488/Maryland Manual

COPPIN STATE COLLEGE

Calvin W. Burnett, Ph.D., President

2500 W North Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21216 333-5910

The origins of Coppin State College date back
to 1900. In that year, the Baltimore City School
Board initiated a one-year course for the training of
black elementary school teachers at Douglass High
School on Pennsylvania Avenue. In 1902, the pro-
gram was expanded to a two-year Normal Depart-
ment within the high school. The Department
became a separate institution with its own principal
in 1909. This facility for teacher training in 1926
was named the Coppin Normal School in honor of
Fannie Jackson Coppin, an outstanding black pio-
neer in teacher education. In 1938, the School was
renamed Coppin Teachers College with a four-year
curriculum and authority to grant the Bachelor of
Science degree. The College became Coppin State
Teachers College at its present location in 1952.

In acknowledgement of the goals and objectives
of the College, the Board of Trustees ruled in 1963
that the institution's degree-granting authority
would no longer be restricted to teacher education.
Following this ruling, Coppin was renamed Coppin
State College, and in 1967, the first Bachelor of
Arts degree was conferred.

Coppin provides an academic program which
includes the Divisions of: Arts and Sciences; Edu-
cation; Nursing; Graduate Studies; and Continu-
ing Education.

BOARD OF VISITORS

Appointed by Governor: not yet appointed
Elected by Faculty: Phyllis Douglass
Elected by Student Body: Darlene Proctor

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE

H. Mebane Turner, Ed.D., President

1420 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 625-3000

The University of Baltimore was founded in
1925 as a private coeducational institution. To serve
working adults, the University initially offered eve-
ning programs and in 1927 added day courses as
well. In 1970, Eastern College and the Mt. Vernon
School of Law merged with the University and in
1973, the former Baltimore College of Commerce
became affiliated with it. The University of Balti-
more joined the Maryland State system of higher
education in 1975. At that time, it was designated
an upper-division (junior-senior level) and graduate
university

University programs are administered through
the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts, the Robert
G. Merrick School of Business, and the School of
Law. The University houses the William Donald
Schaefer Center for Public Policy, the Hoffberger
Center for Professional Ethics, and the Center for
Business and Economic Studies.

Career-oriented students are drawn to the Uni-
versity. Half of its 5,000 students are undergradu-
ates and half are graduate students. More than 80
percent of the students work full- or part-time.
University services and programs are designed to
support working students with a strong cooperative
education program for undergraduates, convenient
student service hours, and flexible scheduling of
classes and programs.

BOARD OF VISITORS

Appointed by Governor: not yet appointed
Elected by Faculty: Dr. Susan R. Zacur
Elected by Student Body: Richard Rist

SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY

Thomas E. Bellavance, Ph.D., President

College Ave. and Camden Ave.
Salisbury, MD 21801 543-6000
TTY for Deaf: 543-6083

In 1922, the General Assembly established a
commission to determine a location for a two-year
teachers' college on the Eastern Shore. A site was
selected and the institution opened as the State
Normal School at Salisbury in September 1925.
The School was renamed as the State Teachers
College at Salisbury in 1935, and as Salisbury State
College in 1963. The College became Salisbury
State University in 1988 (Chapter 366, Acts of
1988).

Since its founding, the University has success-
fully met increasing demands for quality education
and today offers four-year undergraduate programs
in liberal arts, sciences, and in the professional fields
of business administration, education, medical tech-
nology, nursing, respiratory therapy, and social
work. In addition, the University's graduate divi-
sion offers master's degree programs in business
administration, education, English, history; nurs-
ing, and psychology

Today, Salisbury State University stands as a
nationally accredited four-year multipurpose liberal
arts university. It offers 36 distinct undergraduate
and graduate degree programs.

BOARD OF VISITORS

Appointed by Governor: not yet appointed
Elected by Faculty: Dr. Karin Johnson, 1990
Elected by Student Body: Kelly Ann Rogers