PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Dr. Virginie Zoumenou is one of only 56 volunteers awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a prestigious national honor offered in recognition of volunteer service.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 27, 2010)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Frederick Douglass Library has digitized a half-century of The Hawk yearbooks – from the first volume in 1959 through 2...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-  (September 27, 2010)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Frederick Douglass Library has digitized a half-century of The Hawk yearbooks – from the first volume in 1959 through...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (August 23, 2012) – A free workshop that promises to make the way clear for potential value-added producer grant (VAPG) applicants is set for Saturday, September 15, from 10 a.m. t...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - Feb. 24, 2012 - Eldon Hayman and his nephew, Joseph, were among those who participated in a 2012 homecoming event at UMES where historian Eric Jodlbauer delivered a lecture on his ...

Winners of the 2010 High School Art Contest PRINCESS ANNE, MD – May 28, 2010 Three Lower Shore students earned $100 in art supplies by showing off their skills using colorful pastels, pencils and a ca...

Before the start of a Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Institute forum Sept. 14 at UMES, the Maryland Hawk Corp., the university's non-profit affiliate, announced it is forming a renewable energy development ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Nov. 3, 2011)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble performs its fall concert on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (August 22, 2011) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has named a new general manager for its public radio station.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 17, 2011)A recent article in Radio World, a leading radio industry magazine read by broadcast radio owners, managers and engineers, lists WESM 91.3 FM as the best jazz station ...

Princess Anne, MD – (June 22, 2012) WESM 91.3 FM aired an interview this morning with Nick Clemons, head of the Nick Clemons Band and son of the late Clarence Clemons.  The interview can be heard at w...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - A senior at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Nicholas Washington, was awarded the Richard Bernstein Achievement Award for Excellence during the 57th annual Honors Convocat...

April 5, 2012 - Genevieve Warmann of Baltimore, a senior biology student hoping to combine an interest in biomedical research and a desire to become a dentist, is the 2012 winner of the Richard Bernst...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 1, 2012) Journey Stories, a traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institutes’ Museum on Main Street opens at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Mosely Gallery on Oct. 18...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (Dec. 30, 2011) -- Lynchburg will honor leading educator and former slave, Frank J. Trigg Jr., by erecting a historical marker in his honor, Virginia officials announced in late Decembe...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md.-(November 8, 2010) Future educators at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) will benefit from valuable technology-based training and internships through a $50,000 grant f...

May 30, 2012 - The University System of Maryland's governing board approved a tuition and fee schedule for the 2012-13 academic year that establishes a 3-percent increase in full-time student tuition ...

As Thelma B. Thompson winds down her nine-year tenure as president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, she is being saluted by education and public opinion leaders for myriad of accomplishmen...

May, 16, 2013 - Tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates who study at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore during the 2013-14 school year will be $6,998

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- April 22, 2010-Drs. Joseph Arumala and Raymond Blakely of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are this year’s recipients of the University System of Maryland Regents’ Faculty A...

   Dr. Arthur Allen, second from the right, receives the 2012 Faculty Award for Research/ Scholarship/Creative Activity during a ceremony in Frostburg, Md.  Pictured with Dr. Allen from left to right ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-June 18, 2010-The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents approved two new academic programs for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore today during a meeting at the R...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Rural Development Center will receive $75,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of its ongoing partnership to promote job growth in rural commu...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Nov. 15, 2012) If music speaks to your soul, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has a pre-holiday treat in store for Delmarva.  Jazz aficionados won’t want to miss a Dec. 3 co...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s capital campaign recently received a $30,000 donation from Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain with 7,507 locations.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's women's bowling team established itself as the nation's best squad by winning the 2011 United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championship, the ...

July 15, 2012 -- A new product under development at the Food Science and Technology department at University of Maryland Eastern Shore could change the way people think about tomato juice.

Dec. 11, 2012 - Clifton H. Harcum, a 2005 UMES graduate and Residence Director in the university's Office of Residence Life, is one of 16 local winners on the Delmarva Peninsula of the Jefferson Award...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 30, 2010)  The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Frederick Douglass Library has digitized a half-century of "The Hawk" yearbooks – from the first volume in 1959 through...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (September 27, 2010)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Frederick Douglass Library has digitized a half-century of The Hawk yearbooks – from the first volume in 1959 through ...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Frederick Douglass Library has digitized a half-century of The Hawk yearbooks – from the first volume in 1959 through 2009.

MCLEAN, Va. (June 14, 2012)-Capital One Financial Corporation, an official NCAA Corporate Champion announced the final women's standings yesterday for the Capital One Cup.  The award, given to the bes...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—May 28, 2010-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) was recognized during a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) reception at the Norfolk Marriott Waterside Hotel on Wed...

May 6. 2013 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will receive a $10,000 grant from the 2013 “Retool Your School” campus improvement contest sponsored by The Home Depot.

UMES welcomes its new president PRINCESS ANNE – (June 29, 2012) – Juliette B. Bell, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s new president, officially assumes office (Sunday) July1. Bell, previously...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – August 12, 2010-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore launched its newest doctoral studies program in August with the arrival of the inaugural class of pharmacy students.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore launched its newest doctoral studies program in August with the arrival of the inaugural class of pharmacy students.

Fifteen years after leaving the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to pursue work in Washington, D.C. as a national land-grant institution advocate. Dr. Mortimer H. Neufville is "back home" in Princ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD –(September 13, 2010)- Back by popular demand, this year’s Small Farm Conference offers the most in depth, industry specific information available for the gardening enthusiasts as we...

March 1, 2013 - Cynthia Boyle, Veronique Diriker and Margaret Naleppa - all with UMES ties - are among the Top 100 Women of Maryland selected by a panel of judges for The Daily Record of Baltimore new...

Rising senior Lenora Guion-Firmin of Martinique, a sprinter on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore track team, has earned a place on the French team that will compete in the 2012 Olympic games in...

Sept. 12, 2012 - Two Lower Shore public school systems joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in announcing the launch of a  competiton to identify the region's best speller, who would repres...

Aug. 22, 2012 - The National Science Foundation awards UMES a $500,000 grant to underwrite an outreach program that will target high school students about career opportunities in the geosciences.

Sept. 17, 2012 - UMES is among 97 of the nation’s historically black institutions that learned it will $2.5 milllion as its share of a $227.9 million federal grant to strengthen academic resources, fi...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (April 5, 2011)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosts its 13th annual Health and Wellness Festival on Monday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Services Cent...

PRINCESS ANNE – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will host its 12th annual Health and Wellness Festival on Wednesday, March 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the ballroom of the Student Services C...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Jan. 27, 2011) – An Interfaith Prayer Breakfast scheduled for Friday, Feb. 25, signals the start of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 2011 homecoming celebration.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore continues to build its case as Doctoral / Research-Intensive institution recognized by the Carnegie Foundation by adding three new science degrees: a bachelor'...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- Students from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will join 47 other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in a battle of academic prowess at the 21st annual Hon...

A team of University of Maryland Eastern Shore business students took runner-up honors at a qualifying round of a national collegiate competition based on real-life monetary policy challenges the Fede...

PRINCESS ANNE (Aug. 27, 2010) -- Rob Bennett has been interested in drawing comic books since he was a teenager.  Bennett would doodle on any type of paper he could get his hands on, including a brown...

During the Capstone Simulation Contest, students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore become the managers of competing companies.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (November 2, 2010) Representing more than 50 different countries, a contingent of international students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will join in the national obser...

April 27, 2012 - For the second year in a row, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore bowler has been recognized by the NCAA as the top student-athlete in her sport. Sophomore Megan Buja won the 2012 ...

Jan. 19, 2012 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s pioneering efforts to develop a solar-energy collection system on campus today earned it the WMDT/Mountaire Farms “Environmental Star Award,"...

UMES seeks to “Retool Our School”  PRINCESS ANN, 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 ...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology received a  $5 million National Science Foundation grant this fall to study water quality in coastal...

Interim UMES President Mortimer Neufville issued a proclamation recognizing March as Irish-American Heritage Month  in recogntion of the contributions the nation of Ireland and its citizens have made ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (September 13, 2010) - University of Maryland Eastern Shore researchers are experiencing a stellar year, having been awarded nearly 10 percent of the Capacity Building Grants awarded...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 4, 2011)Research Associate Professor Fawzy Hashem is a recipient of the 2010 Project of Excellence award from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture National Water P...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD –Dr. Jeanine Harter-Dennis is the 2010 recipient of the coveted Delmarva Poultry Industry’s (DPI) Medal of Achievement for her nearly 30 years of teaching and research at the Univers...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD –(September 14, 2011) Dr. Arthur Allen, associate research director and associate professor at UMES, was awarded the 2011 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation’s Best Research Paper...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 9, 2011) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore welcomes the public to an observance of the September 11 terrorist attacks that shocked the nation 10 years ago on Sunday.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 28, 2012) UMES’ Office of Alumni Affairs is sponsoring a military recognition dinner April 14, at 6 p.m. in the Student Services Center Ballroom.  “Duty, Honor and County” aim...

PRINCESS ANNE - (March 6, 2011) - As dessert plates from the sumptuous meal at UMES' annual Gala were cleared away, mistress of ceremonies Maggie Linton invited students working behind-the-scenes at t...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Area school administrators-as well as those across the state and nation- can now look to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to provide them with a new opportunity to receive st...

Two Univesity of Maryland Eastern Shore science professors - Dr. Linda R. Johnson, an associate professor of biology, and Dr. Jeurel Singleton, an associate professor of entemology - will join peers f...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s President Thelma B. Thompson has proclaimed June 15, 2010 as African American Golfers Hall of Fame Day at the university.

Feb. 26, 2013 - UMES President Juliette B. Bell's first seven and half months on the job have been occupied with building a team of advisers and being the pillar for a campus community rocked by the f...

PRINCESS ANNE – (March 16, 2011) – Dr. Thelma B. Thompson announced today she will retire on Aug. 15 as president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

SALISBURY (Oct. 3, 2010) -- Organizers of the NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet in Wicomico County have always invited a guest speaker with ties to education, but at Saturday’s fifth annual milestone event, ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- May 4, 2010-Under the direction of woodwinds instructor Brian Perez, the UMES Saxophone Quartet performed at this year’s 33rd annual Saxophone Symposium in Fairfax, Va.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 23, 2011) An expert in communications and international public policy will speak on Tues., Sept. 27, as part of an the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s International Dev...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 17, 2012) UMES’ Drama Society presents “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf” Nov. 2-3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Per...

Students in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Hotel and Restaurant Management program play an integral role each year in the annual Gala on campus that raises money for scholarships.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - The stage is set for "A Night of Stars" on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus.  Patty Duke and Dionne Warwick have joined Lou Gosset Jr., Clarence Clemons, B.B. King, ...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is among a group of two- and four-year colleges across the state publicly pledging to be more responsive to the unique needs of students who served in the U.S....

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Oct. 25, 2010) - The slogan on a 2010 version of “Hawk Hysteria” T-shirts said, “The Day Everything Changed.”

Feb. 28, 2013 - President Juliette B. Bell today publicly endorsed an advisory task force report that recommends against the University of Maryland Eastern Shore reinstating intercollegiate football.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - Need help paying for college?  Lost in a flurry of financial aid forms? Don t fret:  help is on the way from Maryland Public Television (MPT) with the highly anticipated and update...

As part of its efforts to extend the global reach of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the Office of International Development Programs  established a pioneering partnership with a university ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 19, 2012) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s small farm bus tour offers a variety of educational stops over a two-day period later this month.  Back by popular dema...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Sept. 30, 2010) - Chef Ralston Whittingham and his advanced culinary arts students in the Commercial Food Production course at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are placing...

UMES offers 2013 summer camps; NYSP not being held Still plenty of summer options for area youth. PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — (May 20, 2013) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics Department wo...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- Wonder what the International Day of Peace on your September calendar is?  The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will educate the campus and community during a screening of “Peac...

Jan. 22, 2013 – Dr. G. Dale Wesson has joined UMES’ administration today as vice president for research and economic development. President Juliette B. Bell announced the appointment earlier this mont...

UMES Names New Public Relations Director PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Bill Robinson has joined the staff of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as director of public relations. Robinson is a pro...

PRINCESS ANNE (Feb. 11, 2011) – Dr. Ellis B. Beteck is the new dean of library services at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Feb. 1, 2013 - Dr. Ronald A. Nykiel, UMES’ new provost and vice president for academic affairs, joins the university’s administrative team Feb. 5, President Juliette B. Bell announced this week.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-First Shore Federal Savings and Loan of Salisbury recently made a $5,000 gift to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in support of student scholarships.  The gift, coupled with ...

May 27, 2011 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University secured a $1 million federal grant they will use jointly during the next four years to offer the Lower Eastern Shore Sc...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 13, 2012)Today, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore celebrated its 126th Founders’ Day and the graduation of its largest class of Doctor of Physical Therapy students in t...

April 15, 2012 - With UMES Lady Hawk bowlers winning a second consecutive national title and the school's third in five years, the university made an emphatic statement that it is a force to be reckon...

Dr. Thelma B. Thompson led a series of advances in academics, technology and commercial projects during her nine years as president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, but she is reluctant to...

UMES' undergraduate business degree program  has achieved initial accreditation from AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - ending a six-year effort and maki...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (May 22, 2012)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore joins 105 doctoral-granting institutions as an associate member of Oak Ridge Associated Universities.  ORAU brings together un...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is one of 30 public and private colleges and universities forming The Maryland-District of Columbia Campus Compact, a consortium committed to addressing local ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(August 2, 2011) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hopes to contribute some unique input as the only Historically Black College and University to be selected as a member of th...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 28, 2010)Refueled by a spring trip to the Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival in Jamaica, the University of Maryland Jazz Ensemble prepares for their traditional opener ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 14, 2011) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore had a key role earlier this year introducing the concept of voting in a referendum to citizens of southern Sudan.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-June 8, 2010-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) was recently inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame (AAGHOF) at ceremonies held in Palm Beach Gardens, F...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore students planning to move into on campus housing are encouraged to wait until Monday, Aug. 29.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (August 30, 2012)-What’s a birthday without cake, song, reflection on the past and visions of the future?  The University of Maryland Eastern Shore celebrates its annual Founders’ We...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 10, 2012)The Department of Fine Arts at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is showering the community with three musical events during the week of April 22.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 5, 2010) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Department of Education is hosting a national conference Nov. 8 for colleagues who train primary and secondary teachers ...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (Nov. 5, 2010) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Department of Education is co-hosting a national conference Nov. 8 in partnership with the Educational Testing Service ...

PRINCESS ANNE – African-American women were allowed to enter the military for the first time during World War II. While training in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, the first contingent slept in segregated barr...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 10, 2011)-The Center for International Education at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will lead the university in observing National International Education Week, Nov....

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – (March 15, 2012)-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosts its 14th annual Health and Wellness Festival, Wed., March 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Services Center...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD –May, 20, 2010- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is scheduled to host a free, two-day grant writing and capacity building workshop titled “The Art and Science of Grant Writin...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Nov. 10, 2011) “The Green Building Environment” is the topic for the fifth annual Roger R. Blunt Lecture Series at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Nov. 12, 2010)Louis Henry Gilford may not be a household name on the Eastern Shore, but some of the high-profile locations of some of his company’s design/build projects should be v...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD, May 26, 2010 – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will award prizes as part of a competition for high school students enrolled in art classes in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcest...

UMES holds Tri-County College Fair PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Nov. 26, 2012) High school juniors and seniors can connect with recruiters from over 100 higher education institutions at the Tri-County College ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Hundreds of former University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks are flocking to the Shore to take part in the Homecoming 2011 events carved out for the weeklong celebration, Feb. 20-27...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (August 10, 2012) – Research displays and demonstrations, community and government support agency booths and healthy cooking demonstrations are all a part of Agriculture Field Day ...

May 17, 2013 - Fifty-seven students in the charter class to enroll in UMES' School of Pharmacy were among the 400-plus to receive their degrees during the spring 2013 commencement exercises today.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 15, 2011) The 125th Founders’ Week Convocation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore was a momentous occasion for the university and for 26 students who received the...

Dr. Kathryn Barrett-Gaines and several of her history students talk with WMDT News about a recent Virginia Historical Society announcement that it had discovered the names of nearly 3,200 slaves in an...

Dec. 13, 2012 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore holds its 16th annual winter commencement exercises Friday (Dec. 14), when it expects to award 273 degrees, boosting the number of new graduate...

May 10, 2013 - The charter class that enrolled in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's School of Pharmacy in the summer of 2010 is set to graduate on May 17.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Dec. 15, 2011)A December graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be among eight panelists in the 2011 College Round Table in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 20—one of ...

 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (April 27, 2012)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Gospel Choir takes the stage for its spring performance May 5 at 5 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Ar...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(November 30, 2010)“Hollywood on the Shore,” the theme for the 2011 Gala at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, promises to provide another star-studded soiree to be remembered...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Phenomenal response to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s announcement of a star-studded, annual gala resulted in an early sell-out of tickets.  Some 450 fast-acting ticket h...

Aug. 8, 2012 - UMES was the nation's lone historically black institution recognized in 2012 by the independent Council for Advancement and Support of Education for improving its fundraising over the p...

The Mosely Gallery of art at UMES opens the 2011-12 academic year with “Reboot, New Work by Fine-Arts Faculty.”  The show opens with a “meet the artists” reception on Thurs., Sept. 8, from 4-6 p.m. in...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD –(August 25, 2010)-The Mosely Gallery at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will host its annual fall exhibition, “Fresh! New Work by Fine-Arts Faculty,” from September 2 throu...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(May 1, 2012) Music faculty at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will fill the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, May 6 with sounds of the masters and a li...

May 8, 2012 - WBOC-TV news in Salisbury took on the question "What's lurking in your child's lunch box?" and turned to two UMES food science and technology researchers to provide the answer.

  UMES events feature holiday music  PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Nov. 29, 2011) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is getting into the holiday spirit with back to back events this week featuring the soun...

PRINCESS ANNE – (Oct. 5, 2010) - Enrollment at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has topped 4,500 students for the first time in the institution’s 124-year history.

Classes for the fall semester at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore begin Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2011, the start of the institution's 125th academic year

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 19, 2011) A musical African-American holiday tradition, “Black Nativity” by Langston Hughes, is taking shape in rehearsals at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

UMES Doctor of Pharmacy Program Receives Accreditation Status The new Doctor of Pharmacy Program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is approved to admit its first class for the fall 2010 as ...

Tickets are now on sale for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Dinner Theater production of “Motown and Much Mo.” The musical will be performed nightly from Thursday, April 15, to Saturday, Ap...

PRINCESS ANNE – Tickets are now on sale for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Dinner Theater production of “Motown and Much Mo.” The musical will be performed nightly from Thursday, April 15,...

UMES Dinner Theatre set for April 12 and 13 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...

A delegation of UMES students and faculty traveled to Washington, D.C. in mid-September to voice support for federal legislation that would create a national park in two states - Maryland and New York...

March 16, 2012 - Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, dean of UMES' School of Graduate Studies, will serve as president of the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools for 2012-2014 following a February el...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(May 24, 2011)“Go with your dream.  It is your job to make it come true,” Gloria Banks, the speaker at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 124th spring commencement on May 20,...

March 27, 2013 - UMES residence director Clifton H. Harcum will represent Delmarva as the region’s nominee for a 2013 Jefferson Award, prestigious national honor that celebrates altruistic Americans.

UMES claims MEAC Bowling Championship Three senior University of Maryland Eastern Shore bowlers are ending their careers the same they started – with a Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Championship. &#...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – June 9, 2010-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has been awarded a grant totaling $20,500 from this year’s Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship.  Five students were select...

As inspiring and rejuvenating as the arrival of spring, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Sheila McDonald Harleston presents its annual spring concert o...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD, July 12, 2010 - An abundance of pumpkins in Susan Callahan’s kitchen at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at Shady Grove inspired the chef instructor to create an award-winni...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore cheerleading squad was among the top performers at the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Cheerleading Championship event being held in conjunction with the ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 18, 2011)In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), held each April, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is hosting the first annual Big Band Bash.  

UMES celebrate Homecoming Events for campus and community PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (February 8, 2013) – University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumni flock to the area for homecoming, February 10-17, spreadi...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has seen some changes over the 124-year span of its history.  The institution has grown from the one building, one faculty member and nine students of the orig...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Feb. 1, 2011) – Bruce George, co-founder of “Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam,” and Dr. Maulana Karenga, founder of Kwanzaa, are celebrating Black History Month at the University o...

As UMES opens its doors for the fall semester to some 4,500 students and 200 faculty members, it also invites the community to share in a special celebration of Founders’ Week—the university’s 125th. ...

July 27, 2012 - The sixth annual "Reach for the Stars" summer camp for Lower Shore middle school students culminates with a hands-on launch of  model rockets carrying an egg "payload."

Feb. 27, 2013 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore presented its proposed spending plan for the 2013-14 academic year to lawmakers who are writing the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Seniors Kristina Frahm, Martha Perez and Maria Rodriquez ended their careers on the UMES bowling team the way they started – with an NCAA championship.

March 28, 2013 - The UMES women's bowling team solid 2012-13 performance earned it an invitation from the NCAA to go for a third consecutive national title in Detroit, where an eight-team tournament w...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD — (March 28, 2011) – UMES is now using electric energy produced by a 2.2 megawatt solar-energy facility on the land-grant institution’s campus.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-May 10, 2010-Two African-American celebrities and two champions of progress in Africa will receive honorary degrees at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 123rd annual spring ...

Heather Bennett saw up close how a physical therapist can make a difference in someone’s life when Bennett’s mother tore one of her anterior cruciate ligaments, also known as an ACL.  The therapist wo...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Dec. 2, 2010) - Winter graduation exercises at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be Friday, Dec. 17, in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. The 14th annual ceremony...

Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown delivered the 2011 winter commencement address at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, which awarded 269 degrees during a two-hour ceremony Dec. 16.

PRINCESS ANNE – (Sept. 14, 2010) – Twenty-three University of Maryland Eastern Shore students received their doctor of physical therapy degrees recently during a graduation ceremony held in conjunctio...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore awoke Sunday morning to find the campus relatively unscathed by the fury of slow-moving Hurricane Irene and students already looking ahead to a busy first week...

  UMES athletics now accepting nominations for Hall of Fame PRINCESS ANNE, MD.—(Oct. 4, 2011) University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Department of Athletics is now accepting applications for...

March 14, 2012 -- President designee Juliette B. Bell spent a whirlwind first day on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus that started with a formal introductory gathering where she was pre...

In honor of her late parents, Apsara Hettiarachchi donated $1,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore that will be awarded to a high-achieving student in the Department of Natural Sciences dur...

April 19, 2012 - Somerset County poultry farmer Doug Green, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore graduate, is the Delmarva Poultry Industry's 2012 "Distinguished Citizen."

April 18, 2012 - UMES' third annual Regional Research Symposium - to be held Thursday, April 19, in the Student Services Center - will emphasize “Building Graduate Education through Undergraduate Pipe...

OCEAN CITY -- (March 3, 2012) -- The spotlight has officially flipped on this weekend's UMES Gala, shining on more than seasoned celebrities in film, stage and television invited to help draw support ...

Approximately 384 University of Maryland Eastern Shore students are candidates for degrees that will be awarded on May 20, including 61 who anticipate receiving master’s degrees and eight who have fin...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore professors and engineers and executives from IBM have partnered to make modificatons to the School of Business and Technology's curriculum that should help informa...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - “U.S. News & World Report” ranked the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the top tier of the nation’s historically black insistutions in 2012, the sixth consecutive year U...

Magazine lists UMES in top tier of black colleges U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” ratings PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Sept. 13) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore continues to move up in the...

Ten UMES students took a multiple-choice test in October that they did not study for and received no grade. They took it with a TV camera rolling and discussed their reactions and results.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Mary 26, 2011) Television personalities Judge Glenda Hatchett, Donna Brazile, Omari Hardwick, Fonzworth Bentley, Lecia Rives and Timothy Dean will address student leaders at a confe...

Princess Anne, MD –(October 14, 2011) Renard Turner, of Vanguard Ranch Ltd, is the keynote speaker for the 2011 Small Farm Conference to be held on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus on F...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 25, 2010)Activity on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus takes on a new fervor Tuesday, Nov. 9, when buses roll in from high schools in and out of the area deliv...

March 28, 2012 - While most University System of Maryland students spent their winter break in January relaxing - perhaps at a beach or on the ski slopes - a hardy group of UMES graduate students took...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 29, 2011)Nearly 700 undergraduate students will be recognized for academic excellence during the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 58th annual Honors Convocation.  The op...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 2, 2010) – E.R. Braithwaite – physicist, social worker, U.N. ambassador – will receive an honorary degree Tuesday, Sept. 14, during the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 17) Enjoy dinner and a show April 19 and 20 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Dinner Theater production, “Do You Remember?: A Musical Revue.”  Tickets are still av...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md.—August 11, 2010-The Delmarva Shorebirds will play host the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) on September 3, when the campus celebrates College Colors Day at Arthur W. Per...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 11, 2011)Drama Society and Hotel and Restaurant Management students will shine on April 15 and 16 as they present “The Color Purple” for the University of Maryland Eastern Sho...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md.-(Jan. 23, 2012)  Tickets are now on sale for a luncheon series on select Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays over the spring semester at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. 

The dream of a few alumni has come to fruition with the creation of the Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band—a credit to a collaborative effort by alumni and campus partners. 

PRINCESS ANNE – (March 10, 2010) - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s long-time president and one of the school’s senior fundraisers are on a Baltimore newspaper’s list of the Top 100 Women of...

Jan. 22, 2013 – Dr. Juliette B. Bell, in her first major public address since becoming UMES’ president 6½  months ago, called on celebrants of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to draw inspiration fr...

Dr. Victor Hsia, a pharmaceutical sciences professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is the recipient of a $750,000 National Institutes of Health grant he will use to underwrite research ...

Dec. 20, 2012 - Dr. Karen A. Verbeke, director of teacher education and chair of Department of Education at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, weighs in how violent events occuring in K-12 scho...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Clarence Clemons, renowned saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and a former student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be unable to attend the UMES G...

Applications available for Summer Transportation Institute UMES is the host site for a two-week summer program for underserved middle-schoolers on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland looking to exp...

Former SNL cast member to speak at UMES PRINCESS ANNE, MD (March 8, 2011)Finesse Mitchell, a former cast member of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” is scheduled to speak at the university on Tues., March ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 7, 2011)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore recognized almost 700 undergraduate students for academic excellence during the 58th annual Honors Convocation today—among the...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(November 22, 2010)Johnny Sample, who began and ended his colorful 11-year professional football career playing in two landmark games, will now officially be remembered closer to his...

State senator to speak at PA Week lecture at UMES PRINCESS ANNE, MD (October 3, 2011) State Sen. John Astle (D District 30, Anne Arundel County) will speak at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore ...

April 12, 2013 - With the recent acquisition of 365 acres of farm and wooded land along King's Creek south of Princess Anne, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore now has roughly 1,100 of property ...

 PRINCESS ANNE, Md.-(Feb. 8, 2011)Tickets are now on sale for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hotel and Restaurant Management Department’s Spring Gourmet Luncheon Series. 

 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 29) Registration is now open for “Spanish for Healthcare Professionals,” May 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.  

UMES offers Spanish for healthcare professionals PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 19, 2012) Registration is now open for a one-day class, “Spanish for Healthcare Professionals,” Nov. 1, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m....

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.  ...

PRINCESS ANNE (Sept. 21, 2010) – South African artist Dr. Nombeko Mpako will host a discussion on “Contemporary African Arts and Crafts” on Wed., Sept. 22, in the Student Services Center Theater at 7 ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – May 28, 2010-Summer days promise an opportunity for small farmers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware to join the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Small Farm O...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (March 9, 2011)Small farmers on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland can bank on the benefits a series of upcoming events for the month of April will bring.  Beginning Saturday, Apr...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Feb. 14, 2012)– Plans are underway on the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for a series of events that will support area farmers who are preparing for a successfu...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (March 6, 2012) - A remarkably touching moment occurred at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's 2012 Gala that featured the legendary music duo, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis...

UMES hosts June sheep and goat roundtables PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (May 25, 2012) -Two continuing education programs for sheep and goat producers will be held this month at the University of Maryland East...

For nearly a decade, school reform has been the buzz phrase ricocheting between the print media, the nightly news on television and all corners of the Internet.  It is a topic of discussion from groce...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(January 9, 2012) Seven Hollywood stars have signed-on to appear March 3 at the 2012 University of Maryland Eastern Shore Gala, “Lights, Camera, Action!.”  The third year for a celeb...

Nov. 12, 20212 - Four the fourth year in a row, two energetic UMES residence life leaders and students they work with have joined together in a community service project that will ensure several hundr...

PRINCESS ANNE – (November 23, 2010)Senior art majors at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have spent the last four years honing their skills in graphic design, “funny book” art, mixed media, pa...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 23, 2012) The work of a half dozen fine arts students graduating in May from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are featured in an exhibit, “Starving Artists?”  The art ...

The ninth annual Eastern Shore Seafood Education Seminar for restaurant chefs, managers, wait staff, new employees and retailers will be held at the Holiday Inn on 17th Street in Ocean City from 9 a.m...

Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, recently presented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy and Health Professions with a $10,000 gift.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (June 21, 2011) – The family of Page Elmore is establishing a scholarship in his name at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Friends and admirers of the respected business le...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 27, 2010)Brian Perez, lecturer of woodwinds at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, will perform a saxophone recital on Sunday, Oct., 3, at 4 p.m. in the Ella Fitzger...

Sept. 9, 2012 - University of Maryland Eastern Shore researchers are involved with the study of salmonella and its incidence in processed poultry, a staple of agriculture community on the Delmarva Pen...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 26, 2012) -- Dr. Enrique Nelson Escobar offers a roundtable for new and beginning sheep and goat producers on Saturday, August 18, at the Center for Food Science and Technolo...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 18, 2011) – Ricky Stanfield has worked on some of America’s critical defense and science projects over the past 20 years, including Army tactical hardware, Navy missile-flig...

Sept. 20, 2012 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced today the formation of an advisory panel to help the institution assess a consultant's report that outlines what fielding a football...

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 ...

  Non credit Spanish courses for beginners and health care professionals offered               PRINCESS ANNE, MD December 6, 2011 Registration is now open for non credit Spanish courses at the Univers...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Jan. 12, 2012) Registration is now open for a non-credit Spanish Intensive class at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Foreign Language Instructional Center, a state-of-the-...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md.-(November 1, 2010) Chenita Reddick, director of advancement services at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, recently received the Certified Fundraising Manager (CFRM) credenti...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (May 7, 2012)When the members of the Class of 2012 turns their tassels at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore May 18, they will have the distinction of being graduates of the l...

There were no injuries or damage to property on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus following Tuesday's surprising mid-Atlantic earthquake believed to have originated in central Virginia.

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. He is the first UMES student invited to p...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore held is 14th winter commencement Dec. 17 and handed out degrees a record number 341 degrees during the mid-year graduation exercises. Guest honorees included D...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - Peninsula Regional Medical Center announced a gift of $100,000 today to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) to help fund a faculty position in the Physician Assistant (...

A town hall meeting will be held on campus Tuesday, July 19, from 6:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. to collect input and ideas to help guide the search for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore s next preside...

APRIL 12, 2013 -- Plans are in place for the Inauguration Week, April 14-to-April 20, when the University of Maryland Eastern Shore officially installs Dr. Juliette B. Bell as its president.

April 19, 2013 - In her presidential inaugural address, Dr. Juliette B. Bell laid out a six-point plan to move the University of Maryland Eastern Shore from an institution she said is already excellen...

Justine Toms Willis, whose New Dimension's radio show is heard on WESM-FM (93.1) based at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, was the keynote speaker at the 2011 President's Interfaith Prayer Br...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 1, 2011) UMES poultry food safety researchers have authored one of the Journal of Food Protection’s most read articles.  The journal is internationally recognized as the lea...

Maryland State Police and University of Maryland Eastern Shore Police are searching for those responsible for the murder of a student who died Saturday night of injuries sustained when he was assaulte...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 13, 2011) Ramona Bultman-Lewis, a visual artist, who “explores the connection between technology and art,” will display photography from two distinctly different series of w...

March 29, 2013 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's School of Pharmacy is now home to an extensive array of eye wash cups collected by Kurt Landsberger, whose son, David, a Pocomoke businessma...

When Bill Harbester of Bethany Beach started as a stock boy at a drugstore, pharmacists had very little interaction with the customers. But with more new drugs on the market and a shift in how -- and ...

July 1, 2012 - UMES Professional Golf Management student George Roy is doing an apprenticeship at a Montgomery County (MD) country club, where among his duties is teaching disabled golfers how to play...

UMES alumnus and pro football Hall-of-Famer Art Shell is again lending his name to a celebrity golf tournament at Great Hope Golf Course near Westover, MD to help his alma mater raise money in support...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 16, 2010)Michline Brice and Robert Korir are the recipients of 2010 Perdue Food Science and Technology Scholarships.  The Perdue scholarship is a $5,000 merit award that goes...

When Perdue's Quality Improvement Manager Shaun McKenzie who had been searching for a Ph.D. program in Food Science discovered that there was one being offered at the University of Maryland Eastern Sh...

Paul S. Trotter Sr. of Upper Marlboro, Md. ('74) willserve as president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore' alumni association until 2013. He was elected to the post earlier this year.

Pasture and grazing management workshop for livestock and horse owners                    PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (August 29, 2012) – A workshop for livestock and horse owners explores new concepts in pa...

Dec. 14, 2012 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore carved another niche in its history during its 16th winter commencement exercises when seven young men earned bachelor's degrees in golf manage...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Oct. 1, 2010)  - High school seniors are invited this Saturday to attend the first in a series of open house events at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne.  ...

Princess Anne, Maryland – (January 16, 2013) – Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), talks to faculty, staff and students at UMES on Wednesday, Jan. 3...

PRINCESS ANNE – (Jan. 28, 2011) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has a new Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins.

Sept. 14, 2012 - Kimberly Conway Dumpson was named today to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s senior leadership post responsible for fund-raising, alumni affairs and communications.

March 7, 2012 - Juliette B. Bell, a senior administrator at Central State University, will be the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s next president, Patricia S. Florestano, chair of the University...

A federal Department of Education grant has enabled the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to offer a new approach to instruction in foreign languages, particularly those less commonly taught but of...

Dr. Timothy H. Baughman, a historian by training, is the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s new dean of the School of Arts and Professions. Dr. Charles Williams, vice president of academic affairs...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Do you have a desire to farm, but don’t know where to start?  Regardless of your age, gender, race, education or nationality, Farm Management Specialist Erroll Mattox wants to talk...

Mortimer Neufville, a former administrator at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore under late President William P. Hytche, retuns to Princess Anne in mid-August to serve as interim president. He w...

A seven-year effort to raise $14 million for endowed scholarships and educational projects at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore ended June 30 roughly $1 million ahead of its goal.

The Office of Campus Life has a variety of events in store for students, faculty, staff and the community in February.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-July 14, 2010-The first of its kind in the nation, a Professional Science Master’s Degree in quantitative fisheries and resource economics will be offered at the University of Maryla...

Fred Engh says being a minority at Maryland State College, a historically black institution, in the early 1960s presented unique challenges and opportunities that shaped his adult life as an advocate ...

March 26, 2012 -- Charles F. Bolden, Jr., the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s top official and retired U.S. Marine Corps general, will deliver the graduation address May 18 at the Univ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-June 10, 2010-Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Naleppa, president and CEO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center and Peninsula Regional Health System in Salisbury, Md., was recently named to the U...

May 9, 2013 - Nearly three dozen University of Maryland Eastern Shore students are behind a movement on campus to reactive a campus chapter of the NAACP.

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. 1...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 12, 2010)Comic book artist and writer Michael Golden opens an exhibit at the Mosely Gallery on the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore featuring his work crea...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (May 2, 2011) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 2011 Graduating Senior Show, “Art through our Eyes,” will be on display at the Mosely Gallery from May 5 - 19.

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 A...

“Points of Juxtaposition:  A Gathering of Eight African-American Artists,” an exhibit featuring the works of area artists Tony Burton, Seldon Dix, Alex Gamble, Patrick Henry, Kennie Jones, Michael Mor...

“Coming Home,” an exhibit of oil paintings by Berlin artist and UMES alum (Class of 75) Patrick Henry, opens Feb. 7 at the Mosely Gallery in the Thomas/Briggs Arts and Technology Center. The opening f...

Mortimer H. Neufville, who was a senior administrator at the University of Maryland Easter Shore from 1983 until 1996, will serve as interim president when Dr. Thelma B. Thompson retires from the post...

April 13, 2012 - Michael C. Rabel, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is the inaugural winner of the newly created Excellence in Teaching Award. Rabel teaches physical...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 22, 2012)-Actress Melanie Griffith, who was a planned celebrity guest at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Gala, March 3, is unable to attend as production on her curren...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Dec. 9, 2011) Future entrepreneurs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore recently vied for a “contract” in a mock competitive bidding scenario presented to representatives of ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Nov. 3, 2011)-The sixth annual “Reach for the Stars!” summer camp for teens will be held in 2012 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, thanks to a generous grant from the Ro...

Think you might want to attend a Maryland public college? Learn more by attending the no-strings-attached event, Way2GoMaryland - Eastern Shore edition on Saturday, May 4, at Salisbury University. Cli...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept., 16, 2010) Traditionally underserved cities on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland can now look forward to broadband service, the result of a $3.2 million USDA grant and a p...

With Oregon State University as a new education parnter, the Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center based at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has a five-year, $15 million commitmen...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Aug. 17, 2010) - Peers continue to rank the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the upper tier of historically black institutions, according to the latest U.S News & World...

Luke’s Premier Foods wins industry award PRINCESS ANNE, MD-May 3, 2013  Luke’s Premier Foods won the “sofi™ Finalist” award and is in the running for a coveted Gold sofi™ Award reserved for the elite...

April 6, 2012 - Two lower Eastern Shore math students who graduate in May from UMES are co-recipients of the  Daniel J. Pinkett Award in Mathematics in recognition of their academic performance during...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Sept. 16, 2010) – University of Maryland Eastern Shore students who want to work in the hospitality industry have a friend in the Thomas G. Hanley Trust.

UMES Day in Annapolis was a special one in 2012; state lawmakers adopted congratulatory resolutions acknowledging the university's 125th academic year that now become a permanent part of the state rec...

April 24, 2012 - Interim UMES President Mortimer Neufville and Juliette B. Bell, who becomes the university's next president July 1, 2012, co-authored an op-ed article published (today) in The (Salisb...

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...

Nov. 19, 2012 - Former UMES coach Vernon “Skip” McCain selected as 2012 AFCA Trailblazer award winner.  

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 9, 2012) DeRay Davis brings his brand of stand-up comedy to Princess Anne Feb. 25 for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Late Night Comedy Show—a homecoming tradition. ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 8, 2012)-Registration is now open for two Spanish classes—“Spanish for Social Work and Outreach” on April 9 and 11, from 6 -10 p.m. and “Spanish for Pharmacy Personnel” on May...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (May 3, 2011) – Accompanied by the steady drum of the Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore cheerleading squad waved their pom-poms for the “nation’s be...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (April 7, 2011) - Senior Kristina Frahm was awarded the Richard Bernstein Achievement Award for Excellence today during the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's 58th annual Honors...

Adelphi, Md. -- (April 25, 2011) -- William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM), today announced the appointment of the search and screening committee for the president of...

Dec. 12, 2012 — After 22½ years as the director of the Rural Development Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Dan Kuennen is retiring from the post from which he helped create thousands...

March 27, 2012 - A rally in memory of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teen gunned down by a neighborhood security guard in Sanford, Fla., attracted some 150 somber University of Maryland Eastern Shore stude...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD—(May 22, 2012)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will host one of the premier junior golf events in the region June 11-12.  The Art Shell UMES Junior Tournament, held in conjun...

UMES offers Spanish for Health Care Workers PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (May 16, 2013) – Registration is now open for an eight-hour “Spanish for Health Care Professionals” class July 22-23, from 9 a.m. to 1 ...

Jan. 17, 2013 — The Eastern Shore could be home to Maryland’s fourth medical school, if the region’s health and education leaders have their way. The Salisbury Daily Times reports in today's edition.

UMES Jazz Ensemble hosts jazz great PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Feb. 22, 2013) – Legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath performs with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Jazz Ensemble March 27 at a 7 p.m. c...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 17, 2011)Gabrielle Goodman, a longtime Berklee College of Music voice professor and jazz recording artist, shares her talent with campus and community as she appears at the Uni...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Ralph Peterson, a well-known jazz drummer and bandleader, appears with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Jazz Ensemble on Wednesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 24, 2012)-Jaclyn Smith, one of the celebrity guests scheduled to appear at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore 2012 Gala, March 3, is unable to attend.

May 8, 2012 - Beth Kellam, a junior at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore studying to be a physician assistant, is being praised for her quick thinking in administering cardiopulmonary resuscita...

Before he was rocker Bruce Springsteen's "Big Man" in the E Street Band, Clarence A. Clemons of Norfolk, Va. was a music education major who matriculated in the early 1960s to Maryland State College, ...

Nov. 20, 2012 - Dr. Harrison DeWayne Whittington, a pioneering educator on Maryland's Eastern Shore and an original member of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Board of Visitors, died today a...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – (May 13, 2011) - Modifications to UMES’ business and technology curriculum over the past two years have given 17 students job opportunities with such Fortune 500 companies as IBM,...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and computer-giant IBM are partners in creating specialized college-level courses designed to make graduates competitive in the Information Technology job mark...

Bryant C. Mitchell, a long-time UMES business professor and alumnus, is the recipient of a second IBM Faculty Award in recognition of his pioneering work to help the computer manufacturer and universi...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, 1:30 p.m.)-Little to no effect has been felt in the immediate UMES campus area from Hurricane Earl as it makes its way up the coast.

HRM students bring home first place honors UMES bested powerhouses Morrisville State and Johnson & Wales to bring home first place in the International Food Service Executives Association annual cu...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 19) High school-age students can get a leg up at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore this summer learning Arabic or Chinese—two languages that are in high demand in the w...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- In honor of her late parents, Apsara Hettiarachchi donated $1,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to be awarded to a high-achieving student in the Department of Natural ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- May 17, 2010-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Henson Scholars and Henson Leaders expressed their gratitude for the continued support of Richard A. Henson through the Henson ...

PRINCESS ANNE – March 30, 2010-The Richard A. Henson Honors Program Inaugural Speakers Forum will host on talk on “National Security and Civil Liberties” at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Oct. 8, 2012) The School of Pharmacy and Health Professions at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is hosting health screenings and medication review sessions in observance of...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-May 17, 2010-The Hazel Scholars Luncheon gave students, faculty and administrators the opportunity to pay tribute to the late Richard F. Hazel, who donated a $3 million gift to the U...

For the first time in school history, the UMES Lady Hawks' volleyball team is the MEAC tournament champion, which carries an automatically bid to the 2011 NCAA national championship tournament.

Nov. 19, 2012 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's women's volleyball earned a second consecutive automatic invitation to play for the national championship after winning the 2012 Mid-Eastern ...

SALISBURY, MD — (September 29, 2010) In a continual effort to support the community, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Athletic Department participated in the annual Wicomico County Relay for L...

Sept. 26, 2012 - A landmark Princess Anne eatery, founded by one of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's most respected and beloved educators, was founded 50 years ago this month to fill a void ...

UMES’ Exercise Science Club is coordinating the launch of the first "President's Challenge Hawk Walk" on Saturday, April 30, to promote health and wellness in the community. 

KUTZTOWN, Pa.—(Jan. 27, 2011)For the first time in NCAA women’s bowling history, a regular-season tournament will be broadcast live from start to finish on BOWL.com, the official website of the United...

After a hiatus dating back to the mid-1990s, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Alumni Affairs office revived the traditional homecoming parade, which attracted a joyous gathering along the ro...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 5, 2012) Registration is now open for a one-day class, “Haitian Creole for Community Outreach,” Nov. 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s For...

Dec. 25, 2012 - Joshua Wright, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore history professor, thinks the prevelance of gun violence is reason enough to put limits on who owns and uses firearms.

March 30, 2012 - UMES alumnus Russell Irvine returns to campus April 3 as a guest lecturer to talk about his scholarly book,“The African American Quest for Institutions of Higher Education Before the ...

Spontaneous combustion of peat moss used to grow exotic orchids appears to be the cause of a Nov. 27, 2011 fire that heavily damanged a commercial greenhouse the University of Maryland Eastern Shore w...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 9, 2012) Rapper J Cole, a nominee for Best New Artist at this year’s Grammy Awards, will perform Feb. 23 as the headliner for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Homecomin...

Feb. 20, 2013 - Joel Olive has parlayed his degree in hotel restaurant management from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore into ownership of his own business on Main Street in Salisbury.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (November 23, 2010)A junior studying rehabilitation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Lamar Clark relishes a chance to “spread the word of God through song” during the u...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- May 5, 2010-The UMES Gospel Choir, under the direction of English faculty member Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, will perform its Spring Concert on Saturday, May 8, at 5 p.m. in the Ella...

(Jan. 10, 2011) – Three upperclassmen at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be working as interns for state lawmakers during the 2011 General Assembly session and get a full semester of aca...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore backs new flight design research

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-An African-American genealogy workshop will be held at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the Frederick Douglass Library on Saturday, April 24, from 3-6 p.m. Kimberly Conway...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-An exhibit, “Ernest Satchell Retrospective,” opens at the Mosely Gallery of Art on Thursday, March 4, showcasing art created from 1971-2010, during the 39 years he spent as a profess...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 28, 2012)-Celebrity guests appearing March 3 at the 2012 University of Maryland Eastern Shore Gala, “Lights, Camera, Action!” will receive honorary degrees.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(January 3, 2012) “Lights, Camera, Action!”  University and community committee members, sponsors and a celebrity liaison are getting ready for the University of Maryland Eastern Sho...

Aug. 22, 2012 - More than 1,000 students new to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore began moving onto campus as the Office of Residence Life opened dorms as the start of the new academic year app...

Summer program highlights careers in transportation             PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(June 12, 2012) Middle school students in the Tri-County area can still register for the Summer Transportation Insti...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD –(June 22, 2011) A Safe Drinking Water Clinic is offered on Saturday, July 9, at 10 a.m. in the Food Science and Technology Building on the UMES campus that will help private well ow...

The charter class of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's new pharmacy program will be putting its studies to the test Thursday, May 26, when members hold a 2½-hour free health advice and screen...

The Frederick Douglass Library adds to the university’s Black History Month offerings in February with an exhibit, two lectures and a read-in for students.

Foster named to UMES Board of Visitors Charles W. Foster, president of C. Foster Consultant Services in Hercules, Calif., was recently named to the University of Maryland Board of Visitors by Presiden...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 30, 2010) Dr. Jack Wennersten returned to his professional roots this week when he challenged University of Maryland Eastern Shore students, who attended his guest lectures,...

Nov. 15, 2012 - Former Health and Human Services secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan will be the 2012 winter commencement speaker at the University of of Maryland Eastern Shore.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Nov. 9, 2011)-The Foreign Language Instructional Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is now a site for foreign language proficiency testing.

As part of its celebration of International Education Week, the U.S. Department of Education invited University of Maryland Eastern Shore educators to talk about the role the new Foreign Language Inst...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 8, 2011) University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Foreign Language Instructional Center is currently offering non-credit courses open to the public.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 29) A foreign film night will be held at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, April 18, at 7 p.m. in the Student Services Center Theater.  The event is free and open to t...

April 10, 2012 - UMES junior will spend six weeks this summer at the The Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Institute, where he will be among 10 undergraduates taking graduate-level seminars in the humanitie...

May 17, 2013 - Today is the 59th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark public school desegregation  ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. The great-grandniece of the Methodist minister ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 25, 2013) High school-age students can get a leg up at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore this summer learning Arabic, Chinese or Russian—three languages that are in hig...

A mid-afternoon fire in a greenhouse on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus where orchids are grown commercially by a tenant heavily damaged the aluminum-frame structure Sunday (Nov. 27), ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – April 6, 2010-Students, who are currently enrolled in studio art courses at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, will have their work on display in the Mosely Gallery during t...

Jan. 16, 2013 – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is the recipient of a $200,000 National Science Foundation grant it will use to grow the ranks of women studying and teaching science, technolo...

Jan. 28, 2012 – The Foreign Language Instructional Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will offer a one-day class in Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Saturday, Feb. 2, from 8:30 a.m...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(November 4, 2010) Music to the ears, the UMES Wind Ensemble and Concert Band perform their annual fall concert on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Jan. 20, 2011)Some 250 Nigerian women now know how to process yam and local cereals into flour to feed malnourished children in the Africa nation.  Such was the mission of Dr. Vir...

Nov. 16, 2012 - A small army of energetic - and fit - UMES students descended on Greenwood Elementary School in Princess Anne to show fifth-graders that everyday activities like skipping rope can be f...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Wayne K. Evans, president of Evans Builders Inc. of Salisbury, has made a $2,500 gift to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and its Construction Management Technology (CMT) Pro...

April 26, 2013 -  Former EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson during President Obama’s first term will deliver the 126th spring commencement address to some 400 graduates and their guests May 17, at 10 a...

July 27, 2012 - Environmental studies students at UMES will be among the beneficiaries of a new federal grant to underwrite training and instruction emphasizing best practices in limiting pollution an...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(April 24, 2012)The Eastern Shore Fan Con, a comic book convention and more, is coming to UMES April 28, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Student Services Center.  The event focuses on ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-July 14, 2010-Sojourner-Douglass College in Baltimore awarded Dr. Thelma B. Thompson, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and William T. Middleton III, former supe...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 16, 2012)-Philadelphia jazz trumpeter Duane Eubanks returns to his alma mater to perform in concert with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Jazz Ensemble, March 28 at 7 ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 12, 2010)A cast and crew of over 30 members of UMES’ Drama Society along with university faculty and staff will present “God’s Trombones:  Seven Negro Sermons in Verse and a...

Dr. C. Dennis Ignasias – 1939 2010 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 19, 2010) The University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus community is in mourning for C. Dennis Ignasias, a long time administrator who di...

The 2011 UMES President's Donors Reception provided university supporters and the students they help with their generous gifts to get acquainted. The event's highlight was the announcement UMES had ra...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 27, 2012)If you missed the fall dinner series, the gala, or didn’t get a ticket for the popular spring luncheons, there is one more chance to sample the culinary skills of stu...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – Pasture establishment, renovation and management is the focus of the University of Maryland Extension workshop scheduled for Saturday, April 10, in the Food Science & Technolog...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 8, 2010) – Five University of Maryland Eastern Shore freshmen are starting their college careers with help from a prominent funeral director on Delmarva.

PRINCESS ANNE (Feb. 11, 2011) – For the past three years, Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes has served as interim leader of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s graduate school.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (December 6, 2010)Two retired educators who are University of Maryland Eastern Shore graduates are starting The Loretta and Daniel Savoy Fund for Human Ecology to help future stude...

UMES was the site for a day-long conference April12 that attracted nearly 100 health care professionals, educators, scientists, community and public policy leaders looking to identifiy and bridge the ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 17, 2011)Members of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir take the stage for their spring performance on Sun., April 3, at 4 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Cente...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 26, 2012)The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir lifts its voices in song welcoming spring to the Shore on Sunday, April 1, at 4 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Cen...

UMES Concert Choir performs under new director PRINCESS ANNE, MD (Oct. 27, 2011) When the University of Maryland Concert Choir takes to the stage Nov. 13 for its annual fall concert, the group will be...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 29, 2010)-As crisp and clear as the autumn sky, the voices of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir will ring through the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Per...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-November 3, 2011-A University of Maryland Eastern Shore community service project, which brought 300 Thanksgiving meals to needy families a year ago, has doubled its goal for 2011.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 22, 2010)A University of Maryland Eastern Shore community service project looks to area businesses to help present some 300 needy families in Somerset County with a Thanksgi...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 28, 2012)-Antonio Fargas, a comedic actor best known for his role of “Huggy Bear” in the ‘70s television show, “Starsky and Hutch,” will be the master of ceremonies at the Univ...

Sept. 23, 2012 - Two brothers who are UMES students operate a limosine shuttle business marketed to their peers who want to get back and forth to college from their homes in the Baltimore-Washington a...

This special file has been created in late Oct. 2012 to keep the UMES community posted on the approaching

May 18, 2012 - A record number of degrees were awarded by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at commencement exercises that concluded the institution's 125th academic year.

 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – May 23, 2010-One of America’s most-renowned civil rights leaders, Rev. Al Sharpton will serve as the keynote speaker at the 14th annual National Association of Student Affairs Pro...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-April 25, 2010-Emmy award-winning actress Cicely Tyson will address some  440 graduates of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as the keynote speaker for the 2010 spring commenc...

Choice Hotels Funds UMES Summer Internships for Hospitality Students PRINCESS ANNE, MD June 30, 2010 Two students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will learn valuable skills related to thei...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Thanks to a charitable gift by a Salisbury-based law firm, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has successfully begun a political internship program in Annapolis this spring.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD -- (March 4, 2012) -- Five celebrities from the entertainment world, who helped brighten an overcast late winter weekend that served as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's 13t...

UMES student volunteers participated in a public service initiative April 13 enabling the Blood Bank of Delmarva to collect 63 pints of blood donations as well as generating goodwill by doing landscap...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD -July 27, 2010-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosted its annual “Reach for the Stars” Summer Science Camp in cooperation with NASA and Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(July 19, 2012)Area middle school students are learning about robotics, earth science and green technology from engineers who work at NASA and the University of Maryland Eastern Shor...

Nov. 1, 2012 -- A team of University of Maryland Eastern Shore business students overcame hardships caused by Hurricane Sandy and was again a finalist in an annual academic competition sponsored by th...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-A local business developer, in an act of good will, is not only investing in a retail and hotel development project, but in the communities surrounding it.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Oct. 14, 2011) Gary Imhoff, a UMES senior program and budget officer, recently presented a lecture on campus to give an overview of the development strategy to re-building the nati...

Four members of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Board of Visitors have been honored with emeriti status in recognition of their many years of dedicated service to the institution.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-“Sports and the Struggle for Peace, Justice and Prosperity” is the theme of the ninth annual Black History Month Symposium at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  Three events ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Jan. 26, 2011)Tanya Murphy Dodd, a multi-media fine artist with southern roots, will exhibit “Embracing Light” at the Mosely Gallery in celebration of Black History Month.

Feb. 22, 2013 - UMES alumnus Sherman L. Lambert Sr. returned to his alma mater to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by deliver...

Bernstein Award presented at UMES Honors Convocation PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 4, 2013) – A senior biology major hoping to add to the number of physicians among minority populations is the Universit...

July 2, 2012 - Dr. Juliette B. Bell spent her first official day as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's 15th leader Monday getting acquainted with her new professional surroundings, which inclu...

Jan. 16, 2013 – Lower Delmarva’s annual tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will have a University of Maryland Eastern Shore theme Monday, Jan. 21 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center i...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Bank of America recently made a $5,000 gift to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Foundation in support of student scholarships.  The donation brings Bank of America's cumulati...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Sept. 24, 2012)Bank of America and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore are teaming up to help over 100 high school students in the Upward Bound program develop the skills neede...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Feb. 3, 2012)Dr. Jennifer Dorsey, associate professor of history at Siena College in New York, is the guest lecturer for Black History Month at the University of Maryland Eastern Sh...

May 7, 2012 - Kimberly Conway Dumpson, Director of Alumni Affairs and Planned Giving at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is the "Hawk of the Year," joining juniors Andre Walsh, Male Athlete o...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD -- (March 2, 2012) -- While the spotlight shines on entertainment world celebrities who attend the UMES Gala again this year, the real stars of the annual fund-raiser are the student...

May 2, 2013 - Dr. Joseph O. Arumala, a civil engineer who teaches in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Department of Technology, is the 2013 winner of institution's Teaching Excellence Award.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(May 10, 2012) Former Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, the first and only black player in his position to win a Super Bowl (1988), joins the roster of sports celebrities participa...

Art Shell UMES Celebrity Golf Classic & Junior Tournament Ready to Tee Off Annual event will take place June 11-12 at Great Hope Golf Course PRINCESS ANNE, Md.—(May 17, 2013)  The 2013 version of ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-May 13, 2010-The legendary Art Shell, pro football Hall of Famer and University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus, returns to the Shore on June 15 and 16 to host other NFL greats and...

“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 ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD (March, 17, 2011) – An opening reception for the Fine Art Student Show at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be held on Thursday, March 31, from 4-6 p.m.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-Area musicians from Parkside, James M. Bennett, Washington, Crisfield, Snow Hill, Delmar, Holly Grove, Seaford, Laurel and Colonel Richardson high schools will join the University of...

Area educators convene at UMES  PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(August 8, 2012)-Today, Dr. Juliette B. Bell, president of the University of Maryland EasternShore, welcomed a group of 75 public school teachers, cou...

March 15, 2013 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will host a presidential scholarship ball April 19 in conjunction with the installation of its 15th leader, Dr. Juliette B. Bell.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (March 15, 2013) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosts its 15th annual Health and Wellness Festival, April 17 as part of a week-long celebration of Dr. Juliette B. Bell’...

Roger Blunt lecture series part of week-long celebration   Dr. Anthony Junior is the speaker for the sixth annual Roger R. Blunt Lecture April 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Services Center Theatre. ...

Applied design seniors display artworks Seniors in the Department of Fine Arts graduating May 17 with a bachelor’s degree in applied design appropriately named their show that opens in the Mosely Gall...

April 20, 2013 - Lady Hawk bowlers strike down Pikeville to win ITC national crown

 

Feb. 15, 2013 - Clifton Harcum, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus and employee, is giving a hand up to high school seniors in Somserset County and his hometown, Baltimore, who want to att...

The first of three "town hall" meetings inviting input on qualities and credentials a search committee should look for in the next University of Maryland Eastern Shore president was held on campus Jul...

Kathleen Talbert, Class of 1951, recently established the Clarice J. Michaels Fund with a $10,000 gift in memory of the former head of the Music Department Clarice J. Michaels and Dr. John Taylor Will...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - A senior at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Nicholas Washington, was awarded the Richard Bernstein Achievement Award for Excellence during the 57th annual Honors Convocat...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 14, 2011)Five years worth of research aimed at improving the safety and quality characteristics of seafood is what distinguishes Dr. Salina Parveen, a member of the Agricult...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 20, 2011)Several University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) researchers are recipients of awards won at the 16th biennial research symposium of the Association of Research ...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (March 31, 2011) – The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently awarded the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, in partnership with Cornell University an...

Known for her role on the critically acclaimed comedy series “Everybody Hates Chris,” Tichina Arnold recently served as the keynote speaker during the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Women’s Hi...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Dec. 10, 2010) - Sharon Stone, the award-winning actress and AIDS-awareness activist, will attend the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 12th annual scholarship gala in March....

The 2011 UMES Thanksgiving food drive organized by the Office of Residence Life met its goal of helping 600 Eastern Shore families.

Intrepid history professor T.H. Baughman has spent four decades researching, visiting and writing about early 20th century expeditions to Antarctica, considered the last terrestial frontier on earth. ...

The Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has compiled preliminary enrollment numbers for the 2011 fall semester. For the second year in...

March 9, 2013 - Thirteen-year-old Khaled Mohamed, a seventh-grader at Bennett Middle School in Salisbury, won the inaugural Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee, besting 48 other competitors f...

An important and popular event is the University of Maryland Eastern Shore academic calendar is the Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, which will be held Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 at 7:30 a.m. in the Student ...

An estimated 240 degree candidates for December graduation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Dec. 16 will hear from commencement speaker Anthony Brown, Maryland's lieutenant governor. The ev...

Free-lance photographer Joey Gardner delivered on a promise he made during his successful 2010 campaign for a seat on the Princess Anne Town Council and provided three University of Maryland Eastern S...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (April 14, 2011) – The Office of International Development Programs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will kick off its 2011 International Development Lecture Series on W...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore remembered the victims of Sept. 11, 2001 with a "Remembrance Day Observance" that included the placing of a patriotic wreath on the flag plaza and testimontial...

Activities for Founders' Week 2011 included a special Saturday brunch, which attracted descendants of important figures at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore during its first 125 years.

A quintet of award-winning entertainers from stage, film and television will lend their names to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's annual scholarship gala in 2011. LeVar Burton, David Alan Gr...

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 1, 2012)It’s officially fall.  The cooler weather and an appetite for something warm from the oven go hand-in-hand.  Just in time, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Ho...

April 3, 2013 - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced today that Maze featuring Frankie Beverly cancelled their April 20 appearance for the presidential inaugural concert at the William P...

Princess Anne.--Nina I. Buxenbaum and Zoë Charlton both address questions of identity, femininity and race in the exhibition, “Fair and Lovely,” on view at the Mosely Gallery, University of Maryland E...

Feb. 14, 2013 - Fifty years after saying their wedding vows, Vernetta and Jesse Williams, both graduates of Maryland State College, now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, reaffirmed their commi...

Nov. 16, 2012 - UMES senior Vicente Hernandez has self-produced a compact disk of 10 original free-form poems that he debuted at an "open mic" event earlier this month at a local Princess Anne café.