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The Universitywww.salisbury.edu/aboutDr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach, PresidentMISSIONSalisbury University is a premier comprehensiveMaryland public university, offering excellent, affordableeducation in undergraduate liberal arts, sciences, preprofessional and professional programs, including education,nursing, social work and business, and a limited number ofapplied graduate programs. SU’s highest purpose is toempower its students with the knowledge, skills and corevalues that contribute to active citizenship, gainful employmentand life-long learning in a democratic society andinterdependent world.Salisbury University cultivates and sustains a superiorlearning community where students, faculty and staff engageone another as teachers, scholars and learners, and where acommitment to excellence and an openness to a broad arrayof ideas and perspectives are central to all aspects ofUniversity life. SU’s learning community is student-centered;thus, students and faculty interact in small classroom settings,faculty serve as academic advisors and virtually every studenthas an opportunity to undertake research with a facultymentor. SU fosters an environment where individuals makechoices that lead to a more successful development of social,physical, occupational, emotional and intellectual well being.The University recruits exceptional and diverse faculty,staff, and undergraduate and graduate students from acrossMaryland, the United States and around the world, supportingall members of the University community as they work togetherto achieve the institution’s goals and vision. Believing thatlearning and service are vital components of civic life,Salisbury University actively contributes to the local EasternShore community and the educational, economic, cultural andsocial needs of the state and nation.VALUESThe core values of Salisbury University are excellence,student-centeredness, learning, community, civic engagementand diversity. We believe these values must be lived andexperienced as integral to everyday campus life so thatstudents make the connection between what they learn andhow they live. The goals and objectives of our strategic,academic, facilities and enrollment plans, as well as our fiscalcommitments, reflect our fundamental values. In addition tothese principal values, the University embraces the longhonored tradition of honesty and mutual regard that is andshould be a defining characteristic of higher education. The“Salisbury University Promise” is a statement of integrity andrespect for others to which we ask all students to commit as away of highlighting the University’s values and expectations forour students.6Excellence: Excellence, the standard against which allUniversity activities and outcomes are measured, connotes theperfection and the quality for which we strive and holdourselves accountable. We accept the notion that the quality ofa university depends on the heads and hearts of those in it.Student-Centeredness: Our students are the primaryreason for our existence. Our focus is on their academic andindividual success and on their health and well-being. We arecommitted to helping students learn to make reasoneddecisions and to be accountable for the outcomes of thedecisions they have made.Learning: We believe that learning is fundamental toliving a life with purpose in an increasingly interrelated worldand that our role is to teach students not what to think, but howto think. The University introduces students to a system ofideas about the nature of humanity, the universe, and the worldcreated by art and thought. Through active learning, servicelearning, international experience and co-curricular activities,students connect research to practice, and theory to action.Community: Salisbury University takes pride in being acaring and civil place where individuals accept their obligationsto the group, learn through their interactions and relationshipswith others, where governance is shared, and where the focusis on the common good. We honor the heritage and traditionsof the institution which serve as a foundation for future change.Civic Engagement: The University stands as a part of,rather than apart from, the local and regional community.Recognizing its history and traditions, we seek to improve thequality of life for citizens in the region. We believe it is ourresponsibility to enrich cultural life, enhance the conduct ofpublic affairs and contribute to the advancement of the region.We seek to instill in our students a lifelong commitment tocivic engagement.Diversity: Salisbury University views itself as a justcommunity where there is respect for the value of global,societal and individual differences and commitment to equalopportunity. Diversity is purposefully cultivated as a way tostrengthen and enhance our University community.HISTORYIn 1922, the Maryland Legislature established acommission to determine a location for a two-year college onthe state’s Eastern Shore. A site at Salisbury was selected andthe institution opened in September 1925.The college’s two-year course of study was increased tothree years in 1931 and to four years in 1934. Following this,and by action of the Legislature of 1935, the College wasauthorized to grant the Bachelor of Science.

The UniversityThe academic program expanded in 1947 and in 1960,offering four-year programs in arts and sciences and providingstudents with a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science. TheUniversity continues to meet the increasing demands ofsociety for quality education and today offers a variety ofundergraduate programs in liberal arts, sciences and in theprofessional fields of business administration, education,medical technology, nursing, respiratory therapy andsocial work.In 1962, the State Board of Trustees approved agraduate program leading to the Master of Education, followedwith a Master of Arts in English (1974), a Master of BusinessAdministration (1981), a Master of Science with a major innursing (1982). The Board of Regents for the UniversitySystem of Maryland has subsequently approved a Master ofEducation with a major in public school administration (1994),a Master of Arts in Teaching (1996), a Master of Arts with amajor in history (1998), a Master of Science in applied healthphysiology (2000), a Master of Social Work (2001), a Master ofScience with a major in geographic information systems (GIS)and public administration (2007), and a Master of Arts inconflict analysis and dispute resolution (2007).Today, Salisbury University is a nationally accredited,four-year comprehensive university offering 55 distinctundergraduate and graduate degree programs in a friendlyatmosphere that encourages close relationships betweenfaculty and students.LOCATIONSalisbury University is located on U.S. Route 13 at thesouthern edge of Salisbury, MD, which has a metropolitanpopulation of over 90,000 and is 30 miles west of Ocean City,MD; 115 miles southeast of Baltimore, MD, and Washington,D.C.; 125 miles south of Philadelphia, PA; and 125 miles northof Norfolk, VA.ORGANIZATIONResponsibility for the administration of the University isassigned to the president, who is appointed by the UniversitySystem of Maryland Board of Regents. The president isassisted in the administration of the University by academic,advancement, business administration and student servicesadministrators. Appointments to these positions, to otheradministrative offices and to the faculty and staff of theUniversity are made by the president.The Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, the SamuelW. and Marilyn C. Seidel School of Education and ProfessionalStudies, the Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of LiberalArts and the Richard A. Henson School of Science andTechnology offer the University’s curriculum. School deans,department chairs and individual faculty members report to theprovost in all matters pertaining to instruction.The Franklin P. Perdue School of Business includes thefaculties of accounting and legal studies, economics andfinance, information and decision sciences, and managementand marketing.The Samuel W. and Marilyn C. Seidel School ofEducation and Professional Studies includes the faculties ofathletic training, early childhood education, elementaryeducation, exercise science, health education, physicaleducation and social work.The Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of LiberalArts includes the faculties of art, communication arts, conflictanalysis and dispute resolution, dance, English, environmentalissues, history, interdisciplinary studies, international studies,modern languages (French, German, Spanish), music,philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, teachingEnglish to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and theatre.The Richard A. Henson School of Science andTechnology includes the faculties of applied health physiology,biological sciences, chemistry, medical laboratory science,geography and geosciences, mathematics and computersciences, nursing, physics and respiratory therapy.CENTERS AND INSTITUTESBusiness, Economic and Community OutreachNetwork (BEACON)The Business, Economic and Community OutreachNetwork (BEACON) of the Franklin P. Perdue School ofBusiness combines applied business learning experiences forSU students with sponsored research and consulting servicesto non-profit, private and public-sector organizationsthroughout the Delmarva region.Student teams, supervised by faculty and BEACONconsultants, work on projects such as market or sales-demandforecasting, marketing audits and plans, feasibility studies,economic impact assessments, international marketingreadiness assessment and planning, business or economicscenario analysis modeling, and strategic planning, Asstudents apply what they learn in the classroom to theseprojects, they gain valuable real-world experiences.BEACON, as part of its outreach and technology transfermandates, is also involved with a variety of intellectualproperty commercialization projects.Key BEACON initiatives include: ShoreTrends—tracking demographic, business, economic,workforce and community development trends throughout theEastern Shore of Maryland. GraySHORE and ShoreWISDOM—preparing the region’sprivate and public sector organizations for the coming seniorboom throughout the Shore. Bienvenidos â Delmarva—providing management,marketing and organizational development know-howto private- and public-sector organizations thatinteract frequently with the region’s rapidly growingnon-native-born population. Executive Career Mentoring Program—bringing togethersenior decision-makers from BEACON client organizationsand graduating M.B.A. students for one-on-onementoring sessions.In addition, BEACON is a proud sponsor ofShoreENERGY, which promotes a community-wide dialog toaddress the multitude of current and future regional energyneeds and potential solutions.For more information, contact BEACON at 410-546-6001,e-mail beacon@salisbury.edu or visit http://beacon.salisbury.edu.7

The UniversityCenter for Conflict ResolutionThe Center for Conflict Resolution works in cooperationwith the Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Departmentto provide experiential learning opportunities to students in theUniversity’s academic major, minor and master’s in conflictanalysis and dispute resolution. Students take practicum andinternships through the center at locations both on and offcampus. The center houses the student-run CampusMediation Center that provides conflict resolution services tothe student body. The center also provides support and use ofits facilities to the Conflict Resolution Club. In addition, thecenter has a research and evaluation wing that has receivednational recognition. The practice wing is composed ofnationally recognized experts who work with center staff onlarge-scale conflict interventions worldwide. The center has aCommunity Mediation Initiative that provides the Salisburycommunity with free or low-cost mediation services andtrainings in conflict resolution skills. Also housed in the centeris the Bosserman Library, a private, non-lending librarystudents and practitioners can examine, containing literatureon social justice, peace studies and conflict resolution.Eastern Shore Regional GIS CooperativeThe Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC)is an organization that seeks to provide access to geographicinformation system (GIS) technology, data, technical supportand training to the local governments of Maryland’s EasternShore. Housed at Salisbury University, the ESRGC is a jointeffort between the Mid-Shore Regional Council, the Tri-CountyCouncil of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland and SU.Nabb Research Center for Delmarva Historyand CultureThe Edward H. Nabb Research Center for DelmarvaHistory and Culture, formed in 1982 and endowed byCambridge, MD, attorney and philanthropist Edward H. Nabbin 1998, is dedicated to preserving the uniqueness of thehistory and culture of the Delmarva Peninsula. Each semesterprofessors in the Communication Arts, English, Geography andGeosciences, History, and Teacher Education departmentsprovide courses which train students in the use of primaryresources such as wills, inventories, patents and deeds,private papers, letters, diaries, business records, oral historiesand folklife studies located at the center. It is a repository fordocuments and artifacts pertaining to the Delmarva Peninsulaand acts as a liaison between the University and the LowerEastern Shore region. The center serves the Delmarvacommunity at large, as well as family and local historyresearchers from across the nation, professional businesspeople including lawyers, surveyors and journalists, studentsand scholars researching material for doctoral dissertations,master’s degree theses, school projects and privatepublications. The Nabb Research Center is located in the EastCampus Complex and is open following the school calendar.Visit http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu for more information aboutthe center.PACEFor over a decade, the Institute for Public Affairs andCivic Engagement (PACE) has offered opportunities for SUstudents and faculty to become involved in the political andgovernmental life of the surrounding region. With major funding8gifts from the Grayce B. Kerr Fund, the estate of John R.Hargreaves and the Wilson H. Elkins Professorship, PACEsponsors the Presidential Citizen Scholar Program, internshipswith local governments and non-profit organizations; projectsthat involve students in addressing local and regionalgovernmental concerns; numerous lectures with federal, stateand local politicians and academic scholars; and public policyforums and lectures.4Presidential Citizen Scholar ProgramThe Presidential Citizen Scholar Program is a multifaceted, civic engagement experience that prepares studentsto become future community leaders. Students spend one yearimmersed in civic and political engagement activities, includingcoursework and internships. They also attend numerouscampus lectures, forums and community events. The programis by SU presidential invitation only. Students who are invitedto apply submit their application to PACE for review.4InternshipsWorking in conjunction with the Political ScienceDepartment, all SU students have the opportunity to intern foracademic credit with the Maryland General Assembly, theUnited States Congress, and other various federal, state andlocal governmental organizations. Students also have theopportunity to work with non-profits, civic action organizationsor law practices.4Events and ActivitiesPACE actively sponsors and coordinates on-campusevents with federal, state and local politicians, as well asauthors, journalists and other speakers to educate the campuscommunity on public policy topics. PACE also hosts the annualConstitution Day celebration on campus. PACE is responsiblefor coordinating and administering a voter registration drive oncampus during each major election cycle and is often calledupon to assist in moderating candidate debates in localelections. PACE houses the Institute for Service Learning,which conducts civic engagement events and opportunities forthe surrounding communities.Small Business Development CenterThe Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is ajoint federal (Small Business Administration) and state programand is part of a national network of centers. The SBDCEastern Region is an outreach program of the Franklin P.Perdue School of Business, serving as a link between theUniversity and the business community. It provides cost-freeexpert counseling , technical assistance and low-cost trainingto existing small businesses and individuals interested instarting a new business. The SBDC-Eastern Region serves alleight counties of Maryland’s Eastern Shore and helpshundreds of entrepreneurs annually through its offices in WyeMills, Cambridge and Salisbury.ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONThe Alumni Association maintains ties with 38,000 alumniin all 50 states and several foreign countries. Many of thesealumni are vigorous supporters of the University through theassociation.The association’s objectives are to develop and foster anabiding loyalty for Salisbury University, to promote aprofessional and ethical spirit that will characterize SU’s alumnimembers, to encourage participation in all activities that

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accrediting agency. The agency is located at 8620 Roosevelt Way, NE, Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115, 206-522-5272. The programs in music are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190, 703-437-0700. NASM is a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher