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ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ has announced that its new Museum of Eastern Shore Culture in downtown ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ will open on Saturday, Nov. 2. The museum, located at 218 W. Main St. on the Downtown Plaza, will feature decoys by the Ward Brothers and other esteemed carvers from the SU Permanent Collection, but also much more. Opening exhibits will include contemporary works by local and SU student and faculty artists, regional Native American artifacts and more.

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ is among the 30 most sustainable colleges and universities in the U.S., according to The Princeton Review. For the 15^th consecutive year, The Princeton Review, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), has included SU in its Guide to Green Colleges, which highlights impressive environmental and sustainability programs at campuses throughout the U.S. and select institutions in Canada. This year, SU is No. 29 in the publication, representing the University’s highest position since the rankings began in 2010.

After a lot of analysis and number-crunching, personal finance website WalletHub released its 2025 College and University Rankings, working “to determine the top-performing schools at the lowest possible costs to undergraduates.” The company comapred 822 colleges and universities, looking at 30 key measures in seven categories. ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ placed No. 319 on the overall list and ranked among the top 10 in Maryland.

Dr. Joshua Bolton, director of ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Votes, believes that young people are going to outlast us all, so they should have the most say when it comes to elections. He said this year's presidential election is very different: “It’s an incredibly polarized, almost tribal sort of political environment. I liken it almost to how people root for sports teams. It used to be that you would never see someone wearing a T-shirt or a hat for a political candidate. Now, basically you’re wearing your team’s jersey.”

The Daily Times provided a photo gallery of the groundbreaking ceremony for ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ's Blackwell Hall renovation project with Governor Wes Moore and SU President Carolyn Ringer Lepre.

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons was the site for a forum hosted collaboratively by the Greater ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Committee, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ Area Chamber of Commerce, and SU’s Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (PACE). A panel of leaders from across Maryland discussed and took questions on the difference between an executive and a strictly council form of government, a choice that will be on the ballot for Wicomico County voters this November with Question A, a referendum on a charter amendment that would return the county to the latter.