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
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
Friday, October 12, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-“G’on An’ Git It Y’all!,” a blues composition by Frank Foster, will set the tone for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Fall Jazz Ensemble concert slated for Friday, October 12, at 8 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. The event is free and open to the public….Read more UMES Jazz Ensemble Performs
Friday, September 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore ranks in the top tier of America’s best Historically Black Colleges and Universities, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 edition of “America’s Best Black Colleges.” The rankings were released today at www.usnews.com/blackcolleges, and are available on newsstands beginning Monday, October…Read more UMES Ranks in Top Tier of U.S.News & World Report’s First Ranking of HBCUs
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Dr. Ernest Boger, II, associate professor and chair, Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is the 2007 recipient of the Anthony G. Marshall Award, presented by the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute. Marshall is the executive director of the Institute and…Read more Educational Institute Honors Ernest Boger with Anthony G. Marshall Award
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The African Language Project at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has received three grants in one year from the National Security Agency to continue extensive research and the formulation of corpuses and readers within several less commonly known languages in Africa. During a recent trip to…Read more UMES African Languages Project Extends Reach
September 13- October 19, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The quality of the artwork at UMES’ Mosely Gallery faculty exhibition, traditionally held each fall is exceptional this year. The show provides an opportunity for students, faculty, staff and the greater community to see the creative output of the campus’ visual artists. This year’s show is marked by…Read more Annual Faculty Exhibition at UMES
Monday, September 3, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Shameke Diane Barley of Washington, D.C., earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in applied design from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) recently; and in recognition of her artistic accomplishments, she was awarded the $250 Dennis Williams Award for Excellence in Fine Arts. A great supporter…Read more Barley Earns Dennis Williams Award for Excellence
Monday, September 3, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) was named a regional winner of a competition sponsored by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) for its FARMS Project. All public four-year institutions were eligible to apply for the C. Peter Magrath/W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement…Read more UMES Ingenuity Creates a Prize-Winning and Exportable Entrepreneurial Model
Monday, September 3, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD—Scott Landon Mays, a recent graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is the recipient of the 2007 Daniel J. Pinkett Award in Mathematics. Mays, son of Lynn D. Brooks-Mays of Philadelphia, PA, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. A 2003 graduate of the World Communications Charter…Read more Mays Receives Pinkett Award
