University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Maryland Eastern Shore seal
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| Motto | Facta, Non Verba |
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Motto in English
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Deeds, Not Words |
| Type | Public, HBCU Land-grant |
| Established | 1886 |
| Endowment | $24,622,624 (2014) |
| President | Juliette B. Bell |
| Vice-president | Kimberly C. Dumpson |
| Provost | Kimberly Whitehead (Interim) |
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Academic staff
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310 |
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Administrative staff
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828 |
| Undergraduates | 3,922 |
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Princess Anne, Maryland, U.S. 38°12′43″N 75°41′06″W / 38.212°N 75.685°W |
| Campus | Rural; 1,138 acres |
| Colors | Maroon and Gray |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I – MEAC, ECAC |
| Nickname | Hawks |
| Mascot | Harry the Hawk |
| Affiliations |
University System of Maryland APLU TMSF |
| Website | www |
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University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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Student Services Center Rotunda at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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| Location | 1 Backbone Rd., Princess Anne, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38°12′36″N 75°41′8″W / 38.21000°N 75.68556°WCoordinates: 38°12′36″N 75°41′8″W / 38.21000°N 75.68556°W |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architect | Booth, W. Wilson; Dashiell, J. Roland & Sons, et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, et al. |
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| Added to NRHP | September 16, 2005 |
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), located on 1,100 acres (4.4515 km²) in Princess Anne, Maryland, United States, is part of the University System of Maryland. UMES is a historically black university, as well as an 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant University. The University is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
The school was founded in 1886 through the offices of the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was known as the Delaware Conference Academy. Later UMES came to be called Industrial Branch of Morgan State College and Princess Anne Academy. The State of Maryland, in operating its Land-Grant program at the Maryland Agricultural College at College Park (now the University of Maryland, College Park), which did not admit African American students, sought to provide a Land-Grant program for African Americans. In 1919 the state of Maryland assumed control of the academy and changed its name to Eastern Shore Branch of the Maryland Agricultural College. In 1948 the name was again changed, this time to Maryland State College. In 1970, the university obtained its current name of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
From its original campus building known as "Olney," which was constructed in 1798 during the era of President George Washington, the University has grown to over 745 acres with 32 major buildings and 41 other units. The student population has increased to 4,500. Within the last decade, UMES has added 20 degree granting programs to its academic roster.
The university comprises five schools:
Signature undergraduate programs are hotel and restaurant management, fashion merchandising, construction management, professional golf management (sanctioned by the PGA), aviation science, and teacher education. Business, criminal justice, and biology are the most popular majors. UMES also has a four-year engineering program.
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