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The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland . [10]
Learn how the University of Maryland traces its history to 1856, when it was chartered as a state agricultural school. Explore its mission, values, and achievements in teaching, research, and service.
In a massive 1988 restructuring of the state higher education system, the school was designated as the flagship campus of the newly formed University of Maryland System (later changed to the University System of Maryland in 1997) and was formally named University of Maryland, College Park.
The University of Maryland celebrates the U.S. bicentennial by establishing the M Circle on Campus Drive. 1981. School of Public Affairs, now the School of Public Policy, is founded. 1982. UMD mathematics Professor William E. Kirwan is named interim chancellor.
The campuses at College Park and Baltimore merged to form the University of Maryland in 1920. Originally created as normal (teacher-training) schools were Bowie State (founded 1865), Towson (1866), Frostburg State (1898), Coppin State (1900), and Salisbury State (1925).
History. Campuses. Finances. Governance. USM Board of Regents. USM chancellors. USM Office. See also. References. External links. University System of Maryland. The University System of Maryland ( USM) is a public higher education system in the U.S. state of Maryland.
In telling the history of the African American experience on campus, the tour begins with the university’s founding when Maryland was a slave-holding state. It charts the path of the legal battle to desegregate the campus led by Thurgood Marshall, civil rights advocate and the first African-American Supreme Court justice, and the trailblazers ...
