[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 300 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 300

         Recognizing the 150th anniversary of McDaniel College.


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                   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

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                               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;
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;
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 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
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates McDaniel College on the 150th anniversary 
        of the founding of the College;
            (2) recognizes the achievements of the administrators, 
        professors, students, and various staff who have contributed to 
        the success of McDaniel College; and
            (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the president of McDaniel College; and
                    (B) the provost and vice president for academic 
                affairs of McDaniel College.
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