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  • Abigail Walker MATE Distinguished Teacher Candidate

    Top Maryland teacher candidate continues career in Carroll County; Teachers of Promise recognized

    Abigail Walker, who graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors in History and a minor in Secondary Education, was named a Distinguished Teacher Candidate by the Maryland Association of Teacher Educators and plans to continue to teach for Carroll County Public Schools. Additionally, seven Education graduates were named Teachers of Promise by the Maryland State Department of Education.
  • Group photo of students and a professor standing outside of Union Mills Homestead house.

    Students investigate history firsthand at Union Mills Homestead

    In an experiential course called Hands-On History, McDaniel students conducted research at Union Mills Homestead in Westminster, Maryland, for the spring 2025 semester. The historical site and its archives offer a unique chance to study artifacts in person and learn about public history.
  • A class of students sit in a semi-circle around two self-defense instructors and a powerpoint screen showing an images labeled "vulnerable areas of the body."

    Students wrestle with the ‘Power of Pretty’ in experiential Philosophy class

    In Associate Professor of Philosophy Elizabeth Tyler’s course The Power of Pretty, students grapple with the philosophy of beauty and femininity. Not just about abstract theories, the course has an energetic experiential learning component with self-defense lessons to put philosophy to the test.