SmartTALK

McDaniel College’s SmartTALK brings notable alumni, including World of Warcraft Lead Designer Greg Street ’71, back to campus for a conversation with President Roger Casey. Learn how alumni transform their liberal arts degrees into professional careers.

Guests have included Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Wendy Ruderman, career foreign-service diplomat Tom Armbruster, Eric Schwaab, director of National Marine Fisheries Service, National Teacher of the Year Michelle Shearer, champion of the environment Gerald W. Winegrad, and Bernard Franklin, senior vice-president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

MSNBC News Anchor Thomas Roberts '94

David Lacquement '77
U.S. Army (Ret.) Major General

Steven Carr '84 
FBI Special Agent

Greg Street '91 
Lead Systems Designer, World of Warcraft

Judy Woodruff & Al Hunt 
Washington D.C. Journalists (PBS NewsHour, Bloomberg News)

Bernard Franklin M. Ed. '78 
NCAA Executive Vice President

Gerald Winegrad '66 
Environmental Champion & Former State Senator

Eric Schwaab '82 
Director of National Marine Fisheries Service at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Michelle Shearer M.S. '96 
2011 National Teacher of the Year

Tom Armbruster '80 
U.S. Foreign Service Diplomat

Wendy Ruderman '91
2010 Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Reporter