Year: 2026

Traveling to Japan was Isaiah Butler’s dream and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore helped him realize it in just three semesters.    That was the fall of 2023. Fast forward to today and Butler has been awarded nearly $60,000 to study international languages and cultures.  The Senior Hospitality and Tourism major is only one of a few UMES students to receive such a scholarship…Read more UMES Boren Award Winner Embarks on Second Japan Study Abroad Trip 

When the opportunity to come to the United States as a foreign exchange student arose, Nathan Millot had his share of hesitations and concerns. Millot, a University of Lorraine (UL) student spending the spring semester at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, would be setting foot in the country for the first time, leading to…Read more French foreign exchange student Nathan Millot relishes time at UMES

The Honorable Cory McCray of the Maryland State Senate will address the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 2026 graduating class during the spring commencement ceremony on May 15 at 10 a.m. in the university’s William P. Hytche Athletic Center. “The UMES community is honored to have the Honorable Cory McCray as commencement speaker for our…Read more Md. Sen. McCray to speak at UMES Spring Commencement

Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams delivered a powerful message to more than 500 event attendees at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in April as part of President Heidi M. Anderson’s Presidential Lecture Series. Abrams is known for getting results.  During her 10-years as a state lawmaker in the Georgia House of Representatives, Abrams became…Read more ABRAMS INSPIRES STUDENTS, COMMUNITY

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore held its 73rd Honors Convocation at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts on April 2, recognizing the academic accomplishments of students. The event highlighted more than 1,000 students – including first-year students, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and recent graduates – who received dean’s list (3.5 GPA or higher),…Read more A grand occasion: More than 1,000 students recognized at 73rd Honors Convocation

Empowering each other as women inspired two University of Maryland Eastern Shore students to launch a campus-wide 100 Women in Heels march. The event took place on March 26 on the University’s campus. Masarrah McDade and Madison Abdus-Sabur came up with the idea for fellow female students to walk together as they work together. “When…Read more UMES’ 100 Women in Heels march focuses on empowerment, recognition

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore had a first in the campus’s nearly 140-year history – its first group of foreign exchange students. The students, who come from the University of Lorraine (UL) in France, came to UMES as part of a partnership between the two schools. “We organically found this partnership through a direct…Read more UMES welcomes French foreign exchange students

University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Veterinary Medicine (UMES SVM) has announced the appointment of Dr. Christina ‘Tina’ Dougherty as Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Outreach. Dougherty began her new role in February 2026 and will oversee all aspects of the clinical year program for the developing veterinary program. Dougherty joins the growing…Read more Dougherty Joins UMES School of Veterinary Medicine as Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Outreach

For the third consecutive year, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be represented at the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament. HCASC is a game exclusively for students of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Each team, comprised of four students from participating schools, will go head-to-head in a battle of scholastic…Read more UMES quiz bowl team is California-bound for the third straight year

A mid-winter trip to the island country of The Bahamas was no beach getaway for the faculty from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Instead, the delegation from the School of Natural Sciences spent their time building an educational collaboration with the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute.  The visit was to facilitate a partnership between the two institutions that offers BAMSI students the potential to earn a UMES degree after earning their associate degree, while UMES students could potentially study abroad in The…Read more Teaching life through the land and sea