Jan. 28-30 Virtual Operations, Campus Remains Closed

Bowie State University will continue with virtual operations for all classes and office operations through Friday, January 30, 2026. The campus will be closed to all non-essential personnel, and all campus activities are canceled. All buildings except residence halls and the dining hall will be closed. Essential personnel should report on time. This is due to the extended time required to clear the extensive snow and ice accumulation on campus. University crews are making every effort to resume campus operations, as a safe return to in-person learning and work remains our top priority. Only essential personnel and residential students are permitted access to the campus through Jan. 30. For more information, please visit BowieState.edu/weather. 

African Ancestry Experience

Research studies indicate that students are more likely to achieve higher educational attainment with a racial identity than their peers who are race neutral or peers who distant themselves from their ancestral homeland (Marsh, 2010). Bowie State University is one of the first HBCUs to intentionally partner with African Ancestry to provide students with this transformative opportunity to discover their ancestral roots.

Unlike other DNA testing agencies, African Ancestry is the world leader in tracing maternal and paternal lineages of African descent having helped more than 1,000,000 people re-connect with the roots of their family tree. Join us as we reaffirm more than thirty million descendants of American slavery and start the healing journey with the African Ancestry Identity Experience. All student participants must register and complete a short essay on how this discovery will shape you and your family history.

Registration

Deadline: March, 4, 2024