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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 300 

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of McDaniel College. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2017 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 150th anniversary of McDaniel College. 

Whereas, on October 21, 2017, McDaniel College, formerly 

Western Maryland College (referred to in this preamble 

as the ‘‘College’’), located in Westminster, Maryland, will 

celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first academic year 

of the College; 

Whereas the College was the first coeducational college 

founded south of the Mason-Dixon line and one of the 

first coeducational colleges in the United States; 

Whereas the founder of the College, Fayette Buell, a Westminster teacher, purchased approximately 8 acres of land 

shortly after the Civil War in 1866 to build the College; 

Whereas the College was named Western Maryland College at 

the suggestion of John Smith, President of Western 

Maryland Railroad; 


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Whereas the first academic year of the College began on September 4, 1867, with 5 teachers and 37 male and female 

students enrolled in 8 areas of study; 

Whereas the State of Maryland approved the charter of the 

College on March 30, 1868; 

Whereas the first graduating class of the College honored 7 

men and women on June 15, 1871; 

Whereas, in 1919, the Department of War authorized the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at the College, which continues as one of the oldest Reserve Officers’ Training 

Corps programs in the United States; 

Whereas, in 1923, the first earned master’s degree was offered at the College for Master of Arts; 

Whereas, in January 1975, the College formally disaffiliated 

from the United Methodist Church and firmly established 

an identity as an independent private college of the liberal arts and sciences; 

Whereas, in 1980, the College received a Phi Beta Kappa 

charter, making it only the fourth college in Maryland to 

house a chapter of that prestigious national collegiate 

honor society; 

Whereas, in 1994, the College opened its first branch campus 

in Budapest, Hungary, which has awarded more than 

200 students from over 20 countries baccalaureate degrees and has welcomed more than 400 students from 

the Westminster campus who have studied abroad there; 

Whereas, in 1996, the College was among 40 institutions included in the seminal guide book Colleges That Change 

Lives, and has continued to be included in each subsequent edition of that book; 


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Whereas, on July 1, 2002, Western Maryland College 

changed its name to McDaniel College, honoring William 

Roberts McDaniel, alumnus of the class of 1880, professor, Secretary of the Faculty, Vice President, Treasurer, Acting President, and member of the Board of 

Trustees of the College; 

Whereas, as of October 2017, the College serves approximately 1,600 undergraduate students and 1,400 graduate 

students in more than 70 undergraduate programs of 

study (including dual and student-designed majors) and 

25 highly regarded graduate programs, and prepares 

those students with the skills needed to compete and succeed in a changing world; 

Whereas, in 2017, the College features 72 buildings on a 

160-acre campus; 

Whereas the College continues to rank among the top liberal 

arts colleges in the United States and to be recognized 

for a commitment to access; 

Whereas the College awards greater than 90 percent of students some type of financial assistance, including institutional grants and scholarships and Federal and State aid; 

Whereas the more than 28,000 alumni of the College reside 

in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 75 countries; 

Whereas the College has a tradition of producing top educators, with 3 alumnae of the College being named Maryland Teachers of the Year since 2010; and 

Whereas the College continues to be committed to enhancing 

academic and experiential learning opportunities for students at the College, many of whom are the first in their 

families to attend an institution of higher education, and 


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producing empowered critical thinkers who are well-prepared for jobs and service that strengthen the State of 

Maryland and the United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates McDaniel College on the 

3 150th anniversary of the founding of the College; 

4 (2) recognizes the achievements of the adminis5 trators, professors, students, and various staff who 

6 have contributed to the success of McDaniel College; 

7 and 

8 (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 

9 the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu10 tion to— 

11 (A) the president of McDaniel College; and 

12 (B) the provost and vice president for aca13 demic affairs of McDaniel College. 

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