Monday, May 4, 2020 Editor’s note: The transition to all online classes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented adjustment in the journey to realize the goal of earning a college degree. Here’s a graduate student’s perspective. By Stephanie Hallowell The academic schedule of a graduate student differs significantly from undergraduate counterparts, but…Read more Weathering the COVID-19 storm
Saturday, May 2, 2020 Editor’s note: An esteemed UMES researcher shares how the COVID19 pandemic has disrupted her team’s focus on time-sensitive work promoting consumer safety and solving problems that confront food production. By Salina Parveen The COVID-19 pandemic has brought so many challenges into our lives, especially those of us in higher education teaching…Read more Research continues, pandemic notwithstanding
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is hoping to partner with a nearby state penitentiary to provide college-level business courses created specifically to prepare inmates to be self-employed when they leave prison. UMES was among 67 higher education institutions invited earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Education to participate…Read more UMES enlisted to help reduce prison recidivism
Sunday, April 26, 2020 Editor’s note: The transition to teaching online prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic is a new frontier for many college faculty members. Here is another essay from the frontlines. By Nancy Rodriguez-Weller The pandemic has brought about many challenges in healthcare. It is especially difficult for those of us who are educators…Read more ‘When life gives you lemons …’
Can industrial hemp be a reliable source of biofuel? Saturday, April 25, 2020 Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, chairman of UMES’ Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences and Dr. Sadanand Dhekney, associate professor of plant breeding and biotechnology, are recipients of a $50,000 Energy Innovation Seed Grant awarded by the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute. The institute based at…Read more UMES researchers secure energy innovation grant
Friday, April 24, 2020 Editor’s note: The transition to teaching online prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic is a new frontier for many college faculty members. Here is another essay from the frontlines. By Bryan Gere I feel very fortunate in some ways because somehow I was already working on putting my classes online. My early…Read more Remote Instruction: A ‘new’ not so normal
Funding comes from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Thursday, April 23, 2020 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will offer a new scholarship program this fall specifically for first-time and transfer students who choose to major in food and agricultural sciences. It will be funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,…Read more UMES has new agriculture studies scholarships
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Editor’s note: For some college faculty members, teaching online is a familiar task that has been complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is another essay from the frontlines. By Mark Zockoll Having taught online since 2014, moving face-to-face courses online over the 2020 spring break simply meant for me moving between…Read more For online old hands, a pandemic predicament
The environmental movement came of age April 22, 1970 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Editor’s note: This essay is inspired by the author’s lecture series, “Deep Ecology, Synergism and Sustainability,” which she covers in great detail for UMES’ marine and estuarine ecology students. By Madhumi Mitra The concept of “Integral Synergism” is based on cosmic unity,…Read more Earth Day’s golden anniversary
Monday, April 20, 2020 Editor’s note: For many college faculty members, teaching online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is a new frontier. Here is another essay from the frontlines. By LaShawn D. Nastvogel It came as a shock to us all when the university decided to end mid-term exams on Thursday before spring break. …Read more Transition & Reposition: From teaching to learning
