The McDaniel College community gathered Nov. 16 for a Thanksgiving luncheon and celebration of over 160 faculty and staff who celebrated a combined 2,585 years of service completed over the last three years. Additionally, the three winners of the 2021 Arch Award for Exemplary Staff Service, which recognizes staff members for outstanding service to the college, were announced.
Save the date! The inauguration ceremony for Dr. Julia Jasken, McDaniel College’s tenth president, will occur on Saturday, April 9, at 3:30 p.m., in Gill Center. A series of events in celebration of this historic event are scheduled for Thursday, April 7, and Friday, April 8.
Bruce H. Preston, a longtime real estate executive, has been chosen to serve as chair of the McDaniel College Board of Trustees. Preston is a 1975 alumnus and has served on the college’s Board of Trustees since 1995.
After 742 days, Homecoming 2021 consisted of a plethora of activities, including alumni awards, milestone class reunions, cheering for the Green Terror, and more.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of retired Lt. Gen. Otto J. Guenther ‘63, chair of the McDaniel College Board of Trustees. A special remembrance in honor of Otto is being planned for Homecoming.
Join McDaniel College President Julia Jasken for free family-friendly fun on Friday, Aug. 20, at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium during an outdoor movie night presenting Disney's "Ratatouille."
McDaniel College has named two new members to its board of trustees. Jill Kortvelesy Mennicken of Laurel, N.Y., a 1981 alumna of the college, served as senior director of business development at Forrest Solutions, a Manhattan-based staffing and outsourcing company. Aaron Slaughter of Silver Spring, Md., a 2010 alumnus of the college, is a senior manager at Withum, a national top-ranking public accounting firm.
Dr. Julia Jasken becomes McDaniel College’s 10th president on June 1, 2021. She has dedicated nearly her entire professional life to higher education and most notably to McDaniel, beginning in the classroom in 2003 as an English professor. Dr. Jasken has served in various administrative roles at the college, most recently as executive vice president and provost, overseeing academic and student life.
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