Wednesday, February 10, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (Feb. 12, 2016) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has qualified as a member of a new peer group among doctoral degree-granting institutions. UMES is now a Doctoral University (Moderate Research Activity), according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Seven percent of the…Read more Carnegie classifies UMES as a Doctoral University
Monday, November 9, 2015 PRINCESS ANNE, MD– (Nov. 9, 2015) – Temi Okulate has his next summer internship already lined up. The junior majoring in computer science won Cisco System Inc.’s “Invitational Sales Competition” organized by the UMES Career and Professional Development Center. Okulate’s prize is a 10-week internship with the Fortune 500 tech giant….Read more UMES computer science major lands Cisco internship
UMES sequential artist signs on as Star Warrior Thursday, October 8, 2015 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (Oct. 8, 2015) – Bradley Hudson talks proudly of working on a farm near Laurel, Del. when he was a youngster, so it would be folly to label him a space cadet. Stormtrooper? Perhaps. “I am a Star Wars fan,” the…Read more UMES art prof signs on as ‘Star Warrior’
Friday, July 10, 2015 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 10, 2015) – UMES’ eco-friendly portfolio now includes a solar-powered Cruise Car. Gabriel J. Christian, a Washington-area attorney, donated the vehicle as a gift for the university’s Department of Technology to support instruction in the expanding field of alternative energy. “Our goal is to build a course…Read more This UMES car uses no petrol
Thursday, March 26, 2015 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (March 26, 2015) – Tiger Woods is the first individual donor to a new University of Maryland Eastern Shore scholarship fund that will honor the memory of Dr. Charlie Sifford, the late professional golfer. Woods is joining with the university to pay tribute to the man who broke…Read more Tiger Woods’ gift launches new UMES scholarship fund
Saturday, February 28, 2015 UMES student is self-taught inventor PRINCESS ANNE, MD– (Feb. 28, 2015) – UMES senior Jean-Paul Badjo grew up the youngest of nine siblings in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. dreaming someday of becoming a video game designer. His father, a retired civil engineer, was not keen on that career path….Read more Trying to make the ‘Badjo Suit’ a good fit
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Jan. 27, 2015) – “The struggle” to overcome drug-resistant bacteria in the vernacular of today’s college student “is real,” and a University of Maryland Eastern Shore pharmacy professor is about to try his hand at solving that vexing health care challenge. Dr. Madan Kharel won a “New Investigator…Read more UMES researcher looks for new path in creating antibiotics
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 UMES salutes golf pioneer Charlie Sifford WASHINGTON, DC – (Nov. 26, 2014) – Golfer Charlie Sifford had the rare honor of being recognized this week on a national stage – and meeting a new generation preparing to follow the cart path he blazed more than a half century ago. The first African-American…Read more UMES salutes golf pioneer Charlie Sifford
Thursday, October 14, 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Oct. 12, 2010) – The dream of loyal members of the UMES family has come to fruition with the creation of the Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band – a credit to a collaborative effort by alumni and campus partners. “I want to see school spirit increased,” pep band director Simba Leonard said. …Read more Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band debuts
Friday, March 15, 2013 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (March 15, 2013) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will host the Diamond Jubilee Presidential Scholarship Ball April 19 in conjunction with the installation of its 15th leader, Dr. Juliette B. Bell. The Diamond Jubilee ball will be the academic year’s centerpiece fundraiser and will kick off with…Read more April 19: Presidential scholarship ball
