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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown will be the keynote speaker during the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s annual Veterans Day Gala and Remembrance event on Thursday, Nov. 13. The event, co-sponsored by UMES and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, takes place at the Richard A. Henson Conference Center Ballroom on the UMES campus and…Read more Maryland AG Anthony Brown to speak at UMES/Salisbury Chamber Veterans Dinner

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) presents “Hawkcoming After Next” from Nov. 2-9, a weeklong celebration featuring various homecoming events for students, alumni, and the community. “This year’s Homecoming will be an exciting way to continue the traditions of connecting the current generation of UMES students with the legacies that came before them,” said…Read more ‘Hawkcoming After Next’ to bring excitement to UMES campus

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Oct. 25, 2025)– The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) today announced a $38 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott – the largest single gift in the institution’s history. This gift, along with Scott’s $20 million to UMES five years ago, brings her total giving to the Historically Black, 1890 Land Grant…Read more MacKenzie Scott Donates $38 Million to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Underscoring Confidence in President Anderson’s Leadership

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) remembers alum and former Morgan State University President Earl S. Richardson, who recently died. He was 81. A viewing for Dr. Richardson will take place on Friday, Sept. 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of…Read more UMES remembers 1965 alum Earl S. Richardson

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Robert C. Mock Jr., has been selected as the next president of Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska. He will assume the presidency in January 2026. Dr. Mock joined UMES in 2018 as the first cabinet appointment of President…Read more UMES Chief of Staff Robert Mock Named President of Peru State College

A Sept. 15 keynote speech by noted author and minister Rev. Jamal Bryant headlines the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 139th Founders Week, which runs from Sept. 11-18. Bryant, who founded Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple AME Church and currently serves as senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta, will address the UMES campus…Read more Rev. Jamal Bryant visit headlines UMES’ Founders Week Activities

Following a nationwide search, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Social Sciences and the Arts (SESA) has named Christopher Harrington as its permanent dean. Harrington, who served as interim SESA dean during the 2024-25 school year, has served as a dedicated UMES faculty member since 1997 and previously chaired the Department of Fine…Read more Harrington named dean of School of Ed., Social Sciences, & the Arts

Fellow Hawks, It is with a heavy heart that I share the tragic news that two first-year University of Maryland Eastern Shore students lost their lives in a fatal car accident late last night. Luke Jason Hawthorne, 18, of Bensalem, PA, and Munir Loyan Morris, 18, of Capitol Heights, MD, passed away from injuries sustained…Read more Hawk Community Mourns Losses, Friday’s classes suspended for wellness day for the campus community

At the end of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s annual Summer Bridge program, participants are required to reflect on their experience during the five-week session. For some of the Summer Bridge mentors who were once on the other side of the session as students, the ability to reflect on how it affected them comes…Read more Completing the cycle

Service and the willingness to fight for the underdog has always been paramount to University of Maryland Eastern Shore junior Jada Wilkinson. “It’s been a lifelong thing for me,” said Wilkinson, a native New Yorker who is dual majoring in special education and human ecology with a concentration in child development. “I hate the thought…Read more Setting the Advocacy Agenda