Friday, November 16, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (Nov. 16, 2012) – Vicente Hernandez is known around UMES for his colorful bow ties and composing poetry. Hernandez, 22, recently dipped into his own pocket to rent studio time and purchase blank compact disks. He recorded and produced 10 original poems, which he debuted at a…Read more ‘A cravat is where it’s at’
Thursday, November 15, 2012 University students sponsor event to promote physical fitness PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 16, 2012) – Students from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore held a Fun Fitness Challenge today at neighboring Greenwood Elementary School to show youngsters how being active can be both fun and healthy. The school’s fifth graders participated. The event…Read more Exercising to be healthy can also be fun
Thursday, November 15, 2012 Art exhibit showcases work of seniors “Revelations,” an exhibit displaying the works of five senior fine arts majors at UMES, will open on Dec. 7 with a reception from 4-8 p.m.in the Mosely Gallery. The show features paintings, computer graphic illustration, photography, ceramics and sequential illustration. The seniors have used their intuition…Read more Art exhibit showcases work of seniors
Friday, November 9, 2012 Service project provides holiday meals PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 12, 2012) – When UMES Residence Life Area Directors Clifton Harcum and Phillip Thomas set out to do a community service project, they do it in a big way. The “Day of Thanksgiving” effort begun in 2009 to feed families in…Read more Service project provides holiday meals
Thursday, November 8, 2012 ATLANTA – (Nov. 8, 2012) – Leroy Myers Jr., a senior from Baltimore, won $1,000 earlier this month as a contestant in the Ford Black College Quiz show series. Myers is the first University of Maryland Eastern Shore student invited to participate in the competition since its inception seven years ago. Contestants…Read more Quiz show pays off for UMES senior
Friday, November 2, 2012 UMES music department offers free concerts PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Nov. 1, 2012) The Department of Fine Arts at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore fills the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts with the sounds of music Sun., Nov. 11 and Wed., Nov. 14. The concert choir, under the direction…Read more Music department offers free concerts
Friday, November 2, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 2, 2012) – Dr. Victor Hsia, a pharmaceutical sciences professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is the recipient of a major National Institutes of Health grant he will use to underwrite research into the virus that causes cold sores and complications that can lead…Read more The Mysterious Link Between Cold Sores and Blindness
Friday, October 26, 2012 The latest on UMES’ response to Hurricane Sandy & its impact on campus WED. OCT. 31 – 9 a.m. – UMES students were back in class at 8 o’clock this morning (Wednesday) as the university resumed a normal schedule following its encounter with “Superstorm” Sandy earlier in the week. Some lingering after-effects of the storm,…Read more Classes resume @ UMES Wed.
Monday, October 22, 2012 Lectures enhance Journey Stories exhibit PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 22, 2012) Two guest lectures will be held at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in conjunction with the “Journey Stories” traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street project. Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson, an associate professor of American studies at the…Read more Lectures enhance Journey Stories exhibit
Friday, October 19, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (Oct. 19, 2012) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is joining 29 other public and private colleges and universities to form The Maryland-District of Columbia Campus Compact, a consortium committed to addressing local and global community issues through student service, civic engagement, academically based service-learning and…Read more UMES joins new college compact
