McDaniel College, founded in 1867 and nationally recognized as one of 40 “Colleges That Change Lives,” is a four-year, independent college of the liberal arts and sciences. Its personalized, interdisciplinary, global curriculum and student-faculty collaboration develop the unique potential in every student.
(see more)McDaniel College, founded in 1867 and nationally recognized as one of 40 “Colleges That Change Lives,” is a four-year, independent college of the liberal arts and sciences. Its personalized, interdisciplinary, global curriculum and student-faculty collaboration develop the unique potential in every student.
McDaniel College senior directed "Speech & Debate"
McDaniel College senior Zacharias Callis directed "Speech & Debate" at the college. Performances were Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 at 7 p.m., at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. Due to COVID-19, the performances were only open to McDaniel students, faculty, and staff.

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2021 Mar 16
McDaniel College students performed in "Speech & Debate"
McDaniel College students performed in "Speech & Debate" at the college. Performances were Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 at 7 p.m., at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. Due to COVID-19, the performances were only open to McDaniel students, faculty, and staff.

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2021 Mar 16

McDaniel College students participated in "Speech & Debate"
McDaniel College students assisted with the "Speech & Debate" production at the college. Performances were Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 at 7 p.m., at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. Due to COVID-19, the performances were only open to McDaniel students, faculty, and staff.

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2021 Mar 16

McDaniel College students contract with the Green Terror Battalion
McDaniel College students have contracted non-scholarship with the Green Terror Battalion. The students will continue in the Army ROTC Leadership Development program and ultimately commission as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Army ROTC has been a tradition at the college since 1919, and the Green Terror Battalion is one of the oldest ROTC programs in the nation.

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2021 Mar 15

McDaniel College Honors students present research at virtual Maryland Collegiate Honors Conference
Four students represented McDaniel College at the Maryland Collegiate Honors Conference, "In Honors, Black Lives Matter," held virtually on Feb. 26-27. McDaniel College Honors students Dalanda Diallo, Signe' Kula, Maxwell Pardoe, and Raquel Sobczak were excited to have the opportunity to present at the conference and enjoyed hearing and learning of the stories and research from other presenters.

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2021 Mar 2
McDaniel College students participate in virtual Maryland Independent Higher Education Day
McDaniel College students were chosen to represent the college by meeting with members of the Maryland Legislature during Maryland Independent Higher Education Day on Wednesday, Feb. 24. McDaniel students virtually met with elected officials from Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's counties through the web-conferencing platform, Zoom, due to COVID-19 protocols.

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2021 Feb 25
McDaniel College Announces Dean's List
McDaniel College announces its Fall 2020 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.

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2021 Jan 4
McDaniel students participated in "As You Like It (abridged)"
McDaniel students participated in "As You Like It (abridged)" at the college. Performances were Thursday, November 12, Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14 at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. Due to COVID-19, the performances were only open to McDaniel students, faculty, and staff.

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2020 Nov 23

McDaniel students performed in "As You Like It (abridged)"
McDaniel students performed in "As You Like It (abridged)" at the college. Performances were Thursday, November 12, Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14 at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. Due to COVID-19, the performances were only open to McDaniel students, faculty, and staff.

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2020 Nov 23

McDaniel seniors participated in the Entomology 2020 Virtual Meeting
Two McDaniel seniors presented research at the Entomological Society of America's Entomology 2020 Virtual Meeting. The meeting featured livestream sessions and symposia on Nov. 16, in addition to on-demand symposia, student competition, and 10-minute presentations, poster and infographics available to be viewed Nov. 11 through Nov. 25. Participants from McDaniel uploaded their slides and posters and recorded an audio presentation to go along with the visuals.

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2020 Nov 19

McDaniel College Students Virtually Inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society
McDaniel College students were virtually inducted Oct. 18 into the Alpha Lambda Delta national honor society. Alpha Lambda Delta (First Year Seminar) recognizes students who completed their first year at McDaniel with a 3.7 grade point average (GPA) or higher. Its mission is to encourage superior academic achievement, promote intelligent living and continued high standards and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their roles in society.

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2020 Oct 23
McDaniel College Students Awarded Alumni Legacy Scholarships
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.

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2020 Oct 1
McDaniel College Students Awarded Educator's Legacy Scholarships
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.

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2020 Oct 1
McDaniel College Students Awarded Military Legacy Scholarships
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.

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2020 Oct 1

McDaniel College students participated in "Spoon River Anthology"
McDaniel College students assisted with the "Spoon River Anthology" production. Performances were Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26 at 7 p.m. at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md.

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2020 Sep 28

McDaniel College students performed in "Spoon River Anthology"
McDaniel College students performed in "Spoon River Anthology." Performances were Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26 at 7 p.m. at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md.

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2020 Sep 28

McDaniel College Students Receive Army ROTC Scholarships
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 student will be commissioned as a second lieutenant and will be required to serve active duty in the Army Reserve or National Guard upon graduating from McDaniel. Scholarships totaling nearly $1.3 million were awarded to the Green Terror Battalion.

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2020 Sep 18
McDaniel College Sophomore Andrew Brantley of Camp Hill Awarded Summer Intern Fellowship
Andrew Brantley, a sophomore at McDaniel College from Camp Hill, has been awarded a Summer Intern Fellowship from the college's Center for Experience and Opportunity (CEO). The Summer Intern Fellowship is awarded by the CEO at McDaniel College to provide competitive awards to help defray the cost of summer internships for current students. Recipients represent McDaniel College and the CEO at internship sites throughout the United States and the world.

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2020 Aug 27
McDaniel College Junior Wilson Clayton of Mount Airy Awarded Summer Intern Fellowship
Wilson Clayton, a junior at McDaniel College from Mount Airy, has been awarded a Summer Intern Fellowship from the college's Center for Experience and Opportunity (CEO). The Summer Intern Fellowship is awarded by the CEO at McDaniel College to provide competitive awards to help defray the cost of summer internships for current students. Recipients represent McDaniel College and the CEO at internship sites throughout the United States and the world.

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2020 Aug 25
McDaniel College Senior Hannah Thomson of Pennsauken Awarded Summer Intern Fellowship
Hannah Thomson, a senior at McDaniel College from Pennsauken, has been awarded a Summer Intern Fellowship from the college's Center for Experience and Opportunity (CEO). The Summer Intern Fellowship is awarded by the CEO at McDaniel College to provide competitive awards to help defray the cost of summer internships for current students. Recipients represent McDaniel College and the CEO at internship sites throughout the United States and the world.

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2020 Aug 24
McDaniel College Sophomore Kylie Baker of Frederick Awarded Summer Intern Fellowship
Kylie Baker, a sophomore at McDaniel College from Frederick, has been awarded a Summer Intern Fellowship from the college's Center for Experience and Opportunity (CEO). The Summer Intern Fellowship is awarded by the CEO at McDaniel College to provide competitive awards to help defray the cost of summer internships for current students. Recipients represent McDaniel College and the CEO at internship sites throughout the United States and the world.

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2020 Aug 24

Students Enroll at McDaniel College
Transfer students have enrolled at McDaniel College. This list includes students who have deposited as of July 24.

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2020 Jul 29
McDaniel College welcomes Class of 2024
Incoming students have enrolled at McDaniel College as members of the Class of 2024. This list includes students who have deposited between June 5 and July 24.

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2020 Jul 29
McDaniel College Students Participated in Student-Faculty Collaborative Summer Research Program
McDaniel College students participated in the Student-Faculty Collaborative Summer Research Program. Students interested in undergraduate research are annually selected to participate in this 10-week program, which is supported by donors.

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2020 Jul 24

McDaniel College Awards Full Scholarship to Recent Graduate of Wicomico High School
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.

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2020 Jul 22
McDaniel College Rising Senior Faith Young Earns Prestigious National 'Star Trek' Internship
McDaniel College rising senior cinema major Faith Young of Takoma Park (20912) has been selected as one of two fellows for the inaugural year of the national "Star Trek" Command Training Program in Los Angeles. This brand-new internship, hosted by the National Television Academy Foundation in partnership with CBS Television Studios, was open to undergraduate and graduate college students nationwide and launched in 2020 to promote core values of the "Star Trek Universe."

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2020 Jul 16

McDaniel College Announces Dean's List
McDaniel College announces its Spring 2020 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.

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2020 Jul 8
Graduating seniors complete biology capstones at McDaniel College
Graduating seniors complete biology capstones at McDaniel College. For the Spring 2020 semester, more than 20 biology majors explored topics ranging from the smallpox vaccine to diabetes and pollution, from insect roles in forensics to cancer drug discovery, from HIV to soybeans and beyond. The goal of the biology capstone course is to teach students to use objective data and only objective data to draw a biologically significant conclusion in a project of their choice, according to Cheng Huang, biology professor and department chair at McDaniel.

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2020 Jun 23
Jackie Fahrenholz of Scotch Plains, a graduating senior on McDaniel College's women's soccer team, earns MDCAAA postgraduate scholarship
Jackie Fahrenholz of Scotch Plains, a graduating senior on McDaniel College's women's soccer team, has won the 2020 Maryland and District of Columbia Collegiate Association of Athletic Administrators (MDCAAA) postgraduate scholarship. She earned magna cum laude and Honors in Environmental Studies with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies. She was also the recipient of The Dr. H. Samuel Case '63 Senior Scholar Athlete Award. Jackie plans to attend Duke's Master of Environmental Management program to pursue the EcoSystem Conservation and Science Track.

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2020 Jun 22
McDaniel Rising Junior Zachary Ruggerie Receives National Undergraduate Scholarship
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.

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2020 Jul 6