Rising senior hoping to convince others to follow in her footsteps Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Abigail Chambers is a one-of-a-kind undergraduate at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. A candidate to graduate in the spring of 2019, Chambers is an agriculture education major – the lone student at UMES currently pursuing that degree path. She’s…Read more Abigail Chambers: agriculture education ambassador
To be named faculty member emerita Thursday, May 10, 2018 Dr. Carolyn B. Brooks, an award-winning educator at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for more than three decades, will be formally named a faculty member emerita May 25 during the 2018 spring commencement. The Richmond, Va. native joined the UMES faculty in January 1981 as a…Read more Carolyn Brooks to be honored at May 25 commencement
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Senior Jahmai E. Holland will deliver the student commentary on behalf of her classmates at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 2018 spring commencement exercises May 25. A panel of judges picked Holland, an accounting major from Landover, Md., following an audition where she delivered a rousing preliminary version of her…Read more Spring commencement’s student speaker named
UMES professor earns 2nd U.S. Patent in three years Friday, May 4, 2018 Dr. Sean Vasaitis, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has the distinction of being the only current member of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore faculty with two U.S. Patents to his credit. The latest came in early February for the development and…Read more New Hope for Prostate Cancer and Other Diseases
By J. Craig Tallman Thursday, May 3, 2018 I had the opportunity this past April to attend the world’s oldest air show – the Innovation and Leadership in Aviation exhibition in Berlin, Germany. The 109-year-old event featuring the latest innovations in aviation and space travel had more than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries showcasing aircraft…Read more An up close look at aviation innovation & leadership
By Neema Connor Monday, April 30, 2018 It was very unusual to see a goose nesting site in a high (foot) traffic area with no camouflage, but this is what two Canada geese decided to do just outside my office window in the Hytche Athletic Center. I had the unique opportunity to watch the pair…Read more I CARE (about goslings)
Pharmacy professor & alum secure U.S. Patent for new drug Friday, April 27, 2018 A medical research project Dr. Patrice L. Jackson-Ayotunde began seven years ago has earned the University of Maryland Eastern Shore pharmacy professor a U.S. Patent. Jackson-Ayotunde received word April 3 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that officially acknowledges her…Read more New epilepsy treatment idea emerges at UMES
Kiah Hall now has an indoor practice green Thursday, April 26, 2018 Lingering winter weather didn’t hamper UMES golf management students from polishing their putting skills as they awaited the arrival of spring. That’s because they’ve been practicing in the friendly confines of the PGA-accredited program’s new academic home, the second floor of Kiah Hall. Specifically, the…Read more When you want to be ‘boss of the moss’
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the state health department co-hosted a “Health Equity Summit” April 20 at the Henson Center that attracted some 140 participants. Inspired by National Minority Health Month, the day-long event was a joint project of UMES’ School of Pharmacy & Health Professions and the state agency’s Office…Read more Rural health inequities focus of UMES summit
Couple donates graduation regalia Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Shanicia Hanson was about to move in November 2016 when she discovered graduation regalia from her undergraduate days at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. “As I was packing, I came across my cap and gown … and I asked (fiancé Cardel Louis-Jacques) if he still had his,” Hanson…Read more Altruistic alumni pay it forward
