English professor Mary Bendel-Simso has been promoted to dean of the faculty and Chloe Irla '07, associate professor of Art, has been promoted to assistant dean of faculty development and director of the Honors Program.
Alumni are invited back to campus May 31-June 2 for a weekend of food, fun, and reminiscing. Special milestone Reunion events take place for classes ending in four and nine. More information is available at www.mcdaniel.edu/alumniweekend2024.
Three special awards were presented during the May 18 Graduate Commencement ceremony. One student award was given to a master’s degree recipient in McDaniel’s Deaf Education program, while two faculty awards were presented to an assistant professor in the Counseling program and a senior online graduate adjunct lecturer in the Special Education program.
Two McDaniel alums received Trustee Alumni Awards, the highest alumni honor given at McDaniel, during the Trustee-Faculty Dinner held May 3. The 2024 recipients are James A. Felton III '95, M.S. '98, a national leader and scholar-practitioner in the field of diversity in higher education, and Donald J. Hobart '62, a dedicated and active alumni volunteer who is best known for coordinating informal alumni tailgates at Green Terror home football games.
April and May are filled with musical performances featuring McDaniel students. For more information about the performances, which are free and open to the public, call 410-857-2552.
Alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and friends showed their support for current and future McDaniel students during One Hill, One Day, McDaniel's annual giving campaign. The entire McDaniel community came together this year to raise $462,842 from 700 donors.
Beginning March 25, the McDaniel community and friends can come together during One Hill, One Day, the college's annual giving campaign, to support current and future McDaniel students by giving to what they love, whether it's Academic Excellence, Campus Life and Belonging, Athletic Success, or McDaniel's Greatest Needs.
Common Ground on the Hill, in residence at McDaniel College, received the Maryland State Arts Council's Heritage Award in the Tradition category for the Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention. Common Ground on the Hill was founded in 1994 by Walt Michael '68 who assumed directorship of the Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention in 2011.
McDaniel alum Skyler Fultz '11 has been selected as McDaniel College's new head football coach. Fultz is the 28th head coach in the 133-year history of Green Terror football and the 10th alum to lead the program. He has spent the last nine years at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, including the 2023 season as head coach.
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