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.
Jessica Zavolta has been hired as the new head softball coach at McDaniel. Zavolta comes to McDaniel from Bridgewater College, where she served as assistant softball coach. She is the sixth head coach in the 44-year history of McDaniel's softball program and only the third since 1989.
McDaniel College’s Epsilon Nu chapter of the Alpha Sigma Tau national sorority was recognized with the Growth Excellence and the Retention Excellence awards for membership recruitment and retention during the sorority’s 45th national convention. Since its establishment at McDaniel in 2012, Epsilon Nu has initiated more than 200 members.
Cathy Felmlee Shanholtz joins McDaniel as the inaugural program director for the developing Master of Science in Occupational Therapy. The program, which has received approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), is expected to begin in summer 2026, pending approval by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).
Allison Kerwin, assistant professor of Biology, has been selected as the 2024 Boehlke Fellow and Social Work faculty members Jim Kunz, Nicole O’Reilly, and Michelle Young ’01 are recipients of the college’s Nora Roberts Faculty Award.
McDaniel College's Education programs have been awarded five-year initial accreditation from the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP).
Diane D. Walsh, assistant professor of Counseling, was recently recognized by the Maryland Counseling Association with a Presidential Certificate of Appreciation. Here, Walsh shares about her creative approaches to counselor education, her research interests, and her dedication to the counseling community.
During the spring 2024 semester, nine McDaniel College students immersed themselves in another country through their study abroad experiences in Budapest, Hungary, Seoul, South Korea, and Cusco, Peru.
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.
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