The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Wor-Wic Community College have renewed an agreement that creates a financial incentive for recent graduates of the two-year school in Salisbury to continue their studies 17 miles south in Princess Anne. Dr. Heidi M. Anderson, president of UMES, and Deborah Casey, Ph.D., president of Wor-Wic, signed a memorandum of understanding that provides every Wor-Wic graduate continuing their education at UMES with $3,500 annually toward their in-state tuition bill for up to six semesters at the university.
In addition, three Wor-Wic applicants will qualify for a full-ride Presidential Scholarship worth $8,585 annually.
As an added incentive, the application fee is waived for Wor-Wic students applying to UMES.
Both colleges offer instruction in such fields as hospitality/hotel-motel-restaurant management, physical therapy, early childhood education, construction (management) and law enforcement that could ease the transfer path for scholarship recipients to earn a bachelor’s degree.
In addition, Wor-Wic recently instituted a pharmacy pre-transfer process to help students interested in pursuing the UMES doctor of pharmacy degree.
