Coppin State University

After jail scandal, spotlight on growing role of women officers

2013-06-15 14:16:41

The 19-year-old felt sick to her stomach when she stepped into the Baltimore prison once nicknamed "Supermax" for her first day of work as a corrections officer. The place was dark and dingy, and she had never been around so many men before. When...

For Franklin's Ellis brothers, playing in Big 33 game 'a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'

2013-06-13 14:28:00

Reggie and Marquis Ellis nod together when reminded of what their father told them about trophies. "Trophies collect dust," they recalled Reggie Ellis Sr. saying when the two boys were toddlers, long before they led the Franklin football team to a 10-...

Coppin professors group responds to college review

2013-06-10 14:14:00

A professors' group at Coppin State University said Monday that it shared a review committee's improvement goals for the traditionally black college, but questioned why the reviewers didn't address certain funding issues nor a perceived lack of...

Coppin State again targeted for transformation

2013-06-09 15:46:00

When Tasha Wilkie helped out in the math department as an undergrad at Coppin State University, she dealt with some students who came in without basic skills. They didn't know their multiplication tables or how to work with fractions. "We have...

Shock Trauma anti-violence worker held in federal drug case

2013-06-06 15:44:00

After leading a life of crime, being charged with murder and being shot, Howard McCray was ready for a change. In 2008, he began working with Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he had been treated for gunshot wounds, to reach out to other victims who...

Northwest Baltimore woman nominated to the Baltimore police civilian review board

2013-06-03 14:47:00

A Northwest Baltimore woman was nominated to the city's police civilian review board on Monday night, the first move in filling as much as eight positions on the beleaguered nine-member board.� The nomination of Sunny Luisa Cooper for the unpaid...

Joseph Haskins Jr. navigated Harbor Bank of Maryland through tough times

2013-05-31 15:37:00

At one point during the three years that Harbor Bank of Maryland operated under heightened federal scrutiny, a regulator asked CEO Joseph Haskins Jr. why he stuck it out. Why not just retire? But for Haskins, one of the founders of the Baltimore bank in...

Digest: Severna Park resident Daciek wins U.S. Open Mid-Atlantic title

2013-06-05 23:13:00

Tennis Severna Park resident Daciek wins Mid-Atlantic title Severna Park resident Patrick Daciek, a Virginia Tech alumnus, won the men's singles title at the U.S. Open National Playoffs Mid-Atlantic Sectional Qualifying tournament Tuesday with a 6-4,...

Jibri Victorian proud to represent Coppin State for third time at NCAA track championships

2013-06-05 22:24:00

Jibri Victorian fields a lot of questions about his school. “Where is Coppin State?” is one. “Is Coppin State even a D-I school?” is another. But more recently, there has been this: “How can I get involved in Coppin State'...

Segregation, state's neglect at heart of Coppin's 'mess'

2013-05-26 05:00:00

Coppin State University is a mess ("Tough love for Coppin," May 19)? The "mess" that Coppin confronts stems mainly from continuing vestiges of de jure segregation that it and the three other Maryland historically black colleges and universities still...

Admit Coppin State University is a failed institution and close it

2013-05-07 09:45:00

Your article on Coppin State University's new science building truly boggles the mind ("Science center may help Coppin close the gap," May 3). The state is spending $80 million for a building the university admits it does not have sufficient funds to...

Tough love for Coppin

2013-05-19 05:00:00

Coppin State University is a mess, and the problems go well beyond its abysmal six-year graduation rate of 15 percent. A report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents by a committee assigned to study the school in the wake of former...

Coppin State University's graduation ceremony is held at Baltimore's Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Construction of the new Science and Technology Complex at Coppin State University can be seen across North Avenue, from the stairwell of the old Percy Julian Science Building, which the new complex will replace.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Looking northeast at the construction site for the new Science and Technology Complex at Coppin State University. The new complex will replace the Percy Julian Science Building, across North Avenue at left.

2013-05-02 00:00:00