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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Graduating seniors create cinema capstone as the culmination of their studies at McDaniel. For the Spring 2020 semester, the students had the opportunity to either write an original screenplay or produce a 20-minute film.

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.

Incoming students have enrolled at McDaniel College as members of the Class of 2024. This list includes students who have deposited as of June 5.

McDaniel College students have been named to the Trumpeters leadership honor society. Trumpeters is a leadership honor society that recognizes exemplary qualities of leadership, integrity, and sincerity.

McDaniel College students have been named to the Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society. Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society, was installed at the College in 1963.

Nearly 30 juniors, sophomores and first-year students have earned awards for academic achievement and leadership from McDaniel College.

McDaniel College graduate student Cross Okereke was one of nine cadets from the Green Terror Battalion commissioned during a virtual ceremony on May 22 as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Okereke is pursuing a master's degree at McDaniel in Counseling with a Clinical Mental Health specialization.

Eight McDaniel graduating seniors and one graduate student from The Green Terror Battalion were commissioned as Army officers during a virtual ceremony on May 22. McDaniel College also held a Celebration Day on May 23 in honor of the Class of 2020 with select graduating seniors recognized with academic, activity and leadership awards during two virtual senior award ceremonies.

Eight McDaniel graduating seniors and one graduate student from The Green Terror Battalion were commissioned as Army officers during a virtual ceremony on May 22.