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News@McDaniel 09/11/07
  • Families Weekend Sept. 28 - 30
  • A taste of the new First Year Seminars
  • Entrepreneur shares secret, gets advice from students
  • Garden Apartment renovation underway
  • Summer experiences educate and enlighten
  • From Georgia to Maine, and back to the Hill
  • Green Terror’s winning starts
  • Hill Happenings
Families Weekend Sept. 28 - 30
Author and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
McDaniel welcomes students' families to the Hill Sept. 28-30 for Families Weekend 2007.

Events include the Founders Convocation, during which basketball Hall-of-Famer and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will receive an honorary degree, Green Terror football versus Juniata, the Families Weekend Golf Tournament and more.

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A taste of the new First Year Seminars
From creating comic strips to cooking feasts in a science lab, the new First Year Seminars are teaching students to embrace unfamiliar subjects. » Full Story
Entrepreneur shares secret, gets advice from students
Greg Merril '87
We can’t tell you what multimillion-dollar video gaming idea Greg Merril ’87 is working on. It’s top secret and is still being perfected, but suffice it to say, it was a hit among students in Business Lecturer Joe Carter’s “Entrepreneurship” class. » Full Story
Garden Apartment renovation underway
The College has begun a more than $3-million renovation project in the Garden Apartments, to be completed by late summer 2008. » Full Story
Summer experiences educate and enlighten
Kelly Neel '08 in South Africa
This summer, McDaniel students volunteered around the world, won competitive study grants and interned at organizations that will give them a head start in their careers. Here’s a look at where McDaniel students were this summer. » Full Story
From Georgia to Maine, and back to the Hill
Paul Hugus '06
Paul Hugus ’06 strapped a piece of duct tape over the throbbing blister on his foot and kept going. Hiking 17 miles a day in sandals across the 2,174-mile-long Appalachian Trail didn’t bother him, even though he could hear the people he passed each day laughing at his footwear. » Full Story
Green Terror’s winning starts
Christian Maisel '08
In non-conference men’s soccer, McDaniel beat Western Connecticut State 1-0 Sept. 9 and Gwynedd-Mercy 2-1 on Sept. 8. The Green Terror returns to action at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at home against Juniata.

Read on for news on field hockey, cross country, golf, volleyball, and football.

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Hill Happenings
 -Chamber Music on the Hill, in residence at McDaniel College, presents “European Bouquet” with Trio Salzedo.
-The McDaniel College Department of Foreign Languages presents “The Tournées Festival,” a series of French film screenings.
-The McDaniel College Department of Art and Art History presents “This Land is Your Land[fill]: Artwork by Nadya Volicer. » Full Story
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