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MORRIS COLLEGE: INNOVATION. ESPORTS. CYBERSECURITY. BY PRINCESS GADSON
M orris College is preparing to roll out three new academic majors in esports. The majors include esports with an emphasis in either cybersecurity, video game design or business management. Morris College, a small HBCU located in Sumter, South Carolina and operated by the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina, is ranked #21 in Social Mobility by US News & World Report’s Best Colleges.
cybersecurity. To have these majors on our campus, and in addition, what it does for students in terms of marketability and employability is absolutely tremendous,” Dr. Leroy Staggers, President of Morris College said. Dr. Staggers, a native of Salters, SC, earned an undergraduate degree in English from Voorhees College (now Voorhees University), and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in English from Clark Atlanta University.
and professionally.
“In retrospect, I don’t think I would have thrived and developed as I did – not only with the academic part, but with the socialization and the feeling of fitting in,” Dr. Staggers explained. Almost 30 years ago, Dr. Staggers began working at Morris College as an associate professor of English. He served as the academic dean and professor of English for 16 years. Before his presidency, Dr. Staggers served in several administrative positions at Morris College.
“In the next five years, we will be the leading HBCU in esports and
He credits his experience as an HBCU student for impacting him personally
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