Mcdaniel College

Before today, the only thing I knew about the McDaniel College football team was that they let the Ravens use their field for a few weeks every summer. But after receiving a pretty interesting press release from the college's public relations department, I hope the Ravens will adopt their tailgating policies at next summer's training camp. McDaniel College will be honored as one of the top seven tailgating schools in the country by The Weather Channel. It will appear in a special on Tuesday, October 18, at 9 p.m. Yes, I know, you usually flip over to The Weather Channel for coverage on Nor'easters, not college football.

Here's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said three years ago as the nation's gap between rich and poor widened toward historic levels: "I think it's a very bad development. It's creating two societies. And it's based very much, I think, on educational differences. … It leads to an unequal society, and a society which doesn't have the cohesion that we'd like to see. " As college students complete final exams and the 2013 commencement season arrives, a look at the higher education landscape suggests that the nation still has a long way to go in closing the education gap at the root of the income gap - what we should call the opportunity gap. "Socioeconomic diversity" on campus remains elusive.

Dr. Alva "Buzz" Baker , of Sykesville, received the alumni professional achievement award from McDaniel College. He is a 1966 alumnus of Western Maryland (now McDaniel) College. Presented annually during McDaniel's Homecoming, the alumni professional achievement award is presented to a graduate who has gained distinction in his/her chosen field or profession and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on McDaniel College. He is currently director of McDaniel's Center for the Study of Aging and continues to teach in the college's Gerontology programs.

On April 17, State Senators Joe Getty, R-Baltimore and Carroll counties, and Ed Kasemeyer, D-Baltimore and Howard counties, shared anecdotes and answered questions from about 50 McDaniel College students who had gathered in a lecture room at Hill Hall for the occasion. The senators had visited the campus for a presentation, ““So What Just Happened: A Report from Annapolis,” as a courtesy to long standing McDaniel political science professor, Dr. Herb Smith - who is frequently sought-out by statewide and national media outlets for his insights into Maryland politics.

Cheryl Knauer, of Parkville, has been named director of media relations at McDaniel College, in Westminster. At McDaniel, she is responsible for the development and implementation of the college's ongoing media relations program at the local, regional and national levels. Knauer previously worked as a senior account executive at Nevins & Associates, a boutique public relations and marketing firm in Hunt Valley. She has also served as the media relations director at Maryland Institute College of Art and was a public relations associate at the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

McDaniel College was touted on two national "lists" this past week - one relating to the overall college experience on the Westminster campus, and the other connected to the Green Terror's atmosphere for sporting events. The college was named in the guide, "Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges," a book by education journalist Hilary Masell Oswald that updates a 2006 edition by the late Loren Pope, who had been an education editor at the New York Times . The book profiles 40 colleges that, it says, excel at developing potential, values and initiative in a wide range of students.

McDaniel College will offer the state's first certificate for elementary school math specialists after receiving approval from the Maryland State Department of Education. State officials praised McDaniel for taking the initiative to improve math instruction for students in kindergarten through the sixth grade. McDaniel professor Francis "Skip" Fennell, a former president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, oversaw creation of the program using a $400,000 grant from the nonprofit Brookhill Foundation.

WESTMINSTER - The Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts has announced that Steve Pearson, an associate professor of art and art history at McDaniel College, and a Westminster resident, has been named among 24 semifinalists for the seventh annual Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The competition awards a $25,000 fellowship to assist in furthering the career of a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. Pearson is a painter who has taught various art courses since 2004.

Five Carroll County residents, and three others, were recently inducted into the Green Terror Sports Hall of Fame at McDaniel College. The new inductees were formally announced at McDaniel's homecoming game on Nov. 3 against Susquehanna. The Sports Hall of Fame awards are presented to graduates and former athletes who performed as undergraduate athletes and who have contributed to society since leaving the college. Recipients for 2012 are: • John "Jack" Baile, of Westminster, received a bachelor's degree in 1962 and master's in 1973 from then-Western Maryland College.

McDaniel College announced on Monday, March 5, that Mike Hoyt has been named the new head football coach. Hoyt comes to McDaniel after serving as the associate head football coach and defensive coordinator, as well as director of strength and conditioning for the athletics program, at Albright College in Reading, Pa. He was also responsible for recruiting in central Pennsylvania and northern counties in Maryland. He becomes the 24th head coach in the 117-year tradition of Green Terror football and will assume his duties at the college March 19. McDaniel Athletic Director Paul Moyer said that after a nationwide search, "Mike's experience as an educator, coach and leader of young men separated him as the top candidate for our program.

McDaniel College announced Monday that a $6.7 million bequest will be used to establish an endowment for scholarships, the largest in its history. The funds come from the estate of Philip Henry Dorsey, who was part of a class of 18 earning a bachelor's degree from the Westminster school in 1891. After graduation, Dorsey went home to St. Mary's County, where he managed farmland and bought and sold crops. When he died in 1945, his will established a trust fund for his descendants to attend McDaniel, then known as Western Maryland College.

Joseph E. Welsh, a retired Baltimore County public school educator who was also a hospice volunteer and Eucharistic minister, died Monday of melanoma at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Oak Crest Village resident was 80. "He was both my teacher and class adviser, and as a teacher, I loved him. He made a big impact on all of our lives," said Laurie J. Bender, who graduated in 1991 from Parkville High School. "He was one of those teachers who helped you learn in a nonthreatening and humorous manner.

North Carroll announced the hiring of Rob Vaughn as boys basketball coach on Tuesday. Vaughn, a graduate of the school, previously coached the Panthers from 2003 to 2006, and he takes over the program from his brother, Chris, according to the school. Vaughn was an assistant coach at McDaniel College under Bob Flynn, and he currently teaches physical education at Shiloh Middle School in Carroll County.

Sarah Holbrook, a senior at McDaniel College, knows first-hand the gratitude for a home-cooked meal during a family crisis. When she was 11, her 9-year-old brother died of leukemia. That's why she's been involved since she was a freshman with Heroes Helping Hopkins, an on-campus group that cooks meals for families at the Believe in Tomorrow Children's House, which provides a place to stay for families with children being treated for serious illnesses at Johns Hopkins hospital. "I understand what they're going through how hard it can be, how exhausting," said Holbrook, co-president of the group.

The four-story brownstone near Washington's Lafayette Park is one of the most exclusive hotels in the world. There's a fireplace in the master bathroom, and the thread counts on the sheets is high enough to rival the Four Seasons. And only four people can get reservations to stay there right now - possibly because the coverlet bears the presidential seal, and there are accommodations for the Secret Service in the basement. The townhouse on West Jackson Place is the residence where Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and both George Bushes stay when they are in Washington on official business.

THE UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY: The dean's list for fall semester at The University of Findlay has been announced and Nicole Williams, of Fallston, made the list with a 4.0 grade point average. She is a physical therapy major. MCDANIEL COLLEGE: Sophomore Adrian Rowe of Edgewood performs in "Intimate Portraits," an original ensemble-devised work. Free and open to the public, performances are Wednesday, April 17 through Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m., in WMC Alumni Hall at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster.

McDaniel College is opening the doors of its Englar Dining Hall to the public on select Sundays for a Sunday Brunch on the Hill in conjunction with the its exhibition on newspaper comic strips. The brunch buffet will feature live music and free Sunday comics from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays, Oct. 23 and Nov. 13. The cost for  brunch buffet with complimentary mimosas and Bloody Marys is $10. The exhibiton, Kings of the Pages: Comic Strips & Culture 1895-1950 , will be open to the public 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. on these two Sundays.

McDaniel College jumped out to an 8-2 halftime advantage before holding on to topple No. 13 Gettysburg, 12-10, in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday, April 21. Skippy Clary (Baltimore/Catonsville) scored three goals to lead the Green Terror (8-6, 4-3 CC), who handed the Bullets (10-4, 6-1 CC) their first conference loss of the season. JS Duke (Fort Washington/Upper Dublin) added two goals and three assists in the team's first win over Gettysburg since 1997, snapping a 17-game losing streak in the series.

Helen B. Wolfe, an outspoken advocate of women's rights who also had been a member of the faculty of McDaniel College for more than a decade, died March 5 from cancer at Carroll Hospice Center's Dove House in Westminster. She was 79. With a head of thick white hair, flashing porcelain-blue eyes and an outsized personality, Dr. Wolfe made an instant and lasting impression on those she met, friends said. "When she came to the college, she had already had a distinguished career and in that sense showed a lot of the younger women the variety of roles she had undertaken," said Joan Develin Coley, who retired as president of McDaniel College in 2010.

Bruce and Stephanie Lyon of Havre de Grace announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Jacqueline Marie Lyon, to Steven Francis Furst, son of Christopher and Ann Furst of Severna Park. The couple met at their alma mater, McDaniel College, in Westminster. Lyon recently received a master of arts degree in publication design from the University of Baltimore and is a graphic designer for The Associated in Baltimore. Furst graduated from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America with a jurisdoctorate degree in 2010.