{"id":3809,"date":"2009-02-10T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:50:38","slug":"umes-tom-joyner-hbcu-of-the-month-august-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/umes-tom-joyner-hbcu-of-the-month-august-09\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES, Tom Joyner HBCU of The Month August 09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday, February 10, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00245.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3810\" width=\"460\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00245.jpeg 486w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00245-188x300.jpeg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SAVE THE DATE!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, May 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.T. Williams Portico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11 a.m. &#8211; noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join&nbsp;President Thelma B. Thompson, Ph.D., for food,&nbsp;fun and giveaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is the Tom Joyner Foundation&#8217;s Historically Black College\/University (HBCU) of the Month for August 2009.&nbsp; A certified 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, the foundation was established for the sole purpose of &nbsp;helping students continue their education at HBCUs as well as &nbsp;to ensure the sustainability of the institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The TJ Foundation is the brainchild and namesake of philanthropist and morning talk show host Tom Joyner.&nbsp; Under his leadership, an intensive one-month national campaign will be launched on behalf of UMES and supported by the foundation&#8217;s corporate partners. UMES will rely on its alumni and friends from the past as it works in conjunction with the hardest working man in radio and his crew to forge a successful campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The relationship between UMES and The TJ Foundation began in 2003 when UMES was designated HBCU of the Month for April of that year.&nbsp; Donations to the university equaled 100 percent of the funds raised during regular broadcasts of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show.&nbsp; Some $275,000 was raised, benefiting dozens of UMES students.&nbsp; The 2009 campaign begins with a formal announcement from President Thelma B. Thompson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about the upcoming HBCU of the Month campaign, call Veronique Diriker, UMES director of development, at 410-651-8142.&nbsp; For more information about the Tom Joyner Foundation, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tomjoynerfoundation.org\/\">www.tomjoyner.com\/foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Suzanne Waters Street, director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-621-2355,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sstreet@umes.edu\">sstreet@umes.edu<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, February 10, 2009 SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, May 13 J.T. Williams Portico 11 a.m. &#8211; noon Join&nbsp;President Thelma B. Thompson, Ph.D., for food,&nbsp;fun and giveaways. PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is the Tom Joyner Foundation&#8217;s Historically Black College\/University (HBCU) of the Month for August 2009.&nbsp; A certified 501(c)3&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/umes-tom-joyner-hbcu-of-the-month-august-09\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">UMES, Tom Joyner HBCU of The Month August 09<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3809"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}