University names MLK Day speaker

WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 20 in Roberts Chapel.
Dr. Morris Harper, executive vice president, chief medical officer and chairman of the advisory board for Correctional TeleCare Solutions in Pittsburgh, will present the convocation. Admission is free and the public is invited.
Harper, a frequent lecturer on HIV and AIDS, among other topics, directed the statewide expansion of telemedicine HIV/AIDS care throughout the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Prior to joining CTS, a telemedicine provider, Harper held several positions, including Pennsylvania State Director of Telemedicine and Medical Director of State Correctional Institution at Greene.
He received his bachelor of science degree from Howard University, his medical degree from Harvard University Medical School and completed postgraduate training in internal medicine at Columbia University Saint Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. Harper is credentialed by the American Academy of HIV Medicine.