Public Meeting with the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAS): February 10, 2026 | 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | McDaniel College Hoover Library, Wahrhaftig Room
McDaniel College announces its fall 2025 dean's list, recognizing full-time undergraduate students for outstanding academic achievement. Highest honors are earned for a semester grade point average of 3.90 or higher, high honors for a grade point average of 3.70-3.89, and honors for a 3.50-3.69 grade point average.
On Monday, Jan. 12, McDaniel celebrated 39 new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) who participated in the college's three-semester graduate course sequence. All of those enrolled currently teach in Carroll County Public Schools and accomplished a 77% achievement rate, above the 71% current pass rate for National Board Certification.
Blaine Donnelly has been hired as the new head field hockey coach at McDaniel College. She comes to McDaniel from Washington and Lee University, where she spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach.
Maryland’s U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks have announced that McDaniel has been awarded $830,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS). The funds will be used to purchase technology and equipment for McDaniel’s state-of-the-art Nursing facility at LifeBridge Health’s Carroll Hospital, which is slated for completion for fall 2026.
McDonogh School and McDaniel College have announced a new partnership, providing full tuition coverage at McDaniel for McDonogh faculty pursuing their first graduate degree.
McDaniel Biology students presented their research from fall semester course-based projects on ecology, marine symbiosis, entomology, antibiotic resistance, and more, including scientific posters, during the “Antennae, Tentacles, and Beyond" fall research symposium hosted by McDaniel College's Biology department.
For the 25th year, McDaniel College students participated in the Model European Union Simulation conference. A delegation of eight students represented Portugal and were accompanied to the conference by Christianna N. Leahy, professor in the Political Science and International Studies department at McDaniel.
"Growing into Greatness: Maryland’s Champion Trees” by Robert Lemieux, associate professor of Communication and Cinema, explores Maryland's champion trees in conjunction with the 100-year history of Maryland's Big Tree Program. The documentary premieres on Maryland Public Television (MPT) on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 8 p.m.
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