{"id":3397,"date":"2012-02-07T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T16:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2021-09-27T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:56:37","slug":"legislature-salutes-umes-on-its-125th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/legislature-salutes-umes-on-its-125th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislature salutes UMES on its 125th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tuesday, February 7, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Annapolis-day-2012-Otto-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Annapolis-day-2012-Otto-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Annapolis-day-2012-Otto-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Left to right: Stephen Mableton, Birmingham, Ala.;\u00a0Del. Charles Otto,\u00a0Nanika Shockley, New Castle, Del.; and Justin Bailey, Salisbury, Md.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Annapolis-day-2012-Mathias-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Annapolis-day-2012-Mathias-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Annapolis-day-2012-Mathias-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Left from right: Alexander Washington, Byron Smith, Baltimore; state Sen. Jim Mathias and\u00a0Clifford Glover, Silver Spring, Md.\u00a0 \u00a0(<em>photos by Ashley Collier<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md.&nbsp;&#8211; (Feb. 7, 2012) &#8211; The legislature&#8217;s Eastern Shore delegation had a surprise waiting&nbsp;for University of Maryland Eastern Shore students who visited Maryland&#8217;s statehouse today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both chambers of the General Assembly adopted resolutions saluting UMES&#8217; contribution to education over the past 125 years and presented them to the students. Del. Charles Otto (R-Somerset) and Sen. Jim Mathias (D-Worcester) were chief sponsors on behalf of the Shore delegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university organizes an annual trip to Annapolis each year to provide elected student leaders with an up-close look on how the legislature functions and interacts with state agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The student delegation was scheduled to meet and have lunch with lower Eastern Shore lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The co-curricular event is organized by the university&#8217;s Division of Student Life and Enrollment Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, February 7, 2012 ANNAPOLIS, Md.&nbsp;&#8211; (Feb. 7, 2012) &#8211; The legislature&#8217;s Eastern Shore delegation had a surprise waiting&nbsp;for University of Maryland Eastern Shore students who visited Maryland&#8217;s statehouse today. Both chambers of the General Assembly adopted resolutions saluting UMES&#8217; contribution to education over the past 125 years and presented them to the students. Del&#8230;.<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/legislature-salutes-umes-on-its-125th-anniversary\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Legislature salutes UMES on its 125th anniversary<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3397","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\/3397","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}