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Steve Walas runs HealthSouth Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Steven Walas, chief executive officer of HealthSouth Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital, will serve as guest speaker for the rescheduled 2018 Founders’ Day convocation and summer commencement at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  The event was pushed back a week out of an abundance of…Read more Hospital CEO steps in to deliver commencement speech

Dr. Tracy Bell is focused on finding new ways to treat diabetes Thursday, September 13, 2018 Next time you gaze into an aquarium to watch zebrafish zip to and fro, you might just be looking at a 2-inch long vertebrate capable of pointing the way to treating high blood pressure and diabetes.  That’s because the…Read more More than a fishing expedition for this UMES researcher

Dr. Bradley Stevens’ new book is about discovering a sunken 19th century Russian ship Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Before Dr. Bradley G. Stevens joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore faculty in 2009 as a marine scientist, he conducted research on the biology and reproduction of king crabs for 22 years in Kodiak, Alaska.   In the…Read more UMES marine scientist moonlights as an archaeologist

New UMES president outlines her initial plans Sunday, September 9, 2018 Dr. Heidi M. Anderson’s whirlwind first week as UMES’ 16th leader began with fund-raising outreach in Orlando and ended today at Metropolitan United Methodist Church in a traditional gesture recognizing the 132nd anniversary of the university and the church as Princess Anne landmarks.  In…Read more TEAM = Together in Excellence, Affirming our Mission

1940 alum has fond memories of growing up in Princess Anne Dr. Thomas H. Kiah, the dapper leader of old Princess Anne College who died in 1936, left a lasting impression on most people he encountered – an observant Louis Frazier Martin among them.  “I really admired him,” recalled Martin, now 101.  “He was basically…Read more A life rich and full, well lived

UMES research project focuses on managing insects Wednesday, August 15, 2018 The day may not be too far off when melons will grow in the same field alongside summer squash and zinnias.  Dr. Simon Zebelo, an agriculture research professor who specializes in entomology, and his graduate student Ebony Jenkins are field testing an environmentally friendly pollination strategy to attract…Read more Trap crops: ‘Its about the bees … and the flowers’

He’ll serve as dean of the School of Education, Social Science & The Arts Friday, June 29, 2018 Dr. Marshall F. Stevenson Jr. has joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s academic leadership team as dean of its School of Education, Social Sciences and The Arts.  Stevenson most recently served in a similar role at…Read more Marshall Stevenson joins UMES academic leadership team

UMES, Marion Sarah Peyton school collaborate on gardening project Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Somerset County’s Marion Sarah Peyton Adult & Alternative Learning Center focused on food as a school-wide project during 2017-18 academic year, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore played a supporting role.  It started in September, when educators at the Peyton school…Read more Garden Partners

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 A Mississippi Civil Rights Museum exhibit highlighting the role protest marches played in the movement includes a 1966 photograph of a 22-year-old black man wearing a Maryland State College t-shirt.  The museum in Jackson, the state capital, acquired the image from Alabama’s Department of Archives and History, home to a repository…Read more ‘I believe in human dignity’

Friday, May 25, 2018 Creativity became a partner of unbridled joy at the 131st spring commencement exercises Friday, ushering in a new era at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  The university’s administration relaxed graduation-day rules and allowed honorees to decorate their mortar boards with customized expressions.  The sartorial headwear at England’s royal wedding a…Read more Hats off to the Class of 2018