Monday, February 25, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-“Black Entrepreneurship and Institution Building,” the topic of the annual Black History Month Lecture at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, will be addressed on Thursday, February 28, at 7 p.m. in the Student Services Center Theater. The featured guest speaker is Simba Sana, the CEO of Karibu Books, a retail chain of…Read more Lecturer Addresses Black Entrepreneurship
Monday, February 25, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Enjoy the soulful sounds of Motown at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Gala on Saturday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Services Center Ballroom on campus. “The Gala Chairpersons, Ernest and Elsa Satchell of UMES; Princess Anne Town Commissioner Dennis Williams and community leaders…Read more Motown Theme of 2008 UMES Gala
Thursday, February 21, 2008 Richard F. Hazel, UMES benefactor, Eastern Shore philanthropist, and former president of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Salisbury, died on Saturday, February 16, at his home in Eden from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Mr. Hazel, a long-time friend of the University, will be remembered for years to come for his generosity…Read more Richard F. Hazel: Gone but Not Forgotten
Sunday, February 10, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), speaks at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) on Monday, February 11, in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. The event, sponsored by the UMES Student Government Association, is free and open to the public. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.,…Read more Michelle Obama Speaks at UMES Monday, Feb 11
Thursday, February 7, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Homecoming 2008 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is open not only to faculty, staff, students and the 1,800 alumni on the Lower Shore, but to the general public for several events. The week-long celebration takes place Sunday, February 17, through Saturday, February 23. The community is invited…Read more UMES Celebrates Homecoming 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – University of Maryland Eastern Shore President Thelma B. Thompson hosts the fifth annual President’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast featuring keynote speaker Pastor Matthew D. Gallashaw II on Friday, February 22, in the Student Services Center Ballroom at 7:30 a.m. “The Prayer Breakfast is a welcome and timely opportunity…Read more President’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
Monday, February 4, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Humanities Series continues on February 8, at 11 a.m. in the Richard A. Henson Center, Room 1112. Dr. Dolan Hubbard, a professor and chair of the Department of English and Language Arts at Morgan State University, presents “From Frederick Douglass to Hip…Read more UMES Humanities Series Continues
Friday, February 1, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- Auditions for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Drama Society’s annual Dinner Theatre will be held on Tuesday, February 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. Interested members of the community are invited to audition. Come prepared with songs,…Read more UMES Dinner Theatre Auditions
Friday, February 1, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore invites the community to join them in celebrating Black History Month during an array of events offered throughout February. The African Diaspora, social issues, African-American accomplishments and black entrepreneurship today will be explored along with other prominent topics. The sixth annual African-American Read-in…Read more UMES Celebrates Black History Month(1)
Friday, February 1, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-“Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery Exhibition,” opens at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Mosely Gallery in the Arts and Technology Center on February 7, with an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Created by The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and The New York Public Library in…Read more Black History Month Exhibition Opens
