McDaniel College

2 College Hill, Westminster, MD 21157 -  View Map

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• McDaniel College offers 60 programs of study, and students may design their own majors. Among the choices, seven are pre-professional programs including pre-law, pre-engineering, and pre-med.
• Students are the focus at McDaniel, and providing the ideal learning environment for you is our goal. Centered in the liberal arts and sciences, a McDaniel education teaches you to think and act critically, creatively, and humanely. Combined with leadership and knowledge in your field, these are the skills that you’ll need to surmount the challenges of your future.
• McDaniel College believes that liberally educated men and women think and act critically, creatively, and humanely. They take charge of their lives and develop their unique potentials with reason, imagination, and human concern. They take their place in the global community, understanding their responsibilities to aid individuals and to contribute to the larger society. McDaniel College accepts the challenge to provide an academic and social environment that promotes liberal learning.
• Other life-changing opportunities are classes that average 17 students; more than 100 clubs, organizations, and athletics teams; and the opportunity to study at the only U.S. college campus in Budapest, Hungary.
• McDaniel is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 07/16/2008.

In the News:

• Fitch Downgrades McDaniel College, Maryland's Revs to 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable (Business Wire)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 06:54:03 pm
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has downgraded $47.6 million of outstanding revenue bonds issued by the Mayor and Common Council of Westminster County, MD, on behalf of McDaniel College (McDaniel). The Rating Outlook is Stable. RATING RATIONALE: --The downgrade to 'BBB+' from 'A-' reflects McDaniel's materially weakened balance sheet resources, driven largely by recent financial market ...
• Local students graduate, achieve (Hunterdon Review)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 05:29:34 am
  Rachele Fortier of High Bridge has been named to the spring 2011 Dean’s List of McDaniel College in Westminster, Md. with highest honors. Highest honors are earned for a semester grade point average of 3.90 or higher.
• McDaniel College awarded $100k grant (The Daily Record)
  posted on July 12, 2011 at 05:12:32 pm
  McDaniel College of Westminster said it was awarded a $100,000 discretionary grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Roger Casey, McDaniel’s new president, will use the funds to support presidential initiatives that he outlined in his inaugural speech in April, including a renewed emphasis on global studies, and student participation in opportunities that connect the classroom [...]
• Ravens' Webb doesn't want to get ensnared with secondary role (The Capital)
  posted on July 10, 2011 at 04:51:11 am
  Lardarius Webb has no intentions of becoming the forgotten man in the Baltimore Ravens' secondary. Two seasons removed from tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee late in his rookie season, Webb is hoping to reclaim a starting job at cornerback. "I'm ready to start," Webb said yesterday at Derrick Mason's youth football camp at McDaniel College in Westminster. "I'm ready to be ...
• George Samuel Alspach Jr. (Baltimore Sun)
  posted on July 6, 2011 at 08:46:41 pm
  Biology professor remembered for conducting student research trips to the Caribbean George Samuel Alspach Jr., who taught marine biology at what is now McDaniel College for four decades, died June 30 of complications from pneumonia at Carroll Hospital Center.

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