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Md. higher ed commission conducts ‘re-do’ vote for challenged Stevenson program
The Maryland Higher Education Commission reviewed a contested Stevenson University program and met in closed session to "re-do" a previous vote rejecting the program.
Despite objection from UMES, education commission holds hearing on Hopkins proposal
The Maryland Higher Education Commission reviewed a Johns Hopkins University program proposal amid calls that the meeting be postponed.
Anderson named new president at UMES
Heidi M. Anderson has been named as the next president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
USM institutions make plea for capital funds
Without a new facility in which to house the program, the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore could lose its accreditation, the university’s president said Monday. So President Juliette B. Bell asked the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Monday to fast-track funding for the new building; the university was […]
UMES plans to install 2 wind turbines
PRINCESS ANNE — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore plans to install two wind turbines with enough power to fuel hundreds of homes to serve as instruments for student and faculty research. The Daily Times reports that the turbines should be operational by early next year. UMES Vice President for research and economic development G. […]
UMES president’s tenure tested but strong
PRINCESS ANNE — During a moment certain to mark Juliette Bell’s darkest time as University of Maryland Eastern Shore president, the campus community gave her a solid vote of confidence. The salute — by an assembly of 3,000 students and supporters in the wake of a student homicide — was a public affirmation of support […]
Another apartment getting ready to launch at Locust Point
At the city’s emerging new hotspot, Locust Point, the new apartments and retail at McHenry Row are filling with tenants and retailers. Spies there say about six of the 250 apartments in the development are being rented each week, with tenants paying rents that average nearly $2,600 a month for a two-bedroom pad. The development […]
Bell named new president at UMES
Juliette B. Bell will be the next president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced Wednesday. Bell, who will take over at UMES July 1, has 20 years of experience in higher education and has been the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central […]
UM’s Eastern Shore campus names interim president
Mortimer H. Neufville, former executive vice president with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and an APLU consultant, has been named interim president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, in Adelphi, effective Aug. 16. UMES President Thelma B. Thompson announced this spring that she will retire Aug. 15. Neufville held a number of […]
