Category: News

Mother, Athlete, Senior Woman Administrator: Meet Neema Connor Tuesday, March 26, 2019 A willing servant and hesitant interviewee, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Neema Connor reflects on her nearly two decades at this historically black land-grant institution.  Always one to have an encouraging word and a positive attitude, Connor is known for working behind the scenes…Read more Transition ahead for UMES’ Senior Woman Athletic Administrator

Friday, March 22, 2019 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has named former state lawmaker Jim Mathias its government relations director.  Mathias served 4½ years in Maryland’s House of Delegates – from June 2006 until January 2011 – and the following eight years in the state Senate representing Worcester and Somerset counties and eastern Wicomico…Read more Former state Sen. Jim Mathias named UMES’ government relations director

UMES’ Delta chapter has 21 new members Thursday, March 14, 2019 The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has revived its international honor society chapter for students majoring in “the computing and information disciplines” after a six-year hiatus.  Twenty-one UMES students are now members of Upsilon Pi Epsilon following an induction ceremony held in conjunction with…Read more Upsilon Pi Epsilon honor society returns

Twins Keriesha & Teneisha Brown are Maryland General Assembly interns Wednesday, March 13, 2019 The Brown sisters of Laurel – Keriesha and Teneisha – have both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly covered.  The UMES alumnae are working as interns in Annapolis during the 2019 legislative session as they weigh graduate school options; Keriesha in…Read more Doubling up on public policymaking

Nancy Niemi joins the university leadership team July 1. Monday, March 11, 2019 A senior administrator at Yale University who is currently the Ivy League school’s director of Faculty Teaching Initiatives will be UMES’ next chief academic policymaker. Dr. Nancy S. Niemi joins President Heidi M. Anderson’s cabinet July 1 as provost and vice president…Read more Ivy League educator will be UMES’ next provost

Monday, March 11, 2019 Dr. John B. King Jr., a grandson of one of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s earliest graduates, will deliver the 2019 spring commencement address to graduates Friday, May 24.  King was scheduled to speak at UMES’ 2018 Founders’ Day Convocation and summer commencement, but the threat of Hurricane Florence prompted…Read more 1894 alumna’s grandson to speak at spring commencement

Salisbury’s Austin Loar is headed to Washington, D.C. Saturday, March 2, 2019 Austin Loar employed stoic discipline – words he spelled correctly – on his way Saturday to winning the 2019 Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee.  The Salisbury Middle School sixth-grader will represent Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester and Wicomico counties at the Scripps National Spelling Bee the…Read more Sixth-grader wins 2019 regional spelling bee title

2010 alumna performs at Homecoming 2019 Thursday, February 28, 2019 Basketball fans who were in their Hytche Athletic Center seats early to take in the 2019 homecoming games Feb. 16 against Coppin State were treated to a rare, live performance of the national anthem.  Chanda Brown-Wilson, UMES class of 2010, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” a cappella, creating…Read more “Oh, say” Can She Sing the National Anthem

Essays by Richard A. Henson Honors Program ambassadors Tuesday, February 26, 2019 By Rashmi Sharma  The service learning trip I took in January to the Dominican Republic was a great way to begin 2019. I am so glad the Richard A. Henson Honors Program provided me this wonderful opportunity, which enabled me to experience a…Read more 2019 Work-study abroad in the Dominican Republic

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 UMES Homecoming 2019 theme: There is no place like home. This is true for Clayton Nichols, an Ocean City native, and Shaneka Schoolfield Nichols of Berlin. The Stephen Decatur High School graduates have known each other since the sixth grade in Worcester County and their story would continue on campus at…Read more Track Star + English Major = UMES Love Story