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News@McDaniel 08/28/07
  • Profs Spend Summer Sweating Over New TV Studio
  • Critically acclaimed author to lecture
  • New professors bring varied expertise
  • Hill Happenings
  • Professors’ academic summer
  • Class of 2011: scholars, athletes, leaders
  • Science labs alive with research all summer
Profs Spend Summer Sweating Over New TV Studio
Associate Professor Robert Lemieux and Assistant Professor Jon Slade
When students enrolled in Television Production meet for the first class of the semester, they will report to a brand-new studio and get to work learning all aspects of producing “News Night McDaniel,” the topical program that will air on campus cable channel 75. If their professor, Jonathan Slade, seems a little tired it’s because he’s been toiling around the clock to put the finishing touches on the classroom laboratory he designed and built this summer with colleague Robert Lemieux. » Full Story
Critically acclaimed author to lecture
Keith Donohue, author of “The Stolen Child,” will meet with students Sept. 6 and present a lecture at 8 p.m. in WMC Alumni Hall. » Full Story
New professors bring varied expertise
Among McDaniel’s eight new faculty members are professors who have taught in countries around the world, conducted research at NIH, counseled college students and led corporations through financial quagmires. » Full Story
Hill Happenings
Artwork by Nadya Volicer
The McDaniel College Department of Art and Art History presents “This Land is Your Land[fill]: Artwork by Nadya Volicer."

The McDaniel College Department of Foreign Languages presents the French film “Fauteuils d’orchestre/Avenue Montaigne.”

The McDaniel College Department of Music presents “Mistral Winds: A Memorial Concert for Mary Clarkson.”

McDaniel College’s Hoover Library will host the first in its reading and discussion series “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature – Identity and Imagination.”

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Professors’ academic summer
Education Professor Skip Fennell
From mentoring student projects to participating in international conferences, McDaniel professors’ summer activities were vast and varied. Here are some of their current projects: » Full Story
Class of 2011: scholars, athletes, leaders
The lines stretched around campus Aug. 22, as 506 new students began their careers on the Hill. From 24 states, as well as China, India, Romania, Botswana and Turkey, first-year and transfer students spent three days getting to know the College and each other. » Full Story
Science labs alive with research all summer
From proteins to biofilms and starfish, summer independent research gave students a head start on their senior capstone projects. Six chemistry students, with the guidance of Assistant Professor of Chemistry Melanie Nilsson, studied how protein assembly relates to disease and material science. » Full Story
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