UMES’ Richard A. Henson Honors Program and the School of Pharmacy teamed up during spring break 2022 for an experiential learning trip to the Dominican Republican. Led by faculty members Dr. Yen Dang (pharmacy) and Dr. Michael Lane (Henson program director), eleven students spent the week of March 19-26 working with the National Environmental School…Read more UMES students spent spring break 2022 working …
Two months before the rapid-spreading COVID-19 virus was declared a global pandemic, a Princess Anne consignment shop added a charcoal drawing of a local 18th-century home to its eclectic inventory. Somerset Choice manager Sharon Upton recognized the work of art might have special meaning to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore – and alerted the…Read more Rare charcoal drawing finds a home at UMES
The PGA of America announced today member Billy Dillon, director of the PGA golf management program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the UMES men’s and women’s head golf coach, has earned PGA Master Professional status — the highest educational designation a member can obtain. Dillon, a member of the Middle Atlantic PGA…Read more Dillon earns PGA Master Professional designation
UMES President Heidi M. Anderson will be formally recognized May 9 by The Daily Record in Baltimore as one of the newspaper’s 2022 Top 100 Women of Maryland. Anderson joins more than 1,700 women – including two former UMES presidents – who have been named honorees since the publication launched the recognition program in 1996….Read more Anderson named one of Maryland’s top 100 women
Dr. Rondall E. Allen has been picked by President Heidi M. Anderson to be the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s next chief academic policymaker. Allen will move into the role of provost and vice president for academic affairs this summer when Dr. Nancy Niemi leaves the post to become president of Framingham (Mass.) State University….Read more Allen named UMES’ chief academic policymaker
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is partnering with the Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO) to design leadership programs specifically for women to help them become successful entrepreneurs. TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, said the programs “are designed to build an alliance of diverse founders and CEOs” to nurture “entrepreneurial innovation.” Maryland’s four…Read more UMES joins effort to help minority businesswomen
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is in line to receive $850,000 from the latest federal omnibus funding legislation Congress approved earlier this month. The money will underwrite a new initiative in UMES’ School of Graduate Studies and Research as well as an ongoing project to convert records, photos and other important documents in the…Read more New federal budget funds two UMES projects
Republic Airways, an Indianapolis-based regional passenger airline, made a St. Patrick’s Day donation of $20,000 to support the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s aviation science program. The gift will be used to provide scholarships for students, underwrite their travel and participation in professional aviation events, and support advanced faculty and flight instructor training. “Our goal…Read more Republic is UMES’ latest corporate aviation partner
Dr. Miriam C. Purnell, a UMES School of Pharmacy professor, is among 17 University System of Maryland peers to be recognized by the Board of Regents as a 2022 faculty award winner. The awards are the highest honor presented to exemplary faculty members by the governing board. They honor excellence in: teaching; mentoring; public service;…Read more UMES professor is an award-winning mentor
The first word Jeffrey Hsia was challenged to spell at the 2022 Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee was ‘lucky.’ It proved a harbinger of good things to come. Jeffrey, an eighth grader at Bennett Middle School in Salisbury, won the competition and earned an automatic invitation to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee…Read more ‘Luck is the residue of hard work …’
