Hawks soaring through the Power of Dreams

For the second consecutive year, University of Maryland Eastern Shore students are advancing to the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament (NCT). The NCT, which features 32 of the nation’s historically black institutions vying for a $100,000 institutional grant from Honda in a battle of quick trivia recall, is taking place April 12-16…Read more Hawks soaring through the Power of Dreams

Barrientos claims 2025 Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee title

It took five rounds and two hours to get to the final two spellers at Saturday’s 2025 Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee. It would take another 16 rounds and more than 30 minutes to determine a champion as Wicomico Middle School seventh grader Megan Barrientos and Bennett Middle School eighth grader Alexander Brown endured a…Read more Barrientos claims 2025 Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee title

Jenkins, Mitra chosen for Leadership Maryland Executive Program 

University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) Latoya Jenkins, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Engagement, and Dr. Madhumi Mitra, professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences, are among a group of top professionals selected to participate in Leadership Maryland’s 2025 Executive Program. Jenkins and Mitra will join senior-level executives throughout the year to discuss critical…Read more Jenkins, Mitra chosen for Leadership Maryland Executive Program 

‘We’re educating the entire university’

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Education Social Sciences and the Arts (SESA) is undergoing a renaissance of new growth. SESA, which houses the departments of criminal justice, education, fine arts, social sciences, English and Modern Languages, and most recently, mathematics, has hired 10 new professors over the summer. The additions, which encompass…Read more ‘We’re educating the entire university’

‘This is only the beginning’

As the University of Maryland Eastern Shore conferred the degrees of 203 new graduates at the 27th winter commencement on Friday, it was a time for many newly minted alumni to not only reflect on what they were leaving behind, but also their futures. For the new graduates, their paths to commencement day varied. Ayanna…Read more ‘This is only the beginning’

Without further delay

There was nothing that could dampen Imani Payne’s spirit. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore student, who was the first in her family to attend and graduate from college, was so excited to walk across the William P. Hytche Athletic Center stage four years ago to receive her bachelor’s degree in Human Ecology with a…Read more Without further delay

‘I never gave up on myself’

Jalen Hunter’s interest in becoming a mechanical engineer started – as most passions do – at home. Hunter, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore student from Oxon Hill, Maryland, would often see his dad working on cars, which led to his career inspiration. “I saw there was a lot of handiwork involved, and I saw…Read more ‘I never gave up on myself’

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