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University of Maryland Eastern Shore
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore was founded in 1886 by Methodist Episcopal Church elders as a private school on 16 acres in Princess Anne. Today, we balance our heritage as a historically black, public research institution that has grown into a 1,100-acre campus with