here have different ways of learning and progressing within the academic curriculum. We need to develop an effective approach to get students involved and gear them towards an innovative mindset. There have been recent updates to the courses offered that focus on starting and growing a business, even offering students the incentive of potentially receiving money to go towards their venture. During it's initial offering there was a high response, indicating that students are very interested in the opportunity to apply the knowledge they are receiving.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship:</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The faculty at Morgan are interested and willing to &nbsp;help promote innovation and entrepreneurship into the Morgan ecosystem. The President, Dr. David Wilson, has voiced his support on the I&E movement; “I am truly excited with the innovation culture that is engulfing the campus and want to do everything I can to support and encourage it”. Encouraged faculty will subsequently strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship mindset in the teachers’ students. The vision will be shared and students will start to understand what it's all about. Dr. Archibald, from the Social Work Department, has stated that this movement is very important to him, and has some ideas on how to speed up this movement. Keeping in mind that Morgan State is an overall commuter school, we should make resources accessible for all students with hours that are convenient for all. Most of the commuter students have heavy schedules and are balancing full-time work schedules while having part-time or full-time course loads. The faculty will be a big part of this movement, because they can help articulate and help voice important student issues.</span></span>  
  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">A project that can create this type of channel would be to install BearBoards all over campus. This Board would have two sides. One side for members of the Morgan Community to share and promote events/opportunities. The other side would be used for students/faculty to share their thoughts and concerns regarding issues on campus. We would need to install few of these boards, and spread them out around the campus. Since most of the students are commuters who don't spend much time on campus, it needs to be put in front of them and popular areas where they walk through. Some would also be placed around the living areas to let students on campus be able to share their thoughts and concerns.</span>
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<br /><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''3. Actively supporting the university technology transfer function:''' The Office of Technology Transfer here at Morgan State University is a key tool that supports all entrepreneurs and innovators that have copyright needs or patents. They support all faculty and students that partake in research within the labs and facilities. They focus on intellectual property issues that may be concerning an individual. The purpose of The Office of Technology Transfer is to serve as a fully integrated center, structured to manage Morgan State’s intellectual property, fulfill the university's federal obligations, interact with industry to commercialize university intellectual property, foster economic development, and ultimately increase Morgan State’s resources to support its strategic goals. This office needs to operate at its highest level at all times. The students and researchers need to know all the rules and regulations to take their creations and discoveries to the industry smoothly and properly, and with the help of the Office of Technology Transfer, Morgan State can accomplish that. The office also collaborates with other I&E centered programs across the state to provide the Morgan students with entrepreneurship and innovation trainings that will enable them successfully leverage on their innovations.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration:</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The step from gathering your findings within a campus and getting it fine tuned to present to the industry is not an easy task, and requires the right tools and mentoring for a successful launch in the industry world. Morgan provides a few options to students who need help making the transition into the industry. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Strategy focuses on supporting &nbsp;start-up entrepreneurs in getting the right advice and helping with longevity and success. There are various stakeholders that are big believers in inclusive entrepreneurship and are committed towards finding resources  for young entrepreneurs and training. The Earl G. Graves Business Building, host a variety of academic programs and research centers that promote entrepreneurship learning through industry collaborations. One of such collaborations is the Morgan and Bristol Myers Squibb partnership that is committed to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, the recently established Innovation and entrepreneurship center (Bears Innovate) serves as a regional center of excellence that aims to address disparities in business ownership rates and entrepreneurial success among people of color. The center is part of the Howard-PNC entrepreneurship network, being funded by the PNC foundation via a sub-award agreement with Howard University.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mission of the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory &nbsp;(PEARL) is to provide society with the knowledge to solve its environmental challenges through research, education and economic development. This is the biggest partnership Morgan (since 2004) has that focuses on bettering the community by research and findings based on the community needs. It is located near the Patuxent River in Saint Leonard, Maryland. The laboratory capabilities include Benthic, Pelagic & Nearshore Monitoring, Water Quality Monitoring, Power Plant & Industrial Compliance, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, GIS in Coastal Waters, Quantitative Analysis & Modeling, Natural Resource Economics, and Population and Community Ecology. We need to ensure the lab is being utilized at its fullest potential and if there is needs for improvement, we need to gather funds from sponsors to help the community grow. In addition, the Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center offers a wide range of resources for students and the community. They offers specific training and resources for women and veteran entrepreneurs such as knowledge development in securing government contracts. They also offer free entrepreneurship training for previously incarcerated citizens, offering them a foot in the door to self-employment.</span></span>
  
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">*Adapted from http://www.morgan.edu/about/at_a_glance.html</span>
  
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=[[Morgan State University Student Priorities|Morgan State University Student Priorities]]&nbsp;=
  
'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Project 1: Install BearBoards throughout the campus.</span></span>'''
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The above link directs you to Leadership Circle's Strategic Priorities.&nbsp;
  
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">To implement this project, the steps that need to be taken are:</span>
 
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Present Idea to Stakeholders, and check the interest and support levels</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Ask students on campus how they would like BearBoards</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Come up with specific design and prototype of BearBoards</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Reveal the prototype to Stakeholders and possible Sponsors and Donors</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Begin the installation process for the BearBoards</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-0767d634-8836-22fd-fadf-f56d1a87da3c"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Announce the opening of the BearBoards and promote usage throughout campus</span></span></li>
 
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=Leadership Circle Change Stories=
  
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[https://youtu.be/YvfMeegwomE Spring 2018 Cohort [Project Pitch]]
  
<span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Help develop a lab catered to students campus wide &nbsp;</span></span>
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[https://youtu.be/fXSRQiGvuP8 Spring 2017 Cohort [Project Pitch]]
  
<span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project 3: Students at the Morgan State Campus do not have access to a center or facility where one can come and create a prototype. Our vision is to create at a lab room where students can come and collaborate on ideas, work on projects, fabricate ideas. Providing a lab room will help students who don’t have access to equipment or materials, and also help them build on ideas or projects which will encourage innovation. Potentially students could actually develop something they could market which would help students get familiar with entrepreneurship. This lab will lay the foundation for innovations and test the ingenious of those willing to market their idea.</span></span>
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=<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Morgan State University Landscape Canvas</span>=
  
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mD-ZlSLRGv5kAGyRCfG06FhuT-qWFKdrLyTwsh3h5pg/edit#gid=0 Leadership Circle Landscape Canvas Fall 2023]
  
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<span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sZda_2QMEYJA98nLgh73oOxKIahI9qQ4llmYK-PSoaI/edit#gid=0 Leadership Circle Landscape Canvas Fall 2018]</span><span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sZda_2QMEYJA98nLgh73oOxKIahI9qQ4llmYK-PSoaI/edit#gid=0 <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span>]</span>
  
<span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To Implement this project:</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/19FgJJmEvq-v9bhXusqLCyqZeb3_nUz2TuhIdQL3UcRA/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=107245602447079222301 <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span>Leadership Circle Landscape Canvas Spring 2018]</span>
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Present the idea and business model to stakeholders</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact departments willing to offer a lab room</span></span></li>
 
<li><span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Obtain a lab room&nbsp;</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find sponsors and funding</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buy equipment and material</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find students to regulate and upkeep the lab</span></span></li>
 
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-1aa4553c-88c2-fd8c-aad6-be7fc1c391a4"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Efforts to hold events and competitions to raise awareness</span></span></li>
 
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= Morgan Innovation Day =
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jxrDRXxaK7dlxHroZ_cKNTtII1lFpdSWMSSKYcMlews/edit#gid=0 <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Leadership Circle Landscape Canvas&nbsp;</span></span>]<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jxrDRXxaK7dlxHroZ_cKNTtII1lFpdSWMSSKYcMlews/edit#gid=0 Spring 2017&nbsp;&nbsp;]</span></span>
  
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px">The annual showcase of faculty and student research and industrial development offers an interactive opportunity for lawmakers and citizens to learn more about Morgan’s strategic plans for commercializing science and technological innovation for Maryland’s emerging STEM industries.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lyk6VtKlbDmugguwLY5OZXUzLglc-dP1PPQcG9NDyp8/edit?usp=sharing Leadership Circle 1 Landscape Canvas Fall 2016]</span>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=niCBmc_O-UM}} {{#Widget:Youtube|id=m-YIpZJc744}}</span></p>
 
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Morgan State University Landscape Canvas</span><br/> =
 
  
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadFhtWVNBaE1keFhSSzhLTXM4RS1vZUE&usp=sharing Canvas 2014])</span><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Campus Landscape Canvas ([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VXf-_t9FZfpy0ztqyqsyyoQY5IW1AcgIkH1SC5ygK0A/edit?usp=sharing Updated Canvas 2015])</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c_GEn6Xa8uT2xw0bB6cOvkePe1Eq5ULQSkOO9rN3gKA/edit#gid=0 Leadership Circle 3 Landscape Canvas Fall 2016]</span>
  
<span style="font-size:large">{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0An9lq6yeesEldF9DZGRhWlM3c1k4Uzl6THRNYmtnWVE|width=1300|height=700}}</span>
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<span style="font-size:small;">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VXf-_t9FZfpy0ztqyqsyyoQY5IW1AcgIkH1SC5ygK0A/edit?usp=sharing Leadership Circle Landscape Canvas Fall 2015]</span>
  
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The University Technology Transfer Function</span><br/> =
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=<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The University Technology Transfer Function</span>=
  
 
<span style="font-size:large">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Office of Technology and Transfer</span>'''</span>
 
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium">The OTTR assists faculty and staff members, administrators, and students with intellectual property issues resulting from their reearch discoveries, and other scholarly and creative activities. It exists to foster the creation of innovative technologies and to manage those technologies and other intellectual property for the benefit of the university and the public. The OTTR provides assistance on such issues as patent applications, registering trademarks and copyrights.</span>
 
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium">The OTTR assists faculty and staff members, administrators, and students with intellectual property issues resulting from their reearch discoveries, and other scholarly and creative activities. It exists to foster the creation of innovative technologies and to manage those technologies and other intellectual property for the benefit of the university and the public. The OTTR provides assistance on such issues as patent applications, registering trademarks and copyrights.</span>
  
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">University-Industry Collaboration</span> =
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=<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">University-Industry Collaboration</span>=
  
 
<span style="font-size:large">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)</span>'''</span>
 
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<span style="font-size:medium">The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI) at Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University announce a collaborative educational program called the Extreme Science Internship Program. This program is designed to provide a bridge between Morgan State science and engineering undergraduates and Johns Hopkins University, as well as fourteen other major research institutions and a large group of technology companies. HEMI addresses the fundamental issues associated with materials under extreme conditions, such as those developed during impact events. Our specific aim is to improve the human condition by providing government, industry and national institutions with science-based tools for designing materials for extreme environments. An endeavor as ambitious as this requires a collaborative effort across the nation’s top research institutes.</span>
 
<span style="font-size:medium">The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI) at Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University announce a collaborative educational program called the Extreme Science Internship Program. This program is designed to provide a bridge between Morgan State science and engineering undergraduates and Johns Hopkins University, as well as fourteen other major research institutions and a large group of technology companies. HEMI addresses the fundamental issues associated with materials under extreme conditions, such as those developed during impact events. Our specific aim is to improve the human condition by providing government, industry and national institutions with science-based tools for designing materials for extreme environments. An endeavor as ambitious as this requires a collaborative effort across the nation’s top research institutes.</span>
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'''<span style="line-height: 23px"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory</span><font size="4">&nbsp;(PEARL)</font></span>'''
  
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium">Research conducted at the PEARL facility located near the Patuxent River is designed to increase the understanding of coastal ecosystems so that they may be properly managed and protected. Much of the work is focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, such as the Patuxent River.</span>
  
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<span style="font-size:large">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">New Business School Building</span>'''</span>
  
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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Morgan State University recently opened the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management Business Center in 2015. The building contains hotel rooms, large kitchens for hospitality majors, Bloomberg terminal, and more. This building so far has brought new life to the Morgan State campus by expanding as well as modernizing&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium">the campus</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium">&nbsp;allowing the campus to be brought into a new light and gaining outsider attention. In under a year there have been multiple businesses that have hosted major events in the beautiful building.&nbsp;</span>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span> =
 
  
'''<span style="line-height: 23px"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory</span><font size="4">&nbsp;(PEARL)</font></span>'''
 
  
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium">Research conducted at the PEARL facility located near the Patuxent River is designed to increase the understanding of coastal ecosystems so that they may be properly managed and protected. Much of the work is focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, such as the Patuxent River.</span>
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[[File:Morgan state business center.JPG|center|400x400px|Morgan state business center.JPG|link=Special:FilePath/Morgan_state_business_center.JPG]]
  
<span style="font-size:large">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Construction of New Business School</span>'''</span>
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=A National Treasure=
  
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium">The new Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management will include a lecture hall and classrooms, as well as hotel rooms and a large kitchen for hospitality classes. The building is expected to be completed in the summer of 2015.</span>
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Morgan State University was [https://www.morgan.edu/news/morgan-state-national-treasure designated a ''National Treasure'']&nbsp;by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2016. This makes Morgan State University the only HBCU and first institution to achieve this designation.&nbsp;
  
[[File:Morgan State NewBusinessSchool.jpg|center|400x400px|Morgan State NewBusinessSchool.jpg]][[File:Morgan state business center.JPG|center|400x400px|Morgan state business center.JPG]]
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=Related Links&nbsp;=
  
= Related Links<br/> =
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Morgan_State_University Morgan State University]
  
 
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Morgan_State_University_Student_Priorities Morgan State University Student Priorities]
 
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Morgan_State_University_Student_Priorities Morgan State University Student Priorities]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Fall 2013&nbsp;'''</span>
 
  
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jaime_Arribas_Starkey-El University Fellow Jaime Arribas Starkey-El]
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'''Fall 2023 Fellows:'''
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[[Fellow:Tomisin Adebari|Tomisin Adebari]]
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[[Fellow:Bello Mahmud Zailani|Bello Mahmud Zailani]]
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[[Fellow:Cierra M. Robinson|Cierra M. Robinson]]
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[[Fellow:Abioye Gbolahan|Abioye Gbolahan]]
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'''Fall 2022 Fellows:'''
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[[Fellow:Temitope E. Ajibola|Temitope Ajibola]]
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[[Fellow:April J. Albert|April Albert]]
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[[Zaire Dartez]]
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[[Fellow:Jaquetta Graham|Jaquetta Graham]]
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===Fall 2018 Fellows:===
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[[Joshua gist|Joshua Gist]]
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[[Malaika Wanjihia|Malaika Wanjihia]]
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[[Leilani Moten|Leilani Moten]]
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[[Samuel Orelaja|Samuel Orelaja]]
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===Spring 2018 Fellows:===
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[[Oyare Victor Oko|Oyare Victor Oko]]
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[[Sumayyah Raji|Sumayyah Raji]]
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[[Evan Robertson|Evan Robertson]]
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[[Averi Turner|Averi Turner]]
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===Spring 2017 Fellows:===
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[[Kofi.afriyie|Kofi Afriyie]]
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Rashae Hilson
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[[Tobiloba Komolafe|Tobiloba Komolafe]]
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[[Oluwakayode Jasanya|Oluwakayode Jasanya]]
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===Fall 2016 Fellows:===
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saxfield_Chatmon Saxfield Chatmon]
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Ashley Gray
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Jordan Joines
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Sheena Williams&nbsp;
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====''Leadership Circle 2:''====
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:KenishaYoung Kenisha Young]
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====''Leadership Circle 3:&nbsp;''====
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Taylor_Griffin Taylor Griffin]
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[[Ayodeji Afolabi]]
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Avian_Richardson Avian Richardson]
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====''Leadership Circle 4:''====
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Malin5 Matthew Lindsey&lt;]
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Abdulganiyu Abdulganiyu Ajilore]
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Arjac5 Arianna Jackson]
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====''Leadership Circle 5:''====
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[[Brie Thompson|Brie Thompson]]
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[[Nesha Jackson|Nesha Jackson]]
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[[Oluwaseun Ojimi|Oluwaseun Ojimi]]
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[[Kendell Costley|Kendell Costley]]
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[[Destiny Bond|Destiny Bond]]
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[[Chanell Mosley|Chanell Mosley]]
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[[Monique Ndagha|Monique Ndagha]]
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[[Maliik Nelson|Maliik Nelson]]
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[[Mikhal wyatt|Mikhal Wyatt]]
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[[Ravin Jajistar|Ravin Jajistar]]
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[[Abdoul Mohammed|Abdoul Mohammed]]
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[[Iyanna Patterson|Iyanna Patterson]]
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[[Michael Shiferaw|Michael Shiferaw]]
  
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[[Mareco Edwards|Mareco Edwards]]
  
[[Adrien Feudjio|University Fellow Adrien Feudjio]]
 
  
<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Fall 2015: 1<sup>st</sup> Leaderhip Circle'''</span>
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[[Ravin Jajistar|University Fellow Ravin Jajistar]]
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[[Adrien Feudjio|Adrien Feudjio]]
  
[[Abdoul Mohammed|University Fellow Abdoul Mohammed]]
 
  
[[Iyanna Patterson|University Fellow Iyanna Patterson]]
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[[Michael Shiferaw|University Fellow Michael Shiferaw]]
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[[Jaime Arribas Starkey-El|Jaime Arribas Starkey-El]]
  
 
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Founded in 1867, Morgan State University is a Carnegie classified high research (R2) Institution offering more than 70 academic programs leading to bachelor’s degrees as well as programs at the masters and doctoral levels. As Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multi-ethnic and multi-racial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible.

Contents

Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Morgan State University-Interview with Dr. Singh By Adrien Feudjio


Student Research Opportunities


Campus Overview

Morgan At A Glance*

Morgan State University, is a coeducational institution located in a residential area of northeast Baltimore, Maryland. The campus covers an area of more than 143 acres. The University offers a comprehensive range of academic programs at the both undergraduate and graduate levels. Morgan is also a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Morgan State University is an equal opportunity affirmative action institution of higher education. See the Nondiscrimination Policy. By action of the Maryland Legislature, the University has been designated as Maryland's Public Urban University, with the responsibility of addressing the needs of residents, schools, and organizations within the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Morgan State University is located in a residential area of northeast Baltimore City. It is easily accessible from downtown, the Baltimore beltway, and Interstate 95. Each year, the school enrolls an average of 7,700 students in programs from the baccalaureate level through to doctorate.


1. Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship: At Morgan State, our leadership circle has dug deep and found that students have aspirations and dreams of starting their own  businesses. The Morgan State Landscape Canvas provides sufficient amount of programs and seminars to get students on campus aware of entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. The issue on campus is students don’t feel empowered enough to voice their opinions. There’s a lack of interdisciplinary spaces that let students from different backgrounds come together and collaborate ideas and projects. The labs and facilities in our school although mostly open to all, only a few students know about the resources. Morgan State is an HBCU, a school with strong culture and traditions. The students here have different ways of learning and progressing within the academic curriculum. We need to develop an effective approach to get students involved and gear them towards an innovative mindset. There have been recent updates to the courses offered that focus on starting and growing a business, even offering students the incentive of potentially receiving money to go towards their venture. During it's initial offering there was a high response, indicating that students are very interested in the opportunity to apply the knowledge they are receiving.

2. Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship: The faculty at Morgan are interested and willing to  help promote innovation and entrepreneurship into the Morgan ecosystem. The President, Dr. David Wilson, has voiced his support on the I&E movement; “I am truly excited with the innovation culture that is engulfing the campus and want to do everything I can to support and encourage it”. Encouraged faculty will subsequently strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship mindset in the teachers’ students. The vision will be shared and students will start to understand what it's all about. Dr. Archibald, from the Social Work Department, has stated that this movement is very important to him, and has some ideas on how to speed up this movement. Keeping in mind that Morgan State is an overall commuter school, we should make resources accessible for all students with hours that are convenient for all. Most of the commuter students have heavy schedules and are balancing full-time work schedules while having part-time or full-time course loads. The faculty will be a big part of this movement, because they can help articulate and help voice important student issues.


3. Actively supporting the university technology transfer function: The Office of Technology Transfer here at Morgan State University is a key tool that supports all entrepreneurs and innovators that have copyright needs or patents. They support all faculty and students that partake in research within the labs and facilities. They focus on intellectual property issues that may be concerning an individual. The purpose of The Office of Technology Transfer is to serve as a fully integrated center, structured to manage Morgan State’s intellectual property, fulfill the university's federal obligations, interact with industry to commercialize university intellectual property, foster economic development, and ultimately increase Morgan State’s resources to support its strategic goals. This office needs to operate at its highest level at all times. The students and researchers need to know all the rules and regulations to take their creations and discoveries to the industry smoothly and properly, and with the help of the Office of Technology Transfer, Morgan State can accomplish that. The office also collaborates with other I&E centered programs across the state to provide the Morgan students with entrepreneurship and innovation trainings that will enable them successfully leverage on their innovations.

4. Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration: The step from gathering your findings within a campus and getting it fine tuned to present to the industry is not an easy task, and requires the right tools and mentoring for a successful launch in the industry world. Morgan provides a few options to students who need help making the transition into the industry. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Strategy focuses on supporting  start-up entrepreneurs in getting the right advice and helping with longevity and success. There are various stakeholders that are big believers in inclusive entrepreneurship and are committed towards finding resources for young entrepreneurs and training. The Earl G. Graves Business Building, host a variety of academic programs and research centers that promote entrepreneurship learning through industry collaborations. One of such collaborations is the Morgan and Bristol Myers Squibb partnership that is committed to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, the recently established Innovation and entrepreneurship center (Bears Innovate) serves as a regional center of excellence that aims to address disparities in business ownership rates and entrepreneurial success among people of color. The center is part of the Howard-PNC entrepreneurship network, being funded by the PNC foundation via a sub-award agreement with Howard University.

5. Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: The mission of the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory  (PEARL) is to provide society with the knowledge to solve its environmental challenges through research, education and economic development. This is the biggest partnership Morgan (since 2004) has that focuses on bettering the community by research and findings based on the community needs. It is located near the Patuxent River in Saint Leonard, Maryland. The laboratory capabilities include Benthic, Pelagic & Nearshore Monitoring, Water Quality Monitoring, Power Plant & Industrial Compliance, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, GIS in Coastal Waters, Quantitative Analysis & Modeling, Natural Resource Economics, and Population and Community Ecology. We need to ensure the lab is being utilized at its fullest potential and if there is needs for improvement, we need to gather funds from sponsors to help the community grow. In addition, the Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center offers a wide range of resources for students and the community. They offers specific training and resources for women and veteran entrepreneurs such as knowledge development in securing government contracts. They also offer free entrepreneurship training for previously incarcerated citizens, offering them a foot in the door to self-employment.

*Adapted from http://www.morgan.edu/about/at_a_glance.html

Morgan State University Student Priorities 

The above link directs you to Leadership Circle's Strategic Priorities. 


Leadership Circle Change Stories

Morgan State University Landscape Canvas

The University Technology Transfer Function

Office of Technology and Transfer

The OTTR assists faculty and staff members, administrators, and students with intellectual property issues resulting from their reearch discoveries, and other scholarly and creative activities. It exists to foster the creation of innovative technologies and to manage those technologies and other intellectual property for the benefit of the university and the public. The OTTR provides assistance on such issues as patent applications, registering trademarks and copyrights.

University-Industry Collaboration

Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)

A multidisciplinary team of Morgan State University scientists, under the leadership of Dr. Joseph A. Whittaker, successfully won a joint cooperative agreement from the Earth Sciences Division of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) worth nearly $96M, the largest federal contract in the institution's history. Through funding, the MSU component of the GESTAR Program began in May 2011. This program brings more than 40 established and internationally recognized scientists to MSU and creates broad research and internship opportunities in earth and atmospheric sciences for students. 

Extreme Science Internship

The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI) at Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University announce a collaborative educational program called the Extreme Science Internship Program. This program is designed to provide a bridge between Morgan State science and engineering undergraduates and Johns Hopkins University, as well as fourteen other major research institutions and a large group of technology companies. HEMI addresses the fundamental issues associated with materials under extreme conditions, such as those developed during impact events. Our specific aim is to improve the human condition by providing government, industry and national institutions with science-based tools for designing materials for extreme environments. An endeavor as ambitious as this requires a collaborative effort across the nation’s top research institutes.

Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts

Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL)

Research conducted at the PEARL facility located near the Patuxent River is designed to increase the understanding of coastal ecosystems so that they may be properly managed and protected. Much of the work is focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, such as the Patuxent River.

New Business School Building

Morgan State University recently opened the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management Business Center in 2015. The building contains hotel rooms, large kitchens for hospitality majors, Bloomberg terminal, and more. This building so far has brought new life to the Morgan State campus by expanding as well as modernizing the campus allowing the campus to be brought into a new light and gaining outsider attention. In under a year there have been multiple businesses that have hosted major events in the beautiful building. 


A National Treasure

Morgan State University was designated a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2016. This makes Morgan State University the only HBCU and first institution to achieve this designation. 

Related Links 

Morgan State University

Morgan State University Student Priorities


Fall 2023 Fellows:

Tomisin Adebari

Bello Mahmud Zailani

Cierra M. Robinson

Abioye Gbolahan


Fall 2022 Fellows:


Temitope Ajibola

April Albert

Zaire Dartez

Jaquetta Graham

Fall 2018 Fellows:

Joshua Gist

Malaika Wanjihia

Leilani Moten

Samuel Orelaja

Spring 2018 Fellows:

Oyare Victor Oko

Sumayyah Raji

Evan Robertson

Averi Turner


Spring 2017 Fellows:

Kofi Afriyie

Rashae Hilson

Tobiloba Komolafe

Oluwakayode Jasanya


Fall 2016 Fellows:

Leadership Circle 1:

Saxfield Chatmon

Ashley Gray

Jordan Joines

Sheena Williams 

Leadership Circle 2:

Kenisha Young

Leadership Circle 3: 

Taylor Griffin

Ayodeji Afolabi

Avian Richardson

Leadership Circle 4:

Matthew Lindsey<

Abdulganiyu Ajilore

Arianna Jackson

Leadership Circle 5:

Brie Thompson

Nesha Jackson

Oluwaseun Ojimi

Kendell Costley


Spring 2016 Fellows:

Destiny Bond

Chanell Mosley

Monique Ndagha

Maliik Nelson

Mikhal Wyatt


Fall 2015 Fellows:

Ravin Jajistar

Abdoul Mohammed

Iyanna Patterson

Michael Shiferaw

Mareco Edwards


Fall 2014 Fellow:

Adrien Feudjio


Fall 2013 Fellow:

Jaime Arribas Starkey-El


Related links