UMES to hold modified in-person commencement for Class of 2021
May 7, 2021
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has announced plans to hold a modified, in-person commencement on May 14th.
We’re told the commencement will be guided by precautions that adhere to COVID-19 prevention protocols, including limiting the number of ticketed guests allowed to attend.
Graduates will hear from state Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes as the commencement speaker, and will witness the grandson of one of the institution’s earliest known graduates receive an honorary degree. Dr. John B. King Jr. will return to the alma mater of Estelle Livingston Stansberry, class of 1894, to accept a Doctorate in Public Service degree after serving as the commencement speaker for UMES in the spring of 2019.
SALISBURY, Md. The pipeline grows.
The Salisbury City Council heard the latest update Monday evening on a controversial natural gas pipeline set to extend service to Somerset County.
The Del-Mar Energy Pathway pipeline will extend natural gas service to Eastern Correctional Institution and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, as both anchors look to transition off more polluting fuels.
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. got the unanimous green light from the Maryland Board of Public Works in January for the $34 million project, which will add nearly seven miles of 10-inch-diameter gas pipeline from Delaware, through Wicomico County and into Somerset County. Residents and businesses along the line will soon have the choice to use environmentally beneficial and less expensive natural gas service, wrote Justin Mulcahy, spokesman for Chesapeake Utilities Corp., in a statement that month, something elected officials and community members have advocated for more than
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NPR s Michel Martin speaks with Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post about Maryland s settlement of a lawsuit related to under-funding of the state s HBCUs.
NPR s Michel Martin speaks with Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of
The Washington Post about Maryland s settlement of a lawsuit related to underfunding of the state s HBCUs.
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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It s been 15 years since a group of alumni from Maryland s historically Black colleges and universities sued the state over inequality in public higher education. Their lawsuit argued that the state had underfunded its four HBCUs and permitted traditionally white institutions to replicate programs pioneered and offered by HBCUs. After a series of legal fits and starts, including a stall in negotiations with the state, last week, Maryland finalized a $577 million settlement to resolve the issue. The money will be paid out over a decade and used to support scholarships, faculty recruitment and expand academic programs and marketing.
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