{"id":15657,"date":"2025-12-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15657"},"modified":"2025-12-05T06:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:58:39","slug":"umes-28th-winter-commencement-set-for-dec-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/umes-28th-winter-commencement-set-for-dec-13\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES\u2019 28th Winter Commencement set for Dec. 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSC_2057-scaled-e1764935805421-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSC_2057-scaled-e1764935805421-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSC_2057-scaled-e1764935805421-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSC_2057-scaled-e1764935805421-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSC_2057-scaled-e1764935805421-1118x1536.jpg 1118w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSC_2057-scaled-e1764935805421.jpg 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">University of Maryland Eastern Shore President Heidi M. Anderson will confer the degrees of 229 students during UMES&#8217; 28th Winter Commencement at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center on Saturday, Dec. 13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRINCESS ANNE, MD. \u2013 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will hold its 28<sup>th<\/sup> Winter Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the ceremony, UMES President Heidi M. Anderson will confer the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees of 229 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCommencement at UMES is always a moment of mixed emotions,\u201d Dr. Anderson said. \u201cWhile it is bittersweet to see so many students, I have come to know spread their wings and leave the nest, it is also a profoundly joyful time. Watching our graduates take their first steps toward pursuing their dreams\u2014and preparing to make their mark on the world\u2014fills me with pride and hope for their futures and our global future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will also feature performances by the UMES student gospel choir and the traditional student commentary speech by <strong>Terrell Lawrence<\/strong>, a business administration major from Bowie, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yvette Lewis<\/strong>, former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party and the second African American woman to serve in the post, will also be on hand to provide greetings from the University System of Maryland\u2019s Board of Regents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will be live-streamed online at <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/umes-commencement-video\/\">https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/umes-commencement-video\/<\/a> and on the university\u2019s social media pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on commencement, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/\">https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRINCESS ANNE, MD. \u2013 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will hold its 28th Winter Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. As part of the ceremony, UMES President Heidi M. Anderson will confer the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees of 229 students. \u201cCommencement at UMES is&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/umes-28th-winter-commencement-set-for-dec-13\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">UMES\u2019 28th Winter Commencement set for Dec. 13<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1559,"featured_media":15659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-15657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15657"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=15657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}