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The Fine and Performing Arts Center opened in 2012 and is the
fantastic new home for the university’s arts programs. It features
specialized teaching and performance spaces for art music, theatre,
digital media arts and music technology. It has the distinction of being
an all-Steinway facility with all of its pianos carrying this prestigious
brand. Facilities like the music composition laboratory and full
recording studio or the digital media lab and green screen studio
enable students to explore emerging careers that combine art and
technology. Student productions in the mainstage and black box
theatres are performed throughout the year and the art gallery
features exhibits of student and professional works.

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Communication Arts Center is the largest
academic classroom and office facility on campus. First occupied in
1973, this building houses the Samuel L. Myers Auditorium, the Bowie
State University Television and Radio stations, lecture halls, classrooms,
and several specialized laboratories for programs in the arts,
communications, English, foreign languages, music, television, radio,
and theatre.

The Thurgood Marshall Library was occupied in 1977. The building was
designed to house a collection of 270,000 bound volumes and to seat
over 1,000 patrons. In addition to general reading and service areas,
there are twenty-two (22) small private rooms for student research,
studying, and other academic uses. Two large display areas, one on
each side of the main entrance are home to special pieces of art work
and historical artifacts for Bowie State University. The renovated
basement of the Library provides additional computer laboratories,
instructional laboratories, media capabilities, and classrooms for
students and faculty. Thurgood Marshall Library houses the Division of
Information Technology.

The Leonidas James Physical Education Complex is designed to
accommodate students enrolled in physical education courses, as well
as indoor intramural sports and intercollegiate athletic activities of the
University. First occupied in 1973, this facility features a triple-court
gymnasium, an exercise room, eight handball courts, and an eight-lane,
25-yard swimming pool. Spectator areas provide seating for 1,831 in
the gymnasium and 196 in the pool area.

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