University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Robert C. Mock Jr., has been selected as the next president of Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska. He will assume the presidency in January 2026. Dr. Mock joined UMES in 2018 as the first cabinet appointment of President…Read more UMES Chief of Staff Robert Mock Named President of Peru State College
A Sept. 15 keynote speech by noted author and minister Rev. Jamal Bryant headlines the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 139th Founders Week, which runs from Sept. 11-18. Bryant, who founded Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple AME Church and currently serves as senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta, will address the UMES campus…Read more Rev. Jamal Bryant visit headlines UMES’ Founders Week Activities
Following a nationwide search, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Social Sciences and the Arts (SESA) has named Christopher Harrington as its permanent dean. Harrington, who served as interim SESA dean during the 2024-25 school year, has served as a dedicated UMES faculty member since 1997 and previously chaired the Department of Fine…Read more Harrington named dean of School of Ed., Social Sciences, & the Arts
Fellow Hawks, It is with a heavy heart that I share the tragic news that two first-year University of Maryland Eastern Shore students lost their lives in a fatal car accident late last night. Luke Jason Hawthorne, 18, of Bensalem, PA, and Munir Loyan Morris, 18, of Capitol Heights, MD, passed away from injuries sustained…Read more Hawk Community Mourns Losses, Friday’s classes suspended for wellness day for the campus community
At the end of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s annual Summer Bridge program, participants are required to reflect on their experience during the five-week session. For some of the Summer Bridge mentors who were once on the other side of the session as students, the ability to reflect on how it affected them comes…Read more Completing the cycle
Service and the willingness to fight for the underdog has always been paramount to University of Maryland Eastern Shore junior Jada Wilkinson. “It’s been a lifelong thing for me,” said Wilkinson, a native New Yorker who is dual majoring in special education and human ecology with a concentration in child development. “I hate the thought…Read more Setting the Advocacy Agenda
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is proud to announce the appointment of Judy Diaz as the new General Manager of Delmarva Public Media—a collaborative network of public radio stations WSCL, WESM, and WSDL, licensed by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University. The stations offer a diverse lineup of news, jazz,…Read more Diaz named new GM for Delmarva Public Media
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has formed a partnership with Redemption Higher Institute of Biomedical and Management Science (RHIBMS) in Buea, Cameroon to provide access to programs offered at each institution. A memorandum of understanding between UMES and RHIBMS was signed during a visit to the UMES Princess Anne campus by the RHIBMS delegation…Read more UMES, higher ed institute from Cameroon sign partnership agreement
The Provost Faculty Fellows program has graduated its first class: “I am genuinely thankful for the opportunity to have participated in the Provost Faculty Fellows Leadership Development Training, which has supported both my personal and professional growth,” said Thompson. “This experience enhanced my skills in team management, strategic planning, and interprofessional collaboration—areas that are essential…Read more Congratulations to Inaugural Provost Faculty Fellows
After a nationwide search, the new face of jazz, blues and NPR news on the Eastern Shore is local. Stephen Philip Harvey, an acclaimed saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator whose genre-spanning work blends jazz, classical, funk, hip-hop, and gospel, will become the new music director of Delmarva Public Media’s three FM public radio stations: WESM…Read more Delmarva Public Media Hires New Music Director
