McDaniel College selects 21 students into the inaugural class of the National Security Fellows Program. The National Security Fellows Program pairs with any program of study and provides McDaniel students with robust knowledge, skills, and experience in national security as well as the ability to specialize in an area of interest, such as interstate conflict, intra-state political violence, cybersecurity, ethics, and human rights.
McDaniel Free Press co-editors-in-chief learned best practices in connecting local topics to global impacts during a virtual webinar organized by the Council on Foreign Relations. Juniors Molly Sherman and Ciara O’Brien were able to have Mark Seibel, technology policy editor at The Washington Post, and Carla Anne Robbins, adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former deputy editorial page editor at The New York Times, at their fingertips thanks to the Feb. 25 webinar dedicated to student journalists.
McDaniel College’s student honors exhibition features a variety of work virtually from two senior Art students. Titled “Reconstruct and Memorialize: Identity in Impressions,” this virtual exhibition runs through Thursday, April 15.
Representatives from McDaniel College and the CollegeBound Foundation surprised five Baltimore City high school seniors at their homes with full-tuition McDaniel-CollegeBound scholarships. The seniors from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Digital Harbor High School, and Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School will each receive full-tuition scholarships for all four years at McDaniel.
McDaniel College’s Admissions Office along with the Green Terror surprised three incoming Class of 2025 students by announcing them as the college’s newest Dorsey Scholars. The Dorsey Scholars Program is the highest academic honor at McDaniel and includes full tuition, room, and board for all four years.
More than 20 McDaniel students were part of the “Speech & Debate” production at the college. Performances were Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 in WMC Alumni Hall. Due to COVID-19, the performances were only open to McDaniel students, faculty, and staff. “Speech & Debate,” a comedy by Stephen Karam, was directed by McDaniel College senior Zacharias Callis, a Theatre Arts major from Damascus, Md.
McDaniel College has announced its plans for Fall 2021, including a return to near-normal operations and face-to-face instruction for undergraduate students. McDaniel is planning for a primarily in-person experience with more than 90 percent of undergraduate classes to be offered as traditional in-person classes and 100 percent of labs. The other 10 percent of classes will mostly be offered in a hybrid format, which includes an in-person component.
McDaniel students virtually met with elected officials from Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, and Prince George’s counties in support of the Sellinger Program, which provides funding for Maryland’s independent colleges.
I Love the Hill Day was a resounding success thanks to the alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents, and friends who came together in support of McDaniel. Together, we exceeded our goal of 725 donors, ensuring we can support every student on the Hill today and for years to come. In fact, we raised more than $150,000, which is more funds than ever before on I Love the Hill Day.
McDaniel College and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School have announced a collaboration to offer a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree program, starting in fall 2021. The new 4+1 program will include a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel and a master of science degree in either Finance or Marketing from Carey Business School, which has campuses in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
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