The McDaniel College community gathered Nov. 19 for the college’s annual Thanksgiving luncheon and to honor 62 faculty and staff who celebrated a combined 920 years of service to the college. Additionally, the three winners of the 2024 Arch Award for Exemplary Staff Service were announced.
Current seniors, juniors, and sophomores were recognized at the Undergraduate Awards Ceremony for earning awards for academic achievement and leadership during the 2023-24 academic year. Students were also named to prestigious academic and leadership honor societies, including Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Trumpeters.
In honor of National Transfer Student Week, McDaniel College announces that the college has been named among the most transfer-friendly colleges in the nation by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, an international honor society for two-year colleges.
Widely respected for her contributions to higher education, McDaniel President Julia Jasken was named among The Baltimore Sun’s Women to Watch and chosen to The Daily Record’s 2024 Higher Education Power List. She was also appointed to the NCAA Division III Presidents Council. Additionally, McDaniel has again earned an Empowering Women Award from The Daily Record and continues to support the Carroll County Women’s Conference through the McDaniel Women's Leadership Network.
Math class often gets a bad rap, as Assistant Professor of Education Laura Albaugh Bitto ’04 is well aware. Bitto, a math teacher educator, is working to change this, and recently gained support in her mission with a yearlong fellowship from the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.
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.
McDaniel College's Education programs have been awarded five-year initial accreditation from the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP).
Brian Thompson M.S. ’15, who graduated from McDaniel with a master’s in Curriculum and Instruction and an Administrator I Certificate, is the 2024-25 Teacher of the Year for Carroll County Public Schools, making him eligible to be chosen as the 2025 Maryland Teacher of the Year.
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