News Releases 2005 - Archive
Public School Administrator Earns Joseph R. Bailer Award
10/11/2005 - Carroll County Public Schools Administrator Anna M. Varakin is the 2005 recipient of McDaniel College’s Joseph R. Bailer Award. » Full Story
McDaniel responds to students affected by Katrina
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9/4/2005 - McDaniel College in Westminster, Md., is committed to assisting students affected by Hurricane Katrina. McDaniel will offer enrollment as visiting students for one semester, Fall 2005, to those students whose institutions have closed. The offer of enrollment carries the expectation that students will then return to the university where they are currently enrolled. » Full Story
Congressman to speak at Resnick Lecture
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8/29/2005 - Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger will speak at 8 p.m. Sept. 12 in Decker Auditorium, Lewis Hall of Science. » Full Story
McDaniel to celebrate 135th Commencement
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5/16/2005 - McDaniel College will hold its 135th Commencement exercise at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21, in Gill Center. More than 500 bachelor's and master's degrees will be awarded at the ceremony. » Full Story
Pulitzer-Prize winning literary critic at McDaniel
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4/25/2005 - Literary critic and visiting scholar Michael Dirda will give the Honors Program Lecture at McDaniel College April 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Lewis Hall of Science Decker Auditorium. Dirda will speak on his 25 years of reading and reviewing for the Washington Post's Book World. » Full Story
McDaniel to honor seniors, faculty, and alumni
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4/22/2005 - Academic, activity, and leadership awards will be presented to members of the Class of 2005, faculty, and alumni at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the annual Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation at McDaniel College. » Full Story
Musical performances blossom at McDaniel
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4/20/2005 - As the daffodils and forsythia start to bloom, McDaniel College students are bringing their voices and instruments out of hibernation and taking to the stage. » Full Story
McDaniel singers offer Evening of Madrigals
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4/20/2005 - An Evening of Madrigals, featuring the Madrigal Singers of McDaniel College, will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 26 on campus in Baker Chapel. » Full Story
McDaniel names new trustees and officers
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4/18/2005 - Two new trustees, a bank executive and a community activist, have been named to the McDaniel College Board of Trustees at the business meeting held on the Westminster campus April 16. Phil Enstice of Ellicott City and Barbara Thomas of Spring Island, S.C., join the 41-member Board. » Full Story
McDaniel students perform in 'theatrical joyride'
3/16/2005 - McDaniel College Theatre presents Michael Frayn's hilarious farce, “Noises Off” at 8 p.m. April 20-23 on the Mainstage on campus in WMC Alumni Hall. » Full Story
Artist's concept of 'Visible Prayer' on exhibit
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3/16/2005 - The McDaniel College Department of Art and Art History presents “Visible Prayer: The Paintings by Deborah Sokolove” March 22 through April 15 on campus in Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall. An artist's reception is 7-9 p.m. April 7. » Full Story
Theatre on the Hill announces auditions
3/11/2005 - Theatre on the Hill has announced auditions for its summer 2005 season, which will include productions of the Broadway musical smash “Godspell,” Kurt Vonnegut's acclaimed comedy “Happy Birthday, Wanda June,” and the long-running musical-comedy hit “Nunsense.” » Full Story
'Eastminster' celebrates a decade
3/7/2005 - Sally Penner wasn't sure about trading familiarity for the strangeness of Eastern Europe. The 4,547 miles to Budapest, Hungary, seemed a long way from her home in Clinton, Md., and McDaniel's Westminster campus. » Full Story
Honor society's lecture focuses on slavery's aftermath
3/7/2005 - The Phi Beta Kappa chapter of McDaniel College presents its Visiting Scholar lecture, “Slavery and Its Aftermath in the United States,” at 8 p.m. March 23 on campus in McDaniel Lounge. » Full Story
Sculpture on exhibit in Rice Gallery
3/7/2005 - “The Sculpture of Trey Hill, Melissa Mencini and John Zimmerman” will be on exhibit March 15-19 in the Esther Prangley Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall on the McDaniel College campus. » Full Story
World renowned pianist performs March 4
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2/21/2005 - Currently, Ragogini is professor of music at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and founder and director of the Music at CND concert series and artistic director of the Chamber Ensemble of Notre Dame. He has performed as soloist and collaborative artist throughout the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and Central and South America. » Full Story
Poet to give Bothe Lecture March 8th
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2/21/2005 - Poet and university professor Ann Townsend will deliver the 19th annual B. Christopher Bothe Lecture at 8 p.m. March 8 in McDaniel Lounge on campus at McDaniel College. » Full Story
Help available to file tax returns
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2/8/2005 - It's been nearly 15 tax seasons since Susan Milstein first had the idea to help students assist people with low-to-moderate incomes file their federal and state tax returns. A new season of free help begins Feb. 8. » Full Story
Students undaunted by stormy seas
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2/8/2005 - If all goes according to original plan, Meghan Ambra will celebrate her twenty-first birthday off the coast of Madagascar. » Full Story
Festival celebrates differences
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1/24/2005 - At first, the audience will no doubt be mystified as to what exactly it means. » Full Story
Mobilizing Martin Luther King's dream
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1/24/2005 - The McDaniel College community will celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 31 on campus in WMC Alumni Hall. The celebration, “Mobilizing the Dream: encouraging change, inspiring action,” features keynote speaker the Rev. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, founder and pastor of The Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Md., and former NAACP leader. » Full Story
Student dies in boating accident
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1/24/2005 - Matthew Cowdrey, a sophomore at McDaniel and member of the lacrosse team, has died following a boating accident January 17. » Full Story
2004-2005 Multicultural Services Film Series: Spring Schedule
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1/5/2005 - The Office of Multi Cultural Services presents the "Exploring Our Connections: Documenting Our Lives" Spring Film Series. » Full Story