Chef Jose Andres visits UMES’ Marriott Teaching Kitchen at Shady Grove Thursday, October 31, 2019 It’s not every day a chef with a rock star résumé stops by your kitchen to talk shop and samples your mother’s recipe for empanadas. But that’s what Mario A. Sep and his classmates experienced when World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés…Read more ‘I am just a cook’
Thursday, September 12, 2019 The 45 graduates who were celebrated during Thursday’s University of Maryland Eastern Shore summer commencement included an athlete who found UMES while competing for an in-state rival, a couple who met in class and plan to marry, and an entrepreneurial undergraduate with a big heart. The 2019 edition of the university’s…Read more Founders’ Week 2019 ~ Summer Commencement
Heidi M. Anderson inaugurated as UMES’ 16th leader Friday, September 13, 2019 Dr. Heidi M. Anderson was formally inaugurated Friday as the 16th leader of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on the 133rd anniversary of the institution’s founding. When Anderson took office on Sept 1, 2018, she became the fourth woman in the 21st…Read more ‘We will help students fulfill their dreams’
Rev. W. Tycer Nelson’s service spanned nearly a quarter century Monday, September 9, 2019 The Rev. William Tycer Nelson has a distinctive place in the history of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where he served as a sociology professor and the college chaplain for 23 years during the Maryland State College era beginning in 1948. Born…Read more Md. State College chaplain & professor remembered as vivid orator
Sounding rocket display pays tribute to pioneering educator Abraham Spinak UMES is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its aviation science program in 2019, and the contributions of the man who got it off the ground. Abraham Spinak was remembered Sunday during a ceremony in the university’s Engineering and Aviation Science Complex, where a decommissioned sounding rocket on loan…Read more Celebrating 3 decades of aviation science instruction
Somerset County high school students are the beneficiaries Thursday, August 29, 2019 Adel Karara and Anjan Nan – professors in UMES’ School of Pharmacy – have secured a $1.3 million grant funded by the Science Education Partnership Award program administered by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. The award will be used…Read more UMES receives $1.3 million NIH science education grant
Dr. Marshall F. Stevenson to serve on reconciliation commission Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Dr. Marshall F. Stevenson Jr. (dean, School of Education, Social Sciences & The Arts) will represent UMES on the newly formed Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The 2019 Maryland legislature created the panel to investigate the state’s history of vigilante acts between…Read more UMES representative to lynching study panel named
Future pilot brings same approach to beach patrol job Monday, August 19, 2019 UMES aviation student Russell Hayman‘s middle name is Joseph, but it could just as easily be “vigilant.” That was the case on Independence Day 2019, when Hayman was involved in the rescue of a critically injured teen face down in the Atlantic Ocean. …Read more ‘This isn’t a job where you can relax’
2018 UMES alum Christian Rose turning heads in NASCAR Monday, August 12, 2019 “Drivers, start your engines” are four words that motivate Christian Rose to show up for work – sometimes as many as seven days a week. The UMES alum is hoping someday to answer that call to action at Daytona International Speedway on the second…Read more Drive fast. Turn left.
Maryland State College educator revered as a pioneer in African American ballet community Monday, July 29, 2019 “For the culture” isn’t just a trendy 21st century phrase. In post-World War II America, Marion D. Cuyjet of Philadelphia played an influential role in diversifying the classical ballet community; she saw a star student, Judith Jamison, go on to perform…Read more Barre None: Marion Cuyjet – dance instructor & cultural activist
