Summary

Frostburg State University is a four-year university located on a 260-acre (1.1 km2) campus in Frostburg, Maryland, in Western Maryland, and is part of the University System of Maryland. FSU is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.[1]

History

It was founded in 1898 under the name State Normal School #2 and began teaching its first class in 1902. Its original mission was to train teachers for the Maryland public school system. In 1935, the school was renamed State Teachers' College at Frostburg and began offering a four-year degree program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education degree. Lillian Compton served as the first female president of Frostburg State Teachers College from 1945 to 1954.[2] The school was again renamed in 1963, this time as Frostburg State College. Frostburg received university status in 1987 thus being renamed to what it is today. [3]

Academics

Frostburg has colleges in education, business, and liberal arts and sciences,[4] and, in addition to the baccalaureate, awards master's degrees in both arts and sciences.[5][6] The university has an associated campus at the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown.[7]

There are 3 colleges: business, education and liberal arts & science. The business college is AACSB accredited.[8] The college of education is NCATE accredited.[9]

Established in January 2005, the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown, or USM-H, is a regional higher-education system center located in downtown Hagerstown, Maryland. The Center offers upper level undergraduate classes, as well as Master’s level programs. Frostburg State University is one of five universities offering courses at the center.

The Adventure Sports Concentration is offered as a collaborative program with Garrett College in Western Maryland. [10]

Ethnobotany, introduced in 2007, is one of only two programs in the U.S. on the cultural use of plants.[11]

Demographics

The average GPA of an undergraduate student accepted at Frostburg State University is 3.11. Additionally the combined reading and math SAT scores range from 870–1040 when looking at the 25th though 75th percentiles. In 2008 there was 1 professor for every 17 students. In 2008, the retention rate was 72%. It takes an average of 4.6 years for students to earn their undergraduate degree. In 2009, Frostburg State University accepted 59% of all applicants (4495). In 2008 94% of the graduates were employed within one year of graduating.[12]

The 2009 undergraduate population is made up of 51% male and 49% female students. The following chart shows the recent change in enrollment of undergraduate males and females.

The graduate population is made up of 30% male and 70% female students. The following chart shows the recent change in enrollment of graduate males and females.

At Frostburg State the largest class as of 2009 is the freshman class. However, the classes are fairly evenly distributed.[1] In the 2009 academic year 1,610 undergraduates lived on campus, while 3,145 lived off campus. Additionally, 9 graduate students live on campus, while 629 live off campus.

The top six counties in Maryland that undergraduate students come from are Allegany, Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore, Frederick, and Anne Arundel.

The top six counties in Maryland that graduate students come from are Allegany, Washington, Garrett, Frederick, Montgomery, and Anne Arundel.

The top six states undergraduate students come from are Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Foreign, West Virginia, and Washington D.C.

The top five states graduate students come from are Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Foreign, and Virginia.[13]

The undergraduate and graduate population as of the beginning of fall semester 2009 is:

Athletics

Frostburg State University participates in the NCAA Division III level and is currently a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. However, starting in Fall, 2010 FSU will change and become a part of the Capital Athletic Conference.[14] FSU’s football team is currently a member of the ACFC, but will move to Empire 8 in 2011.[15] FSU teams have participated in and won many championships, Baseball having the most championship victories.[16] There will be a total of 19 official teams during the 2010–2011 academic year. Various club and intramural sports are available on campus as well.

Athletic Staff

Administration

Head Coach: Guy Robertson

Started: 1937

Records:

Head Coach: Webb Hatch

Started: 1936–1937

Records:

Head Coach: Randy Lowe

Started: 1970

2009 Records:

Head Coach: Tom Rogish

Started: 1961

Former coaches:

Records:

Head Coach: Keith Byrnes

Started: 1936

Records:

Head Coach: Stuart Swink

Started: 1952

Records:

Head Coach: Jody Pepple

Started: 1964–1965

Records:

Head Coach: Randy Lowe

Started: 1970

2009 Records:

Head Coach: Melissa Grosman

Started: 1970

Records:

Head Coach: Ashley Manion

Started: 1966

Records:

Head Coach: Brian Parker

Started: 1994

Records:

Head Coach: Wes Landrum

Started: 1996

Records:

Head Coach: Stuart Swink

Started: 1971

Records:

Head Coach: Peter Letourneau

Started: 1994

Records:

BASEBALL

MIC Championships 6- 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 NAIA District Tournament Appearances 9- 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 NAIA District Championships 3- 1967, 1970, 1972 NAIA Area Appearances 3- 1967, 1970, 1972 NAIA Area Championships 1- 1972 NAIA World Series Appearances 1- 1972 (fifth place) Mason-Dixon Conference Championships 1- 1978 NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances 4- 1984, 1987, 2006, 2007 ECAC Appearances 11- 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 ECAC Championships 2- 1990, 1991 AMCC Championships 5- 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 ESAC Championships 1- 1982

MEN'S BASKETBALL

AMCC Championships 1- 2001 ECAC Championship Appearances 8- 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001 ECAC Runners-Up 1- 2001

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances 6- 1982, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2005 AMCC Championships 2- 2000, 2005 ECAC Appearances 9- 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2006 ESAC Championships 3- 1991, 1992, 1993

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

AMCC Championships 9- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ESAC Championships 4- 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 NCAA Tournament Appearances 15- 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

AMCC Championships 7- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006 ESAC Championships 3- 1987, 1990, 1992 NCAA Tournament Appearances 8- 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

FIELD HOCKEY

NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances 6- 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 ECAC Mid-Atlantic Tournament Appearances 3- 1999, 2000, 2008 ESAC Championships 1- 1987

FOOTBALL

ACFC Championships 3- 1999, 2002, 2003 ECAC Championship Appearances 7- 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005 ECAC Championships 2- 1991, 1996 NCAA Division III Playoff Appearances 1- 1993 (advanced to national quarterfinals)

WOMEN'S LACROSSE

ECAC Tournament Appearances 6- 1984, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2001 ECAC Championships 2- 1991, 1993 NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances 1- 1992 Maryland State Championships 3- 1973, 1984, 1991

MEN'S SOCCER

AMCC Championships 3- 1998, 2000, 2001 AMCC Runners-Up 3- 1997, 1999, 2003 NCAA Division III Championship Appearances 3- 1981, 1983 (second round), 2000 (second round) ECAC Championship Appearances 16- 1978, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008 ECAC Championships 4- 1980, 1982, 1989, 1992 NAIA District Championship Appearances 5- 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977 NAIA District Championships 4- 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977 ESAC Championships 3- 1985, 1989, 1991

WOMEN'S SOCCER

AMCC Championships 5- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 AMCC Runners-Up 1- 2000 NCAA Tournaments 5- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 ECAC Tournaments 4- 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008

SOFTBALL

AMCC Championships 1- 1998 ECAC Tournaments 1- 2004

MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

NCAA Appearances 6- 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

NCAA Appearances 12- 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

MEN'S TENNIS

AMCC Championships 1 2001 AMCC Runners-Up 3- 1998, 1999, 2000

WOMEN'S TENNIS

ESAC Championships 5- 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992

MEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

NCAA Tournament Appearances 14- 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008 NCAA Champions 1- 1986 NCAA Third Place 1- 1987

WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

NCAA Appearances 19- 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

NCAA National Champions 2- 1986, 1987 NCAA Third Place 1- 2001 NCAA National Championship Appearances 25- 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Mason-Dixon Conference Championships 2- 2000, 2001

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

NCAA National Runners-Up 1- 1982 NCAA National Championship Appearances 21- 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008

VOLLEYBALL

AMCC Championships 9- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 NCAA Division III Championship Appearances 7- 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 ECAC Tournament Appearances 1- 1998 (South Region runners-up)

The Bobcat Arena is located in the Harold J. Cordts Physical Education Center. It seats 3,600 people and is used for the men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as for the volleyball team. Other club and intramural teams also practice in the Bobcat Arena.

The Bobcat Natatorium is located in the Cordts PE Center and houses the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams.

Bob Wells Field is home to the FSU baseball team, and is 400 feet long through center field and 315 feet long down the sidelines. In addition to the 250 person seating next to the field.

The FSU softball team plays in the Bobcat Field, which opened in 2001. There is seating for around 250.

The Cordts Tennis Complex is home to FSU’s men’s and women’s tennis teams and is located behind the Cordts PE Center. It contains 6 courts.

The Bobcat Stadium was opened in 1974 and has an 8-lane, 400-meter track. There are 4,000 seats. It is home to the FSU football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s track and field teams.

Student life

The Bottom Line, the student newspaper, has a weekly circulation of 2,500 copies.[17]

SGA (Student Government Organization)

All students are represented by the two branches of the Student Government Association: the Executive Council and the Senate. The SGA develops and administers student self-government policies, provides services to students, communicates with faculty and administration and decides how the student activity fees will be spent.[18]

Frostburg TV/News

Frostburg News is the campus TV station.

Radio

WFWM Radio is a public service of Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland. It broadcasts informational, educational, and cultural programming 24 hours a day to the westernmost counties of Maryland and adjacent areas in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. WFWM operates at an assigned frequency of 91.9 MHz, with studios located in the Stangle Building on the campus of Frostburg State University. It also operates a translator station, W242AD (96.3 MHz), in Oakland, Maryland. Main transmission facilities are located on Dan's Mountain in Midland, Maryland. WFWM also maintains and assists XFSR, the FSU student intranet radio station.[19]

The school has a large number of nationally and internationally recognized fraternities and sororities. Recognized Fraternities and Sororities and the date that they were established at Frostburg State University.

Arts and Culture

Most performances are in the Pealer Recital Hall, one of the best recital halls on the east coast.[citation needed]

Mountain City Traditional Arts is dedicated to the education, sales, documentation and perpetuation of regional art and cultural heritage, and is a partnership of the Allegheny Arts Council, Folklore & Folk life Programming at Frostburg State University, and the Frostburg First Main Street Program

The Children's Literature Centre at Frostburg State University is housed within the College of Education. This Centre was founded by Dr. William Bingman in 1982 to honor two former Education faculty.

Each year, the Centre sponsors the Spring Festival of Children's Literature, which brings together nationally and internationally recognized children's authors and illustrators with teachers, librarians, media specialist and lovers of children's literature. In 2009, the festival included featured speakers Kadir Nelson, Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares and Gennifer Cholendenko. The Centre sponsors several free community events for children, based around children's literature. [21]