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About University of Maryland Eastern Shore

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, or UMES for short, is a historically black university located in Princess Anne, which is the county seat of Somerset County, in the US state of Maryland, with a population of little over 2000 inhabitants, estimated during the 2000 census. Princess Anne is part of the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area, and it is mostly known for the fact that it is home of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the Teackle Mansion.

Maryland Eastern Shore was founded in 1886, as the Delaware Conference Academy, which later became known as the Industrial Branch of Morgan State College and Princess Anne Academy, adopting its current name in 1970. The university offers its students various educational programs in several fields of study, through the following 4 schools: School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Professions, School of Business and Technology and School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, including the School of Graduate Studies.

The athletic teams from UMES are known as the UMES Hawks, who compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, in various sports. The university has been a leader in black college football, having won five seasons between 1947 and 1960, but the team was shut down after the 1979 season. UMES experienced victory in bowling, as well, in which the university won the NCAA National Championship in 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska, defeating Arkansas State University. The women’s bowling team also won the MEAC Conference Championship in 2000, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

The list of notable UMES alumni contains resonant names such as: Emerson Boozer - former NFL player, Clarence Clemons - Professional saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Charlie Mays - Olympic long jumper and New Jersey State Assemblyman, Earl Richardson - Morgan State University President, Art Shell - former Hall of Fame NFL player and coach and Starletta DuPois – actress.