Summer of 2022 at McDaniel Local was yet another success in immersing first year students into the McDaniel and Westminster community. McDaniel Local is focused around giving first year students…
Spring is coming, and with that, the birds! Every year, Cornell Ornithology Labs hosts the Great Backyard Bird Count, and this year was no different. This bird count, spanning from…
Elly Engle, Ph.D., joined the environmental studies department this fall less than a year after earning her doctorate from Pennsylvania State University. “I remember exactly where I was when this…
Are you interested in learning about the environment? Are you curious on how to solve problems for the environment effectively? Or do you want to know how to manage the…
Dr. Mona Becker of the Environmental Studies Department has an unusual connection to the Westminster community: she is currently a sitting councilwoman on the Westminster City Council after being elected…
Although McDaniel has owned Singleton Farm (located about five miles out of Westminster) for a few years, it has gone relatively unused. Recently, however, the environmental studies department (including Dr….
Nearly all students know the frustration of a desired class filling up, which is something that has become common for environmental studies students. The department itself is only four or…