McDaniel College

McDaniel College students participated in summer 2025 internships. Internships and other experiential learning opportunities, such as study abroad, student-faculty research, and independent study, are key elements of the "My Experience" component of the college's signature McDaniel Commitment. The McDaniel Commitment is supported by the Center for Experience and Opportunity, McDaniel's one-stop shop that focuses on experiential learning and career development.

McDaniel students perform in McDaniel College Theatre's opening production for the 2025-26 academic year. Performances are Thursday, Oct. 2-Saturday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in WMC Alumni Hall at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Maryland. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, seniors (over 60), active military members and veterans, as well as those with a McDaniel College ID. For ticket information, call 410-857-2448.

McDaniel College students earned Army ROTC Scholarships. The scholarship, which is awarded based on scholastic, athletic, and leadership attributes, covers full tuition, room and board, and fees, plus additional funds for books, as well as a monthly living stipend. The students will be commissioned as second lieutenants and will be required to serve on active duty in the Army Reserve or National Guard upon graduating from McDaniel.

Transfer students have enrolled at McDaniel College. This list includes students who have deposited as of Aug. 20, 2025.

Incoming students have enrolled at McDaniel College as members of the Class of 2029. This list includes students who have deposited as of Aug. 20, 2025.

Hira Khan, a rising senior at McDaniel College, has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study broad during the fall 2025 semester. Khan is a Biology major with minors in Chemistry and Arabic at McDaniel.

McDaniel College students immersed themselves in another country through their study abroad experience during the spring 2025 semester.

Former McDaniel College women's basketball player Lil Overcash has partnered with Play Overseas to continue her playing career in the UK while she earns a master's degree. Overcash will be attending the University of Worcester in Worcester, England, and will play for the Wolves' women's basketball team that competes nationally against other Universities as part of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Leagues & Championships. In addition, she will also help coach the women's semi-pro team that competes in Midlands 1A and the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Division 1.

Transfer students have enrolled at McDaniel College. This list includes students who have deposited as of July 5, 2025.

Incoming students have enrolled at McDaniel College as members of the Class of 2029. This list includes students who have deposited as of July 5, 2025.

McDaniel College announces its spring 2025 dean's list, recognizing full-time undergraduate students for outstanding academic achievement. Highest honors are earned for a semester grade point average of 3.90 or higher, high honors for a grade point average of 3.70-3.89, and honors for a 3.50-3.69 grade point average.

Recent McDaniel College graduate Abigail Walker was named a Distinguished Teacher Candidate by the Maryland Association of Teacher Educators (MATE).

Select McDaniel College alumni who majored in Elementary Education or minored in PreK-12 or Secondary Education were named Teachers of Promise by the Maryland State Department of Education. Nominations were based on GPA, service, leadership, and their performance during their student teaching semester. Teachers of Promise were matched with a veteran teacher to mentor and guide them through their transition from college to the classroom.

Transfer students have enrolled at McDaniel College. This list includes students who have deposited as of June 5, 2025.

Incoming students have enrolled at McDaniel College as members of the Class of 2029. This list includes students who have deposited as of June 5, 2025.

McDaniel College awarded 380 bachelor's degrees during the college's Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on May 23.

Harrison Booth and Kaitlyn Herde were among those who received academic, activity and leadership awards at McDaniel College's Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 22.

Jennifer Christine Madison, a Writing & Publishing major from Reisterstown (21136), was among select seniors who received academic, activity and leadership awards at the Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 22.

McDaniel College awarded 380 bachelor's degrees during the college's Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on May 23. Select graduating seniors also received academic, activity and leadership awards at the Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 22.

Mackenzie R. McCarter of Hagerstown, Maryland, who graduated Summa Cum Laude with departmental honors in Biology and a specialization in Molecular Biology, was the recipient of The Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award. Her research paper titled "Effect of malathion on development of Cassiopea xamachana" won the top writing award.

Margaret A. Riekenberg graduated Summa Cum Laude with majors in Theatre Arts and English from McDaniel College on May 23. She was awarded The Mary Ward Lewis Prize as the outstanding member of the graduating class during McDaniel College's Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 22.

Rebekah Faith Garrett of Pasadena graduates from McDaniel College and receives The Argonaut Award and Bates Prize.

McDaniel College awarded 380 bachelor's degrees during the college's Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on May 23. The Argonaut Award for the highest cumulative GPA during their entire completed courses of study was given to five undergraduates: Rebekah Faith Garrett of Pasadena, Maryland, Jolie A. Gray of Crownsville, Maryland, Jacqueline E. Kuzma of Stafford, Virginia, Elana Kara Petrone of Colonial Heights, Virginia, and Olivia Kathleen Shores of Frederick, Maryland.

Five undergraduate students earned The Argonaut Award for the highest cumulative GPA during their entire completed courses of study, including: Jolie A. Gray of Crownsville, Maryland, who graduates summa cum laude with departmental honors in Business Administration and a minor in Sociology. A member of the Green Terror Battalion, Gray received a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during McDaniel's May 22 Commissioning Ceremony and was recognized with the Lieutenant General (R) Otto Guenther Leadership Award, which annually goes to the commissioning cadet who best exemplifies the character, morals, leadership, and lifelong dedication, both to the U.S. Army and to their alma mater. She also received The Maria Leonard Senior Book Award at the May 22 Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation. She will serve in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Military Intelligence Officer, assigned to the 741st Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Meade, Maryland. Elana Kara Petrone of Colonial Heights, Virginia, who graduates summa cum laude with departmental honors in English. A College Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa, Petrone was a member of the Green Terror Battalion and commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during McDaniel's May 22 Commissioning Ceremony. Petrone also received The Makosky Award for Excellence in English at the May 22 Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation. Petrone, a three-year Advanced Designee Scholarship cadet, will serve in an active-duty position as an Adjutant General Officer after completing the Adjutant General Basic Officer Leader Course in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Seven McDaniel College graduates received commissions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army on May 22.

Rahmel X. Bellebranche of Westminster (21158) was one of seven McDaniel College graduates commissioned May 22 as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

Megan Elizabeth Barksdale of Kansas City (64118) earned a master's degree in Education of the Deaf and received The B. Jill Brooks Hodge Professional Development Award during McDaniel College's Graduate Commencement Ceremony on May 17.

McDaniel College awarded 283 master's degrees conferred from 22 programs during the college's Graduate Commencement Ceremony on May 17.

Seniors were inducted into the Maryland Pi Chapter of the Chi Alpha Sigma national scholar-athlete honor society at McDaniel College during McDaniel Athletics Senior Celebration on May 21.

Transfer students have enrolled at McDaniel College. This list includes students who have deposited as of May 15, 2025.