Wednesday, March 7, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Dr. Thelma B. Thompson, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), was recognized as one of the “Most Important Blacks in Technology for 2007” at the Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Conference in Baltimore recently. Thompson was cited along with 77 other prominent African-American…Read more UMES President Named One of the Most Important Blacks in Technology
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Maryland Cooperative Extension (MCE) is offering a workshop for owners or managers of one to 10 acres who want to make the most of their property and help others do the same. Whether or not you have forest on your land, this training will show how active stewardship can…Read more Stewardship Workshop is Scheduled for Landowners of One to 10 Acres
Monday, February 12, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Michael A. Nugent, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Department of Education was a guest of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) at the HBCU Invitational Conference on Assessment at their headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey earlier this month. Twenty-five teacher education deans and faculty members from Historically-Black Colleges…Read more Nugent Represents UMES at ETS Conference
Monday, February 12, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Professor Everard Barrett, author of the Professor B methodology for mathematics education, demonstrates a proven method of teaching middle school mathematics during workshops sponsored by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore through Wednesday, February 14. Barrett is known nationally and internationally for designing a teacher’s method that awakens the…Read more UMES Math Initiative, Professor B Methodology
Monday, February 12, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – University of Maryland Eastern Shore President Thelma B. Thompson hosts the community during the fourth annual President’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast on Friday, February 23, in the Student Services Center Ballroom at 8:30 a.m. Dr. Lee P. Washington is the keynote speaker. Washington, senior pastor of the more…Read more President’s Annual Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD -Peninsula Mercantile Bank will enlarge the scholarship endowment it created to aid students majoring in business, management or accounting at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore by $25,000 over the next four years. “We believe education is important not only to the success of individuals, but to the…Read more Mercantile Peninsula Bank Increases Scholarship Endowment
Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Dr. Carolyn B. Brooks, dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, challenged 21st century notions of success for land-grant universities during her keynote address to a national conference of Cooperative Extension professionals. This professional society seeks to foster standards…Read more Brooks Keynotes National Extension Service Conference
Sunday, January 28, 2007 Black History Symposium, Lessons from New Orleans Princess Anne, MD- Visiting scholars will join faculty at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to present “New Orleans: Past, Present, and Future,” the sixth annual Black History Symposium, Wednesday, February 21, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Richard A. Henson Center. Sessions begin…Read more Black History Symposium, Lessons from New Orleans
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
