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More threats made to HBCUs, including Baltimore's 2 campuses

Threats made to Morgan State, Coppin State campuses; All-clear given at both

More threats made to HBCUs, including Baltimore's 2 campuses

Threats made to Morgan State, Coppin State campuses; All-clear given at both

EVERYONE ON CAMPUSES SHELTER IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL INSTRUCTION WILL BE REMOTE AND ALL EMPLOYEES SHOULD TELEWORK MORGAN STATE STUDENT. MJIVA ENS WAS AMONG THE STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO FOUND OUT ABTOUHE T UNIVERSITY BOMB THREAT OVER EMAIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. GLASSES WENT VIRTUAL SO A BUILDING BY BUILDING SKIRTS COULD BE DONE. THE MORGAN INCIDENT AND A SIMILAR THREAT AT COPNPI STATE UNIVERSITY COME ONE DAY AFTER A BOMB THREAT SHUT DOWN BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY AND A NUMBER OF OTHER HBC USED ON MDAONY. THE RECENT DISRUPTIONS HAVE STUDENTS ON EDGE. I MEAN CONCERNS ME BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I JUST I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, MY LIFE IS LIKE AT RISK AND KELI MY LIFE CAN GET TAKEN OUT NOW JUST LIKE THAT IN THE STATEMENT MORGAN PRESIDENT DR. DAVID WILSON SAID, HE’S HOPEFUL THAT THESE BOMB THREATS. OUR NATIONAL TREASURE AND TO MANYF O OUR OTHER SISTER HBCUS INSTITUTIONS WILL BE AGGRESSILYVE INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI DR. WILSON WENT ON TO SAY MY MESSAGTOE YOU IS TO STAY STRONG REMAIN RESILIENT. YOU TO PREPARE YOURSELF TO GROW THE FUTURE AND TO LEAD THE WORLD. FIRST BULLIED NOW MORGAN AND NOW DAN THEN COPPIN STATE. IT’S I THINK IT’S ONE PERSON OR SEVERAL PEOPLE DOING THIS. IT’S A COPYCAT THING GOING ON AND THAT’S WHAT MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. BEING DISRUPTED TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL TEIMND A NUMBER TWO WHY THE MOTIVATION FOR YOU KNOW TARGETING HBCUS AS A WHOLE SO THAT IS REALLY DISCON. AND STUDENTS SAY ALSO DISAPPOINTING. NOW WTHA DOES CLASSES WILL RETURN TO NORMAL FIRST? TOMORROW MORNING FOR STUDENTS HERE AT MORGAN STATE AS WELL. HAPPENS STATE UNIVERSITY LIVE ON THE CAMPUSF O MOR
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More threats made to HBCUs, including Baltimore's 2 campuses

Threats made to Morgan State, Coppin State campuses; All-clear given at both

Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Baltimore reopened Tuesday afternoon after receiving threats earlier in the day, a day after other HBCUs across the country were targeted.| RELATED: More than a dozen HBCUs get bomb threats on the first day of Black History MonthMorgan State University announced the school has closed its campus due to bomb threat and Coppin State University also closed due to a campus emergency. According to Coppin's website: "Due to a campus emergency, all classes will be online and all employees should telework, on 02/01/2022. If you are on campus, please, shelter in place, and wait for further instructions. Emergency officials are evaluating the campus and we will provide updates, as soon as possible. Stay alert for instruction from college officials or local authorities, and follow them quickly and carefully."Coppin tweeted shortly after 1:30 p.m. that the campus has been cleared and is deemed safe, saying, in part: "Classes and university services will resume in their normal modality as of 5 p.m. today."The university said campus safety, Baltimore police and the FBI conducted a thorough search of the campus and did not find any evidence of a bomb or any other explosive device.Morgan State University got the call a little before 5 a.m., and university officials wasted no time getting the word out to students and staff members.Security at Morgan sent students home who hadn't realized classes had gone virtual for the day."First Bowie, now Morgan and Coppin State. I think it's one person or several people doing this. It's a copycat thing going on," Morgan State student Lovernie Marshall said.Morgan tweeted just before 2 p.m.: "Following a thorough and exhaustive sweep of the campus and its buildings, including all residential facilities on and off site, no suspicious items were discovered, and nothing has been deemed as being out of place.""The shelter-in-place order has been lifted and an all clear has been issued. The university will continue to work with local, state and federal law enforcement investigating of this matter. Telework and remote instruction will continue for the remainder of the day."It is now safe to move about the campus, however, building access will remain limited. To accommodate on-campus dining needs, the Rawlings Dining Hall will continue operations. Normal campus operations will resume tomorrow (Wednesday)."Frustrated by the recent bomb threats, Morgan President David Wilson issued a statement saying he's hopeful that these bomb threats to our national treasure, and to many of our other sister HBCU institutions, will be aggressively investigated by the FBI. Wilson said his message is for the community to stay strong, remain resilient and continue to prepare yourselves to grow the future and lead the world. This comes a day after multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities were also shut down due to a bomb threat including Bowie State University."It is being disruptive to the instructional time, and No. 2, why the motivation for targeting HBCUs as a whole? So that is really disconcerting," Morgan State student Jim Evans said."It concerns me because I know my life is at risk and my life can be taken just like that," Morgan State student Al Gaspard said.University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman released a statement Tuesday afternoon, saying: "It's devastating and despicable that we begin Black History Month with bomb threats at our nation's HBCUs, including the USM's own Bowie State University and Coppin State University, as well as fellow Maryland HBCU Morgan State University."We stand in solidarity with our historically Black institutions, knowing that their strength is our strength, and that their power -- on display like never before -- will not be diminished by cowardly acts meant to menace and harm and intimidate."If the intent of these threats was to restrict access to our historically Black institutions -- to restrict access to higher education itself -- it will fail. If it was meant to sow division, it will fail. If it was meant to terrorize students and communities of color, it will fail. Because we will work even harder to make sure our HBCUs, and everyone they serve, feel the full weight of our protection and support."The University System is what it is because of our historically Black institutions. Their prominence grows by the day. And no acts of craven bullying will stop their progress or dim their light. I thank Maryland's HBCUs -- Bowie, Coppin, UMES, Morgan -- and historically Black institutions across the nation for being, still, a safe haven for our students, a wellspring of critical scholarship, and a source of such deep pride."We will have more information as this story develops.

Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Baltimore reopened Tuesday afternoon after receiving threats earlier in the day, a day after other HBCUs across the country were targeted.

| RELATED: More than a dozen HBCUs get bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month

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Morgan State University announced the school has closed its campus due to bomb threat and Coppin State University also closed due to a campus emergency.

According to Coppin's website: "Due to a campus emergency, all classes will be online and all employees should telework, on 02/01/2022. If you are on campus, please, shelter in place, and wait for further instructions. Emergency officials are evaluating the campus and we will provide updates, as soon as possible. Stay alert for instruction from college officials or local authorities, and follow them quickly and carefully."

Coppin tweeted shortly after 1:30 p.m. that the campus has been cleared and is deemed safe, saying, in part: "Classes and university services will resume in their normal modality as of 5 p.m. today."

The university said campus safety, Baltimore police and the FBI conducted a thorough search of the campus and did not find any evidence of a bomb or any other explosive device.

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Morgan State University got the call a little before 5 a.m., and university officials wasted no time getting the word out to students and staff members.

Security at Morgan sent students home who hadn't realized classes had gone virtual for the day.

"First Bowie, now Morgan and Coppin State. I think it's one person or several people doing this. It's a copycat thing going on," Morgan State student Lovernie Marshall said.

Morgan tweeted just before 2 p.m.: "Following a thorough and exhaustive sweep of the campus and its buildings, including all residential facilities on and off site, no suspicious items were discovered, and nothing has been deemed as being out of place."

"The shelter-in-place order has been lifted and an all clear has been issued. The university will continue to work with local, state and federal law enforcement investigating of this matter. Telework and remote instruction will continue for the remainder of the day.

"It is now safe to move about the campus, however, building access will remain limited. To accommodate on-campus dining needs, the Rawlings Dining Hall will continue operations. Normal campus operations will resume tomorrow (Wednesday)."

Frustrated by the recent bomb threats, Morgan President David Wilson issued a statement saying he's hopeful that these bomb threats to our national treasure, and to many of our other sister HBCU institutions, will be aggressively investigated by the FBI. Wilson said his message is for the community to stay strong, remain resilient and continue to prepare yourselves to grow the future and lead the world.

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This comes a day after multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities were also shut down due to a bomb threat including Bowie State University.

"It is being disruptive to the instructional time, and No. 2, why the motivation for targeting HBCUs as a whole? So that is really disconcerting," Morgan State student Jim Evans said.

"It concerns me because I know my life is at risk and my life can be taken just like that," Morgan State student Al Gaspard said.

University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman released a statement Tuesday afternoon, saying: "It's devastating and despicable that we begin Black History Month with bomb threats at our nation's HBCUs, including the USM's own Bowie State University and Coppin State University, as well as fellow Maryland HBCU Morgan State University.

"We stand in solidarity with our historically Black institutions, knowing that their strength is our strength, and that their power -- on display like never before -- will not be diminished by cowardly acts meant to menace and harm and intimidate.

"If the intent of these threats was to restrict access to our historically Black institutions -- to restrict access to higher education itself -- it will fail. If it was meant to sow division, it will fail. If it was meant to terrorize students and communities of color, it will fail. Because we will work even harder to make sure our HBCUs, and everyone they serve, feel the full weight of our protection and support.

"The University System is what it is because of our historically Black institutions. Their prominence grows by the day. And no acts of craven bullying will stop their progress or dim their light. I thank Maryland's HBCUs -- Bowie, Coppin, UMES, Morgan -- and historically Black institutions across the nation for being, still, a safe haven for our students, a wellspring of critical scholarship, and a source of such deep pride."

We will have more information as this story develops.