Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Dean Cooledge, Ph.D., a member of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) English faculty, recently presented at two scholarly conferences. Cooledge presented his paper, “The Tragedy of Class in Woody Allen’s Match Point,” at the Literature/Film Association’s annual convention in Towson, MD. Later in the month, he traveled…Read more Cooledge Presents Scholarly Papers
PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Consolidation Resource Center, a partner with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in helping students pay for higher education, recently donated $10,000 to the Campaign for Academic Excellence. For the more than 50 percent of UMES students who represent the first generation of their family to go to college, the financial…Read more Consolidation Resource Center Funds Student Scholarships
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $450,000 to support the UMES ADVANCE Program, a three-year program of innovative and comprehensive institution-wide changes to advance women scholars. Despite increased numbers of women choosing science and engineering careers, women continue to be significantly underrepresented in almost all science, technology,…Read more NSF Grant Will Help Advance UMES Women
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Lisa C. Johnson has been named acting assistant director of human resources at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Johnson came to UMES with over 10 years experience as a human resources management specialist at NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA, plus four years as…Read more Johnson Named Acting HR Director
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – What two can do, six can do better! Such is the challenge to University of Maryland Eastern Shore Carnival Gala co-chairs Dr. William Talley, Tselate Talley, Dottie Turner, Jackie Cassidy, Pamela Lankford and Gladys Goslee, who have been named to lead a committee of 25 in planning…Read more UMES Names Chairmen for 2007 Gala
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Ph.D., associate professor in geography at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, has been named the Richard A. Bernstein Visiting Professor for the 2006-07 academic year. His is a distinguished, endowed chair position that will enable him to complete specific publishable research projects as well as…Read more Richard A. Bernstein Research Professor Selected
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Read “The Untelling,” by Tayari Jones and join a lively discussion during the fifth annual African American Read-In at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday, February 6, at 11 a.m. in the Student Services Center multipurpose room. President Thelma B. Thompson has chosen this year’s book and invites…Read more “The Untelling,” Focus of African American Read-In
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – If, by some chance, they did not vote for the new governor in November, the parents of students who performed at his inaugural festivities with the University of Maryland Jazz Band are almost certain to claim they did. Governor Martin O’Malley invited the young musicians to perform…Read more UMES Jazz Band Performed at Governor’s Inauguration
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Farmers from the Eastern and Western shores of Maryland and beyond were in attendance to learn new tools for their trade at the third annual Small Farm Conference at the University of Eastern Shore (UMES) earlier this month. More than three dozen registrants attended sessions that included a hands-on…Read more UMES Small Farm Conference Draws Beginners, Experimenters
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – If you look at her just by the numbers, Akira Ali is extraordinary. Of the millions of Americans who apply to colleges and universities, only 1,000 each year become Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS). In fact, of the 42 students from Abraham Clark High School, in Roselle, NJ,…Read more UMES Gates Scholar
