Historic Gift
CBS Weekend News
Eric Conway writes:
Hello Morgan Fine and Performing Arts Community,
You
no doubt have already heard of the recent $20 million donation to
Morgan State University by Calvin and Tina Tyler. This is the largest
donation ever by any HBCU alumnus to his alma mater!
Last night, CBS News
featured this announcement during their weekend national telecast! Of
course, I loved the fact that the story began by featuring our exciting
Morgan State University Band, but the subsequent narrative was so very
inspiring, capturing what it truly means to give back to one’s alma
mater.
I
did not realize until the very end that the CBS host Jericka Duncan, is
the granddaughter of one my mother’s closest friends, Doris Duncan.
Jericka’s father, a Morgan alumnus, Ronnie and I used to sing on the
same choir for years at John Wesley United Methodist Church in
Baltimore. Connecting her personal story to Morgan at the end made the
entire piece that much more poignant.
See YouTube link below to take in this special moment in time at Morgan!
Best,
Eric
YouTube Link to CBS story:
Link to Baltimore Sun article:
Link to Morgan NewsFeed story:
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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Eric Conway, D.M.A.
Fine and Performing Arts Department, Chair
Morgan State University
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