McDaniel's Academic Symposium on Monday, April 29, includes a robust program of innovative and inspiring presentations. Throughout the day, McDaniel students, faculty, and staff showcase their original research, scholarship, and creative achievements. Plus, a keynote lunch features Assistant Professor of Biology Allison Kerwin who received a three-year National Science Foundation grant (advance registration is required).
McDaniel College is among the host sites selected for Maryland’s Service Year Option and Maryland Corps, the nation’s first public service year program for high school graduates. Ameerah Johnson, a sophomore Criminal Justice and Sociology major, is fulfilling her commitment as an inaugural fellow of the program by assisting with student outreach at McDaniel, focused on promoting the eight dimensions of wellness.
Tracy Imm is an adjunct lecturer in the Communication and Cinema and Economics and Business Administration departments and a 1987 alum of the college. She received the college’s Nora Roberts Faculty Award, which provides financial support for a faculty member to establish or build upon a social justice, service learning, or community engagement project.
McDaniel's Academic Symposium includes a robust program of innovative and inspiring presentations. Throughout the day, McDaniel students, faculty, and staff showcase their original research, scholarship, and creative achievements. Plus, two special events take place including a Conversation with Carroll County Leaders and a Keynote Lunch with Wall Street Journal reporter and author Melissa Korn (advance registration is required).
Incoming first-year students got involved in a variety of community service opportunities in the Westminster, Maryland, community during McDaniel Local 2022. They helped out at the McDaniel Environmental Center, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Westminster City’s Recreation and Parks Department, and the Boys and Girls Club of Westminster.
Elly Engle, assistant professor of Environmental Studies, was recently recognized with the Early Career Award from the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences. Engle discussed her down-to-earth approach to hands-on learning in the campus gardens, the Agrifood Program, Food Fellows, and plans for a local seed library.
Vanessa Flora-Nakoski and Diane Williams have earned awards from the college — the 2022 Nora Roberts Faculty Service Award and the Distinguished Scholars Award, respectively — that will support their planned initiatives in research scholarship and student enrichment.
Sophomore Sydney Hinnant was awarded a Griswold-Zepp award from the college for a mental health awareness and support project. The Center for Experience and Opportunity (CEO) at McDaniel oversees the Griswold-Zepp Award, which can total up to $3,000 for proposed volunteer experiences of McDaniel students, addressing the needs of local, regional, national, or worldwide communities.
Through her passion for graphic design and community enrichment, junior Art–Communication major Gia Koutsokostas was awarded a $1,000 grant to fund a Little Free Library at the Charles Street Tot Lot in Westminster, Maryland. It all began in Assistant Professor of Art and Art History Chloe Irla’s Graphic Design II course.
Nearly 180 Boys & Girls Club members attended McDaniel’s annual holiday party, which included arts and crafts activity stations, a special visit from Mrs. Claus and North Pole elves, along with a special gift.
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