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.
Maryland’s U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks have announced that McDaniel has been awarded $830,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS). The funds will be used to purchase technology and equipment for McDaniel’s state-of-the-art Nursing facility at LifeBridge Health’s Carroll Hospital, which is slated for completion for fall 2026.
The McDaniel College community gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 18, for the college’s annual Thanksgiving luncheon and to honor 64 faculty and staff who celebrated a combined 1,050 years of service to the college. Additionally, the winners of the 2025 Arch Award for Exemplary Staff Service were announced.
Current seniors, juniors, and sophomores were recognized at the Undergraduate Awards Ceremony for earning awards for academic achievement and leadership during the 2024-25 academic year. Students were also named to prestigious academic and leadership honor societies.
In honor of National Transfer Student Week, McDaniel announces that the college has been named as one of the 251 most transfer-friendly colleges in the nation by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, an international honor society for two-year colleges.
Brett Foelber ’08 is an assistant vice president for marketing at St. John Properties, where he has worked since 2021 and previously served as director of marketing. Foelber and his fellow 40 Under 40 honorees were selected by the Baltimore Business Journal for their significant contributions to not only their workplaces but also within their communities.
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.
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