BALTIMORE — Bowie State University’s campus closed Monday as a result of a bomb threat, officials said. The school in Prince George’s County was among several other historically Black colleges to receive threats Monday.
After a campus-wide search, no explosives were found, and the campus was cleared at about 1:30 Monday afternoon, Maryland State Police said.
A university lockdown was lifted a short time later, said Bowie State spokeswoman Cassandra Robinson, and students and staff were able to move about the campus. The threat forced classes online for the day, and forced the university to make plans to feed students stuck in on-campus residences.
