Thursday, June 2, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (May 27, 2011) – A $1 million federal grant to train “Great Principals for Maryland” is being used by two public universities to collaborate in offering classes at a new Lower Eastern Shore School Leadership Institute. A four-year Race to the Top grant has been awarded to…Read more UMES named co-recipient of $1M federal education grant
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (May 24, 2011) – A free health-assessment and informational session is planned Thursday at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event in the Student Services Center ballroom is a community service project of UMES’ first-year pharmacy students, who can answer…Read more Free mini health fair at UMES May 26
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(May 24, 2011)”Go with your dream. It is your job to make it come true,” Gloria Banks, the speaker at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 124th spring commencement on May 20, told some 400 graduates. Banks talked about overcoming challenges-her struggle with dyslexia, being a victim of domestic violence…Read more UMES confers 421 degrees at spring commencement
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 By LIZ HOLLAND Daily Times staff writer PRINCESS ANNE – (May 17, 2011) — UMES students and members of the public can now learn to speak Arabic, Chinese and Haitian Creole at a new center designed to expand the university’s mission of internationalization. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. government…Read more New Foreign Language Instructional Center opens
Thursday, May 12, 2011 Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, recently presented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy and Health Professions with a $10,000 gift. A portion of the funds will provide a Walgreens Diversity Scholarship to a student whose efforts “raised awareness in diversity and community outreach,” Walgreens Delaware South Pharmacy…Read more School of Pharmacy receives Walgreens gift(2)
Thursday, May 12, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (May 13, 2011) – Modifications to UMES’ business and technology curriculum over the past two years have given 17 students job opportunities with such Fortune 500 companies as IBM, Fidelity Investments and The Depository and Trust Clearing Corporation. Eight have accepted offers from those employers with entry-level…Read more IBM-UMES partnership pays dividends
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD (May 3, 2011) – Accompanied by the steady drum of the Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore cheerleading squad waved their pom-poms for the “nation’s best collegiate bowling team” – the Lady Hawks. “It’s so very exciting, I don’t even know how to put it…Read more Lady Hawks bowling team honored
Monday, May 2, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (May 2, 2011) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 2011 Graduating Senior Show, “Art through our Eyes,” will be on display at the Mosely Gallery from May 5 – 19. An opening reception for the bi-annual exhibit – which features paintings, graphic illustrations, photography and comic…Read more Mosely Gallery hosts Graduating Senior Art Show, May 5-19
Monday, May 2, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 20, 2011)Several University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) researchers are recipients of awards won at the 16th biennial research symposium of the Association of Research Directors held in Atlanta, Ga., earlier this month. Dr. Anugrah Shaw, Xavier Henry and Mark Gooden were recognized among some 700 faculty,…Read more Agriculture faculty and students receive research awards
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Adelphi, Md. (May 31, 2011) — William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland, has appointed Mortimer H. Neufville, former executive vice president with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and current APLU consultant, as interim president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. His first day will be Aug. 16,…Read more Mortimer Neufville returns to UMES as interim president
