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Monday, May 17, 2010 NFL greats join local golfers June 16 to raise funds for student scholarships PRINCESS ANNE, MD-May 13, 2010-The legendary Art Shell, pro football Hall of Famer and University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus, returns to the Shore on June 15 and 16 to host other NFL greats and area golfers during the Art…Read more Art Shell Celebrity Golf Classic Returns to Shore

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- May 4, 2010-Under the direction of woodwinds instructor Brian Perez, the UMES Saxophone Quartet performed at this year’s 33rd annual Saxophone Symposium in Fairfax, Va. The event, hosted by the U.S. Navy Band, is the largest saxophone convention in the country and featured some of the world’s top musicians,…Read more UMES Presents Spring Chamber Ensemble Recital

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- May 5, 2010-The UMES Gospel Choir, under the direction of English faculty member Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, will perform its Spring Concert on Saturday, May 8, at 5 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. The event is free and open to the public. This year,…Read more Gospel Choir to Perform Spring Concert

Friday, April 23, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD -Dr. Jeanine Harter-Dennis is the 2010 recipient of the coveted Delmarva Poultry Industry’s (DPI) Medal of Achievement for her nearly 30 years of teaching and research at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).  An animal nutrition expert, she is currently involved in a study entailing a new flooring system…Read more UMES Researcher Receives Local Award

Friday, April 23, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Area musicians from Parkside, James M. Bennett, Washington, Crisfield, Snow Hill, Delmar, Holly Grove, Seaford, Laurel and Colonel Richardson high schools will join the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble and the UMES Concert Choir in a performance on Sunday, April 25, at 4 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald…Read more Area High School Musicians and Choristers to Join in UMES Concert

Friday, April 16, 2010              PRINCESS ANNE, MD-An African-American genealogy workshop will be held at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the Frederick Douglass Library on Saturday, April 24, from 3-6 p.m. Kimberly Conway Dumpson, J.D., director of alumni affairs and planned giving at UMES, will conduct the workshop.             Dumpson, who has traced…Read more Genealogy Workshop Offers Tips to Tracing Ancestry

Monday, April 12, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Wayne K. Evans, president of Evans Builders Inc. of Salisbury, has made a $2,500 gift to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and its Construction Management Technology (CMT) Program.  The donation will provide scholarships for CMT students to purchase books and enable students and faculty to attend conferences and…Read more Evans Builders contributes to UMES Construction Management Program

Thursday, April 8, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – April 6, 2010-Students, who are currently enrolled in studio art courses at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, will have their work on display in the Mosely Gallery during the university’s annual Fine Art Student Show this month. The exhibit, which runs from Thursday, April 15, through Friday, April…Read more Fine Art Student Show Opens at Mosely Gallery

Thursday, April 8, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE – March 30, 2010-The Richard A. Henson Honors Program Inaugural Speakers Forum will host on talk on “National Security and Civil Liberties” at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday, April 6, from 11 a .m. to noon in Hazel Hall, Room 2040. Brig. Gen. Neal T. Robinson,…Read more Henson Honors Program Inaugural Speakers Forum