Wednesday, November 22, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Just as UMES kicks off the public phase of its Campaign for Academic Excellence, a new professional has joined the Advancement team. Sylvia Y. Wells has been named major gifts officer. A career in sales and marketing has inspired in Wells a love of negotiations. She has…Read more UMES Names Sylvia Wells to Major Gifts Position
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UMES Musicians Invited to Join All-Star Big Band
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – A prestigious national All-star Band has selected two University of Maryland Eastern Shore students to join their ranks, one of them in a lead position. For the fifth consecutive year, UMES was included when the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) and the African American Jazz Caucus (AAJC) recently announced…Read more UMES Musicians Invited to Join All-Star Big Band
HRM Chairman Featured in New Textbook
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Dr. Ernest P. Boger, chairman of the Department of Hotel & Restaurant Management at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has written a 17-page chapter entitled “International Tourism” for the 12th edition of “Hospitality and Tourism” with Robert A. Brymer and Kathryn Hashimoto, editors. The text book was released the…Read more HRM Chairman Featured in New Textbook
Streeter Named Program Director
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Judith Streeter, president of human resource consulting and services firm J. Rose Associates, Inc., has been named program director of hotel and restaurant management for UMES at their off-campus location at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Rockville, MD. Streeter has spent over 31 years in…Read more Streeter Named Program Director
Abent Earns Ground Instructor Certificate
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – John Abent, a Worcester County educator and pastor at the Ocean City Christian School, has completed a ground school training course aimed at certifying educators with an interest in introducing aviation subjects into their classrooms. The aviation outreach course was sponsored by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s…Read more Abent Earns Ground Instructor Certificate
Burks Wins UMES Bernstein Award
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Tyesha Burks of Millville received the Richard Bernstein Achievement Award during spring commencement ceremonies at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). Burks graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a grade point average of 3.99 on a scale of 4.0. For her academic success, she has been…Read more Burks Wins UMES Bernstein Award
UMES, MD Hawk Corp., and AviHome Partner to Build Poultry Houses of the Future
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – With major funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) and its non-profit affiliate Maryland Hawk Corporation are undertaking a project with AviHome LLC of Salisbury to build “the poultry house of the future.” A pilot house that can be retrofitted to existing chicken houses…Read more UMES, MD Hawk Corp., and AviHome Partner to Build Poultry Houses of the Future
CFES Donation Funds Choir Robes
Tuesday, November 21, 2006…Read more CFES Donation Funds Choir Robes
Singleton Gifts UMES
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – An alumnus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Allen J. Singleton, Class of 1959, recently made a five-year $50,000 pledge to the University’s Campaign for Academic Excellence….Read more Singleton Gifts UMES
Tobacco Control Resource Center Soliciting Grant Proposals(1)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Tobacco Control Resource Center is soliciting mini-grant proposals from faith-based and community organizations, in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties, interested in preventing and/or reducing tobacco use in African American communities. Mini-grant awards may not exceed $2,000 for organizations focused on prevention…Read more Tobacco Control Resource Center Soliciting Grant Proposals(1)
