UMCP, located just outside Washington, D.C., was founded in 1856 as a private agricultural college and now has grown to include 12 colleges and schools offering more than 200 academic degrees to 37,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Dear University of Maryland community: Today, the Board of Regents, after many months of study, concluded that the disadvantages of a merger between our University and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) outweigh the advantages. I am happy to …
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students: It has been several months since my last communication on the status of the Maryland General Assembly’s discussions about a potential merger of the University of Maryland, College Park with our university. Subsequently, the legislature …
Dear Colleagues: In my letter of March 21, 2011, I said I would update you on developments regarding the Senate of Maryland’s proposal to develop a plan to merge the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, …
Dear Colleagues: Today during Senate Budget and Taxation Committee budget discussions Maryland Senate President Mike Miller proposed that the Board of Regents (BOR) conduct a study of the merits of merging the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) and the …