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Salisbury State University

Salisbury University
Seal of Salisbury University (250x250).png
Motto Learn, Live, Lead
Type Public, University System of Maryland
Established 1925
Endowment $45,712,416 (2013)
President Dr. Janet E. Dudley-Eshbach
Provost Dr. Diane Allen
Academic staff
380 (full-time)
Undergraduates 7,997
Postgraduates 773
Location 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, Maryland 21801 USA
Campus Suburban, 173 acres (0.70 km2)
Colors Maroon & Gold
         
Nickname Sea Gulls
Mascot Sammy the Sea Gull
Website www.salisbury.edu.
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Salisbury Sea Gulls
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University Salisbury University
Conference Capital Athletic Conference, New Jersey Athletic Conference (football)
NCAA Division III
Athletic director Dr. Gerry DiBartolo
Location Salisbury, MD
Varsity teams 21
Football stadium Sea Gull Stadium
Mascot Sea Gull
Nickname Sammy the Sea Gull
Colors Maroon and Gold
         
Website www.suseagulls.com

Salisbury University (often referred to as 'SU' or the 'Bury') is a public university located in the city of Salisbury in Wicomico County, Maryland, roughly 30 miles west of Ocean City, Maryland, and approximately 115 miles southeast of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC. Founded in 1925, Salisbury is a member of the University System of Maryland, with a Fall 2016 enrollment of 8,748.

Salisbury University offers 42 distinct undergraduate and 14 graduate degree programs, including Biology/Biological Sciences, Business Administration and Management, Kinesiology and Exercise Science, and Psychology. The school's nursing program is well known for its difficulty and selective admissions.

In 2010, U.S. News & World Report named Salisbury University as one of the Top Public Universities in Master's category (North), making it the highest-ranked such public university in Maryland in that year. In 2015, Salisbury University was named by Kiplinger's Personal Finance as one of its 100 Best Values in Public Colleges, as well as by The Economist, Washington Monthly, Forbes, and Money magazines. According to The Princeton Review's 2016 edition of The Best 380 Colleges, Salisbury University ranks within the top 15 percent of all regional four-year colleges nationwide.

Salisbury University, originally called the Maryland State Normal School, opened on September 7, 1925, as a two-year institution to train elementary school teachers to help fill the teacher shortage in the state of Maryland. The original class of 105 students was greeted by Salisbury's first president, Dr. William J. Holloway, an experienced educator and the driving force behind the creation of the school. The curriculum was influenced by those established at Columbia's Teachers College, alma mater of six of Salisbury Normal School's eight original faculty. During the Great Depression, Maryland extended the required course of study at Normal Schools from two years to three years, and to four years in 1934, paving the way for the institution to become Maryland State Teachers College one year later.


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