Morehouse Receives $2.25 Million Investment From Aramark Corporation

Representatives from Philadelphia-based Aramark Corporation presented a $2.25 million check to Morehouse College Thursday as an investment in a partnership that will expand facility maintenance services and bring new jobs to the College. Morehouse President David A. Thomas accepted the check, formally ushering in a closer working relationship with Aramark, the College’s dining services provider. Aramark is also now overseeing facilities management.

Former Morehouse Guard Tyrius Walker to Play for New York Knicks Summer League Team

Tyrius Walker, the All-American point guard who led Morehouse to a historic 25-3 record this season, has signed a contract to play on the New York Knicks’ summer league team. The squad opens play July 7 when they take on the Atlanta Hawks.

Dr. Miesha Williams Named 2018 Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award Winner

Dr. Miesha Williams, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, has been named the 2018-2019 Vulcan Materials Company’s Teaching Excellence Award recipient at Morehouse College.

Endowed Chair Named for Walter E. Massey, Alumnus and the Ninth Morehouse President

Morehouse College’s ninth President, Walter E. Massey ’58, has become the first Morehouse President and living alumnus to have an endowed chair named in his honor.

Boeing Invests $6 Million in Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Boeing announced a $6 million investment in the future technical workforce through a partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). TMCF—the largest U.S. organization exclusively representing the black college community—supports some 300,000 students in 47 member-schools, including public HBCUs, medical schools, and law schools.

Morehouse Grad Wendell Holland ’06 Wins Season 36 of CBS’ “Survivor: Ghost Island”

Morehouse Man Wendell Holland ’06 came out on top in Fiji, earning the season 36 victory on the CBS reality show “Survivor: Ghost Island.”

U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop: ‘The Morehouse Experience’ Has Equipped 2018 Graduates to Change the World

The Class of 2018 has been equipped to reverse the regression the nation has seen in civil and human rights, U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. ’68 (D-GA, Albany) told the newest group of Morehouse College graduates Sunday.

The Rev. Dr. Michael Walrond to Graduating Seniors: ‘Be Strong and Courageous’

Harlem senior pastor, the Rev. Dr. Michael A. Walrond Jr. ’93, addressed graduating seniors during Baccalaureate Saturday in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. “It'syour time now … Be strong and courageous for that is what is required in this moment. Because this historic moment requires authenticity,” Walrond emphasized. “It takes strength and courage to be who God calls you to be.”

Valedictorian To Achieve “Firsts” as Morehouse Man

Derrick Parker is the kind of student that teachers always seem to remember—gifted, ambitious, and relentless in his pursuit of excellence. His parents would expect nothing less. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo., would be the first in his family of six to attend college. It was his parents’ dream.

Morehouse Team Takes Second Place In National Makerspace Competition

Morehouse College students took second place nationally recently in an Emerging Researchers National Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Three Morehouse Students Recognized As Gilman Scholars

Three Morehouse College scholars were recently named as recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship sponsored by the American Councils for International Education of the U.S. State Department.

Leadership Lecture Series Town Hall Conversation To Be Held Today

Morehouse College will host a Town Hall Conversation with executives from Starbucks at 3:45 p.m. today as part of the College's Leadership Lecture Series.

Michael Lomax ’68 of United Negro College Fund To Deliver Distinguished Phi Beta Kappa Lecture

Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), will give the 2018 Distinguished Phi Beta Kappa Lecture on Thursday, May 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the Glenn Room and Glenn Foyer at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Jeh Johnson, Morehouse ’79, Named Uber Safety Advisory Board Chairman

Jeh Johnson, a 1979 graduate of Morehouse College who served as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama, has been named the first Safety Advisory Board chairman for Uber Technologies Inc.