UMES is only HBCU selected as competition finalists to drive culture change in STEM Friday, April 10, 2020 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has qualified as a finalist for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Driving Change Initiative. HHMI is a “science philanthropy whose mission is to advance basic biomedical research and science education…Read more UMES among finalists in HHMI’s Driving Change Competition
Aviation science major had an eventful 2019 Wednesday, April 8, 2020 By Tiffany Jackson I am a senior majoring in aviation science with a concentration in aviation management, and I had an exciting 2019. A year ago, I was studying abroad, traveling to six European nations. I completed a fall internship at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),…Read more A soaring senior
UMES doctoral student Rob Figliozzi has a hand in its development Friday, April 3, 2020 By Hannah Combs ~ The Star-Democrat Life as we know it changed early in 2020 across the United States, but here on the Eastern Shore two scientists had already developed a test that will be instrumental in predicting a patient’s…Read more Cambridge scientists develop COVID-19 test
UMES to welcome 20-member class in August 2020 Thursday, April 2, 2020 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore this week received accreditation confirmation to offer its Physician Assistant program. This will allow the University to offer graduate-level courses leading to a physician assistant degree in the coming academic year. Based on the review of the program…Read more Physician assistant accreditation secured
’67 Maryland State alum Ralph Paden revered in Prince George’s County Wednesday, April 1, 2020 UMES alumnus Ralph C. Paden Sr. is a widely admired “father figure” by those whose lives he touched over a three-decade career as a Prince George’s County (Md.) educator. His father, seeking reliable employment, moved the family from Greenville, S.C. when…Read more ‘Father figure’
1991 UMES alum Roger Davis reaches the top of his profession Tuesday, March 24, 2020 For Marian Elizabeth Wilson Davis, being the mother of a college president is more than she envisioned when she adopted a 3-year-old boy in 1972. In the early 1970s, Davis and her late husband, Belford, were in the midst of…Read more Making his Mom proud
Thursday, March 12, 2020 Popular music’s best-selling acts a decade ago included Eminem, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, Drake and Susan Boyle. Remember Susan Boyle? The year 2010 also marked the launch of a new musical group that’s never made the charts but is just as popular with UMES faithful – the pep band affectionately dubbed…Read more UMES’ pep band personifies ‘Hawk Pride’
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Dr. Cynthia H. Gill, an associate professor in UMES’ Department of Physical Therapy, will receive an “Excellence in Teaching” award this spring from the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents. The governing board will salute 17 honorees from nine of the system’s 12 institutions with 2020 USM Regents’ Faculty Awards…Read more Gill named ‘Excellence in Teaching’ award winner
Holly Grove’s Hannah McCabe is 2020 regional spelling bee champ Saturday, March 7, 2020 An eighth-grader from Eden who attends Holly Grove Christian School is the 2020 Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee champion. Hannah McCabe said she entered her school-level bee reluctantly, yet performed well enough to qualify for Saturday’s eighth-annual competition sponsored by…Read more The Defiant Veteran looked Contrite in his Portrait
DSU alumna is also a ‘Hawk Mom,’ so says her customized t-shirt Monday, March 2, 2020 Sheba Needam-Thomas of Worton, Md. debuted a daring fashion “leap” that was months in the making during UMES’ Feb. 29 homecoming basketball doubleheader. Needam-Thomas donned a stylish black t-shirt emblazoned with four words. The front said “Hornet Pride” accompanied…Read more Homecoming pride
