Monday, November 21, 2011 BALTIMORE – (Nov. 20, 2011) – The UMES women’s volleyball team is the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion for the first time in the 28 years the university has fielded a squad in the fast-paced sport. Led by freshman Saitaua Iosia of Long Beach, Calif., the Lady Hawks defeated Florida A&M in a…Read more Hawks volleyball scores 1st MEAC tourney title
Thursday, November 17, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (Nov. 17, 2011) – A University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus who is a leader in training youth-sports volunteers is the subject of a profile recently broadcasted by a national sports cable network. Fred Engh, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Youth Sports,…Read more National broadcast features former Hawk golfer
Friday, November 11, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 10, 2011)-The Center for International Education at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will lead the university in observing National International Education Week, Nov. 13-19. An ethnic festival and debate are open to the campus community and the general public. Representing more than 50 countries, international…Read more UMES hosts International Ethnic Festival and debate
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
