Bowie State Bulldogs football
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Former names
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Baltimore Normal School Normal School No. 3. Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie Maryland Teachers College at Bowie Bowie State College |
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| Motto | "Prepare For Life" |
| Type | Public, HBCU |
| Established | January 9, 1865 |
| Endowment | $22,991,522 |
| President | Mickey L. Burnim, PhD |
| Provost | Weldon Jackson, PhD. (Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs) |
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Academic staff
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400 |
| Students | 5,561 |
| Location | Bowie, Maryland |
| Campus | Suburban, 338½ acres (1.4 km²) |
| Colors |
Black and Gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II |
| Sports | Basketball Bowling Cross Country Football Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field Softball Tennis Volleyball |
| Nickname | Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs |
| Affiliations | Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Website | www.bowiestate.edu |
Bowie State University ("Bowie State") is a public university located on 355½ acres (1.4 km²) in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, north of the suburban city of Bowie. Bowie State is part of the University System of Maryland. Bowie State is Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. Bowie State is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Bowie State University is the oldest HBCU in Maryland. It was founded in 1865 by the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of Colored People as a teaching school. The school first used space at the African Baptist Church at Calvert Street and Sarasota Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1867, a dedicated facility was purchased nearby at Sarasota Street and Courtland Street, and the school was formally named the Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers. After being reorganized in 1883 as the Baltimore Normal School, it educated African Americans to be teachers for African American students until 1908. At that time, the school became a state institution of teaching under the Maryland State Department of Education and was redesignated as a Normal School No. 3.
Shortly thereafter, in 1910, the school moved from its insufficient Baltimore building to the Jericho Farm, a 187-acre campus in Prince George’s County. About 60 students lived in the old farmhouse. The school was renamed in 1914 as the Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie. Over the subsequent years the school’s curriculum expanded significantly: a two-year professional degree was added in 1925, a three-year program in 1931, a four-year program for elementary school teachers in 1935, a four-year program for junior high school teachers in 1951, and a four-year program for secondary school teachers in 1961. In recognition, the school was renamed in 1935 as Maryland Teachers College at Bowie. The college also offered increasing courses in the liberal arts.
In 1963, Bowie State College was officially named a liberal arts school – with additional majors in English, history, and social science – although emphasis remained on teacher education. A Master's degree in education was added in 1969.
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