Organized by Senior Adjunct Lecturer Shelley Ensor, the “McDaniel for the Holidays” special seasonal concert features McDaniel students, alumni, staff, and faculty, as well as community members. The free performance takes place Sunday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in Baker Memorial Chapel.
McDaniel College has added new guaranteed Legacy Scholarships for all children of first responders, health professionals, and government employees, beginning with students applying to McDaniel for fall 2026. This is in addition to our existing Educator Legacy Scholarship and Military Legacy Scholarship. McDaniel’s Legacy Scholarships are valued at up to $132,000 over four years and there is no limit to the number of Legacy Scholarships awarded by McDaniel.
Homecoming 2025 included cheering for the Green Terror while tailgating during Saturday's home football game. The official dedication and ribbon-cutting of the Dr. Richard A. Clower '50 Track, as well as the presentation of the Homecoming Court, awarding the James Brant Memorial Cup, and naming the winners of the Letters on the Hill contest, took place prior to kickoff.
Works by recent Art alums EJ Lee ’15, Sarah Méndez ’24, Quyen Nguyen ’21, and Brenay Spencer ’24 are exhibited in “Four Alumnae, Four Paths,” which runs through Friday, Dec. 12. An opening reception takes place Thursday, Oct. 23, 5:30–7:30 p.m., with a gallery talk at 6 p.m.
Jaylin Smith, a senior double majoring in Theatre Arts and English, is one of eight performers chosen to compete in the Howard County Arts Council’s Rising Star Performing Arts Competition.
Alumni, students, families, and community members celebrate Homecoming 2025 on Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25, with Homecoming traditions, including tailgating at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium while Green Terror football takes on Dickinson College. Additionally, the annual Green & Gold Challenge, a weeklong competition to support McDaniel's student-athletes, runs Oct. 22-29.
In honor of National Transfer Student Week, McDaniel announces that the college has been named as one of the 251 most transfer-friendly colleges in the nation by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, an international honor society for two-year colleges.
Brett Foelber ’08 is an assistant vice president for marketing at St. John Properties, where he has worked since 2021 and previously served as director of marketing. Foelber and his fellow 40 Under 40 honorees were selected by the Baltimore Business Journal for their significant contributions to not only their workplaces but also within their communities.
McDaniel College has announced an approximately $15 million bequest, the largest gift in the college's history, along with the public launch of a $50 million comprehensive campaign entitled “Reaching New Heights: The Campaign for McDaniel College.” Learn more at campaign.mcdaniel.edu.
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