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Coordinates: 38°59′24″N 76°56′34″W 38.9899363, -76.9428778

University of Maryland

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    • College Park, Maryland, United States of America
  • Telephone Numbers: 301.405.1000
  • Official Website: [1]
• History & Memorable Moments

The state took complete control of the school in 1916, and consequently the institution was renamed Maryland State College. Also that year, the first female students enrolled at the school. On April 9, 1920, the college merged with the preestablished professional schools in Baltimore to form the University of Maryland. The graduate school on the College Park campus awarded its first Ph.D. degrees, and the University's enrollment reached 500 students in the same year. In 1925 the University was granted accreditation by the Association of American Universities. ^[1]

By the time the first African-American students enrolled at the University in 1951, enrollment had grown to nearly 10,000 students—4,000 of whom were women. In 1957 President Wilson H. Elkins made a push to increase academic standards at the University. His efforts resulted in the creation of one of the first Academic Probation Plans. The first year the plan went into effect, 1,550 students (18% of the total student body) faced expulsion. Since then, academic standards at the school have steadily risen. Recognizing the improvement in academics, Phi Beta Kappa established a chapter at the university in 1964. In 1969, the university was elected to the Association of American Universities. The school continued to grow, and by the fall of 1985 reached an enrollment of 38,679. ^[1]

On September 24, 2001, a tornado struck the College Park campus, killing two female students and causing $15 million in damage to 12 buildings. ^[1]

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  • Abed, Eyad H (January 1983 - Present)
  • Deuel-Toby, Nancy Roberta Deuel (October 1990 - June 1999)
  • Everhart, Donna (February 1996 - Present)
  • Takayama, Yoshifumi (August 2001 - February 2003)
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