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Students

New President Aims to Continue Morehouse Mission of Molding Leaders

The Board of Trustees at Morehouse College concluded a six-month search when it voted on Sunday to appoint Harvard University professor Dr. David A. Thomas as its new president.

October 16, 2017

Students

Newly Elected Birmingham Mayor Sees Education as Key

Morehouse College alumnus Randall Woodfin, 36, is the youngest elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, in over 100 years.

October 11, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Morehouse Ready to Heal, Move Forward with Interim President Martin

Morehouse College officially welcomed its newest interim president, Harold Martin, Jr., on Thursday. Securing permanent leadership has been a challenge for the 150-year-old institution.

June 29, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Morehouse Appoints Harold Martin as Interim President

The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has appointed alumnus Harold Martin Jr. as interim president. Martin takes on the day-to-day leadership of the college following the death of Interim President William J. Taggart earlier this month. “While these circumstances are certainly unprecedented, I am honored to step into the role of Interim President of Morehouse […]

June 26, 2017

Students

Morehouse Interim President Taggart Dies

The Morehouse College community woke on Thursday morning to the news that William Taggart, interim president of the historically Black institution in Atlanta, had died Wednesday night.

June 8, 2017

African-American

Marc Lamont Hill Leaving Morehouse College for Temple U.

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill — one of the nation’s most visible and prolific Black intellectuals — is leaving Morehouse College to begin an endowed professorship at Temple University.

May 4, 2017

Students

New Board Chair: Time to Get Morehouse in Order

As Morehouse College settles in to the overhaul in leadership that occurred last Friday, Morehouse constituents are in agreement that it is time for the college to turn a new page.

April 12, 2017

Students

Board of Trustees Making a Mess at Morehouse

Morehouse College will inevitably lose its national stature if the board of trustees continues to micromanage the day-to-day function of the college and refuses to allow their presidents to lead.

April 9, 2017

Students

Morehouse College Overhauls Leadership

Morehouse College replaced its president and the chairman of its board of trustees late on Friday afternoon, after several months of turmoil at the historically Black institution.

April 9, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Morehouse No-confidence Vote Aimed at Checking the Board

Morehouse faculty says that their recent vote of no confidence in the college’s board chair reflects the concerns about the board’s governance style after viewing external audit documents from entities tasked with evaluating the board.

March 27, 2017

Students

Morehouse: Despite Reports, John Wilson to Complete Term as President

Morehouse College refutes reports on Monday that stated its president, Dr. John Silvanus Wilson, had been abruptly ousted from his position.

March 7, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Expert: HBCUs’ Leadership Instability Unnerving for Potential Benefactors

The announcement this week by Morehouse College that it was parting ways with its president after four years on the job adds additional grief for the larger community of HBCUs in America, say higher education advocates.

January 18, 2017