Category: News

Thursday, July 28, 2016 Marriott grant provides support for Hospitality and Tourism Management program ROCKVILLE, MD– (July 28, 2016) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program is the recipient of a $300,000 grant from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation. The money will be used at the Universities at Shady…Read more Hospitality and Tourism Management benefits from Marriott grant

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 UMES welcomes local professor and historian as chair Dr. Clara Small, well-known educator and historian, was appointed interim chair of the Department of Social Sciences at UMES effective July 1. Small comes to UMES after 36 years as a history professor at neighboring Salisbury University.  There, she taught African-American History; Racism…Read more Local professor and historian named interim chair

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 19, 2016) – Delmarva Power, an Exelon Company, announced today it is pledging $1 million to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to help the land-grant institution expand training a sustainable workforce with emphases on agriculture and renewable energy in the company’s Maryland service area.  The gift…Read more Delmarva Power announces $1M gift to UMES

Friday, July 8, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 1, 2016) – Dr. Lorenzo M. Boyd joins the University of Maryland Eastern Shore faculty today as chairman of its Department of Criminal Justice. Boyd taught for the past three years at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he directed the master’s degree program as well as graduate…Read more Dr. Lorenzo Boyd named UMES’ criminal justice department chairman

Friday, July 8, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (July 8, 2016)   There’s still plenty of time to visit “a wonderful show full of whimsy and delightful surprises, especially when you think about the intrinsic nature of the materials” at the Mosely Gallery, Susan Holt, director, said.  The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s art exhibit, “Delmarva Metalworks”…Read more Delmarva Metalworks on display through July 28

Thursday, June 30, 2016 REAFFIRMATION! PRINCESS ANNE, MD– (June 30, 2016) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced today it has received formal notice the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) reaffirmed the university’s institution-wide accreditation for the next decade. The announcement concludes nearly two years of self-examination and preparation to demonstrate UMES…Read more UMES accreditation reaffirmed by Middle States

Thursday, June 30, 2016 Editor’s note: Dr. Ray J. Davis offers thoughts on a change in the name of the academic unit at UMES he has guided since becoming its administrator in 2012. PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 1, 2016) – The School of The Arts and Professions (SAP) has evolved over the past 20 years.  It…Read more Introducing the School of Education, Social Sciences, and The Arts

Monday, June 13, 2016 UMES alumna Liz Ranger is among a select group from across the country in the Class of 2016 who will receive a prestigious post-graduate fellowship award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The society of scholars named Ranger one of 51 winners of a $5,000 stipend, which she will use…Read more Double-degree grad earns national fellowship

Friday, May 20, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (May 20, 2016) – The sun doesn’t always shine on graduation day at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, but its appearance today was certainly welcome. Unseasonably cool temperatures and 13 days of rain made for dreary weather in early May, especially for the 472 students sprinting…Read more ‘I ran the race and … finished well’

Area businessman William C. Anderson chairs organizing committee  PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (May 19, 2016) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced today that the Hon. William C. Anderson will serve as honorary chairman of its Mid-Atlantic Higher Education, Business & Research Conference to be held on campus in October. The three-day event is…Read more UMES to host business-government-research conference in October