{"id":1676,"date":"2023-03-30T13:10:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/?page_id=1676"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:04:12","slug":"vision-mission-and-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/vision-mission-and-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision, Mission and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OUR VISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) will be the preeminent public Historically Black University that is recognized for leadership in student-centered education, exceptional research, innovation, and inclusiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OUR MISSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a public 1890 land-grant Historically Black University that embraces diversity, UMES is committed to serving first-generation and underserved students and providing educational, research, and community engagement opportunities to transform the lives of its students who will impact the state, region, and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OUR VALUES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Family &#8211; <\/strong>embracing our HBCU culture and principles of work, support and celebration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Student-Centered \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>understanding that everything everyone does at UMES is because of our students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pride \u2013 <\/strong>remembering the history and traditions of past achievements serves as our foundation for future accomplishments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collaboration &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>pursuing opportunities to work together across all parts of the campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Communication &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>striving to provide timely and relevant information that reflects the UMES vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OUR ELEVATOR PITCH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is a Top-10 Public HBCU for online learning that believes in your potential and invests in your success. We\u2019re a family that values who you are, where you come from, and where you want to go. Our strong academics, affordable tuition, and mission-driven culture help students of all backgrounds <strong>Soar Above and Beyond.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR VISION The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) will be the preeminent public Historically Black University that is recognized for leadership in student-centered education, exceptional research, innovation, and inclusiveness. OUR MISSION As a public 1890 land-grant Historically Black University that embraces diversity, UMES is committed to serving first-generation and underserved students and providing educational,&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/vision-mission-and-values\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Vision, Mission and Values<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1676","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}