Monday, November 16, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Representing 50 countries, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore contingent of international students is joining in the nation’s observance of International Education Week, November 16-20, with an ethnic festival open to the campus community as well as the general public. The ethnic festival takes place Thursday, November 19, from…Read more International Education Week Features Ethnic Festival
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Dr. Thelma B. Thompson and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, in partnership with the University of Cape Coast, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Golden Beach Hotels and the Central Region Development Commission in Ghana, recently hosted its Third Biennial International Workshop in Accra, Ghana. Administrators,…Read more UMES Hosts Third Biennial International Workshop
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 By Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes UMES scholar researches fish skin secretions in Chesapeake Bay By the time Andriy Tkachenko decided it was time to leave Europe to expand his research interests in aquatic animals, he’d already worked as a soil scientist at the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine. He started his…Read more UMES Scholar Researches Fish Skin Secretions in Chesapeake Bay
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced the recent appointment of two new members, Gladys Goslee and Alicia Hoffman, to the Board of Visitors for a three-year term on the recommendation of President Thelma B. Thompson. Goslee is a retired Wicomico County teacher. She taught French at…Read more Goslee, Hoffman Appointed to UMES Board
Monday, November 9, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD University of Maryland Eastern Shore president, Dr. Thelma B. Thompson, is keynote speaker for the 2009 Women in Maryland Higher Education annual luncheon. Themed “The Sky is the Limit: Women in Higher Education,” the event is scheduled for Friday, November 13, at 11:30 a.m. at the Community College…Read more Thompson Keynotes at Women in Maryland Higher Education Luncheon
Monday, November 9, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Michael Tardif, director of Integrated Project Delivery Systems for Grunley Construction Company Inc., a major construction company in the D.C. metropolitan area, lectures on the topic, “Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM): A Contractor’s Perspective,” on Tuesday, November 10, at 11 a.m. in the Student Services…Read more UMES Lecture Series Addresses Building Information Modeling
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 By Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes UMES Doctoral student contributes to Breast Cancer Research As a little girl in Mashad, a town in her native Iran, Maryam Taabodi was a picky eater searching her food to find and eat only those things she felt had nutritional value. Now a grown woman, she has…Read more UMES Doctoral Student Contributes to Breast Cancer Research
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD -The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s eighth annual Tri-County College Fair will be held on Tuesday, November 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. Recruiters from over 100 colleges, universities and the Armed Services are slated to attend. High schools in…Read more UMES Sponsors Tri-County College Fair for Area Juniors and Seniors(2)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Some 300 students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are preparing for induction in the university’s newest leadership society. Founded in 2001 by Gary Tuerack, the National Society of Leadership and Success comprises a community of like-minded, success-oriented individuals who continuously strive for excellence. “With the job…Read more National Society of Leadership and Success Finds Home at UMES
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Following her recent address to the 973 September graduates of Walter Sisulu University for Technology & Science (WSU) in South Africa, Dr. Thelma B. Thompson was conferred the honorary doctoral degree of literature and philosophy. Encouraging the graduates’ conviction that education is a continuous and life-long venture, Thompson assured…Read more Thompson Conferred Honorary Degree in Africa
