The McDANIEL COLLEGE | Spring 2021 The Power of a Woman The McDaniel College Spring 2021 Vol. 36, No. 1 The Hill is published three times yearly by: FEATURES McDaniel College 2 College Hill Westminster, MD 21157-4390 www.mcdaniel.edu 10 The Man with a Plan ... and a Plan B How a heart for family and community brought a new brewery Editor: Lindsay Sherman to Carroll County. Staff Writers: Peggy Fosdick, Cheryl Knauer, Vanessa Sanders Design: Katie Grim, 18 The Power of a Woman Jamie Reams Leinauer Ashley Day ’12 is building the program she wishes she’d had as a Photography: Tae Kerney young Black woman in Baltimore. Alumni correspondence to:
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