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. 

Aftermath

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968 far outshadowed the events on Bowie State's campus. But the repercussions of the student boycott and subsequent arrests remained foremost in local minds. The American Association of University Professors wrote to the Governor, attempting to ameliorate the by-now polarized situation.

In May, Dr. Myers responded to the media and was interviewed, with his daughter, Tama, about the campus protests. Furthermore, in August he wrote a four page letter to parents of students to explain the consequences of the April boycott. But the student arrests still hung heavily over the future of the victims. In November the following year the charges against 227 students were dropped, with the approval of the new Governor, Marvin Mandel, and President Henry.

Spiro T. Agnew avoided further damage to his reputation as governor when he was asked to join Richard M. Nixon on the Republican ticket that fall, as candidate for Vice President.