Friday, November 17, 2017 Dr. Marybeth Gasman, a University of Pennsylvania professor whose specialty is higher education history with a focus on minority serving institutions, will be UMES’ winter commencement speaker Friday, Dec. 15. Graduation exercises in the Hytche Athletic Center begin at 10 a.m. for some 271 degree candidates and their ticketed guests. Gasman’s…Read more UPenn diversity expert is commencement speaker
University makes America Recycles Day statement Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Leftover food and table scraps generated across the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus will no longer be sent to a local landfill. Instead, the refuse will be handed over to ReGreen Organics, an up-start recycling company with a new approach to converting uneaten edibles…Read more UMES + ReGreen Organics = Zero Waste
Nov. 2, 1922 – Dec. 8, 2017 Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Retired UMES educator William Madison Pender Sr. died Friday, Dec. 8 in a two-vehicle traffic accident within view of his home on U.S. Route 50 west of Salisbury. He was 95. Pender worked at the university for some three decades, starting in the fall of…Read more In memoriam: Dr. William M. Pender Sr.
Students had a role in record-breaking test flight Thursday, November 9, 2017 Four UMES upperclassmen – each with a pilot’s license – etched their names into aviation history this fall by helping track a record-breaking flight of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Juniors Noah Atkins, Justin Beaudett, Chris Cornett and senior Jean Alectice were part of a team monitoring a five-day, around-the-clock…Read more UMES pilots? Make aviation history!
Thursday, November 2, 2017 Gregory A. Page, a UMES alumnus (1996) and president and CEO of Page Building Group, is the speaker Nov. 6 for the 10th annual Roger R. Blunt Construction Management Technology Lecture Series. Page will address UMES students, faculty, industry peers and community members at an 11 a.m. presentation in the Student Services Center…Read more Industry CEO is speaker for Blunt Lecture Series-Nov. 6
By Sean Clougherty, Managing Editor – Delmarva Farmer Thursday, November 2, 201 Nanotechnology, using particles about a billionth of a meter in size, has helped improve products from clothing to golf balls to sunscreen. At the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a researcher is investigating how it can be used in soybean production. The Maryland Soybean…Read more Can nanotechnology combat soybean pests?
Thursday, November 2, 2017 The Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs has confirmed three new articulation agreements that have been finalized in the past several weeks. The Department of Kinesiology developed a “4+2” memorandum of understanding that undergraduates who satisfy established grade-performance criteria in pursuit of an exercise science degree can…Read more Articulation agreements make transferring to UMES smooth
Reflections on the 100th anniversary of her birth Tuesday, October 24, 2017 On a glorious autumn day 43 years ago – Oct. 27, 1974 – the University of Maryland Eastern Shore paid tribute to the 20th century’s “First Lady of Song” by naming its performing arts center after Ella Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald spoke and performed during a…Read more The Day Ella Fitzgerald visited UMES
Editor’s note: Inclement weather and a schedule conflict prevented Dr. King from speaking* Tuesday, August 21, 2018 UMES’ 132nd Founders’ Day Convocation speaker will be Dr. John B. King Jr., the grandson of one of the institution’s earliest graduates. King is president and chief executive of The Education Trust, a national nonprofit organization that seeks…Read more 1894 alumna’s grandson is 2018 Founders’ Day speaker
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 University of Maryland Eastern Shore representatives signed an agreement today with a group of 10 Technical Universities in Ghana-a catalyst for scientific cooperation and outreach between the institutions. The linkage promotes development in Ghana while broadening international experiences for students at the Princess Anne campus. “This Memorandum of Understanding is the…Read more Cooperative agreement opens door for educational exchange with Ghana
