Salisbury University
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| Motto | Learn, Live, Lead |
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| Type | Public, University System of Maryland |
| Established | 1925 |
| Endowment | $45,712,416 |
| President | Dr. Janet E. Dudley-Eshbach |
| Provost | Dr. Diane Allen |
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Academic staff
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380 (full-time) |
| Undergraduates | 7,997 |
| Postgraduates | 773 |
| Location | 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, Maryland 21801 USA |
| Campus | Suburban, 173 acres (0.70 km2) |
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Maroon & Gold |
| Nickname | Sea Gulls |
| Mascot | Sammy the Sea Gull |
| Website | www.salisbury.edu. |
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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 |
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.
Currently, Salisbury University offers 42 distinct undergraduate and 14 graduate degree programs. 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, as per the Review's flagship guidelines
Popular majors in Salisbury University include Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Elementary Education and Teaching, Psychology, Business, Nursing, Geography and Biology. The school's nursing program is well known for its difficulty and selective admission; based on recent data from the Maryland Board of Nursing, Salisbury University nursing students have the highest 10-year average pass rate among all University System of Maryland institutions on the NCLEX examinations for Registered Nurses, averaging at 91.6%.
In 2010, U.S. News & World Report named Salisbury University as one of the Top Public Universities in Master's category (North) for the 13th consecutive year. SU was also the highest-placing public Master's-level university in Maryland in that year, ranking at 7th place. Salisbury University was included by Kiplinger's Personal Finance as one of its 100 Best Values in Public Colleges in 2015, as well as by The Economist, Washington Monthly, Forbes and Money magazines.
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 best practices 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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