Events for all Green Terrors

Bring your little ghouls and goblins for an evening of festive fun hosted by the McDaniel College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Kids will have the chance to participate in games, win candy, and proudly show off their Halloween costumes! This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow alumni and McDaniel student-athletes while enjoying a night of Halloween fun with your family. We look forward to seeing you there! 

This event is free for alumni and the community. No Registration required. Free parking available anywhere on campus after 5 p.m.

Join alumni of the WMC/McDaniel Phi Delts at Covalent Spirits on East Main Street in Westminster the first Thursday of each month. Brothers from all chapters are of course welcome too! For more information please visit the Phi Delta Theta website. 

First Thursdays with the Phis gathers Phi Delts across the country on the first Thursday evening of each month in cities across North America to rekindle friendships, meet new people, and to network professionally. 

Join the Alumni Engagement team and Greg Shockley '83 for this annual tradition, McDaniel Night at Shenanigan's Irish Pub & Grille in Ocean City! For nearly two decades, Greg has opened his doors at Shenanigan’s to the McDaniel Community for a final "hoo-rah" before the beach-going season concludes.

Alums, staff, faculty, and friends come from all over to close out the season with a night of food, drinks, and fun! There is no cost to attend. Food and drinks will be provided! Don't forget to show your school spirit and don your Green & Gold attire!

For more information contact alumni@mcdaniel.edu or 410-857-2296.

Jonathan Slade '88, professor of Communication and Cinema, is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and creator of the Mason-Dixon Surveyor, a hyper-local quarterly community newspaper published in Lineboro, Maryland. Slade was interviewed by the Westminster Wire, "A Carroll County town lost its local news, so a McDaniel professor started a paper."

Learn more about Slade's experience with community journalism during McDaniel's Lumen Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Coley Rice Lounge, McDaniel Hall. The event is hosted by McDaniel's Lumen Scholars Program, an honors program that incorporates experiential learning and civic engagement, along with interdisciplinary courses, and is free and open to the public.

(raindate: Thursday, Dec. 3)

The McDaniel College community will come together for the third annual “Out of Darkness: A Celebration of Light."

Out of Darkness will be a special evening filled with light, education, food, and the sharing of religious and cultural traditions. The event features winter-themed indoor and outdoor activities on campus, including firepit and s'mores stations, a Western Maryland train ride through McDaniel's history, an indoor snowball fight, and a Religious and Cultural Festival hosted by the Office of Student Belonging. 

Space is limited, more information to come.