First Posted: 10/6/2010

Erin M. Alexander of Dalton, is a freshman at McDaniel College in Westminster, Md. The 420-strong Class of represents an array of diversity, scholarship and leadership:Two-thirds performed community service and half held leadership roles during their high school years; 40 percent are the first in their families to attend college; They hail from six countries: Guatemala, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal and Vietnam.