{"id":30261,"date":"2026-07-08T11:47:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=30261"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:47:52","slug":"sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-delivering-resources-to-strengthen-student-safety-at-morehouse-college","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-delivering-resources-to-strengthen-student-safety-at-morehouse-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Rev. Warnock Delivering Resources to Strengthen Student Safety at Morehouse College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atlanta, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senators&nbsp;Jon Ossoff&nbsp;and Reverend Raphael Warnock are&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;new Federal&nbsp;resources to strengthen&nbsp;student&nbsp;safety at Morehouse College.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;will help Morehouse strengthen campus security by installing motorized gates at entrances to campus, cameras at dorm entrances, and proximity locks on classrooms and offices throughout the campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and&nbsp;Reverend Warnock&nbsp;are&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;$556,000 for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on January 23.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have worked to secure investments in Georgia\u2019s HBCUs since the day I took office.&nbsp;Senator Reverend Warnock and I&nbsp;built a bipartisan coalition of support in the Senate to invest in Morehouse College with&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;to strengthen student safety,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a 1991 graduate of Morehouse, I know how important this institution is not only to its students and staff but to the HBCU community,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Senator Warnock.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cWe must ensure our HBCU campuses continue to be a place of safe and secure learning. I am proud to have secured these federal funds with Senator Ossoff to make sure Morehouse College&nbsp;remains&nbsp;that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnhancing the security infrastructure that protects the Morehouse community is a critical investment in the future of our campus,\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Dr. F. DuBois Bowman \u201992<\/strong>, the 13th president of Morehouse College. \u201cWe are grateful to Senator Jon Ossoff and Senator-alumnus Raphael Warnock for their continued commitment to the safety and well-being of Morehouse and the broader Atlanta community that engages with the institution every day.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators&nbsp;Jon Ossoff&nbsp;and Reverend Raphael Warnock are&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;new Federal&nbsp;resources to strengthen&nbsp;student&nbsp;safety at Morehouse College.&nbsp; These&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;will help Morehouse strengthen campus security by installing motorized gates at entrances to campus, cameras at dorm entrances, and proximity locks on classrooms and offices throughout the campus.&nbsp; Sens. Ossoff and&nbsp;Reverend Warnock&nbsp;are&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;$556,000 for the project through bipartisan government funding [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30261","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30262,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30261\/revisions\/30262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}