McDaniel College

McDaniel College awarded 407 bachelor's degrees during the college's Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on May 18.

McDaniel College awarded 407 bachelor's degrees during the college's Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on May 18. Select graduating seniors also received academic, activity and leadership awards at the Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 17.

McDaniel College awarded 296 master's degrees during the college's Graduate Commencement Ceremony on May 18.

Tyra N. Pritchett graduated magna cum laude with a major in Psychology from McDaniel College on May 18. 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 17.

Kramoh T. Mansalay graduated with majors in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and Biomedical Science from McDaniel College on May 18. He was awarded The Bates Prize as the outstanding member of the graduating class and The Frank and Margaret Malone Award for Excellence in a Foreign Language during McDaniel College's Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 17.

Zachary E. Brown of Taneytown, who graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors in both Biology and History, was the recipient of The Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award. Brown's paper was titled "Over the Top, Under the Microscope: World War I and the Redirection of Clinical Microbiology." Additionally, at the May 17 Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation, Brown received The Class of 1938 Award for Excellence in Music and The Hugh Barnette Speir, Jr. Prize for the student showing the greatest excellence in European history.

Kai Christenberry of Moody earned a master's degree in Deaf Education and received The B. Jill Brooks Hodge Professional Development Award during McDaniel College's Graduate Commencement Ceremony on May 18.

McDaniel College awarded 368 bachelor's degrees during the college's 153rd undergraduate Commencement ceremony on May 20.

McDaniel College awarded 407 bachelor's degrees during the college's Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on May 18. The Argonaut Award for the highest cumulative GPA during their entire completed courses of study was given to five undergraduates: Haley E. Arnold, Kendall Rose Catlin, Signe T. Kula, Brenna R. Mayberry, and Ariana Kaylin Stormont.

McDaniel College awarded 368 bachelor's degrees during the college's 153rd Commencement on May 20. The Argonaut Award for the highest cumulative GPA during their entire completed courses of study was given to six undergraduates: Kate Rebecca Cramer, Evan J. Darr, Kyra M. Greenfield, Lyra Juliet Houghton, Grace Elizabeth Maglietta, and Eleanor Vivienne Tomkins.

Stephanie A. Eckard graduated summa cum laude from McDaniel College on May 20 with departmental honors in History. She was also the recipient of The Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award for her paper titled "The Deathless Devotion of Southern Women: How the United Daughters of the Confederacy Weaponized Monuments in the Battle for Southern Memory."

Stephani Xiomara Portillo Ordonez graduated magna cum laude from McDaniel College on May 20 with departmental honors in student-designed French Studies. She also majored in political science with a specialization in international studies and completed a minor in European Studies. She was also awarded The Mary Ward Lewis Prize as the outstanding member of the graduating class and The Frank and Margaret Malone Award for Excellence in a Foreign Language during McDaniel College's Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 19.

Dylan Elroy Hughes graduated magna cum laude with a major in Psychology and a minor in Chemistry from McDaniel College on May 20. He was also awarded The Bates Prize as the outstanding member of the graduating class during McDaniel College's Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 19.

McDaniel College awarded a total of 368 bachelor's degrees during the 153rd undergraduate Commencement on May 20. Select graduating seniors also received academic, activity and leadership awards at the Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 19.

Thirteen McDaniel College graduates were commissioned May 19 as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army and graduated from the college on May 20.

McDaniel College awarded 281 master's degrees during the college's 153rd Commencement on May 20.

Tyson Emily Kania-Lloyd of Columbia, Maryland, was awarded The Joan Develin Coley Award for Excellence in Education during McDaniel College's Graduate Commencement Ceremony on May 20.

Katelyn M. Miller of Spring Green, Wisconsin, was awarded The B. Jill Brooks Hodge Professional Development Award during McDaniel College's Graduate Commencement Ceremony on May 20.

McDaniel College awarded 297 bachelor's degrees during the 152nd undergraduate Commencement ceremony on May 21. Select graduating seniors also received academic, activity and leadership awards at the Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 20.

McDaniel College awarded 297 bachelor's degrees during the college's 152nd undergraduate Commencement ceremony on May 21.

McDaniel College awarded 209 master's degrees during the college's 152nd Commencement on May 21.

The Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award was given to Rebecca H Halaney of Austin during McDaniel College's undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 21.

Kaitlyn Marie Bowser of Greencastle was awarded both The Argonaut Award for earning the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) and The Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award for her paper titled "Creating and Characterizing Photonic Crystals" at McDaniel College's 152nd Commencement on May 21. She graduated summa cum laude and a College Scholar with Honors in Physics.

Jessia Marie Avila of Waldorf was awarded both The Argonaut Award for earning the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) and The Mary Ward Lewis Prize as the outstanding female member of the graduating class. She graduated summa cum laude and a College Scholar with Honors in Political Science and a second major in Marketing from McDaniel College on May 21.

McDaniel College awarded 297 bachelor's degrees during the college's undergraduate Commencement ceremony on May 21. The Argonaut Award for the graduating seniors with the highest cumulative grade-point average was also awarded during the ceremony.

Andrew Gabriel Witten of Southampton graduated magna cum laude with a major in Business Administration and minor in Sports Management from McDaniel College on May 21. He was also awarded The Bates Prize as the outstanding male member of the graduating class during McDaniel College's Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation on May 20.

Rosa Yoder Vader Wyse of Philadelphia earned a master's degree in Deaf Education and received The B. Jill Brooks Hodge Professional Development Award during McDaniel College's graduate commencement ceremony on May 21.

McDaniel College awarded nearly 600 bachelor's and master's degrees during the 151st commencement ceremony on May 22.

McDaniel College awarded nearly 600 bachelor's and master's degrees during the 151st commencement ceremony on May 22.

Mikayla R. Lee, an English major with a secondary education minor from Columbia, Md., was awarded The Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award during McDaniel College's 151st commencement ceremony on May 22.