“We will have as part of the Morgan faculty a number of NASA scientists [from the Goddard Spaceflight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland],” Dr. Wilson said in an interview. “That will bring in some incredible expertise.” Morgan State, like Tuskegee, also is look- ing to expand its civil engineering programs, Dr. Wilson said. “We have an enormous opportunity to develop out existing construc- tion management program into a Master of Science-level program,” he said. “That will respond to a need in this country. When you look at the need to renew our nation’s infra- structure, there will be a tremendous need for people to oversee the massive construction projects” going on and envisioned for environ- mental cleanups, replacement of bridges and highways, upgrading the rail system, ports and aviation facilities, Dr. Wilson said. “And when you look at today’s population shifts, it’s clear that we can’t get the new personnel from the same groups and the same places we got them in the past.”
The labor pool, in other words, must necessarily include vastly larger numbers of highly educated, skilled practitioners from the communities of color. In Dr. Wilson’s view, Morgan State, which saw its student population reach record num- bers—7,800 students, at last count—needs to grow even larger.
[ MORGAN REACHES OUTWARD ] Dr. David Wilson President, Morgan State University
in Earth Science research including the installation of a NASA-supplied supercomputer. 42 USBE&IT
M I SPRING 2011
organ State University’s new presi- dent, Dr. David Wilson, is bubbling with excitement over a new NASA grant to expand Morgan’s capabilities
For in addition to the new NASA-funded Earth Sciences programs, Morgan State has joined a coalition of institutions led by Penn State University to establish a $129-million, federally funded National Energy Hub, on the grounds of the Philadelphia Naval Yard, now being developed as a major industrial park. Morgan will have researchers and grad stu- dents working in one of the buildings looking at energy efficiency and ways to retrofit exist- ing houses, industrial and office buildings with cleaner and “greener” electrical and mechani- cal systems. There’s more: Dr. Wilson doesn’t see any reason why Morgan State cannot become the lead institution in the state of Maryland’s own initiative to develop a local energy hub. “Over the next ten years,” Dr. Wilson said, “we are not going to be anyone’s ‘Sleep- ing Giant.’ We as a nation cannot get back to Number One in science and technology without Morgan’s participation.” Write in the names of any of the other 106 other historical- ly black colleges and universities bursting with talent and ideas, and you’ll get a big “Amen” to that.
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