Hawk Served as USM Student Regent

UMES’ Langston Frazier served as the University System of Maryland Student Regent 2018-2019 following his nomination by Governor Larry Hogan and approval from the state senate. On July 1, 2018, Frazier began representing 170,000 of his peers and those at other USM campuses. According to available records, the golf management major is believed to be the second UMES student to be a regent in the USM era.

“Over the course of the past year, I’ve worked alongside some amazing people. I’ve seen firsthand the great effects of what our universities are doing – from research to athletics, from student development to – most importantly – academics,” said the former regent about his experience.

“One of the coolest things I will take away from this experience that relates directly to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is having the opportunity to help pick Dr. Heidi M. Anderson as our president” said Frazier.

Frazier describes his role as student regent as “one of the most rewarding experiences” of his life.

The School of Agriculture & Natural Sciences’ Dr. Salina Parveen received the University System of Maryland regent’s award and a $2,000 prize for her research of agriculture, food and resource sciences. Her work “aims to improve the safety and quality of seafood” by focusing on “rapid molecular and immunological methods for detection of food and waterborne pathogens.” She has generated more than $13 million in external competitive funding to underwrite her research and support graduate students under her guidance.

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy released results of the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination by the class of 2018. Maryland has three schools that train pharmacists.

1. University of Maryland Eastern Shore 96.23%

2. University of Maryland at Baltimore 87.05%

3. Notre Dame of Maryland University 87.76% National average – class of 2018 89.46% *UMES graduated its first pharmacy class in 2013.

Jenna Crockett (’19), a Richard A. Henson Honors student and English education major, received the Maryland Association of Teacher Educators Distinguished Teacher Candidate award for her approach to reflective teaching. The Tangier Island, Va. native prepared for a career in education while interning at Pocomoke Middle School.

“The teaching profession requires a lot of reflection and this award helps me realize that I do have potential to be a successful educator,” Crockett said.