It’s the first day of classes at Morgan State University, and the day kicked off with staff handing out breakfast and greeting students on their way to class.WBAL-TV spoke to students about their feelings on the first day and the university’s president about the institution’s historic enrollment.Students at Morgan State made their way to class for the start of fall semester and the staff was there to make sure it kicked off with tons of energy and excitement.”I’m feeling great, I’m excited,” junior Nina Elliot-Grant said. “It feels a little exhausting, but it also feels, like, exhilarating. I’m excited because I know how much work I can put in this year, and I know the growth I can attain. I just know the level I can reach academically and personally,” sophomore Evan Crawley said. The day featured music, food, handshakes and introductions along the Morgan Commons. University President David Wilson, as well as several staff members, got students pumped up on their first day of class.”It’s the first day of class. I feel like I’m going to class, right? No, this is really just always a delightful day here at Morgan when we welcome all of our students back and we stand out here on the mall and we greet them,” Wilson said. He also said the university is seeing historic records everywhere.”We have historic record in first-time students for the fifth straight year. (In) overall enrollment — we expect to be somewhere around 11,500 students or so. We have a record number of Ph.D. students here expected to be about 1,100, a record number of overall masters and Ph.D. students,” Wilson said. Students said the supportive and family environment drew them to Morgan State and keeps them coming back.”What brought me to Morgan was the vibe and how everyone seems together and like a family,” freshman Laila Henderson said. “I get to live out my why, in comfort and support,” Crawley said. “I’ve had so many good experiences. I’ve had so many good teachers. I’ve made so many good friends and I’m in so many leadership positions which have enriched my life,” Elliot-Grant said. Wilson maintains safety remains a top priority and said Morgan increased investments into public safety, including AI technology to detect weapons, additional cameras covering 99% of the campus and added additional sworn officers.”We have had discussions with the city of Baltimore about collaborations in a way particular around homecoming and we will continue those conversations. And so no, we are not taking our eyes one minute off of public safety,” Wilson said.

BALTIMORE —

It’s the first day of classes at Morgan State University, and the day kicked off with staff handing out breakfast and greeting students on their way to class.

WBAL-TV spoke to students about their feelings on the first day and the university’s president about the institution’s historic enrollment.

Students at Morgan State made their way to class for the start of fall semester and the staff was there to make sure it kicked off with tons of energy and excitement.

“I’m feeling great, I’m excited,” junior Nina Elliot-Grant said.

“It feels a little exhausting, but it also feels, like, exhilarating. I’m excited because I know how much work I can put in this year, and I know the growth I can attain. I just know the level I can reach academically and personally,” sophomore Evan Crawley said.

The day featured music, food, handshakes and introductions along the Morgan Commons. University President David Wilson, as well as several staff members, got students pumped up on their first day of class.

“It’s the first day of class. I feel like I’m going to class, right? No, this is really just always a delightful day here at Morgan when we welcome all of our students back and we stand out here on the mall and we greet them,” Wilson said.

He also said the university is seeing historic records everywhere.

“We have historic record in first-time students for the fifth straight year. (In) overall enrollment — we expect to be somewhere around 11,500 students or so. We have a record number of Ph.D. students here expected to be about 1,100, a record number of overall masters and Ph.D. students,” Wilson said.

Students said the supportive and family environment drew them to Morgan State and keeps them coming back.

“What brought me to Morgan was the vibe and how everyone seems together and like a family,” freshman Laila Henderson said.

“I get to live out my why, in comfort and support,” Crawley said.

“I’ve had so many good experiences. I’ve had so many good teachers. I’ve made so many good friends and I’m in so many leadership positions which have enriched my life,” Elliot-Grant said.

Wilson maintains safety remains a top priority and said Morgan increased investments into public safety, including AI technology to detect weapons, additional cameras covering 99% of the campus and added additional sworn officers.

“We have had discussions with the city of Baltimore about collaborations in a way particular around homecoming and we will continue those conversations. And so no, we are not taking our eyes one minute off of public safety,” Wilson said.