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40-494: Maryland State Normal School was the former name of two Maryland universities: Salisbury University , known as the Maryland State Normal School from 1925 to 1934 Towson University , known as the Maryland State Normal School from 1866 to 1935 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

80-434: A 600-bed apartment-style complex located near GSU and is currently the newest residential building at Salisbury University. The dormitory halls are laid out with a variety of floor plans, including cluster and suite-style. All traditional residence halls (Pocomoke, Nanticoke, Wicomico, and Manokin) underwent extensive renovations to be converted to suite-style facilities. The first completed dorm, Pocomoke Hall, opened prior to

120-632: A dance studio and other supporting amenities. The location currently houses the Wicomico Public Library, which the university will help relocate to a building that it owns and will lease for $ 1 a year during this transition to a newly renovated building. This is a list of the presidents of Salisbury University, starting with the earliest. Salisbury University owns 75 buildings, with a total gross area of 2,158,078 square feet (200,492.0 m ). The Salisbury University campus consists of 183 acres (0.74 km ). Holloway Hall served as

160-470: A gazebo, goldfish pond, and a Japanese garden. The Salisbury University campus was recognized by the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta as an arboretum in 1988. The Salisbury campus features over 2,000 species of plant life, including magnolia , rhododendron , viburnum , Japanese maple , bald cypress , and Crape myrtle . Notable areas of interest on campus include

200-478: A glass blowing facility. The building is also home to many of the university's performing arts facilities, including a 150-seat black box theater (featuring a flexible 50 x 50 ft performance space), scene shop, costume shop, and music rehearsal facilities. Conway Hall, formerly known as the Teacher Education and Technology Center, opened for use at the beginning of the 2008 fall semester. In 2009,

240-756: A partnership between SU and the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Other unique offerings include the annual SU Philosophy Symposium, which has provided a forum for students and members of the greater community to discuss issues with philosophy scholars for more than 40 years, and “Re-envisioning Ethics Access and Community Humanities,” a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded program aimed at including an ethics component in undergraduate education experiences for fields including health, social work and public administration. Six SU environmental studies students in

280-522: A satellite dining facility, distance-learning classrooms, integrated SMART classroom technology, and offices and support services for the Seidel School, Fulton School, and information technology. The showcase integrated media center, located on the third floor of the facility, includes both high-definition and standard-definition television production studios, twenty individual editing suites (video-audio), and audio production facilities. The building

320-432: A third incident, in 2020, the president cancelled classes for a Day of Healing. In June 2020, "an African American man" confessed to having caused the vandalism. In May of 2024, the university announced during a public city council meeting that a new $ 100 million performing arts complex will be built downtown in four to five years. The project will include a thousand seat theatre, a smaller 450 seat music and theatre space,

360-516: Is home to the Guerrieri Student Union (GSU) and The Commons, both buildings are joined by an indoor walkway called the "Link of Nations". The GSU houses the office of student affairs, student activities office, two eateries ( Chick-fil-A and internet cafe Cool Beans), career services office, the center for student achievement, and a large, multi-level lounge space. The Commons contains the campus bookstore and post office located in

400-505: 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 rebrand as a teachers' college one year later. In 1935, the school's name was changed to Maryland State Teachers College , and in 1963 to Salisbury State College . Between 1962 and 1995, several master's degree programs were approved, and in 1988,

440-532: 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, 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

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480-692: The 165,000-square-foot (15,300 m ) building earned silver certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system under the United States Green Building Council . The building was also named one of the ten best-designed new higher education facilities by College Planning & Management magazine as part of its "2009 Education Design Showcase" issue. The facility houses flexible classroom space, multi-purpose computer lab space,

520-559: The Fulton School have earned the prestigious U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunity (EPA-GRO) Fellowship, giving them the chance to work side-by-side with EPA officials through paid internships while also earning college funding for their junior and senior year, worth up to $ 50,000. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art was located at 909 South Schumaker Drive, Salisbury , Maryland , United States unit 2022. This museum had

560-658: The Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Perdue School of Business, Henson School of Science and Technology, Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies, College of Health and Human Services, and Clarke Honors College. The Salisbury Sea Gulls compete in Division III athletics in the Capital Athletic Conference, while the football team competes in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Salisbury University, originally called

600-695: The LEED certification system under the United States Green Building Council for the Perdue building. The facility includes a Business Outreach Services Suite (BOSS), a Small Business Development Center, a Perdue Museum, meeting rooms, focus-group rooms, specialized business lab space, an internet cafe, and an M.B.A. suite with case rooms. Opened in the fall of 2016, the Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons (GAC) officially opened as

640-959: The Pergola (near the University Commons), the Holloway Hall Courtyard Garden, the Bellavance Honors Center Japanese Garden, the Link of Nations, and the Miller Alumni Garden. The campus also features a collection of figurative sculpture, including pieces by such noted sculptors as Auguste Rodin ( Coquelin Cadet ), Daniel Chester French ( Ralph Waldo Emerson ), Augustus Saint-Gaudens ( Diana ), and Carl Akeley ( Wounded Comrade ). There are six academic units at

680-630: The School of Social Work’s Behavioral Integration in Pediatric Primary Care (BHIPP) and School of Nursing’s Faculty Academic and Mentorship Initiative of Maryland In 2019, CHHS extended program offerings across the state with the launch of SU’s bachelor's degree public health (then community health) at the University of Maryland at Hagerstown (USMH) and master's degree in health and human performance (then applied health physiology) at

720-544: The United Nations designated the Bosserman Center as the home of United Nations University Regional Centre for Expertise Salisbury, a designated hub of expertise in conflict prevention and creative problem solving. Through the Bosserman Center, SU also has been a designated United Nations Millennium Campus. Since 2020, some 29 SU students have been named UN Millennium Fellows, designing projects to assist in

760-595: The Universities at Shady Grove (USG). In addition, the School of Social Work offers students across Maryland and abroad the opportunity to pursue degrees, with satellite programs through Cecil College, the Eastern Shore Higher Education Center at Chesapeake College, USM at Southern Maryland, USM at Hagerstown, and University of Maryland Global Campus Europe. The school also offers a dual-degree program in social work/sociology with

800-630: The University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Students in the Fulton School’s Creative Writing Program have published poems and short stories in national peer-reviewed journals and literary magazines. Speakers in the "One Person Can Make a Difference Series", hosted by the Fulton School’s Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution, have included Nobel laureates Lech Walesa (former president of Poland) and F.W. de Klerk (former president of South Africa). In 2020,

840-653: The achievement of the UN Foundation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Speakers in SU’s Paul S. Sarbanes Lecture Series, hosted by the Fulton School-affiliated Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, have included civil rights leader John Lewis and Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi. Philosophy students in the Fulton School participate in book discussion program with inmates at nearby Eastern Correctional Institution through

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880-399: The basement, the main dining hall facility located on the first floor, and conference rooms located on the second floor. There are currently ten on-campus dormitory residence halls and one on-campus apartment complex at Salisbury University. Pocomoke, Nanticoke, Wicomico, Manokin, Choptank, Chester, Severn, Chesapeake, St. Martin, and Dogwood Village are the dormitory halls. Sea Gull Square is

920-531: The departments of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computer science, and geography and geosciences. The building holds 12 classrooms, 32 teaching laboratories, and 20 research labs. Henson Hall also houses a satellite dining facility, which students call "the Airport" in reference to the building's namesake, test pilot Richard A. Henson . The new building for the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business

960-676: The exception of Seagull Village) having access to a shuttle system to the main campus. The Gathering is a townhome neighborhood located about five minutes away from the main campus. Seagull Village was originally intended to house international students only and had been leased by the university, however, Salisbury University ultimately bought the apartment complex for $ 3.6 million in March 2022, allowing any students to move into Seagull Village starting in fall 2022. A new off-campus apartment complex, labeled "The Ross", opened in August 2023, in time for

1000-582: The fall 2023 semester. The Ross is the furthest off-campus complex away from the school, located six minutes away from the main campus (roughly 2.2 miles). It is known as one of the tallest buildings in the Delmarva peninsula. Honors House was established in 2000, and is located off Camden Avenue, across east campus. It is open to students in the Clarke Honors College, and includes a full kitchen, computer lab, and grand piano. The yard contains

1040-681: The four-story, 221,000-square-foot academic commons. The library participates in an inter-campus loan program where students can order books from other university libraries within the University System of Maryland for temporary use. The library was named one of the "Top 20" in the United States by the Princeton Review in their 2021 "Best 386 Colleges", alongside other higher education institutions such as Columbia University and Williams College. The south end of campus

1080-610: The home of the Perdue School of Business. Fulton Hall serves as home for the Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts at Salisbury University. The building serves as the north anchor of the campus's central mall. As the structure closest to Holloway Hall, Fulton Hall was built to complement Holloway's classical architecture styling. Fulton Hall includes the main university gallery (home to temporary art exhibitions), classrooms, fine arts studios, photography lab, and

1120-434: The largest and tallest building on campus. The facility cost $ 117 million and houses the student library, IT help desk, Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, writing center, center for student achievement, a math emporium, and a 3D printing lab. The building contains 400 computers for public use, Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company and Hungry Minds Express food vendors, and 15 study rooms situated around

1160-463: The most comprehensive collection of wildfowl carvings in the world, ranging from art sculptures to working decoys used by hunters. The museum was named after Lem and Steve Ward from Crisfield, Maryland , two pioneers who moved decoy carvings into the realm of fine art. The museum closed its doors in 2022 at the Schumaker Pond location. The Ward Foundation, Inc. still continues to operate

1200-403: The name was changed to Salisbury State University . In 2001, the name was changed to Salisbury University. Since the early 2000s, Salisbury has grown rapidly in enrollment as well as campus facilities. Since 2002, Henson Hall, Conway Hall, Perdue Hall, the Patricia R. Guererri Academic Commons, and Sea Gull Stadium have been constructed. From July 1, 2018 through July 14, 2022, the university

1240-400: The original home of Maryland State Normal School at Salisbury upon its opening in 1925. The structure once served as the home for all teaching, student, and administrative functions at the school. Today, the building – renamed Holloway Hall after the retirement of Salisbury's first president, William J. Holloway – houses administrative offices, including the office of the president, the office of

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1280-464: The provost, financial aid, registrar, public relations, student health services, and human resources. The building also contains a number of unique, multi-purpose spaces, including the auditorium (seating capacity of 713) and the great hall (originally used as the dining hall and later as the home for the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art ). The classroom space in the north wing of the structure was once

1320-589: The spring 2010 semester, with renovations to the other three facilities completed by August 2011. Sea Gull Square also opened in August 2011. Salisbury University houses approximately 40% of all students in 2,648 spaces of campus-affiliated housing, with freshmen given priority in traditional housing. In addition to the on-campus residence buildings, Salisbury has partnerships with four nearby off-campus apartment complexes and one townhome neighborhood, Seagull Village, The Flatts, The Gathering, University Orchard, and University Park, with residents of these facilities (with

1360-608: The title Maryland State Normal School . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryland_State_Normal_School&oldid=1186636737 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Salisbury University Salisbury University offers 47 distinct undergraduate and 17 graduate degree programs across six academic units:

1400-404: The university, five of which are endowed. Salisbury University offers 47 distinct undergraduate and 17 graduate degree programs. Popular majors include 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. The Thomas E. Bellavance Honors Program

1440-466: Was established in 1981, and the Glenda Chatham and Robert G. Clarke Honors College was created in 2016, and endowed in 2020. The Business, Economic, and Community Outreach Network (BEACON) is the applied research, experiential learning, and community outreach arm of the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University. The Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (PACE)

1480-511: Was launched in 1999 to promote non-partisan civic engagement. The National Collegiate Honors Council named the Clarke Honors College publication The Saunterer the No. 1 honors print newsletter in the U.S. in 2017, 2019 and 2022. The Center for Healthy Communities, established in 2020, promotes CHHS efforts in community-based learning, community service grants, workforce development and professional continuing education opportunities. Programs include

1520-465: Was partially funded by an $ 8 million gift from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation. Perdue, Inc., chairman Jim Perdue said the donation was in honor of his father, former Perdue Farms president Frank Perdue . The 112,800-square-foot (10,480 m ), $ 56 million facility houses classroom and office space formerly located in the north wing of Holloway Hall. The university was awarded gold certification from

1560-639: Was renamed in April 2016 for former Maryland Delegate Norman Conway , who as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee assisted SU in securing funding for the project, and is an SU alumnus. Henson Hall was dedicated on September 5, 2002, and contains classroom, support, and laboratory space for the Henson School of Science and Technology. Built at a cost of $ 37 million, the 145,500-square-foot (13,520 m ) facility houses

1600-494: Was under the leadership of president Charles "Chuck" Wight. Wight succeeded Dudley-Eschbach, who, after 18 years as SU's president, opted to return to teaching foreign language at SU, following one year in hiatus training Wight. Carolyn Ringer Lepre began her term as the 10th president of Salisbury University on July 15, 2022. Following two incidents of racist vandalism in 2019, students asked for "the safety and inclusion of black students and other minority groups on campus". After

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