Morehouse’s new president takes office

David A. Thomas took the helm Monday as Morehouse College’s new president.

Here are five of his stated goals:

• a major capital campaign to raise money for student scholarships, among other needs.
• making Morehouse a premier institution for research on the black experience.
• hire more faculty.
• improve the college's facilities.
• increase enrollment from the current 2,200 students to about 2,500 students.