Millersville University of Pennsylvania
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | |
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| motto | Seize the opportunity |
| founding | 1855 |
| Sponsorship | State |
| place | Millersville , Pennsylvania |
| President | John M. Anderson |
| Students | 8500 |
| Employee | 540 |
| Annual budget | $ 23.2 |
| Website | www.millersville.edu |
The Millersville University of Pennsylvania is a State University in Millersville , Pennsylvania . Her focus is on the humanities. It is now one of 14 universities that belong to the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education .
history
Millersville University was founded in 1855 under the name Lancaster County Normal School as the first state normal school in Pennsylvania. It was named Millersville State Normal School in 1859 , was renamed Millersville State College in 1957, and finally Millersville University in 1983 .
Personalities
- Charles Richard Beam , Professor of German Studies and Founder / Director of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at Millersville University
- Joseph Franklin Biddle , Member of the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania
- Marriott Henry Brosius , Member of the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania
- Brian Gladden , Chief Financial Officer , Dell
- William Walton Griest , US Congressman for Pennsylvania
- Sean Scott , football player of the Philadelphia Soul
- Black Thought , American rapper
- Robert Smith Walker , Former United States Congressman for Pennsylvania
From 1967 to 1980, Kurt Rudolf Fischer was head of the institute at the Philosophical Institute at Millersville University . The three Viennese philosophers Kurt Buchinger , Michael Benedikt and Ludwig Nagl taught in Millersville from 1968 to 1971 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian T. Gladden . Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
