On March 24, 24 students were inducted into McDaniel College's Delta of Maryland Chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s oldest academic honor society.
Winners were announced during the opening reception of the Kathryn E. Wentz Juried Undergraduate Exhibition on Friday, March 22. The exhibition runs through Friday, March 29, in Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall.
McDaniel’s Student Accessibility and Support Services (SASS), a national leader in working with students with documented disabilities, expands offerings to enhance support available to students within the program. This includes the addition of a mental health counselor embedded within the program and other exclusive opportunities just for SASS students beginning in fall 2024.
McDaniel College hosts the 35th annual B. Christopher Bothe Memorial Lecture with Mexican American award-winning poet and writer Gilbert Arzola. The event takes place on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., in Coley Rice Lounge, McDaniel Hall. It is free and open to the public.
McDaniel College announces that a new Early Childhood Education undergraduate major has received approval to begin fall 2024. This new major expands McDaniel’s education offerings to prepare undergraduate students to teach infants, toddlers, and young children, which is a focus of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
McDaniel College Theatre Arts students direct and perform in a production of “Eurydice," a reimagining of the classic myth of Orpheus told through the eyes of its heroine. Performances are Thursday, Feb. 29-Saturday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Elderdice Studio Theatre in WMC Alumni Hall. Note: the show contains themes of death and grief; may use fog.
A group of eight students from McDaniel College accompanied by McDaniel College President Julia Jasken and Matthew Mongiello, assistant professor of Political Science, participated in “Maryland Independent Higher Education Day” in Annapolis, Maryland, on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
McDaniel College’s student Honors Art exhibition features a variety of work from four Honors Art majors, Kaitlyn Barker, Sarah Mendez, Evan Meyers, and Brenay Spencer. The exhibition runs Tuesday, Feb. 20–Friday, March 8, in Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall. An opening reception takes place Friday, Feb. 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with a gallery talk at 6 p.m.
McDaniel College is among the host sites selected for Maryland’s Service Year Option and Maryland Corps, the nation’s first public service year program for high school graduates. Ameerah Johnson, a sophomore Criminal Justice and Sociology major, is fulfilling her commitment as an inaugural fellow of the program by assisting with student outreach at McDaniel, focused on promoting the eight dimensions of wellness.
This football season, senior Grayson Jons captured the action at Baltimore Ravens home games as a live content correspondent for the National Football League (NFL) — and some of her work has gone viral. The Communication major and Marketing minor has seamlessly paired her academics with her freelance photography during her time on the Hill.
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