Friday, September 23, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 23, 2011) An expert in communications and international public policy will speak on Tues., Sept. 27, as part of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s International Development Lecture Series. Angela Stephens is the development outreach and communications officer at the university assigned to the U.S. Agency for International…Read more UMES presents international development lecture
Thursday, September 15, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 15, 2011) The 125th Founders’ Week Convocation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore was a momentous occasion for the university and for 26 students who received their Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees. Graduate Maureen Hirsch of Fallston, Md., said, “It (graduation) means I’m done. I get to get…Read more UMES holds 125th Founders’ Week Convocation and Summer Commencement
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD -(September 14, 2011) Dr. Arthur Allen, associate research director and associate professor at UMES, was awarded the 2011 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation’s Best Research Paper award for Impact and Quality. Allen is co-author of the journal article titled “Dynamics of Phosphorus Transfers from Heavily Manured Coastal Plain Soils…Read more UMES researcher earns journal’s Best Article award
Friday, September 9, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 8, 2011) University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Foreign Language Instructional Center is currently offering non-credit courses open to the public. Beginner and intermediate Arabic are being offered. The classes in speaking and writing Modern Standard Arabic will be held each Saturday for 10 weeks beginning Oct. 7. Arab…Read more Foreign language center offers courses in Arabic and Spanish
Friday, September 9, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 9, 2011) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore welcomes the public to an observance of the September 11 terrorist attacks that shocked the nation 10 years ago on Sunday. A Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony takes place on the International Flag Mall in front of the university’s administration building…Read more UMES remembers Sept. 11
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 The Mosely Gallery of art at UMES opens the 2011-12 academic year with “Reboot, New Work by Fine-Arts Faculty.” The show opens with a “meet the artists” reception on Thurs., Sept. 8, from 4-6 p.m. in the gallery. On display will be a diverse selection of installations, paintings, photographs, ceramics, experimental media and cutting edge…Read more UMES faculty shows new artwork at gallery opening
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 As UMES opens its doors for the fall semester to some 4,500 students and 200 faculty members, it also invites the community to share in a special celebration of Founders’ Week-the university’s 125th. “UMES has much of which to be proud, and we must recognize and celebrate our past to fully…Read more UMES celebrates 125th Founders’ Week
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Aug. 30, 2011) Classes for the fall semester at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore begin Wednesday, the start of a milestone academic year. UMES celebrates the 125th year anniversary of its founding when nine students enrolled in September 1886 in a new school started by the old Methodist…Read more UMES embarks on its 125th academic year
Sunday, August 28, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011) – UMES students who spent Saturday night in an on-campus shelter returned to their dormitories and apartments shortly after sunrise Sunday when university officials determined the worst of Hurricane Irene had passed the region. “They were ready to go,” said Ronnie Holden, vice…Read more UMES awakens Sunday to Irene’s aftermath
Thursday, August 25, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 – 9 a.m.) – UMES students who spent Saturday night in an on-campus shelter returned to their dormitories and apartments shortly after sunrise Sunday when university officials determined the worst of Hurricane Irene had passed the region. “They were ready to go,” said Ronnie…Read more UMES hurricane alert – Aug. 28 – 9 a.m.
