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Fall 2017 Convocation · Bowie State
University
Money magazine’s ranking of BSU among the
nation’s top schools on its 2017 Best Colleges
for Your Money list (462/711).
And the Diverse Issues in Higher Education
publication, this year, listing Bowie State
University among the Top 100 Minority
Degree Producers for graduating African
American students with Bachelor’s degrees
in “All Disciplines Combined.”
The cutting edge research in the Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math
disciplines, including the hallmark program
in Cybersecurity.
BSU is known for the Education Innovation
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Initiative—EI program to provide
experiential learning to our students, while
partnering industry and businesses in the
education process in preparing students for
the workplace.
Our athletic teams and their outstanding
seasons, year-over-year that have resulted in
BSU leading the way as the CIAA defending
champions in Women’s Bowling and Men’s
Basketball, and rendering BSU as the CIAA
Northern Division champions in Softball and
Football.
The outstanding new facilities including the
Fine and Performing Arts Center and the
Center for Natural Science, Mathematics and
Nursing.
And, just yesterday, if you haven’t heard,
Bowie State University was ranked by U.S.
News & World Report’s among the top 25
HBCUs 2018 Best Colleges list, recognizing
the institution’s educational quality. The
university moved up four spots since last
year’s report to #22 on the list of
outstanding HBCUs.
Fall 2017 Convocation · Bowie State University
These achievements are all made possible
through the dedicated work of so many
including our outstanding faculty and staff.
It is important that the campus community
know and recognize the excellent work of
our faculty. Faculty members like Dr.
William Drakeford who serves as the
principal investigator on three projects
funded by the Department of Education, each
over $1 million. He is also the principal
investigator on a $1.1 million grant, in
conjunction with the University of Maryland
College of Education to train undergraduate
students from underrepresented populations
for doctoral study. And then there is English
Professor Rion Scott who received a
prestigious 2017 PEN literary award for his
collection of short stories entitled
“Insurrections.” The award recognizes the
literary brilliance of debut works of fiction.
These are but two examples of the great
work by our faculty.
So as you can see, as I did, there are many
quality aspects to BSU; and like you, I
believe I have found a wonderful fit for me in
this outstanding university.