2003-2005 - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Leadership in Professional Education
The University of Baltimore has a unique
role in the Maryland higher education system.
It is the state's only upper-division
(transfer) and graduate institution, offering a
diversity of bachelor's, master's and first professional
applied doctorates in liberal arts and
business. A limited number ofsophomores
are enrolled each year. UB also operates a law
school, and offers a number of professionally
oriented, combined-degree programs with
other colleges and universities.
Founded in 1925 as a private coeducational
institution, the University of
Baltimore affiliated with the University
System of Maryland (USM) on UB's 50th
anniversary. UB has a very clear mission to
provide outstanding educational programs
for professionally oriented students. The
University's three schools - the Yale
Gordon College of Liberal Arts, the Robert
G. Merrick School of Business, and the
School of Law - attract students with
strong career ambitions and provide them
with the latest skills and techn iques in their
chosen fields. UB students graduate with a
broad foundation of knowledge and are
prepared to meet the rapidly changing conditions
of today's work environment.
More than 50,000 alumni serve as testimony
to the University's success in its educational
endeavors. UB graduates are highly
visible throughout the legal, industrial, corporate
and civic communities of Maryland.
Their achievements have helped to build
the University's outstanding reputation
among employers.
The University of Baltimore ranks high
among Maryland's many colleges and universities
in the quality of its faculty and
library resources. With a student-faculty
ratio of 15: 1 and a personalized system of
student advising, UB programs emphasize
one-on-one interaction and individual
attention for both graduate and undergraduate
students. Approximately 92 percent of
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the full-time faculty hold terminal degrees
(Ph.D ., ].0., L.L.B., D.B.A., D .P.A., and
D.Ed.) and most full-time and adjunct faculty
members are acrively engaged in
research, civic and professional activiries
related to their fields. The University's reputation
is enhanced by growing numbers of
its faculty who supplement their teaching
with research, consulting and service activities
in the public and private sectors.
UB's Langsdale Library compares favorably
with those of its peer institutions in
Maryland, both in the breadth and quantity
of holdings. The facility also offers several
special collections and provides the
convenience of inter-library loan programs
with many other institurions.
AStrategic Location
The University is situated in Baltimore's
Mr. Royal Center, in the revitalized Charles
Street corridor. UB is surrounded by neighbors
of quality, including the Maryland
Institute College of Art, the Lyric Opera
House and the Meyerhoff Sym phony Hall.
Together, these cultural and educational
institutions attract thousands of people to
the neighborhood every week for concerts,
plays, films, exhibits, lectures, seminars,
social events and civic and professional
meetings.
Artscape, Baltimore's annual festival of
the visual and performing arts, is held each
summer in Mr. Royal Center with some
events featured at UB. The University's
Gordon Plaza, a park-like setting on the
corner of Mr. Royal and Maryland avenues,
is the center for numerous University-sponsored
outdoor events and activities. Poe's
Publick House, the University's dining and
conference center, hosts a wide variety of
meetings and events for business, government
and nonprofit groups from around
the city. Also convenient to the University
are the Walters Art Museum, the Baltimore
Museum of Art, and an array of other cultural
and hisrorical attractions.
The University's urban location
enhances cultural and educational opportunities
and offers students a learning and