McDaniel student actors perform in a depiction of Moisés Kaufman’s thrilling drama based on the true events surrounding the downfall of the renowned playwright and author Oscar Wilde. Performances are Thursday, Oct. 3-Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Elderdice Studio Theatre in WMC Alumni Hall. Note: the show contains adult material and is intended for mature audiences.
The annual Phi Beta Kappa lecture presents "Slavery in Two Worlds: East Africans in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean” by University of Virginia professor Kristina Richardson on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Holloway Lecture features bestselling author and humorist Gina Barreca from the University of Connecticut on Thursday, Oct. 3. Both events take place at 7:30 p.m. in McDaniel Hall's Coley Rice Lounge and are free and open to the public.
McDaniel College welcomed the Class of 2028 — one of the college's largest incoming classes — with 540 first-year and transfer students during move-in and orientation events.
McDaniel College welcomes the newest class of Green Terrors to the Hill with 540 first-year and transfer students, one of the college's largest incoming classes. New student orientation for the Class of 2028 kicks off at move-in on Thursday, Aug. 22.
Every summer, McDaniel students make strides in their academic and professional savvy with the donor-funded Student-Faculty Collaborative Summer Research Program. By engaging with pressing issues — like contributing data to a global study on insect declines or surveying Maryland high school educators about current challenges — they gain skills that serve their communities now and in the future.
Inspired by their majors, two students in the Student-Faculty Collaborative Summer Research Program launched studies in underrepresented fields. With guidance from Lecturer and Director of First-Year Composition Alexander Champoux-Crowley, the students investigated theatre funding and interpreters in secondary education.
McDaniel College is included in longtime admissions professional Peter Pitts latest book, "Cool Stuff at Small Colleges." The McDaniel Commitment, National Security Fellows, and McDaniel College Budapest; new majors launched since fall 2020, including Writing and Publishing, along with our Popular Literature minor; plus the McDaniel Environmental Center are highlighted.
Phillip A. Sullivan, Ph.D., who most recently served as associate dean of campus life and director of residential education and services at Oxford College of Emory University, has been selected as McDaniel’s new dean of students following a national search. He assumes the role at McDaniel effective Aug. 19, 2024.
Seven McDaniel bachelor’s degree recipients who majored in Elementary Education or minored in PreK-12 or Secondary Education and one graduate from the accelerated bachelor’s to master’s five-year Secondary Education/M.S. in Teaching were recognized as Teachers of Promise by the Maryland State Department of Education.
McDaniel College announces its spring 2024 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.
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