New Student Orientation

New Student Orientation Aug. 22 - 25, 2024

What: New Student Orientation: Fall 2024

When: Aug. 22 - 25, 2024

New Student Orientation (NSO) brings you onto campus a few days before returning students arrive for the fall semester. Designed to engage and excite you about McDaniel, NSO is filled with activities and events to acclimate you to your new college community. Led by a team of enthusiastic peer mentors, you will attend workshops, team-building exercises, Introduction Convocation, and a walk down Main Street to meet more of the off-campus community.

View the New Student Orientation Schedule

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Note: A one-way traffic pattern will be in effect on move-in day, Aug. 22, with vehicles entering McDaniel College’s campus from West Main Street at the stadium entrance. Students check-in and pick up their dorm room keys from Gill Center.

First Year Seminars

Throughout your orientation schedule, FYS course numbers will be referenced for event attendance.

Course Title	Course Code	FYS Instructor
Anarchy and Freedom	FYS-1282	Albrecht
Historical Role-Playing: Rebuilding the World	FYS-1281	Bjerke
Jabber-Talky: Vaccine Science and History	FYS-1279	Burley
Gender, Literature, and Culture	FYS-1149	Carpenter
Water, Food, and the Environment	FYS-1233	Fang
Rebels in Early America	FYS-1206	Feeley
Psychology of Performance	FYS-1261	Ford
Acting on Stage and Off	FYS-1113	Fouche
Gamifying Landmark Public Health Crises	FYS-1278	Gable
Unseen Math in Puzzles and Games	FYS-1245	Gribben
Heroic Leaders and Evil Tyrants	FYS-1222	Grice
Theatre Appreciation	FYS-1135	Joslyn
Odyssey Africans to France	FYS-1259	Keubeung
Find your Strong: Running for your Life	FYS-1269	Lebo
A World of Light and Color	FYS-1115	Mian
Are you Ready for Some Football?	FYS-1258-01 FYS-1258-02	Mongiello
Psychology and the Law	FYS-1157-01 FYS-1157-02	Morris
Biodiversity	FYS-1165	Morrison
The Eras of Miss Americana	FYS-1276	Muhlhauser
Gamifying Landmark Public Health Crises	FYS-1278	Ort
Nature’s Fury or Media Frenzy	FYS-1277	Smith
Being a Changemaker	FYS-1280	Young
Take it to the Streets: Nonviolent Protest	FYS-1257	Zappardino
Putin’s Russia: Past and Present in China	FYS-1136	Zejmis

Campus will soon be bustling with returning students! Ways to Connect and Stay Busy More events to look forward to!

Support our Green Terror Athletics Attend a game and cheer on our student athletes.

Games are free to attend and open to visitors (and our tailgating at Gill Stadium is nationally famous).

View the full Athletics Schedule

Involvement Fair Fall 2024 Date: TBA

Learn how you can become an active member of the college community.

Learn more about getting involved at McDaniel

An Introduction to Academics First Year Seminar Connect With a Faculty Member

An important part of the first-year experience at McDaniel is the First Year Seminar course. As part of the First Year Program at McDaniel, all first-year students take one First Year Seminar course during their first semester at McDaniel College. First Year Seminars are innovative topical and thematic courses on a range of subjects suitable for first-year students that provide an introduction to the liberal arts and an academic transition to college.

Explore the First Year Seminar Program

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Green Terror Dancing at Orientation with students in the background

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New Student Orientation