McDaniel College

Lindsey Cruz-Gutierrez, a senior at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland, has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $250,000.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Educator's Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $132,000, or $33,000 annually over four years, for each student. Children with a parent or guardian with at least four years of current and consecutive full-time employment at a K-12 school or community college can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College. Any service qualifies, such as teachers, administrators, counselors, or support staff, as long as the employment is directly through the school or college.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Military Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. All military veterans, active-duty military personnel and their children can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College.

Nataphali Speare of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $250,000.

Sarah Ladley of Furlong, Pennsylvania, has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $250,000.

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute senior Camille Coffey of Baltimore (21237) has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $250,000.

Baltimore City College senior Camila Calero of Baltimore has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $250,000.

Anna Furdui of Sykesville, Maryland, a senior at Liberty High School, has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $250,000.

Sana Askari has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $200,000.

Nicki James, a senior at Westminster High School, has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $200,000.

Kaylah Rashid of Glen Burnie, Md., a senior at Glen Burnie High School, has been named a Dorsey Scholar at McDaniel College, earning a four-year scholarship, including full tuition, room, and board. The Dorsey Scholarship is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and is valued at more than $200,000.

Dalanda Diallo of Montgomery Village (20886), a senior at McDaniel College who has both a Political Science major with a specialization in International Studies and a student-designed major in French Studies, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Swahili this summer. Only 10 percent of applicants for the CLS are accepted for the scholarship.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Military Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. All military veterans, active-duty military personnel and their children can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Educator's Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. Children with a parent or guardian who has at least four years of current and consecutive full-time employment at a K-12 school or community college can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College. Any service qualifies, such as teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses, or support staff, as long as the employment is directly through the school or college.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Alumni Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. Children, stepchildren and grandchildren of alumni who graduated from McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College are eligible to receive this guaranteed scholarship to attend the college.

McDaniel College rising junior John Mendenhall is looking forward to having a deeper understanding of Middle Eastern culture after being awarded a national study abroad scholarship. Mendenhall of Bethesda, Md., has been awarded a James G. Stemler Study Abroad Scholarship from Alpha Lambda Delta.

Khadijatou Diop, a junior at McDaniel College from Columbia, Md., has been awarded a $5,000 Gilman Scholarship to study abroad through the virtual French immersion program at Universite Laval in Canada. Diop, a French major with a minor in secondary education, is one of 2,386 undergraduate students from across the nation selected to receive the scholarship.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Educator's Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. Children with a parent or guardian who has at least four years of current and consecutive full-time employment at a K-12 school or community college can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College. Any service qualifies, such as teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses or support staff, etc.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Military Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. All military veterans, active-duty military personnel and their children can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College.

McDaniel College has awarded select first-year and transfer students with Alumni Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. Children, stepchildren and grandchildren of alumni who graduated from McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College are eligible to receive this guaranteed scholarship to attend the college.

Max Sweeney of Salisbury, Md., has been awarded the Paul S. and Carrie E. Hyde Scholarship at McDaniel College. Sweeney is an incoming freshman at McDaniel. The Paul S. and Carrie E. Hyde Scholarship is named in honor of the late Paul S. Hyde, a former Eastern Shore educator, and his mother Carrie.

McDaniel College rising junior history major Zachary Ruggerie of York (17408) has been awarded the Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship from Alpha Lambda Delta. The undergraduate scholarship, which is in the amount of $1,000, is for the 2020-21 academic year.

McDaniel College student Jessia Avila is one of 20 students selected from over 600 applicants across the U.S. as an inaugural Key into Public Service Scholar by The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's most prestigious academic honor society. McDaniel is one of 290 colleges and universities with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. The award recognizes students who have demonstrated interest in working in the public sector and possess a strong academic record in the liberal arts and sciences.

Faith Young, a junior at McDaniel College from Takoma Park, Md, has been awarded a $4,500 Gilman Scholarship to study abroad at McDaniel's European campus in Budapest, Hungary. She is one of 1,413 recipients from 427 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the prestigious U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.

Emem Akpan, a junior at McDaniel College from Fulton, Md., has been awarded a $4,500 Gilman Scholarship to study abroad at McDaniel's European campus in Budapest, Hungary. She is one of 1,413 recipients from 427 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the prestigious U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.

Priscilla Owusu, a junior at McDaniel College from Bowie, Md., has been awarded a $1,500 Gilman Scholarship to study abroad in Dijon, France. She is one of 1,413 recipients from 427 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the prestigious U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.

Shelton Wilson of Gaithersburg, Md. (20878), a senior at McDaniel College, is among 100 finalists awarded a $22,000 U.S. Cyber FastTrack scholarship to attend the SANS Technology Institute as part of an accredited college program called Applied Cybersecurity. Wilson will have the opportunity to earn three certificates in advanced immersion courses with his full scholarship to the SANS Applied Cybersecurity Program. The winners' ages range from 18 to 63, representing 63 colleges in 28 states.

Marya Kuratova, a senior at McDaniel College from Westminster, Md., has been named the 2019 "Dear Abby" College Columnist Scholarship Contest Winner. She will receive a $5,000 scholarship from the "Dear Abby" College Scholarship Program, which seeks to recognize college publication columnists through this annual contest.

McDaniel College has awarded select freshmen with Alumni Legacy Scholarships valued at up to $100,000 for each student. Children, stepchildren and grandchildren of alumni who graduated from McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College are eligible to receive this guaranteed scholarship to attend the college.

McDaniel College has awarded a transfer student with a Military Legacy Scholarship valued at up to $100,000. All military veterans, active-duty military personnel and their children can apply for this guaranteed scholarship to attend McDaniel College. There is no limit to the number of Military Legacy Scholarships awarded by McDaniel.