Outside among family and friends, the McDaniel College Class of 2021 – 587 bachelor’s and master’s candidates in all – crossed the stage to receive their degrees May 22 during the college’s 151st Commencement ceremony. Mary Lynn Durham '70 and Bill Roj '70, who were recognized with honorary Doctors of Laws degrees, served as the commencement speakers.
Three top student awards, the Argonaut Award for achieving the highest cumulative grade-point average, the Edith Farr Ridington Writing Award, and the B. Jill Brooks Hodge Professional Development Award, were presented May 22 at McDaniel College’s 151st Commencement.
A year after they were supposed to cross the stage, the McDaniel College Class of 2020 was invited back to the Hill on Saturday, May 22, for a special Commencement ceremony honoring 325 bachelor’s and 230 master’s graduates. The 555 graduates, who were honored last spring with a virtual celebration due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were welcomed back to campus for their hard-earned day in the spotlight.
Here’s to McDaniel’s Class of 2021. All 587 of them. A diverse group, they have 55 different majors and traveled from nine countries and 25 states and D.C. to study on the Hill. Want to know more? Top majors? Where they studied abroad? How many are College Scholars? Read on!
McDaniel College announces Commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients for both the 2020 and 2021 ceremonies to be held on Saturday, May 22. The 2020 Commencement Speaker is McDaniel College President Roger N. Casey, the college’s ninth president who is retiring at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year. The 2021 Commencement Speakers are Mary Lynn Durham and Bill Roj, both 1970 alumni, who supported the renovation of the college’s new Roj Student Center. The college also shares additional details about Commencement and Commencement-related events.
McDaniel College has announced its plans for Fall 2021, including a return to near-normal operations and face-to-face instruction for undergraduate students. McDaniel is planning for a primarily in-person experience with more than 90 percent of undergraduate classes to be offered as traditional in-person classes and 100 percent of labs. The other 10 percent of classes will mostly be offered in a hybrid format, which includes an in-person component.
Annette Bay Pimentel, an online lecturer for McDaniel College’s Writing for Children and Young Adults, has won a national award for her children’s book titled “All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything.” Pimentel teaches “Nonfiction: Writing for Grades PreK-12” and “Writing Workshop for Children and Young Adults Books” for the online program.
The Carolyn D. McGolerick Scholarship is now available for McDaniel College graduate students pursuing a School Librarianship master’s degree in partnership with The Community Foundation of Frederick County. The scholarship is named for a 1971 McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College alumna, Carolyn D. McGolerick, who served as a librarian at Fort Detrick and at St. John’s School in Emmitsburg, Md.
McDaniel College has named Jennifer Glennon as the associate vice president of administration and Rose Mercier as director of human resources. Glennon '04 and Mercier '14 are both alumna of the McDaniel College master's degree program in Human Resources Development, now Human Resources Management.
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