Significant Locations

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (UMD)

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland founded in 1856, when the General Assembly chartered a state agricultural school. The Maryland Agricultural College was established on ancestral land of the Piscataway tribe, which it purchased from a slaveholding farmer and agricultural education advocate, and three years later opened with 34 students. It eventually grew to encompass new disciplines in engineering, science, and the liberal arts, welcomed trailblazing women and people of color, survived the Great Fire of 1912, re-emerged as a public college and boomed following World War II. Today, the university is a national powerhouse in research, academics, the arts and athletics; and a campus community of 50,000 students.

Source: https://www.umd.edu/history-and-mission

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS (UMGC)

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is a public university in unincorporated Adelphi, Maryland. It is the largest of the University System of Maryland campuses. Established in 1947, UMGC focuses on online education in its classes and programs on campus. The university offers 120 academic programs in instructor-led and online classes, including bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as undergraduate and graduate certificates

Source: https://www.umgc.edu/about/index.cfm