McDaniel College

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Nicolette Louise Brookman was awarded The Argonaut Award as the graduating senior with the highest cumulative grade point average and The Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award for the senior with the top paper during McDaniel College's Celebration Day held May 23 in honor of the Class of 2020.

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.

Ravi B. Patel was awarded The Bates Prize as the outstanding male graduating senior during McDaniel College's Celebration Day held on May 23 in honor of the Class of 2020.

Veronica Grace Johns was awarded The Mary Ward Lewis Prize as the outstanding female member of the graduating class during McDaniel College's Celebration Day held May 23 in honor of the Class of 2020.

McDaniel College 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.

McDaniel College celebrated 555 bachelor's and master's degree recipients during a virtual Class of 2020 Celebration Day on May 23. An in-person Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 is slated to take place on campus in Spring 2021.

Sarah Grace Watcher received The Joan Develin Coley Award for Excellence in Education. The Joan Develin Coley Award for Excellence in Education is presented to the graduate student with the best record in the study of literacy theory and practice.

Claire Frances Roberts received The B. Jill Brooks Hodge Professional Development Award. The B. Jill Brooks Hodge Professional Development Award is presented to the graduate student who has demonstrated academic excellence with a strong compassion for individuals with special needs and an interest in serving the deaf or disabled.

McDaniel College celebrated 555 master's and bachelor's degree recipients during a virtual Class of 2020 Celebration Day on May 23. An in-person Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 is slated to take place on campus in Spring 2021.

McDaniel College junior Marlowe Embry of San Jose, Calif. 95035 (J.H. Pitman), has been honored with an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. This is the second consecutive year that Embry, who is a Kinesiology major at McDaniel, has been recognized.

"Something Bigger" explores the work of four McDaniel students who seek to understand concepts that are larger than just themselves, "and how we as individuals fit into the equation." The online exhibitions run Friday, May 8-Friday, May 22.

Five senior art students showcase their work in "Perspective, Perceptions, and the Self: Private Lives in a Public World," which examines what it means to develop as an individual in this ever-changing world. The online exhibitions run Friday, May 8-Friday, May 22.

McDaniel College selects 15 freshmen into the college's Global Fellows program. The Global Fellows program is a three-year program that is open to freshmen and is designed to enhance their understanding of global issues, develop heightened intercultural competency and cultivate the skills and attitudes important to leading successful lives in a global context.

On May 5, 28 McDaniel students were virtually inducted into the Delta of Maryland Chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. Founded in 1776, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation's oldest academic honor society.

McDaniel College senior Isabella Mendiola, a kinesiology major from Frederick, Md., has been awarded the Dean Adele Hagner Stamp Graduate Fellowship from Alpha Lambda Delta. The graduate fellowship, which is in the amount of $2,000, is for the 2020-21 academic year. Mendiola is planning to pursue a doctorate degree in occupational therapy.

Five McDaniel College students attended the 2020 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Emerge Latino Conference held February 25-27, in Washington, D.C. McDaniel is the only college or university in Maryland to have a LULAC chapter on campus.

Six McDaniel students were selected to present at the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Conference. [Note: The conference was supposed to take place March 28 at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., but was canceled due to COVID-19.]