We are a resource for alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends. This is uniquely created for you, to enable all members of the BSU Greater Baltimore Family to find and network with one another.
Our community is vital to enhancing the mission of Bowie State University, and enabling us to back our own in the Bulldog Nation through financial support and volunteerism that will impact the Greater Baltimore Community and the longevity of Maryland’s oldest historically black college/university, Bowie State University.
The Baltimore Chapter resulted from a heartfelt need and desire of Bowie State University Alumni living in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area to promote the institution and its student’s general education and welfare. Among our objectives are to financially aid students who wish to attend Bowie and to solicit and secure adequate funding from the state legislature.
As early as the 1940’s when the Maryland State Teachers Convention convened in Baltimore City, the Baltimore Chapter of the Bowie State Teachers Alumni Association sponsored a scholarship fundraiser dance at the Odd Fellows Hall.
Presidents who served the organization faithfully over a period of years were William P. Mason, lvin Dotson, Lola Mills, Marjorie Hail, T.C. Hamilton, Rachel Thompson, Henry Lee, William Moore, Paul F. Scott Sr., Paul McGowan, Frederick D. Taylor Jr. and most recently Clarence Mollock among others. The current Chapter President is Dr. Ruby B. Nelson.
Realization of the objectives of the organization was accomplished through monthly meetings, social and cultural activities as well as fund raising activities. These fund-raising activities included the following: Christmas parties, picnics, dinners, theatre parties, trips, silent teas, fashion shows, dinner dances, cruises, states on parade rallies, and scholarship dances.
As a result of these activities we have been able to select students from Greater Baltimore to receive scholarships based on academic standing, potentiality and financial need. Also, we have purchased band uniforms, given to the Athletic Department, and financially supported the effort to purchase the Goodloe Property (home of the first president of Bowie State University), etc.
Our members have also served in different capacities of the Bowie State University National Alumni Association including President. The present officers continue to carry on the traditions of the Association. The spirit of the founding members of the organization remains viable.
Your involvement makes a lasting impact on our university, our students, and our Bulldog family. Together, we can preserve the legacy, foster connections, and create opportunities for future generations.