The Engineering and Aviation Sciences Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosts The Tuskegee Airmen: Legends of a Different Kind, an exhibit honoring the first African American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces. From 1941 to 1946, over one thousand Black fighter and bomber pilots were trained at the Tuskegee Institute…Read more Famed Tuskegee Airmen honored in campus exhibit
Allison Channell, Communications Coordinator for the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, discusses “Admitted Student Day,” held, Friday, March 3 at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. The event allowed prospective students to take advantage of potential scholarship opportunities, take a tour of residential dorms, and put down a deposit….Read more A look at Admitted Student Day 2023
As Evangelene Hill clinched the title of 2023 Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee winner, victory was the furthest thing from her mind. The eighth grader from Wicomico Day School in Salisbury, who had spelled the word “jambalaya” to punch her ticket to represent the lower Eastern Shore in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee…Read more Hill tops the field to become lower Eastern Shore spelling bee champion
Soaring above and beyond is just what Rhashanda Haywood is doing as one of 18 researchers who were awarded a total of nearly $1.3 million by PhRMA Foundation as 2023 award recipients. Out of 300 applicants, Haywood was awarded the PhRMA predoctoral fellowship, which provides a stipend of $25,000 per year for up to two…Read more UMES graduate student awarded 2023 PhRMA predoctoral fellowship
Dr. Arlisha Norwood, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is shedding light on Black women in freedom as a part of C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History” series. Norwood’s focus of study is on single Black women in Virginia. Her lecture was filmed Feb. 7 in a classroom on this historically…Read more UMES professor to present Black history content as part of C-SPAN lecture series
We spoke with students who attended last week’s Spring Career & Internship Fair, held in the Student Services Center ballroom, and asked them what they were looking for during the daylong event. Students interviewed: Aaliyah Chambers, Sophomore; Brandon Taylor, Senior; Kayla Waters, Sophomore; and Abdul-Hakeem Kargbo, Senior…Read more ‘I’m trying to lay the foundation for my career’
Kristian Francis has always had a passion for anything business related. As a high-schooler, she would attend summer accounting camps, which furthered her interest in the field. Ultimately, her path would lead her to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where she is not only pursuing a major in business administration but is also a…Read more ‘It was a transformative experience’
While it was cold and drizzly outside, the members of the group Models Collective were scorching hot as they participated in a photo shoot donning fashion featuring the new logo of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, unveiled last summer as part of the institution’s rebrand. The shoot took place inside the new Pharmacy and…Read more ‘We’re a new school and an improved school’
We asked new freshmen starting UMES in the spring semester, “What are you hoping to get from your UMES experience?” Students interviewed: Ramatoulie Kah, Jay McCarter, and Oluwakayomademi Ogunola…Read more ‘I am trying to make friends’
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was the recipient of $1.5 million in federal funding as part of its efforts to provide expanded resources beyond campus. The grant, which was part of the 2023 omnibus funding legislation that was approved by the federal government, was recently announced by the offices…Read more ‘We truly want to see businesses, start here, grow here and thrive’
