McDaniel College has been awarded funding through the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund (MEIF) to establish an Endowed Professorship in Computational Innovation and Emerging Technologies in the Mathematics and Computer Science department.
McDaniel College welcomes the newest class of Green Terrors to the Hill. New student orientation for the Class of 2029 kicks off at move-in on Thursday, Aug. 21.
Lucero Espinal '20 of Westminster, Maryland, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a minor in Education with a PreK-12 specialization, and Tim McLister '13 of Leesburg, Virginia, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics, have been appointed as recent alumni trustees on the McDaniel College Board of Trustees. They are the first alumni to hold the position.
Kristi Thayer Yowell ’00, M.S. ’05, coordinator of McDaniel College’s graduate program in Human Resources Management, was recently recognized with the Distinguished Service Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, in recognition of her distinguished leadership and service with the organization.
McDaniel College’s Maryland Beta chapter of the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity was recognized with four national awards at the fraternity’s biennial convention held June 19-22 in Atlanta. The Alumni Club of Metro Detroit, which is chaired by Don Schenk ’71, was also recognized. McDaniel's Maryland Beta chapter was established in April 1971 and currently has nearly 750 members.
A Biology major with minors in Chemistry and Arabic at McDaniel, Hira Khan is among 3,500 undergraduate students selected from 17,000 applicants nationwide by the U.S. Department of State to represent the United States as a Gilman Scholar. She will study in Hong Kong during the fall 2025 semester.
Two of Maryland’s top teachers for the 2025-26 school year have ties to McDaniel College’s Graduate and Professional Studies programs. Calvert County Teacher of the Year William Voshell holds a master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), while Carroll County Teacher of the Year Amy Glascock achieved National Board Certification through McDaniel’s first cohort of a three-semester graduate course sequence and is currently teaching as an online adjunct lecturer in the program.
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