{"id":1902,"date":"2026-04-10T19:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/?page_id=1902"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:30:18","slug":"presidential-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/presidential-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized coblocks-animate\" data-coblocks-animation=\"fadeIn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/04\/2026-PRESIDENTIAL-LECTURE-SERIES-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"University of Maryland Eastern Shore\n\n2026 Presidential Lecture Series\" class=\"wp-image-1903\" style=\"width:808px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/04\/2026-PRESIDENTIAL-LECTURE-SERIES-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/04\/2026-PRESIDENTIAL-LECTURE-SERIES-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/04\/2026-PRESIDENTIAL-LECTURE-SERIES-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/04\/2026-PRESIDENTIAL-LECTURE-SERIES-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/04\/2026-PRESIDENTIAL-LECTURE-SERIES.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-hero-main-bg-color-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">The Presidential Lecture Series was created by President Heidi M. Anderson in 2025 to bring thought leaders, scholars, innovators, and change agents to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore so that the UMES community can engage in ideas that are timely, meaningful, and transformative. Its simple-but-profound purpose is to ensure that UMES remains a place where intellectual curiosity is celebrated, dialogue is welcomed, critical thought is encouraged, and where students and scholars are prepared to not only succeed in the world, but to change and to shape it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"University of Maryland Eastern Shore Presidential Speaker Series: Stacey Abrams\" width=\"1330\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PeD4K91hH9M?list=PLggMX-jN11chPQx6q8-Np-MBCmiQ5JvWU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-fullwidth\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UMES Presidential Lecture Series - Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, February 19, 2025\" width=\"1330\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MaEXYFo1PRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidential Lecture Series was created by President Heidi M. 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