Tuesday, September 28, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 28, 2010)Refueled by a spring trip to the Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival in Jamaica, the University of Maryland Jazz Ensemble prepares for their traditional opener to the fall semester-the Jazz Ensemble Concert. The annual Fall Jazz Ensemble Concert takes place Friday, October 8, at 7 p.m. in the Ella…Read more UMES Jazz Ensemble prepares for Fall Concert
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South African Lecturer Shares Art Knowledge with UMES
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE (Sept. 21, 2010) – South African artist Dr. Nombeko Mpako will host a discussion on “Contemporary African Arts and Crafts” on Wed., Sept. 22, in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. Mpako is currently a senior lecturer with the Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology at the prestigious…Read more South African Lecturer Shares Art Knowledge with UMES
UMES Awards 23 Doctor of Physical Therapy Degrees During Convocation
Friday, September 17, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE – (Sept. 14, 2010) – Twenty-three University of Maryland Eastern Shore students received their doctor of physical therapy degrees recently during a graduation ceremony held in conjunction with the annual Founders’ Week convocation. The class of 2010 is the university’s largest since the inaugural class of doctoral students graduated…Read more UMES Awards 23 Doctor of Physical Therapy Degrees During Convocation
UMES Researchers Worth Their Weight In Gold
Monday, September 13, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD (September 13, 2010) – University of Maryland Eastern Shore researchers are experiencing a stellar year, having been awarded nearly 10 percent of the Capacity Building Grants awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture and some $3.5 million in funds aimed at strengthening the institution’s research, teaching and…Read more UMES Researchers Worth Their Weight In Gold
UMES Celebrates Founders’ Week
Thursday, September 9, 2010 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has seen some changes over the 124-year span of its history. The institution has grown from the one building, one faculty member and nine students of the original academy to today’s university, part of the University System of Maryland, comprising 300 full-time faculty members and…Read more UMES Celebrates Founders’ Week
Delmarva Philanthropist Helps UMES Freshmen Pay for Textbooks
Thursday, September 9, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 8, 2010) – Five University of Maryland Eastern Shore freshmen are starting their college careers with help from a prominent funeral director on Delmarva. Bennie Smith, who owns 12 funeral homes from Chestertown, MD to Exmore, VA, retooled a general scholarship program he started in 2003…Read more Delmarva Philanthropist Helps UMES Freshmen Pay for Textbooks
UMES Faculty Show Artistic Talent in Fall Exhibit
Friday, September 3, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD -(August 25, 2010)-The Mosely Gallery at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will host its annual fall exhibition, “Fresh! New Work by Fine-Arts Faculty,” from September 2 through October 15. “The diverse artwork in this year’s show is outstanding,” said Dr. Anke Van Wagenberg, Mosely Gallery director. “The…Read more UMES Faculty Show Artistic Talent in Fall Exhibit
To Sir, With Love Author to Receive Honorary Degree from UMES
Friday, September 3, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 2, 2010) – E.R. Braithwaite – physicist, social worker, U.N. ambassador – will receive an honorary degree Tuesday, Sept. 14, during the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s annual Founders’ Week convocation. Educator Lorenzo Hughes, a 1996 UMES graduate, will be the convocation’s keynote speaker. Hughes is…Read more To Sir, With Love Author to Receive Honorary Degree from UMES
Hurricane Earl Final Update
Thursday, September 2, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, 1:30 p.m.)-Little to no effect has been felt in the immediate UMES campus area from Hurricane Earl as it makes its way up the coast. Winds will begin to subside around 1:30 p.m., rain accumulation will be less than ¼ inch for the remainder of…Read more Hurricane Earl Final Update
Magazine Lists UMES Among HBCU Elite
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Annual U.S. News & World Report Best College ratings PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Aug. 17, 2010) – Peers continue to rank the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the upper tier of historically black institutions, according to the latest U.S News & World Report survey of colleges and universities. UMES is listed at 28th among…Read more Magazine Lists UMES Among HBCU Elite
