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Thursday, April 1, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Peninsula Regional Medical Center announced a gift of $100,000 today to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) to help fund a faculty position in the Physician Assistant (PA) Department.  Over the next two years, Peninsula Regional will supplement a faculty line in the PA Department with annual donations…Read more PRMC Announces Gift to UMES Physician Assistant Department

Thursday, April 1, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- Adonis Ajayi, a mathematics major graduating with an overall 3.59 grade point average, is the recipient of this year’s Daniel J. Pinkett Award in Mathematics. Presented by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, the Pinkett Award is a gift of $2,500 that is given to a graduating mathematics major who has excelled in the…Read more Ajayi Receives Daniel J. Pinkett Award in Mathematics

Monday, March 29, 2010 Tickets are now on sale for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Dinner Theater production of “Motown and Much Mo.” The musical will be performed nightly from Thursday, April 15, to Saturday, April, 17, at the Richard Henson Center ballroom. Catered by the university’s Hotel and Restaurant Management program, the event…Read more UMES Dinner Theater Tickets On Sale(2)

Monday, March 29, 2010 As inspiring and rejuvenating as the arrival of spring, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Sheila McDonald Harleston presents its annual spring concert on Sunday, April 11, at 4 p.m. with a guest performance by soprano soloist Patricia Nixon of Norfolk Sate University.      Nixon,…Read more UMES Choir Performs Spring Concert

Monday, March 29, 2010 In honor of her late parents, Apsara Hettiarachchi donated $1,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore that will be awarded to a high-achieving student in the Department of Natural Sciences during the university’s Honors Convocation on April 1. Hettiarachchi, who is currently earning her doctorate in food science and technology from the university,…Read more UMES Alumna Creates $1,000 Award

Monday, March 29, 2010 The ninth annual Eastern Shore Seafood Education Seminar for restaurant chefs, managers, wait staff, new employees and retailers will be held at the Holiday Inn on 17th Street in Ocean City from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20.  Limited to the first 40 registrants, a $30 fee includes all…Read more Seafood Education Seminar

Monday, March 29, 2010 Known for her role on the critically acclaimed comedy series “Everybody Hates Chris,” Tichina Arnold recently served as the keynote speaker during the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Women’s History Month Celebration. The event, presented by the UMES Office of Student Activities, was part of the National Women’s History Month 2010 theme,…Read more Actress Tichina Arnold Visits UMES for Women’s History Month Event

Friday, March 12, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE – African-American women were allowed to enter the military for the first time during World War II. While training in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, the first contingent slept in segregated barracks, ate at separate dining tables and used segregated recreational facilities. However, the women were able to persevere despite…Read more UMES Hosts Lecture for National Women’s History Month

Friday, March 12, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE – Tickets are now on sale for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Dinner Theater production of “Motown and Much Mo.” The musical will be performed nightly from Thursday, April 15, to Saturday, April, 17, at the Richard Henson Center ballroom. Catered by the university’s Hotel and Restaurant Management…Read more UMES Dinner Theater Tickets on Sale