Monday, November 5, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Roger D. Estep, DVM, has been named senior advisor for government relations at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. A staunch supporter of the institution, Estep, retired vice president of development and university relations at Howard University, has served his undergraduate alma mater in several different capacities…Read more Estep Named UMES Senior Advisor, Government Relations
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Dumpson Appointed to County Board
Monday, November 5, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Director of Alumni Affairs and Planned Giving Kimberly Dumpson, Esq., was recently appointed for a 3-year term to the Wicomico County Personnel Board at the request of Richard M. Pollitt Jr., county executive. The appointment was confirmed by the County Council. Dumpson joins Allen Brown…Read more Dumpson Appointed to County Board
Concert Choir Presents Sights and Sounds of Barbados
Monday, November 5, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir performs “Sights and Sounds of Barbados, West Indies” on the stage of the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, November 11, at 4 p.m. Traditionally, the Choir’s fall performance celebrates the musicians’ most recent performance abroad;…Read more Concert Choir Presents Sights and Sounds of Barbados
Satchell Appointed to Commission
Monday, November 5, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE-Dr. Ernest Satchell, chairman of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, was recently appointed to serve as a member of the State of Maryland Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission for commission district one encompassing Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. He will serve a 3-year…Read more Satchell Appointed to Commission
Author to Speak at UMES
Monday, November 5, 2007 Award winning author Psyche Williams-Forson speaks on Tuesday, November 8, at 11 p.m. in Room 2040 of Hazel Hall as part of the Maryland Humanities Council. Forson’s book, “Building Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food and Power,” won the American Folklore Society’s Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize. According to the Council’s web site: “Using a…Read more Author to Speak at UMES
Physics Nobel Laureate Addresses UMES
Friday, October 26, 2007 Professor Anthony Leggett, the 2003 Physics Nobel Laureate spoke to UMES faculty, staff and students and interested members of the community on Friday, October 26. Professor Leggett addressed the audience in a town-hall style format on his current research on cuprate superconductivity and superfluidity in highly degenerate atomic gases. He is the John D. and…Read more Physics Nobel Laureate Addresses UMES
Ebony Fashion Fair Presents Glam Odyssey: A Fashion Journey Into Bliss & Beyond
Monday, October 15, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The world’s largest traveling fashion show returns to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) on Wednesday, October 17, at 8 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. The event is sponsored by the Princess Anne Chapter of the Links, Inc., in support of an endowed…Read more Ebony Fashion Fair Presents Glam Odyssey: A Fashion Journey Into Bliss & Beyond
PRMC Establishes Second Clinical Instructorship at UMES
Monday, October 15, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Peninsula Regional Medical Center announced a gift of $150,000 today to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) to help fund a faculty position in the Physician Assistant (PA) Department. Over the next three years, Peninsula Regional will supplement a faculty line in the PA Department with…Read more PRMC Establishes Second Clinical Instructorship at UMES
Blunt Opens Construction Management Lecture Series
Friday, October 12, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The inaugural Roger R. Blunt Construction Management Lecture Series at UMES is on Tuesday, October 16, at 11 a.m. in the Student Service Center Theater. Blunt’s talk, “Breaking New Ground in Africa,” is free and open to the public. CEO of Essex Construction LLC, Roger Blunt (Major General, Ret.)…Read more Blunt Opens Construction Management Lecture Series
UMES President Announces 2008 African American Read-In Selection
Friday, October 12, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – University of Maryland Eastern Shore President, Dr. Thelma B. Thompson, announces the 6th African American Read-in book selection, “Standing in the Shadows: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men” by award-winning reporter and author John Head. Published in 2004, “Standing in the Shadows” chronicles Head’s personal experience with…Read more UMES President Announces 2008 African American Read-In Selection
