Tuesday, October 19, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Oct. 5, 2010) – Enrollment at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has topped 4,500 students for the first time in the institution’s 124-year history. UMES’ research office reports 3,967 undergraduates and 573 graduate students are enrolled at the historically black institution six weeks after classes began in…Read more UMES Enrollment Eclipses 4,500
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Pharmacists in high demand
Sunday, October 17, 2010 By Wallace McKelvey• Staff Writer • October 17, 2010 BETHANY BEACH — When Bill Harbester started as a stock boy at a drugstore, pharmacists had very little interaction with the customers. “A lot of people think all we do is put pills into bottles,” he said. But with more new drugs…Read more Pharmacists in high demand
Drama Society to Present God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Oct. 12, 2010) – More than 30 members of UMES’ Drama Society, along with university faculty and staff, will present “God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse and a Prayer” Nov. 4-6. The annual fall theater production begins at 7:30 p.m. each evening at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing…Read more Drama Society to Present God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson
UMES Awards Doctorates to Largest Physical Therapy Class
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 UMES Awards Doctorates to Largest Physical Therapy Class Profession recognized during National Physical Therapy Month in October Heather Bennett saw up close how a physical therapist can make a difference in someone’s life when Bennett’s mother tore one of her anterior cruciate ligaments, also known as an ACL. The therapist worked with her…Read more UMES Awards Doctorates to Largest Physical Therapy Class
UMES President Speaks at NAACP Banquet–Looks to Future
Monday, October 4, 2010 By Deborah Gates • Staff Writer • The Daily Times SALISBURY (Oct. 3, 2010) — Organizers of the NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet in Wicomico County have always invited a guest speaker with ties to education, but at Saturday’s fifth annual milestone event, the task was reserved for a university president. Thelma B. Thompson…Read more UMES President Speaks at NAACP Banquet–Looks to Future
Open House Welcomes High School Seniors
Friday, October 1, 2010 UMES Open House Welcomes High School Seniors PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Oct. 1, 2010) – High school seniors are invited this Saturday to attend the first in a series of open house events at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne. The two-hour event begins at 10 a.m. in the…Read more Open House Welcomes High School Seniors
UMES Offers Gourmet Dining Series
Friday, October 1, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 30, 2010) – Chef Ralston Whittingham and his advanced culinary arts students in the Commercial Food Production course at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are placing food orders and making final preparations for the second event in the Hotel and Restaurant Management’s annual Gourmet Dining Series. “The dining…Read more UMES Offers Gourmet Dining Series
HAWKS Have Large Turn-out for Relay for Life
Friday, October 1, 2010 SALISBURY, MD – (September 29, 2010) In a continual effort to support the community, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Athletic Department participated in the annual Wicomico County Relay for Life at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium this past weekend. Linda Baines, Director of Student-Athlete Services, in addition to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee…Read more HAWKS Have Large Turn-out for Relay for Life
Former UMES Professor Talks About the World’s Water Woes
Thursday, September 30, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 30, 2010) Dr. Jack Wennersten returned to his professional roots this week when he challenged University of Maryland Eastern Shore students, who attended his guest lectures, to think of water as an irreplaceable resource. Wennersten is writing a book about the topic, adding to those about the environment already…Read more Former UMES Professor Talks About the World’s Water Woes
Saxophonist Brian Perez performs concert
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 27, 2010)Brian Perez, lecturer of woodwinds at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, will perform a saxophone recital on Sunday, Oct., 3, at 4 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts at the university. Joining Perez will be pianist Roy Hakes and saxophonist Brittney Seline. “So…Read more Saxophonist Brian Perez performs concert
