UMES’ English and Modern Languages department has adopted a “common reader” project for the 2021-22 academic year. Ross Gay’s “The Book of Delights” inspired faculty member Carmen Parks to write this piece, which she has shared with her students who also are reading Gay’s book as part of the class syllabus. Decades ago, on the way to…Read more ‘Honk If You Love Jesus’
Samata Bhetwal traveled 7,700 miles to make her dream of pursuing a degree at an American college a reality. Home for the first-year graduate student in food science at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal in south Asia. “I have always wanted to have a graduate degree from a…Read more ‘It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves’
Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. The campus newsletter staff invited a May 2021 University of Maryland Eastern Shore graduate to share her thoughts on the meaning of this cultural diversity celebration. By Angélica Maria Garcia When I hear ‘Hispanic Heritage Month,’ I tend to cringe a little. There are so many opinions…Read more Is Hispanic Heritage Month an inclusive term?
By Dr. Bradley Stevens On a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Roaring Point Park on the Nanticoke River, the beach was covered with bathers enjoying the warm weather and water. Most of them probably didn’t even notice the little transparent glistening globules beside them on the beach. As I walked along the beach, though, my eyes were…Read more Comb jellies
Seminar room 1106 in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Food Sciences & Technology Center has a new name; university officials dedicated it Thursday to the late John Valentine Strickland. The informal ceremony was organized as a Founders’ Week event to acknowledge the contributions of a respected poultry science professor who taught and conducted research…Read more UMES salutes a foundational faculty member
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore unveiled a small sample of African art donated on behalf of a distinguished alumnus to coincide with the 2021 Founders’ Week celebration. The university held a low-key reception at the Frederick Douglass Library Wednesday to give invited guests a peek at examples representative of an impressive collection of some…Read more A treasured gift from an equally treasured alumnus
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore moved a step closer to meeting President Heidi M. Anderson’s goal of being a “Top 10” historically black institution in the latest Best Colleges survey released today by U.S. News and World Report. UMES came in at 17 in the publication’s 2022 rankings, one notch higher than a year…Read more UMES ranked 17th among peers
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the nation’s space agency reaffirmed a four-decade-old relationship Tuesday with a formal agreement pledging to develop opportunities for student internships, faculty research and diversifying the aeronautics industry. The Space Act Agreement calls for “collaborative education, workforce development, research and development, commercialization and testing opportunities on topic of mutual…Read more UMES + STEM disciplines = NASA possibilities
A new / old painting now hangs outside the second-floor office of the dean of the School of Education, Social Sciences and the Arts in Hazel Hall, a busy classroom building on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus. “New” in the sense it was placed there this summer — for first the time —…Read more From RUFFLES® to restoration
Trigg Hall, an iconic structure on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s original campus footprint, has qualified for a $500,000 federal grant to pay for modernization of the seven-decade-old building. The university received confirmation earlier this month it will receive the money through the “Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant program funded by the Historic Preservation…Read more Trigg Hall to get $1.49 million renovation
