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Perdue Farms, through its Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, has awarded a $50,000 grant to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) to provide support for student scholarships. “These scholarships would support students studying agriculture, business, construction management technology, hospitality and tourism, engineering, and more,” said David Balcom, UMES’ vice president for university…Read more Perdue Foundation awards $50,000 to UMES

The COVID-19 pandemic was no match for the perseverance of Izaiah Brown, who as a freshman at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore earned his professional pilot’s license last month. His interest in flight was influenced by his mother, who used to take him to a playground near the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), where…Read more Freshman, Hawk, & Pilot

Dr. Bridgett Clinton-Scott encourages aspiring fashionistas in her human ecology classes to think big, so she’s stitched together a network to connect them with successful UMES alumni.  Clinton-Scott’s efforts just got a significant financial boost — a $50,000 grant from a consortium of American apparel companies looking to support historically black institutions that nurture future…Read more UMES secures a “Closing the Gap” grant

1890 land-grant institutions seek long-term federal financial help Friday, June 18, 2021 UMES President Heidi M. Anderson testified before a Congressional committee this week, voicing support for the federal government to make long-term investments in historically black, land-grant institutions.  Anderson was joined by peers from institutions that emerged in the 19th century to provide formal education…Read more Anderson makes UMES’ case on Capitol Hill

New scholarship fund is inaugural project supported by historic Scott gift Wednesday, June 9, 2021 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Wor-Wic Community College announced an agreement today creating a financial incentive for recent graduates of the two-year school in Salisbury to continue their studies 17 miles south in Princess Anne.  Dr. Ray Hoy,…Read more Wor-Wic graduates eligible for UMES tuition break

Bisciotti Foundation’s $1M gift establishes Ozzie Newsome Scholars Program Friday, June 4, 2021 A special group of future Baltimore City public school graduates who select the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as their college choice are eligible for free tuition, thanks to the city’s National Football League franchise. Baltimore Ravens’ owner Steve Bisciotti and his…Read more ‘There’s no place like … UMES’

The baseball Hall-of-Famer’s remarks conveyed the anger, anxiety of 1968 On the occasion of Major League Baseball great Willie Mays’ 90th birthday in May, former President Barack Obama saluted the “Say Hey Kid” with a 21st century tribute via social media that read, in part:  “If it wasn’t for folks like Willie and Jackie Robinson, I…Read more The Day Jackie Robinson Visited Maryland State

Cannabinoid shows promise as a potential cash crop for Eastern Shore farmers Tuesday, June 1, 2021 University of Maryland Eastern Shore researchers involved in its Industrial Hemp Pilot Research Program took to the fields early last month for a hemp cultivar screening trial.   Some 43 cultivars were planted that will be screened for cannabinoid production…Read more UMES researchers conduct hemp cultivar trial

UMES pharmacy school volunteers administered COVID-19 vaccines in Norfolk, Va. Thursday, May 27, 2021 By Randi Wright, Michelle Yang & Dr. Hoai-An Truong When most people think of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes spring to mind.  As the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the globe, FEMA’s approach to…Read more A FEMA-nominal experience

Class of 2021’s rite of passage guided by pandemic protocols Friday, May 14, 2021 Graduation exercises returned to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s William P. Hytche Athletic Center today after a year’s hiatus.  The university awarded 284 degrees in a “modified, in-person” ceremony with the customary pomp and circumstance before a smaller, more intimate crowd of…Read more A small step back toward normal