McDaniel College has been recognized on the Executive Alliance’s Honor Roll among the colleges and universities in Maryland with the most representation by women on their boards and executive leadership teams. Additionally, McDaniel College President Julia Jasken has been selected by the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland as a recipient of their Distinguished Women Awards.
On March 24, 24 students were inducted into McDaniel College's Delta of Maryland Chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s oldest academic honor society.
Winners were announced during the opening reception of the Kathryn E. Wentz Juried Undergraduate Exhibition on Friday, March 22. The exhibition runs through Friday, March 29, in Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall.
Beginning March 25, the McDaniel community and friends can come together during One Hill, One Day, the college's annual giving campaign, to support current and future McDaniel students by giving to what they love, whether it's Academic Excellence, Campus Life and Belonging, Athletic Success, or McDaniel's Greatest Needs.
The $25,000 scholarship fund establishes an endowed scholarship in memory of Norman "Trey" Alva Armstrong III, who came to McDaniel in fall 2019 and majored in Business Administration before taking a leave of absence in his senior year due to a recurrence of childhood leukemia. The scholarship will be awarded annually starting in the 2024-25 academic year.
McDaniel’s Student Accessibility and Support Services (SASS), a national leader in working with students with documented disabilities, expands offerings to enhance support available to students within the program. This includes the addition of a mental health counselor embedded within the program and other exclusive opportunities just for SASS students beginning in fall 2024.
McDaniel College hosts the 35th annual B. Christopher Bothe Memorial Lecture with Mexican American award-winning poet and writer Gilbert Arzola. The event takes place on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., in Coley Rice Lounge, McDaniel Hall. It is free and open to the public.
McDaniel College announces that a new Early Childhood Education undergraduate major has received approval to begin fall 2024. This new major expands McDaniel’s education offerings to prepare undergraduate students to teach infants, toddlers, and young children, which is a focus of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
Common Ground on the Hill, in residence at McDaniel College, received the Maryland State Arts Council's Heritage Award in the Tradition category for the Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention. Common Ground on the Hill was founded in 1994 by Walt Michael '68 who assumed directorship of the Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention in 2011.
A lecture by community organizer Rosa Clemente on Tuesday, March 5, and a celebration for International Women's Day on Friday, March 8, mark Women's History Month at McDaniel College. Both events are organized by McDaniel's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and are free and open to the public.
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