Open educational resources coming to UMES Thursday, April 13, 2017 UMES students who register this fall for a select number of general education classes offered by the university’s Department of English and Modern Languages can expect to spend less on traditional textbooks. That’s the objective of Courtney Harned and Bonni Miller, who are tapping into…Read more ‘The imminent autumn of new content’
… and learning stuff, too Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Imagine a spring break from college clearing brush along gnarly nature trails, rounding up refuse at Assateague Island National Seashore and making over an unkempt cemetery. Along with cultural excursions sprinkled in, that’s what eight University of Maryland Eastern Shore students did during the third week…Read more A Spring Break Fixing Things
Thursday, March 30, 2017 Two faculty members from UMES’ School of Pharmacy were among headliners who shared their expertise at an international conference of pharmacists and educators held last month in India. Dean Rondell E. Allen was a keynote speaker at the event held at the Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CIPS). The institute and UMES agreed in September…Read more UMES pharmacists expand the brand to India
Driving student success Tuesday, March 28, 2017 A new roving ambassador with a robust profile has joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Admissions and Recruitment office. A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 van debuted this week at the UMES Washington Metropolitan Area Alumni Chapter’s 27th annual student recruitment reception. Prospective students, their families and graduates were the…Read more ‘Be the one who succeeds’
Alumna inspired by her AmeriCorps experience Friday, March 24, 2017 Dr. Deanna Dunn, a member of the UMES pharmacy school’s charter class of 2013, took her experience volunteering as a graduate student as motivation to address a major health issue in the community while pursuing her career goals. Dunn has established the Marion Pharmacy in Crisfield…Read more Confronting the opioid crisis
HOME/ PR/ UMES hosts March 30 chamber music theatre performance UMES hosts March 30 chamber music theatre performance Core Ensemble performs “Ain’t I a Woman” Friday, March 17, 2017 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore plays host to a free performance, “Ain’t I a Woman,” Thursday, March 30 by the Core Ensemble of Lake Worth, Fla….Read more
Friday, March 17, 2017 Two women with University of Maryland Eastern Shore ties have been named by The Daily Record to the Baltimore-based newspaper’s 2017 listing of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. Kimberly C. Dumpson, UMES’ executive vice president, and Bonnie N. Luna, a member of the university’s Board of Visitors, will be among women from across the…Read more Dumpson, Luna named to Maryland’s Top 100 Women list for 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore pays tribute to “two American icons of history and culture,” Harriet Tubman and Ella Fitzgerald, at its April 2 Concert Choir performance, said Dr. Sheila McDonald Harleston, director. The 4 p.m. concert is free and will be performed in the university’s performing arts center, the…Read more Concert Choir honors Tubman and Fitzgerald April 2
Friday, March 10, 2017 When the 17-acre Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center in Church Creek, Md., near Cambridge, Md. officially opens March 11-12, UMES will be on hand playing an important role in opening activities. The center, for which ground was broken four years ago on the 100th anniversary of Tubman’s death,…Read more UMES plays integral role in opening of Harriet Tubman Visitor Center
Gaining Real Impactful Life Lessons through Experience & Education Wednesday, March 8, 2017 UMES hospitality-tourism management students will soon have a new option in getting hands-on experience when an existing restaurant getting a new look re-opens in Princess Anne this spring. M STREET GRILLE is a collaborative venture between the University of Maryland Eastern Shore,…Read more Introducing M STREET GRILLE
