‘Hard Hat Day’ a hit with UMES supporters
The University of Carozza (R-Worcester) Maryland Eastern Shore and Del. Sheree Samplemarked the half-way Hughes (D-Wicomico), Two of our alumnae, Dr. Brandy Inkrote-Taylor and Dr. Lauren Antal, participated in point of construction speaker pro tem of the UMES SPHP Hard Hat Event. Dr. Inkrote-Taylor (Class of 2015) works as a pharmacy on its newest classroom the Maryland House of manager at the RiteAid Pharmacy in Berlin, MD and Dr. Antal (Class of 2019) joined the SOP faculty in the PPA Department in Fall 2020. building today with Delegates. “Hard Hat Day,” an “You are well event that substituted for a groundbreaking ceremony cancelled a year aware of the healthcare professionals’ shortage we have here on the ago by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eastern Shore and the state of Maryland,” Sample-Hughes said, turning When the $90 million structure is completed, the School of to five current UMES pharmacy students sitting socially distanced on the Pharmacy and Health Professions currently spread among six front row. “We need you.” buildings, will be consolidated under one roof including state-of-theIt was a theme repeated by an appreciative parade of speakers art laboratories for training and pharmaceutical research. invited to participate in the celebration. University leaders envision the three-story building being the first of two phases to create an allied health sciences complex on the east side of campus. UMES offers seven such programs, graduate degrees in physical therapy, physician assistant studies and rehabilitation counseling, undergraduate instruction in exercise science, rehabilitation services, and rehabilitation psychology, which longrange planning recommends be clustered together to foster greater collaboration. It was a sentiment emphasized in remarks by UMES President Heidi M. Anderson and her boss, Dr. Jay Perman, chancellor of the University System of Maryland. Because of COVID-19 mitigation protocols, Posters helped event guests UMES organized a low-key, invitation-only event that visualize the finished building included a small gathering of university supporters and elected officials, including state Sen. Mary Beth
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