Category: News

Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD –   Dr. Carolyn B. Brooks, dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, challenged 21st century notions of success for land-grant universities during her keynote address to a national conference of Cooperative Extension professionals.  This professional society seeks to foster standards…Read more Brooks Keynotes National Extension Service Conference

Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Dean Cooledge, Ph.D., a member of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) English faculty, recently presented at two scholarly conferences. Cooledge presented his paper, “The Tragedy of Class in Woody Allen’s Match Point,” at the Literature/Film Association’s annual convention in Towson, MD. Later in the month, he traveled…Read more Cooledge Presents Scholarly Papers

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Consolidation Resource Center, a partner with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in helping students pay for higher education, recently donated $10,000 to the Campaign for Academic Excellence. For the more than 50 percent of UMES students who represent the first generation of their family to go to college, the financial…Read more Consolidation Resource Center Funds Student Scholarships

Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $450,000 to support the UMES ADVANCE Program, a three-year program of innovative and comprehensive institution-wide changes to advance women scholars.  Despite increased numbers of women choosing science and engineering careers, women continue to be significantly underrepresented in almost all science, technology,…Read more NSF Grant Will Help Advance UMES Women

Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Ph.D., associate professor in geography at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, has been named the Richard A. Bernstein Visiting Professor for the 2006-07 academic year. His is a distinguished, endowed chair position that will enable him to complete specific publishable research projects as well as…Read more Richard A. Bernstein Research Professor Selected

Sunday, January 28, 2007 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Read “The Untelling,” by Tayari Jones and join a lively discussion during the fifth annual African American Read-In at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday, February 6, at 11 a.m. in the Student Services Center multipurpose room.  President Thelma B. Thompson has chosen this year’s book and invites…Read more “The Untelling,” Focus of African American Read-In