MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 16 -- Alabama State University issued the following news release:

By Hazel Scott/ASUAlabama State University (ASU) and Morris Brown College (MBC), a historically black institution in Atlanta, Georgia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday, June 16, to smooth the path from an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree at Morris Brown College to a graduate degree at Alabama State University.ASU President, Dr. Quinton T. Ross, Jr., and Morris Brown President, Dr. Kevin E. James, signed the agreement during a ceremony on ASU's campus. Others participating in the ceremony were Dr. Carl Pettis, ASU provost and vice president of Academic Affairs; Dr. Jamie Jamison, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at ...