UMES Dinner Theater returns April 12-13

Thursday, March 14, 2013 UMES Dinner Theater set for April 12 and 13 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (March 15, 2013) – University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s drama director is set to stage one last play-as a full-time professor and director, that is-before retiring after 38 years.  The play by Vernel Bagneris slated for UMES’ annual Dinner Theater…Read more UMES Dinner Theater returns April 12-13

Reward increased for information

Thursday, March 14, 2013 Reward increased for information in UMES murder investigation  PRINCESS, ANNE, MD– (March 14, 2013) – The reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the murder of a University of Maryland Eastern Shore student last month has been increased and now totals $10,000.  Maryland…Read more Reward increased for information

Mosely Gallery hosts ‘FACE, FACE’ exhibit

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Mosely Gallery hosts “FACE, FACE” exhibition PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 13, 2013) Mosely Gallery interim director Corrine Beardsley curates a show, “FACE, FACE,” March 29 through April 26 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Thomas/Briggs Arts and Technology Center.  The exhibit, which features five established and emerging artists, opens with a reception…Read more Mosely Gallery hosts ‘FACE, FACE’ exhibit

Spanish for Health Care Workers

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 UMES offers Spanish for Health Care Workers PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (March 5, 2013) – Registration is now open for a “Spanish for Health Care Professionals” class on May 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.   The class is being taught at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Foreign Language Instructional…Read more Spanish for Health Care Workers

UMES passes on restarting intercollegiate football

Thursday, February 28, 2013 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Feb. 28, 2013) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will remain an institution without intercollegiate football for the near future, President Juliette B. Bell announced today. After consulting with her cabinet, Bell accepted recommendations by a task force she appointed to evaluate an independent consultant’s study of the…Read more UMES passes on restarting intercollegiate football

UMES seeks to ‘Retool Our School’

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 UMES seeks to “Retool Our School”   PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(February 27, 2013)  It’s an internet and social media blitz as the campus community strives to win a piece of a $225,000 “pie” in The Home Depot’s 2013 “Retool Your School” campus improvement grant program.  “It’s a good opportunity to get funds to enhance…Read more UMES seeks to ‘Retool Our School’

UMES president’s tenure tested but strong

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (Feb, 26, 2013) – During a moment certain to mark Juliette Bell’s darkest as University of Maryland Eastern Shore president, the campus community gave her a solid vote of confidence. The salute – by an assembly of 3,000 students and supporters in the wake of a student homicide…Read more UMES president’s tenure tested but strong

‘A passion and love for UMES’ – and each other

Friday, February 22, 2013 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (Feb. 14, 2013) – A pre-Internet-era dictionary surely exists somewhere in the Frederick Douglass Library with this uniquely UMES definition for “college sweethearts:” Vernetta Elizabeth Brittingham and Jesse Teleferro Williams Sr. If not, it should. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Dec. 22, 2012 in a special…Read more ‘A passion and love for UMES’ – and each other

Alumnus creates freshman scholarship fund

Friday, February 22, 2013 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (Feb. 15, 2013) – Clifton Harcum, an alumnus and employee, sees creating a scholarship in his name as a way to pay it forward to high school students bound for UMES that were like him at that age. “I wanted to provide an opportunity to those who weren’t necessarily…Read more Alumnus creates freshman scholarship fund