McDaniel students are learning to groove on the djembe drum in the course West African Drumming Culture, taught by Paco Samb, senior adjunct lecturer and Senegalese griot. Through drums songs and dance, they learn about the history and culture of West Africa.
As the culminating event for McDaniel's NCAA Division III week celebration, over 100 McDaniel College students teamed up with more than 100 elementary and middle school students with special needs. Organized by students in the college’s adapted physical education class in conjunction with Carroll County Public Schools, participants challenged themselves individually in various athletic events alongside McDaniel buddies.
“Diverging Artists” features a range of media from photography, digital design, and acyclic paint, to the collection of multimedia pieces, from graduating Art majors at McDaniel. The exhibition runs Tuesday, April 11-Friday, April 21, in McDaniel’s Esther Prangley Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall. An opening reception takes place Thursday, April 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with a gallery talk at 6 p.m.
Seniors were invited by McDaniel History faculty members to present shortened versions of their senior history colloquium papers at the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference held Saturday, March 25 at Washington College.
On March 26, 27 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.
McDaniel College hosts the annual B. Christopher Bothe Memorial Lecture with poet and memoirist, Christine Lincoln. The event takes place during National Poetry Month on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m., in Coley Rice Lounge, McDaniel Hall.
Representatives from McDaniel College, Baltimore City Public Schools, and the CollegeBound Foundation surprised five Baltimore City high school seniors with full-tuition scholarships to attend McDaniel College as part of the Class of 2027. They each received a scholarship covering full tuition for all four years at McDaniel, valued at more than $180,000.
UPDATE: Awards have been selected for the Kathryn E. Wentz Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. The exhibit runs from Monday, March 20-Friday, April 7, in Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall. The opening reception takes place Thursday, March 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with a gallery talk at 6 p.m.
McDaniel College announces Commencement speakers for the 2023 undergraduate and graduate ceremonies to be held on Saturday, May 20. Undergraduate Commencement speaker is legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author Bob Woodward, while Sharon Love M.S. '76, founder of the One Love Foundation, will provide remarks during the graduate ceremony.
Students of French, Spanish, and Arabic get the study abroad experience while living in language houses on the Hill. Meet the international students who are serving as house directors and studying at McDaniel for the 2022-2023 year.
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