Friday, March 12, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-A local business developer, in an act of good will, is not only investing in a retail and hotel development project, but in the communities surrounding it. Alex Karavasilis, president of First American Development Corporation, gleaned the idea of creating and dedicating a brick wall similar to the entrance sign…Read more Business Developer Dedicates Sign to UMES and Princess Anne
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
Friday, March 12, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD—Thanks to a charitable gift by a Salisbury-based law firm, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has successfully begun a political internship program in Annapolis this spring. Two UMES seniors, Quanika R. Lewis and Jasmine M. Logan, started interning with Maryland legislators in mid-January and will continue through the…Read more Charitable Gift Creates Political Internship Program for UMES Students
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-Ralph Peterson, a well-known jazz drummer and bandleader, appears with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Jazz Ensemble on Wednesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. “The annual Jazz Ensemble Concert allows the university to bring to the area a distinguished…Read more Jazz Drummer Ralph Peterson to Appear with UMES Jazz Ensemble
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
