Category: News

Thursday, June 30, 2016 REAFFIRMATION! PRINCESS ANNE, MD– (June 30, 2016) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced today it has received formal notice the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) reaffirmed the university’s institution-wide accreditation for the next decade. The announcement concludes nearly two years of self-examination and preparation to demonstrate UMES…Read more UMES accreditation reaffirmed by Middle States

Thursday, June 30, 2016 Editor’s note: Dr. Ray J. Davis offers thoughts on a change in the name of the academic unit at UMES he has guided since becoming its administrator in 2012. PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 1, 2016) – The School of The Arts and Professions (SAP) has evolved over the past 20 years.  It…Read more Introducing the School of Education, Social Sciences, and The Arts

Monday, June 13, 2016 UMES alumna Liz Ranger is among a select group from across the country in the Class of 2016 who will receive a prestigious post-graduate fellowship award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The society of scholars named Ranger one of 51 winners of a $5,000 stipend, which she will use…Read more Double-degree grad earns national fellowship

Friday, May 20, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (May 20, 2016) – The sun doesn’t always shine on graduation day at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, but its appearance today was certainly welcome. Unseasonably cool temperatures and 13 days of rain made for dreary weather in early May, especially for the 472 students sprinting…Read more ‘I ran the race and … finished well’

Area businessman William C. Anderson chairs organizing committee  PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (May 19, 2016) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced today that the Hon. William C. Anderson will serve as honorary chairman of its Mid-Atlantic Higher Education, Business & Research Conference to be held on campus in October. The three-day event is…Read more UMES to host business-government-research conference in October

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Married couple finishes UMES studies together PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (May 18, 2016) – Keesha and Matthew Kline are among 470 degree candidates scheduled to graduate May 20 from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Matthew receives a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice with highest honors – summa cum laude.  His…Read more InKlined to be a success

Friday, May 13, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD.– (May 13, 2016) – They could have given up at any point and understandably so, going to classes while holding down jobs and caring for young children.  But Michel’le White and Kanisha Stewart of Princess Anne had something in their favor – each other.  The step-sisters are about…Read more This UMES family is doubly proud

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 UMES graduating art students host interactive show  PRINCESS ANNE, MD -(May 11, 2016)–“Art ‘N Chill,” the senior fine arts show now on display at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Mosely Gallery offers a few interactive twists. Photographer Lydell McKissic Jr.’s “Instagram Statement” was “inspired by the growing need for everything to…Read more Arts N Chill senior show through May 19

Friday, May 6, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD– (May 6, 2016) – Mother’s Day 2016 will be a special time for Deborah Williams, an administrative assistant with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s counseling center. She is looking forward to seeing her daughter, Erica, receive her master’s in rehabilitation counseling from UMES. She also may have…Read more A Mother’s Day to remember