UMES Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Experience Latoya Jenkins was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2025 by the Baltimore Daily Record. Jenkins, one of more than 2,000 women named an honoree since the award’s inception 30 years ago, will be recognized during a May 5 awards celebration at Towson University….Read more Jenkins named one of Maryland’s top 100 women
It took five rounds and two hours to get to the final two spellers at Saturday’s 2025 Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee. It would take another 16 rounds and more than 30 minutes to determine a champion as Wicomico Middle School seventh grader Megan Barrientos and Bennett Middle School eighth grader Alexander Brown endured a…Read more Barrientos claims 2025 Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee title
Elementary and middle school students from the Lower Shore vie to be called the area’s top speller on Saturday, March 1 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. UMES will host the 12th Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee at the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center, which is set to begin at 10 a.m. A new…Read more UMES to host Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee on March 1
University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) Latoya Jenkins, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Engagement, and Dr. Madhumi Mitra, professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences, are among a group of top professionals selected to participate in Leadership Maryland’s 2025 Executive Program. Jenkins and Mitra will join senior-level executives throughout the year to discuss critical…Read more Jenkins, Mitra chosen for Leadership Maryland Executive Program
University of Maryland Eastern Shore students got the opportunity to see history come to life when relatives of Mohandas Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited a history class on campus in January. Dr. Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of the Indian social activist; Dr. Joel King, first cousin of Martin Luther King; and Gregory…Read more ‘We have to keep it alive in our hearts’
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Education Social Sciences and the Arts (SESA) is undergoing a renaissance of new growth. SESA, which houses the departments of criminal justice, education, fine arts, social sciences, English and Modern Languages, and most recently, mathematics, has hired 10 new professors over the summer. The additions, which encompass…Read more ‘We’re educating the entire university’
As the University of Maryland Eastern Shore conferred the degrees of 203 new graduates at the 27th winter commencement on Friday, it was a time for many newly minted alumni to not only reflect on what they were leaving behind, but also their futures. For the new graduates, their paths to commencement day varied. Ayanna…Read more ‘This is only the beginning’
There was nothing that could dampen Imani Payne’s spirit. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore student, who was the first in her family to attend and graduate from college, was so excited to walk across the William P. Hytche Athletic Center stage four years ago to receive her bachelor’s degree in Human Ecology with a…Read more Without further delay
Jalen Hunter’s interest in becoming a mechanical engineer started – as most passions do – at home. Hunter, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore student from Oxon Hill, Maryland, would often see his dad working on cars, which led to his career inspiration. “I saw there was a lot of handiwork involved, and I saw…Read more ‘I never gave up on myself’
There are times when a name can be more than a name. Sometimes, it can take on a life of its own. Just ask University of Maryland Eastern Shore student Ayanna Zenzele-Rushing, who faculty and students alike know by her moniker “Gem.” “It was a nickname I fostered that reflects my personality,” Zenzele-Rushing said. “I’m…Read more A polished Gem
