{"id":2256,"date":"2021-11-23T12:09:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2022-03-15T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T20:24:14","slug":"mr-umes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/mr-umes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. UMES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/09\/image00279.1.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. UMES\" class=\"wp-image-1590\" width=\"166\" height=\"211\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Maryland Eastern Shore expanded its campus royalty tradition in 1996 when the Office of Student Life added a \u201cMr. UMES\u201d competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He and his Imperial Court play important roles as student-ambassadors through participation in community service for the campus at-large.  He also is responsible for such activities as Men\u2019s Week, in which he leads initiatives to raise concerns of his peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the addition of Mr. UMES, the university\u2019s expanded Imperial Court\u2019s responsibilities have changed to that of a more professional role as&nbsp;student ambassadors.  Class queens and kings&nbsp;also are expected to be well-rounded undergraduates and comfortable in the public eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a university handbook for campus royalty program notes, \u201cBecoming a member of the Imperial Court is an honor and should not be taken lightly.\u201d    Honorees will represent UMES at numerous academic, social and traditional functions.&nbsp;They should&nbsp;project &#8220;the pride and legacy exhibited in the nation\u2019s historically black institutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Mr.-UMES-since-1996-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Mr.-UMES-since-1996-web.jpg 650w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Mr.-UMES-since-1996-web-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Maryland Eastern Shore expanded its campus royalty tradition in 1996 when the Office of Student Life added a \u201cMr. UMES\u201d competition. He and his Imperial Court play important roles as student-ambassadors through participation in community service for the campus at-large. He also is responsible for such activities as Men\u2019s Week, in which&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/mr-umes\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Mr. UMES<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}