Commencements are joyous for newly minted alumni, especially those who conquer challenges and add to the legacy of perseverance the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has come to represent. It might be tough, in UMES’ winter class of 2021, to top the story of Julia de Huarte’s inspiring journey to earning a college degree. De…Read more Making music a pathway to success
Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is UMES’ common reader for the 2021-22 academic year. These essays are inspired by Gay’s observation: “The more you study delight, the more delight there is to study.” That might sound like a nightmare to a student – MORE to study – but with “delights,” the exponential joy, the…Read more Delight essays
Dr. Pamela L. Allison has been named the Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Allison moves from department chair of UMES’ hospitality and tourism management program into her new job Jan. 3. She joined the university faculty in July 2020. “With an extensive background in business creation, development…Read more Endowed Entrepreneurship & Innovation chair named
Four UMES seniors who took an experimental English course this fall earned honorariums for essays they wrote for a routine class assignment after watching the 2021 documentary “Summer of Soul.” Kaila Vaughn was awarded a $400 prize from the Essex County (N.J.) Chapter of The Links Inc., which sponsored “HBCU: The Black Film Experience,” a…Read more UMES seniors recognized for their work as essayists
As president of the UMES NAA, Teonna Wallop is working to strengthen the alumni network and increase support for UMES and our students. She earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice from UMES in 2000. Q: Describe your involvement in the NAA and what propelled you to take on the role of president….Read more Meet Madam President: Q&A with the president of the UMES National Alumni Association
Two senior University of Maryland Eastern Shore administrators now have Leadership Maryland credentials. Dr. Robert C. Mock Jr, chief of staff to President Heidi M. Anderson, joins his boss in completing the eight-month program “open to senior-level executives with significant achievements in either their careers and/or their communities.” Anderson is a 2019 graduate of the…Read more Robert Mock graduates from Leadership Maryland
A small, private university in eastern Romania and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have signed an agreement to explore academic and cultural exchanges between the two institutions. Danubius University’s Dr. William B. Harvey, the first African American appointed leader of a European institution of higher education, visited UMES for a Thanksgiving-week signing ceremony where…Read more From the banks of the Manokin to the Danube
Ciani C. Wells, an English major who aspires to be a lawyer, will deliver the student commentary on behalf of the class of 2021 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s winter commencement exercises Dec. 17. “I want to use my words to congratulate, uplift, inspire and encourage my fellow students, and everyone in the…Read more ‘Uplift, inspire … encourage’
Alaska Airlines and its regional carrier Horizon Air announced a ground-breaking initiative Monday to offer financial aid to University of Maryland Eastern Shore undergraduates who aspire to be commercial airline pilots. The Seattle/Tacoma-based companies are launching a program called “True North” that will help top UMES aviation science students afford the considerable cost of completing…Read more Alaska Air Group brings True North program to UMES
The right to vote re-emerged in 2021 as a topic of public discourse and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has weighed in with an artistic flourish. The first floor lobby of Hazel Hall is now the home of social justice message art that was part of a presidential election year exhibit at the Banneker-Douglass…Read more ‘Our Vote Counts’
