Morehouse College News

Institutional Advancement * Division of Communications * 830 Westview Drive, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30314

When: Friday, May 11

Where: *Roundtable discussion - Executive Center (enter through Milton Street gate)- 10 a.m.
Campus Tour - 11 a.m.
Scholarship Presentation, Wheeler Hall Computer Lab, Rm. 130 - 11:45 a.m.

What: *Prior to the scholarship presentation, Jackson joins Morehouse College President Walter Massey, students and corporate executives from Compaq Computer, Qwest Communications, Microsoft and PMC Sierra in discussing ways to bridge the digital divide and how Morehouse can be a "laboratory" for community computer outreach.

Ranked the number one college in the nation for educating African-American students by Black Enterprise magazine, Morehouse College is the nation's only historically black, private liberal arts college for men. Founded in 1867, the College enrolls approximately 3,000 students and confers bachelor's degrees on more African-American men than any other institution in the nation. In addition to offering 36 majors in humanities, natural and social sciences, Morehouse provides a number of programs and activities to enhance its challenging liberal arts curriculum, including the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, the Morehouse Research Institute, and the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs.

Prominent alumni include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and civil rights leader; Dr. David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General; Shelton "Spike" Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Maynard Jackson, chairman and CEO of Jackson Securities Inc. and the first African-American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar from an historically black college or university.

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Media Contact:
Rozell Green
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(404) 215-2680
rgreen@morehouse.edu