Undergraduate program formally launches in the fall 2021 Tuesday, January 12, 2021 A digital media studies degree will be added to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s roster of undergraduate majors beginning in the fall 2021. The Department of English and Modern Languages currently offers courses in production and programming of audio and video as well as…Read more Digital media studies is UMES’ newest major
Seniors who persevered through pandemic disruptions get their moment in the spotlight Friday, December 18, 2020 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore bid farewell to its December Class of 2020 with a 36-minute commencement celebration video in lieu of a traditional ceremony typically held in front of thousands at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. The global…Read more UMES holds 2nd ‘commencement celebration’ online
University among 384 beneficiaries of MacKenzie Scott’s generosity Tuesday, December 15, 2020 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is the recipient of a $20 million donation from philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott, the largest gift from an individual in school history. UMES is among 384 organizations across the country, including 17 historically black institutions, which…Read more UMES receives historic $20 million donation
Tech giant Apple enlists UMES as a Community Education Initiative partner Monday, December 7, 2020 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is celebrating Computer Science Education Week 2020 by announcing it will expand its curriculum next fall to provide instruction in programming language for Apple’s X-code platform. The university has been selected to be a…Read more App development instruction coming in fall ‘21
UMES’ James L. Bresette volunteers for COVID vaccine trial Monday, November 30, 2020 Dr. James L. Bresette, an associate professor of pharmacy practice and administration at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, found a patriotic path this Thanksgiving to sidestep the culturally accepted gluttony of the gastronomic holiday. Bresette’s found his Turkey Day appetite tamped…Read more Taking one for ‘Team USA’
UMES grads find solace reaching their goal, just the same Friday, November 20, 2020 UMES’ class of 2020 will have stories to tell at future reunions unlike those of Hawk alumni who came before them over the previous 100 years. Two hundred twenty-eight students finished degree work this fall under trying circumstances as the coronavirus…Read more ’20 winter commencement sidelined by COVID-19
UMES alumni and students discuss “Racial Equity: Then and Now” Thursday, November 19, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic changed our way of life, the pandemic of racial injustice has long infected this nation. In mid-October, Maryland State College alumni joined current University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) students as participants in “Racial Equity: Then and Now,” a…Read more Protesting Injustice: The UMES Experience
UMES’ social justice series continues with post-election symposium Friday, November 13, 2020 Congressman Anthony Brown, D-Md., told students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Thursday (Nov. 12) that there is still work to be done following the election of former Vice President Joe Biden. “Maintain urgency. Hold us accountable,” he said. “We have an…Read more ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’
WESM’s Yancy Carrigan found his voice behind a radio microphone Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Fifty years ago this past August, 1st Lt. Yancy Carrigan was on patrol in Vietnam when a flash caught his eye as he surveilled the thick jungle underbrush for signs of trouble. Trouble found Carrigan in the form of a sniper’s bullet…Read more A Purple Heart still pulsing proudly
‘… and see I’ve overcome it’ Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Who says college students tune out politics and current events? Undergraduate women at UMES give the lie to that notion. Say two words, one name – Kamala Harris – and listen to their reaction. Semaj Fielding: “As a young, black woman, the election of Sen….Read more ‘Read the book of my life …’
