Thursday, November 10, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Nov. 9, 2011)-The Foreign Language Instructional Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is now a site for foreign language proficiency testing. The center administers the Oral Proficiency Interview on behalf of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language. The ACTFL certificate is used as…Read more Foreign language proficiency testing offered at UMES
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UMES hosts construction management lecture(2)
Thursday, November 10, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Nov. 10, 2011) “The Green Building Environment” is the topic for the fifth annual Roger R. Blunt Lecture Series at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Dr. Ricky C. Godbolt, a retired U.S. Army Warrant Officer and program director of the Construction and Energy Institute at Prince George’s Community College,…Read more UMES hosts construction management lecture(2)
McDonald’s charity to sponsor UMES’ teen science camp
Friday, November 4, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Nov. 3, 2011)-The sixth annual “Reach for the Stars!” summer camp for teens will be held in 2012 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, thanks to a generous grant from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Baltimore. Tina Baxter, an RMHC of Baltimore board member, and representatives…Read more McDonald’s charity to sponsor UMES’ teen science camp
Community service project provides holiday meals to needy
Thursday, November 3, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-November 3, 2011-A University of Maryland Eastern Shore community service project, which brought 300 Thanksgiving meals to needy families a year ago, has doubled its goal for 2011. Two staff members of the Residence Life Department at UMES, Clifton Harcum and Philip Thomas, are working this year with the…Read more Community service project provides holiday meals to needy
Concert Choir performs Nov. 13 under new director
Thursday, October 27, 2011 UMES Concert Choir performs under new director PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 27, 2011) When the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir takes to the stage Nov. 13 for its annual fall concert, the group will be under a new director for the first time in 21 years. Dr. Roy Belfield, a…Read more Concert Choir performs Nov. 13 under new director
Marine-fisheries science center secures new federal grant
Thursday, October 20, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Oct. 21, 2011) – A new round of federal funding will enable the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to continue a signature science program that trains minorities in the field of marine and fisheries sciences. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently awarded UMES and its partners…Read more Marine-fisheries science center secures new federal grant
Building Sudanese nationhood
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Oct. 14, 2011) Gary Imhoff, a UMES senior program and budget officer, recently presented a lecture on campus to give an overview of the development strategy to re-building the nationhood of Sudan. Imhoff spent five months in Sudan as a consultant supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs carrying…Read more Building Sudanese nationhood
UMES Drama Society presents Black Nativity
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 19, 2011) A musical African-American holiday tradition, “Black Nativity” by Langston Hughes, is taking shape in rehearsals at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The university’s drama society will perform the “gospel song play,” as Hughes described it, Nov. 3-5, at 7 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center…Read more UMES Drama Society presents Black Nativity
UMES International Development Lecture Series
Friday, October 14, 2011 Exporting Democracy PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 14, 2011) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore had a key role earlier this year introducing the concept of voting in a referendum to citizens of southern Sudan. Angela Stephens, a UMES Development Outreach and Communications officer, visited campus last week to share personal stories of…Read more UMES International Development Lecture Series
Turner headlines Small Farm Conference
Friday, October 14, 2011 Princess Anne, MD -(October 14, 2011) Renard Turner, of Vanguard Ranch Ltd, is the keynote speaker for the 2011 Small Farm Conference to be held on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus on Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5. The central part of his Gordonsville, Va., operation is commercial goat meat production with an…Read more Turner headlines Small Farm Conference
