Category: News

Dear UMES students, faculty, and staff: Recognizing the heavy emotional distress experienced by our campus from the fatal car accident that claimed the lives of two students and seriously injured two others, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will suspend classes Monday, Oct. 7, and Tuesday, Oct. 8 so that our community can grieve these…Read more Classes suspended Monday & Tuesday for wellness days for the campus community

Fellow Hawks, I write to you today with a heavy heart. Early this morning a car accident tragically claimed the lives of two University of Maryland Eastern Shore students and caused two others to have emergency surgery. A first year 18-year-old female student from Willow Grove, PA, and a 22-year-old third year male unenrolled student…Read more Hawk Community Mourns Losses

When Angela Alsobrooks arrived at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday afternoon, it felt like a reunion. Flanked by members of her campaign team and UMES alumni, Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County executive and Maryland Democratic Party candidate for U.S. Senate, was greeted with hugs and handshakes from members of a UMES contingent…Read more U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks comes to UMES

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help students develop career opportunities in public service. In August, UMES entered a Memorandum of Understanding with HHS’s Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) and its Pathways to Public…Read more UMES, HHS sign MOU for ‘Pathways to Public Service’ program

Aspiring entrepreneurs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore – and in the local community – now have a place to help them create their next big idea. In July, UMES became the fifth HBCU designated as a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – and the…Read more Frederick Douglass Library chosen as a patent and trademark center for entrepreneurs

Senior Kajal Ghising’s passion for the hospitality industry has taken her around the world. Ghising left her native Nepal more than a year head to the United States to pursue her dream in the field, before enrolling in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) bachelor’s degree program, operated through The…Read more UMES students Ghising, Phan named hospitality scholarship recipients

University of Maryland Eastern Shore employees are benefitting from several technological changes across campus this fall, much of it happening at their desks. As part of technical upgrades performed by the Information Technology department, UMES began working on a checklist of tasks including the campus-wide transition to the Windows 11 operating system, migrations from Google…Read more ‘It makes us one big technological family’

Two members of University of Maryland Eastern Shore president Heidi M. Anderson’s cabinet took center stage in Denver over the summer to discuss how collaborative partnerships positively affect student success. Dr. Rondall Allen, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, and Latoya Jenkins, vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Experience, participated in a panel…Read more Building bridges for student success

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Wor-Wic Community College have renewed an agreement that creates a financial incentive for recent graduates of the two-year school in Salisbury to continue their studies 17 miles south in Princess Anne. Dr. Heidi M. Anderson, president of UMES, and Deborah Casey, Ph.D., president of Wor-Wic, signed a memorandum…Read more Scholarships ease the path from Wor-Wic to UMES

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has been awarded a $750,000 grant to upgrade campus safety. The funding, allocated by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), was provided through the State of Maryland’s fiscal year 2025 budget, and allows colleges and universities in the state to “enhance and further refine the safety and security measures…Read more UMES receives MHEC grant for campus safety upgrades