Wayne Young served on many executive boards during his time on the Hill, including the Social Work Advocates Network, Hispanic Latinx Alliance and Global Zero. He also founded the McDaniel College Debate and Speech Club.
English major Jackie White discovered a new passion for Cinema to go with her lifelong love of the English language and literature. TV Production class is her best class ever — she learned how to run almost every position in a television news station as well as teamwork and adaptability.
Kinesiology and Spanish major Olivia Maenner's best class ever was Anatomy with Kinesiology professor David Petrie because the course reminded her of how much she loves learning about anatomy and gave her a great foundation which she took with her to Occupational Therapy graduate school.
Erik Yanisko went to the Peruvian Amazon as part of a Jan Term study abroad trip titled, “The Forest Online” with a group of 15 students who ventured deep into the Amazon to create a multimedia research project consisting of interviews with indigenous people who have communities in the region, and researchers who are living there doing various projects.
Angel Tuong '19 traveled all the way from Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam to study Mathematics, Economics and French at McDaniel. She describes her Math Problem Seminar as the best class ever, where she "gained skills to solve math and real life problems like patience, logical reasoning and a lot more patience."
Communication major Lindsey Farrell leaves a legacy of grit behind on the Hill where she played varsity lacrosse and soccer and was the assistant technical director of McDaniel's Sports Communication program.
Theatre Arts major Ben Michaels' most influential professor is Gené Fouché who has shown him the many different ways theatre can be used in everyday life and in different jobs that people would never expect to be related. Whether it is through improvisation or a script, Ben says theatre influences almost everything people do.
A first-generation college student, Brittany Sears is a single mom of a 4-year-old little girl, worked two jobs while attending McDaniel full time and was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome later in life. She earned Dean’s list each semester and was inducted into three different honor societies and, during her senior year, presented her research at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference in New York.
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