Robin Armstrong Townsend, principal at Mechanicsville Elementary School in Gamber, is the 2007 recipient of McDaniel College’s Joseph R. Bailer Award. The prestigious award is presented each year to a McDaniel College master’s degree recipient who has made a significant contribution to the field of education. » Full Story

Commercial real estate developer Leroy M. Merritt and 1952 graduate of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) has pledged a $5 million challenge gift to McDaniel’s $65 million comprehensive campaign. » Full Story

Professors mentor award-winning student projects, publish research and speak at conferences around the world. Students perform in international movies and create online videos, and alumni attain respected posts in government and win the Canadian equivalent of the Superbowl. » Full Story

An historic win for the Green Terror men’s basketball team, plus six student athletes are honored for their sportsmanship. » Full Story

The McDaniel College Department of Art and Art History presents “Amalgam (loss and celebration): Paintings by Michelle La Perriere” now through Dec. 21 in the Esther Prangley Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall. For information and gallery hours, call 410-857-2595.

The McDaniel College Department of Music presents Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County at 3 p.m. Dec. 16 in Baker Memorial Chapel. Call 410-871-3371 for information and ticket prices.

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Students involved in the Best Buddies program are building lasting, meaningful friendships with people with developmental disabilities. » Full Story

The director of McDaniel’s post office has, over the years, raised more than $400,000 for kids with leukemia, a friend who needed a heart transplant, a family that lost their home in a fire and innumerable others. » Full Story

McDaniel College’s newest buildings, Academic Hall and the Leroy Merritt Fitness Center and Klitzberg Pavilion, were honored with architectural and masonry awards. » Full Story

Students in Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Physical Education Andria Hoffman’s “Contemporary Health Issues” course created a website to improve the health of members of the campus community and tie it into the new Leroy Merritt Fitness Center. » Full Story