The 1867 Challenge, an annual giving campaign to support current and future generations of McDaniel College students, kicks off Wednesday, March 11, beginning at 9 a.m., until Thursday, March 12, at 4:07 p.m. That’s 1,867 minutes of giving in honor of the year the college was founded.
McDaniel College President Julia Jasken has announced the creation of the college’s first comprehensive school, a new School of Business and Technology, which is targeted to open as early as fall 2027. McDaniel is launching a national search for the inaugural dean of the School of Business and Technology, along with a new Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Technology Innovation.
McDaniel College’s Art department presents the annual student honors exhibition. Titled “Fragments of Becoming,” the exhibition runs Tuesday, March 3-Friday, March 20, in McDaniel’s Esther Prangley Rice Gallery. An opening reception takes place Thursday, March 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with a gallery talk at 6 p.m.
McDaniel College students perform in McDaniel College Theatre’s production of “9 to 5: The Musical.” Performances are Thursday, March 5–Saturday, March 7, 7:30 p.m., in the Mainstage Theatre in WMC Alumni Hall. Note: the show contains adult material and is intended for mature audiences.
Provost Flavius R.W. Lilly, Ph.D., has been named president at Muskingum University in Ohio and will be leaving McDaniel College at the end of the spring semester. Plans are underway to launch a national search for the college’s next provost.
A group of McDaniel College students, along with McDaniel President Julia Jasken, Associate Vice President for Administration and Government Relations Jenni Glennon, Social Work Professor Jim Kunz, and Political Science Lecturer Patrick Murray, met with lawmakers and participated in a luncheon during "Independent Higher Education Day" in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, Feb. 17.
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.
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