8/28/2005 - McDaniel's 448 incoming freshmen and 70 transfer students arrived from 23 states and Washington D.C. Several have spent time living in other countries including Beijing , Ecuador, Germany, Korea, Poland, Russia and Vietnam. » Full Story - When the Carroll Festival Chorus, led by Music Department Professor Margaret Boudreaux (left), touched down in Newfoundland for the prestigious Festival 500, they didn't know what to expect. » Full Story - Parents, forgive your son or daughter if they don't have much time to talk during their first few weeks at McDaniel. They'll be busy unpacking, meeting their roommates, and becoming familiar with the College and its community. They will have plenty of time to share what they've learned during Families Weekend Sept. 30-Oct 2. » Full Story - McDaniel College welcomes five new full-time faculty members. They come from diverse backgrounds and have earned teaching recognitions including "Best Professor," and honors for outstanding teaching. » Full Story - A dozen brown-and-white chickens raced for Meg Hankins (left) as she stuffed grass into the coop on her father's farm. McDaniel Art Lecturer Ken Hankins stands by watching, a smile on his bearded face. Their easy-going nature belies the hundreds of hours the two spent creating tiny clay tiles and gluing them onto a giant crab for Baltimore City's "Crabtown" project. The work was so painstaking, Meg's hands would ache for days, and even now, two months after completing "A Clay Crustacean" she still can't bend one of the fingers she stabbed with a clay shard. » Full Story - The McDaniel College Music Department will hold its first in a series of jazz concerts at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Carroll County Arts Council in Westminster. » Full Story - Campus cable channel 26 has changed its format to solely feature programs conceived and produced by McDaniel College students. » Full Story - In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected 40th U.S. president. "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" topped the box office. Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" hit number one on the music charts. And faculty members John Olsh (left), Louise Paquin, and David Seibert joined McDaniel College. » Full Story - The dust has settled on McDaniel's new academic building, a 44,800 square-foot home for Education, Psychology, Student Academic Services and Graduate and Professional Studies. The building will be dedicated Academic Hall Oct. 1 during Families Weekend. The ceremony includes a ribbon cutting and tours of the new building. » Full Story - The Department of Art and Art History will hold an opening reception 7-9p.m. Sept. 6 for its exhibit "Old Processes, New Meanings: the Wet-Plate and Pinhole Photography of Jody Ake and Derrick Burbul," at the Rice Gallery in McDaniel's Peterson Hall. » Full Story - McDaniel women's basketball posted the third highest team GPA in Division III with a 3.561. Only York College and Messiah College placed higher. Kelly Cramp '05 (top left) won the 2005 New Jersey State Amateur Championship, taking the title for the second time in three years. She closed out her McDaniel career with two All-American selections, four Centennial team titles and four Centennial individual championships. » Full Story8/28/2005 - When the Carroll Festival Chorus, led by Music Department Professor Margaret Boudreaux, touched down in Newfoundland for the prestigious Festival 500, they didn't know what to expect. » Full Story |