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Students held a rally at Maryland’s State House Monday hoping to get more funding for the state’s four historically black colleges and universities. Sequoya Patterson went from Connecticut to Prince George’s County to attend Bowie State University because she knew it was the school for her. “It was just a family home feel that I got from the campus and [...]

For close to 30 years, the Tri-County Organization’s Coalition Inc. has been in the forefront in keeping the message and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. alive. One way is through its annual banquet on the national celebration of the slain civil rights leader’s birthday. The banquet returns for its 27th year Monday evening at the Wicomico Youth & Civic [...]

New University of Maryland Eastern Shore head coach Pedro Swannhas announced the 2013 schedule. The Hawks will play 52 regular season games with a full conference slate and contests against local rivals. UMES will play 26 games at home at Hawks Stadium, including four Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference series and a home tournament in March. Along with their MEAC North opponents, [...]

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 Hotel and Restaurant Management Program offers its Fall 2012 Gourmet Dining Series with dinners Nov. 9 and Dec. 7 at the Richard A. Henson Center. Tickets are now on sale. Students in the Commercial [...]

Re: “Salmonella warning: Shore residents more likely to be infected; microbiologists look for links,” Sept. 9 Remarks The Daily Times attributed to Salina Parveen, a food and microbiology researcher at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and others in a recent story make serious and unfounded inferences against Delmarva’s poultry industry that not only lack scientific integrity, but are based [...]

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education awarded more than $12.2 million of federal grants towards Maryland’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore. This federal grant will be invested towards strengthening academic resources, improving management capabilities and renewing building infrastructures for the four schools. “Maryland’s [...]

University of Maryland Eastern Shore wins big on Saturday. It has been almost 30 years since  a football game  has been played at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).  Big win against East Connecticut State 26-8. Next game will be against Coppin State. Heres what people are saying #UMES I told my grandmother we have football team now, lol she started [...]

Former UMES President Thelma B. Thompson has been named visiting professor of English at Bowie State University in Bowie, according to the Journal for Blacks in Higher Education. Thompson led the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne for nine years, until 2011, then joined the historically black Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as consultant to Academic [...]

Juliette B. Bell made rounds on the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday, greeting an assembly of hundreds of supporters, taking accolades at a luncheon in her honor and mingling at an evening reception on campus. Bell was named last week as the 15th president at the historically black university on Maryland’s Lower Shore emerging as a [...]

The 2012 Gala at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore produced its share of memories, which by the time you read this are already being circulated via email and social media. From Larry King’s amusing story of his role in an adolescent prank at his Brooklyn, N.Y., junior high school to heartfelt remarks from Tippi Hedren and S. Epatha Merkerson, [...]

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday announced the appointment of Juliette B. Bell as its next president. Bell is currently the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. Her new appointment at UMES is effective July 1. According to university officials, Bell, a biochemist, is recognized as a strong advocate for increasing the number [...]

There is a battle going on today. A battle that doesn’t obtain headlines on CNN or MSNBC. A battle that does not get much attention in our own communities, but will carry such a grand significance to our HBCUs future. The battle is happening in Maryland. The battle is for the future of Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State [...]

11 players and coaches were inducted into the Black College Hall of Fame this past Saturday. The list of inductess include 9 time Pro Bowler Harry Carson of South Carolina State University and former NFL MVP Steve McNair of Alcorn State University. The entire list of the 2012 class is listed below: Cleve Abbott, Head Coach, Tennessee State University Willie [...]

David Wilson, the president of Morgan State University is currently involved in what some may call the modern day Brown vs. Board of Education, the higher learning edition. The president was one of the first witnesses to testify in the case of the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education vs. the Maryland Higher Education Commission. According to an [...]

Norfolk, VA. – Junior forward Chelsea Sanders tied a career-high with 22 points and four assists as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore took down Old Dominion University with a 63-59 victory on Wednesday afternoon at Ted Constant Convention Center, one of the toughest places to play in women’s basketball. The game proved to be a career-high effort for several [...]

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 the D.C. Achievers Scholarship Program’s success stories funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Kierrah Norman, 21, from (Northeast) Washington, D.C., is one of the first two students graduating who received [...]

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Four University of Maryland Eastern Shore men’s basketball players tallied double figures in the Hawks 95-69 win over Mercy College Saturday. Ishaq Pitt had a game-high 18 points shooting an impressive 75 percent (6-of-8) from the field. Percy Woods marked his first double-double of the season with a 16-point 10-assist performance. Pitt, a freshman, scored 12 [...]

Josh Mitchell is a 20 year old rapper/producer hailing from the Prince George’s County area of Maryland. Coming from a place more commonly known for its deeply-rooted go-go scene, Josh is determined to make a name for himself as one of the rising young artists from the DMV (D.C., MD, VA). Though he has only been rapping since the age [...]