486/Maryland Manual

The Board of Regents may issue revenue bonds to finance the building of dormitories and other student
housing facilities. The Regents issue such bonds directly, with the payments of principal and interest made
from revenues realized from the use of the building.

The University's System Administration (UMSA) directs and coordinates the eleven-campus system.
Located in Adelphi, UMSA includes the offices of the chancellor, the deputy chancellor, and the six
vice-chancellors. UMSA is also responsible for the four major research and public service components: the
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station; the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service; the Center for
Environmental and Estuarine Studies; and the Maryland Biotechnology Institute as well as the Maryland
Sea Grant College.

Campuses of the University are located in Baltimore (UMAB, Coppin State College and University of
Baltimore); Bowie (Bowie State University); Catonsville (UMBC); College Park (UMCP); Frostburg
(Frostburg State University); Princess Anne (UMES); Salisbury (Salisbury State University); and Towson
(Towson State University). University College, from its headquarters in the Center of Adult Education at
College Park, administers adult and continuing education courses and programs at sites across Maryland
and in Europe and Asia. The University of Maryland System is developing an academic and research center
at Shady Grove and also operates the Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension Service,
Maryland Biotechnology Institute, and Technology Extension Service Offices throughout the State.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT BALTIMORE Edward N. Brandt, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., President Lombard and Greene Ses. Baltimore, MD 21201 328-2121 The Baltimore City Campus (UMAB) includes the schools of Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Social Work and Community Plan- ning, offering both professional and graduate in- struction. Complementing these schools are the University of Maryland Medical System Corpora- tion, which includes the Hospital, Cancer Center, Shock Trauma Unit, Maryland Institute for Emer- gency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS), Poison and Drug Information Center, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute, and other research and public service centers. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK William E. Kirwan, Ph.D., President College Park, MD 20742 454-3311 TTY for Deaf: 454-1589 At the College Park Campus (UMCP), instruc- tion is offered at undergraduate and graduate levels in almost every discipline. There are the Colleges of Agriculture, Arts and Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Business and Management, Educa- tion, Engineering, Human Ecology, Journalism, Li- brary and Information Services, Life Sciences, Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Physical Education, Recreation and Health, and the Schools of Architecture and Public Affairs. The Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service

are centered at UMCP Among many research and public service units on campus are the Sea Grant College, Fire and Rescue Institute, Center on Aging, Survey Research Center, Engineering Re- search Center, Transportation Studies Center, Water Resources Research Center, Bureau for Busi- ness and Economic Research, Institute for Applied Agriculture, and Institute for Urban Studies. BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY James Earl Lyons, Sr., Ph.D., President Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD 20715 464-3000 Bowie State University evolved from the first school opened in Baltimore by the Baltimore Asso- ciation for the Moral and Educational Improve- ment of Colored People in 1865. The school was reorganized in 1893 as the Baltimore Normal School for the training of teachers. In 1908, the General Assembly designated it as Normal School No. 3, a State institution (Chapter 599, Acts of 1908). After relocation to Prince George's County, the School by 1914 was known as the Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie. It was renamed the Maryland Teachers College at Bowie in 1935 and Bowie State College in 1963. On July 1, 1988, the College became Bowie State Univer- sity (Chapter 293, Acts of 1988). Today, Bowie State University is a fully accred- ited liberal arts institution with over 3,000 students enrolled in diverse academic courses. Twenty-nine majors are offered, including master's degrees in computer science, management information sys- tems, human resources development, Adlerian psy- chology, and administrative management. The University also offers an honors program, an Army