Alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and friends showed their support for current and future McDaniel students during the 1867 Challenge. The entire McDaniel community came together during this year's annual giving campaign to raise $483,839 from 635 donors in 1,876 minutes to honor the college's founding year.
The 1867 Challenge, McDaniel College's annual giving campaign, kicks off on Tuesday, March 11, at 9 a.m. and runs through Wednesday, March 12, at 4:07 p.m. That's 1,867 minutes of giving to honor McDaniel’s founding year in support of current and future students.
At the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for Region II, Assistant Professor Shana Joslyn was awarded the Innovative Teaching Award; Theatre Arts junior Ave Maria Contreras won best director for a 24-hour play; and alum Jeremy Volker ’24 earned the regional first place Randy Lutz Allied Design & Technology Award for makeup design.
New Learning Commons combines academic deans and student success coaches, Writing Center, STEM Center, and Student Accessibility and Support Services, with library and information technology resources, under a central hub. The $3.6 million renovation, which is expected to be complete for the fall 2025 semester, is supported by donors with efforts underway to secure additional funds.
While McDaniel College offers a robust slate of graduate programs, students can also enroll at partner institutions to propel their undergraduate career into the graduate realm. Two recent graduates — Jani Pierre ’23 and Brennan Rouse ’23 — took the opportunity to pursue accelerated master’s degrees using the foundations they developed at McDaniel.
November and December are jam-packed with musical performances featuring McDaniel students, which are free and open to the public. Check out the full schedule of upcoming concerts at McDaniel College.
Alumni couple Bryson and Carol Popham, who both graduated from the college in 1973, created the Mildred R. Popham Scholarship in honor of Bryson’s mother. Up to four $10,000 annual scholarships will be awarded starting in the 2025-26 academic year to graduates of Glen Burnie High School in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with preference given to students planning to major or minor in Education.
Alumni, students, families, and community members came together to celebrate Homecoming 2024 with various alumni events, as well as by cheering on the Green Terror. Homecoming traditions, including the presentation of the Homecoming Court, awarding the James Brant Memorial Cup, and naming the winners of the Letters on the Hill contest, took place during pre-game of the Homecoming football game, as well as the reveal that the college plans to renovate the outdoor track and field facility at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium.
Organized by Senior Adjunct Lecturer Shelley Ensor, “McDaniel for the Holidays” features McDaniel students, alumni, and faculty, as well as community members, in a program celebrating the holiday season. The free performance takes place Sunday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Baker Memorial Chapel.
McDaniel College alumni, students, families, and community members celebrate Homecoming 2024 on Nov. 1 and 2 with Homecoming traditions, including tailgating at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium while Green Terror football takes on Ursinus College. Other home athletic contests for swimming and field hockey also take place. Additionally, the Green & Gold Challenge, a weeklong competition to support McDaniel's student-athletes, runs Oct. 30 through Nov. 6.
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