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Friday, February 26, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-“Sports and the Struggle for Peace, Justice and Prosperity” is the theme of the ninth annual Black History  Symposium at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  Three events open to the community explore how sports are never just about the game. “All over the world, people are using sports…Read more Black History Symposium

Friday, February 26, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Clarence Clemons, renowned saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and a former student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be unable to attend the UMES Gala, “A Night of Stars,” on March 6, due to recent back surgery. Clemons, known to his fans as “Big…Read more Surgery Keeps Clemons from Gala

Friday, February 26, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-An exhibit, “Ernest Satchell Retrospective,” opens at the Mosely Gallery of Art on Thursday, March 4, showcasing art created from 1971-2010, during the 39 years he spent as a professor of art at UMES.  Satchell is due to retire from the university in April.  An opening reception for the exhibit takes…Read more Gallery Exhibit Honors Ernest Satchell

Friday, January 29, 2010 Charles W. Foster, president of C. Foster Consultant Services in Hercules, Calif., was recently named to the University of Maryland Board of Visitors by President Thelma B. Thompson.        “Mr. Foster brings a wealth of business acumen from his many years of high-level managerial experience in the commercial transportation industry,” said President Thompson.            Foster,…Read more Foster Named to Board of Visitors

Friday, January 29, 2010 Four members of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Board of Visitors have been honored with emeriti status in recognition of their many years of dedicated service to the institution. Virginia Layfield, C. Payne Lucas, Rev. Charlotte Nichols and Armstead Ward are now emeriti members of the Board of Visitors.  Layfield is the former president of Peninsula Regional…Read more Board of Visitors Members Receive Emeriti Status

Friday, January 29, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-The new Doctor of Pharmacy Program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is approved to admit its first class for the fall 2010 as a result of being recently granted Pre-candidate accreditation status by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). First in a three-step process, Pre-candidate status…Read more UMES Doctor of Pharmacy Program Receives Accreditation Status

Friday, January 29, 2010 By Dr. Anke VanWagenberg, Mosely Gallery director and an instructor of art history at UMES “Points of Juxtaposition:  A Gathering of Eight African-American Artists,” an exhibit featuring the works of area artists Tony Burton, Seldon Dix, Alex Gamble, Patrick Henry, Kennie Jones, Michael Morris, Ernie Satchell and Carl Williams will be on display in the Mosely Gallery of Art at…Read more Mosely Gallery Celebrates Black History Month