McDaniel students win awards while participating in immersive, real-world learning experiences

A group of six McDaniel students received awards at the Maryland Student Legislature annual session held April 30-May 1 at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. Political Science professor Matthew Mongiello and Social Work professor Jim Kunz accompanied the students. 

Senior Social Work majors Sarah Bilger of Baltimore and Mackenzie Ashby of Middleburg, Virginia, earned “Most Outstanding Resolution” for R022-2122, A Resolution Concerning Crisis Intervention Team Training and The Thomas V. Mike Miller for Up and Coming New Members was presented to Gabrielle Gladden, a junior Biology and Political Science major from Baltimore.

The delegation, which also included Emily Camizzi, senior Social Work major from Tenafly, New Jersey, Kathleen Campbell, junior Business Administration major from Easton, Maryland, and Alina Philip, senior Political Science and French major from Germantown, Maryland, was also recognized with the “Most Outstanding Delegation” award along with UMBC.

Francis Grice, associate professor in the Political Science and International Studies department, took 19 students to the National Model United Nations (NMUN) 2022 conference April 3-7 in New York City, where they represented the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The NMUN’s mission is to advance the understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues.

Senior Madelaine Lee, Political Science major from Westminster, South Carolina, served as the head delegate of McDaniel’s team, which received an honorable mention delegation award, placing them in the top 20 percent of delegations at the conference. 

Jahan Hosseini, a first-year student from Gaithersburg, Maryland, also earned a position paper award for his paper submitted prior to the conference that “illustrated his knowledge of the agenda topics at hand,” according to the NMUN. 

Additional students who participated as members of the delegation include:
•    Sean Aul, junior Political Science major from Chatham, New Jersey
•    Brandon Bestany, sophomore Political Science major from Hicksville, New York 
•    Caleb Bowden, first-year student from Norman, Oklahoma 
•    Doug Calabrese, first-year student from Montclair, New Jersey
•    Noah de la Garrigue, senior Art and French major from Alexandria, Virginia 
•    Dalanda Diallo, senior Political Science and student-designed major in French Studies from Montgomery Village, Maryland 
•    Kaami Effa, first-year Political Science major from Bowie, Maryland
•    Amber Evans, first-year Art and Cinema major from Dundalk, Maryland
•    Isabela Hernandez Quintana, junior Political Science and student-designed major from Montgomery Village, Maryland 
•    Signe’ Kula, sophomore Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and Psychology major from Barrington, New Hampshire
•    Alondra Labastida Campos, first-year student from La Plata, Maryland
•    Colin McKone, senior Political Science major from Arnold, Maryland
•    Alina Philip, senior Political Science and French major from Germantown, Maryland
•    Stephani Portillo, junior Political Science and student-designed major in French Studies from Silver Spring, Maryland
•    Martha Rowe, senior Political Science major from Clarksville, Maryland
•    Allie Scharnberger, junior Political Science major from Kensington, Maryland
•    Angelina Valeri, first-year student from Ellicott City, Maryland 

Selected students noted below were chosen as new National Security Fellows during the Spring 2022 semester. 

McDaniel’s National Security Fellows Program pairs with any program of study to provide 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.

Students added into the program during Spring 2022 are: 
•    Allie Ballard, sophomore History major from Arnold, Maryland
•    Caleb Bowden, first-year student from Norman, Oklahoma 
•    Ethan Clark, first-year student from Mountain View, California
•    Anna Durda, first-year student from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
•    Bryanna Haley, first-year Criminal Justice major from Middle River, Maryland
•    Jahan Hosseini, first-year student from Gaithersburg, Maryland
•    Elena Hincapie, sophomore from Glenside, Pennsylvania
•    Keith Jackson, sophomore from Baltimore, Maryland
•    Carly Jarkiewicz, sophomore Psychology major from Hampstead, Maryland
•    Alondra Labastida Campos, first-year student from La Plata, Maryland
•   Alina Philip, senior Political Science and French major from Germantown, Maryland
•   Stephani Portillo, junior Political Science and student-designed major in French Studies from Silver Spring, Maryland
•   Sage Wann, sophomore Communication and History major from New Market, Maryland