Undergraduate Supply Chain Students

Undergraduate Students

Monique

High School: School Without Walls SHS
Hometown: Washington D.C.

Monique was born and raised in Washington D.C and is a first generation Cameroonian American. She holds an Associates Degree in Business Administration from Montgomery College and a BS in Services and Supply Chain Management at Morgan State University. She was in the Earl Graves Honors Business Program and also became a University Innovation Fellow, a member of the International Student Association and American Marketing Association on campus. While at Morgan, she had tremendous interest in the Manufacturing and International Trade Sector.

Charity

High School: Kent Island High School

Born in PG county and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (Queen Anne's County), Charity Shackleford majored in Service Supply Chain and Management. She was a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success and also a peer educator with the School of Public Health. She worked as an office assistant at the Human resources department at Morgan State. She is working with the State of Maryland in Supply Chain. She enjoys cooking, helping people, spending time with family, reading, volunteering, computers, and going on road trips.

Amavi 

Amavai was a transfer student at Morgan State University with an Associate degree in Business Administration from Monroe Community College. Born and raised in Togo, she relocated to the United States in May 2000. Amavi had worked in the manufacturing sector as a Quality Auditor for over eight years. She then returned to school as a Full -Time student to pursue a degree in Services and Supply Chain Management. She is passionate about living a healthy life style and encourages friends and families to do the same. Some of her habits include running, teaching, indoor cycling and volunteering in her community. After graduation, she secured employment at a large consulting company in the Supply Chain arena.

Latia Thoma

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Latia Thomas majored in Services and Supply Chain Management, where she was the the President of the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) also now known as ASCM. Latia has had the opportunity to intern with Stanley Black and Decker as a Sales Operations Analyst. She worked as a Procurement Co-Op for McCormick and Company.  She enjoys hanging with her family and friends, binge watching Law and Order SVU, reading, and exploring nature. 

News in the Program

Green Bay Packaging Field Trip

Supply chain management students enjoyed a tour at the Baltimore division of Green Bay Packaging (GBP) on October 20, 2015 arranged by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). The tour started with a brief presentation from Mr. Tyson Aschliman (General Manager of GBP) to explain the history of GBP, the company's culture of innovation, and its specialty in custom corrugated packaging. Students were then guided to visit the company's onsite facility. They were given a demonstration of how different packaging materials were manufactured by numerous machines. Student were also showed the custom packaged boxes of several customers such as McCormick and Sensible Portions. GBP tour gave students much insight into an innovative and customer-oriented manufacturing process.

Domino Sugar Plant Tour

The field trip to the Domino Sugar refinery in downtown Baltimore took place on October 21, 2015 from 1:00 - 3:00pm. Four supply chain management students and two faculty member together with a team from Towson University participated in this trip. Students and faculty were provided with an overview of the sugar production process by an onsite presenter, and then had an interesting tour of the factory to see the operation from raw sugar cane ship unloading to finished granulated sugar packaging ready for the customer. Students were excited to view a systematic process of producing sugar and this instructive trip helped them understand the coordination of the process from suppliers to customer.

Field Trip to Port of Baltimore

A tour to the Port of Baltimore was arranged by Towson University for the 2nd Weinman Cup Case Competition participators. Morgan team together with other competitors had a bus tour to the Seagirt and Dundalk Marine Terminals in the afternoon on Feb 19, 2016. This tour included a brief presentation on the public-private partnership between Ports America Group and Maryland Port Administration and long term port development plans by Ports America Group as well. Visitors enjoyed a bus tour to see cargo movement, port infrastructure and the port environment.

Weinman Cup Case Competition

The 2nd Weinman Cup Regional Supply Chain Competition on held on February 18-19, 2016 at Towson State University. Morgan was invited to compete with other schools on a multi-disciplinary case which cross-covered topics including finance, marketing, management strategy and logistics. Two business students (Shante Swan, INSS Junior & Olamide Okelowo, Accounting Sophomore) formed a Morgan team and won the 2nd place.

Resources

Here are some resources for you to explore the world of supply chain management and develop skills for a successful career.

Institute for Supply Management:
https://www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org/

Association for Supply Chain Management
https://www.ascm.org/

APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society; now is part of Association for Supply Chain Management)
http://www.apics.org/

Baltimore Chapter of APICS
https://apicsbaltimore.org/index.php

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
https://cscmp.org/

Supply Chain Digital
https://www.supplychaindigital.com/magazine