Tag: HBCU

Third cohort of STEM STARS program becomes a family affair 

  • Publication date Monday, August 24, 2026
A group of HBCU STEM students pose with their institution president.

The third cohort of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Students Achieving Results in Science (STEM STARS) program entered college already connected to the campus.  This grouping of the program, whose mission is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups who pursue and earn PhDs and MD-PhDs in STEM disciplines, distinguished themselves from prior classes in the eyes of program executive director Dr. Tiara Cornelius. …Read more Third cohort of STEM STARS program becomes a family affair 

UMES vet school will be a first for Maryland and public HBCUs

  • Publication date Tuesday, January 30, 2024

A new School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be the first of its kind in Maryland and among the nation’s public historically Black colleges and universities. The school, slated to accept students in fall 2026, received approval Jan. 16 by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. “Our new veterinary medicine…Read more UMES vet school will be a first for Maryland and public HBCUs

UMES responds to national vet shortage with new School

  • Publication date Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Important Update Here! A new School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is becoming a reality. The University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced Dec. 15 its approval for the program that will be the second veterinary school across the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities. When the first anticipated students are…Read more UMES responds to national vet shortage with new School

‘You Perform Miracles Every Day’

  • Publication date Friday, January 26, 2024

Ahead of the start of the spring 2024 semester on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23, staff and faculty participated in UMES’ annual Professional Development Days. The sessions kicked off with President Heidi M. Anderson highlighting UMES’ focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, agriculture, aviation, the arts, and math) education and featured updates on major projects,…Read more ‘You Perform Miracles Every Day’

UMES welcomes inaugural cohort of students in STEM STARS program

  • Publication date Monday, August 14, 2023

On Aug. 6, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore welcomed 10 new Hawks as the inaugural cohort for the STEM STARS (Students Achieving Results in Science)  program, a program made possible by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Driving Change award. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is one of six universities and the first…Read more UMES welcomes inaugural cohort of students in STEM STARS program

Hawk secured hospitality and tourism position with the Walt Disney Company

  • Publication date Thursday, May 18, 2023

After commencement exercises on May 19, where Jordan Evans will earn her bachelor’s degree in hospitality and tourism management (HTM) from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Evans will be bound for the Sunshine State where she secured an 18-month salaried position in Walt Disney’s  Ventures and Expeditions in Orlando. Her new job stems…Read more Hawk secured hospitality and tourism position with the Walt Disney Company

UMES graduate student awarded 2023 PhRMA predoctoral fellowship

  • Publication date Friday, February 24, 2023

Soaring above and beyond is just what Rhashanda Haywood is doing as one of 18 researchers who were awarded a total of nearly $1.3 million by PhRMA Foundation as 2023 award recipients.  Out of 300 applicants, Haywood was awarded the PhRMA predoctoral fellowship, which provides a stipend of $25,000 per year for up to two…Read more UMES graduate student awarded 2023 PhRMA predoctoral fellowship

UMES professor to present Black history content as part of C-SPAN lecture series

  • Publication date Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Dr. Arlisha Norwood, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is shedding light on Black women in freedom as a part of C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History” series. Norwood’s focus of study is on single Black women in Virginia. Her lecture was filmed Feb. 7 in a classroom on this historically…Read more UMES professor to present Black history content as part of C-SPAN lecture series

Taking to the skies begins at UMES

  • Publication date Friday, November 18, 2022

Captain Roberto H. Torres (’96) is among the early students to matriculate in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s aviation program, which is the only four-year bachelor degree program in the State of Maryland since its start over 30 years ago. Earning his degree in airway science, his success was nurtured at UMES by educators…Read more Taking to the skies begins at UMES

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