Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University is a four-year university located on a 260-acre (1.1 km) 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. 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. The school was...