Carroll County Chamber Of Commerce : McDANIEL COLLEGE SETS INAUGURATION FOR PRESIDENT JULIA JASKEN

Press release from the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce :

Cheryl Knauer

11/10/2021

McDaniel College announces the inauguration of Dr. Julia Jasken who became the college’s 10th president on June 1, 2021.

The official inauguration ceremony for President Jasken is scheduled for Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 3:30 p.m., in Gill Center at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. The ceremony will also be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in-person.

A series of events in celebration of this historic event are also planned for Thursday, April 7, and Friday, April 8.

More than 30 faculty, staff, trustees, and current students at McDaniel are volunteering to assist in planning the celebration. The inauguration steering committee is chaired by Janelle Holmboe, vice president for enrollment.

McDaniel College President Julia Jasken has dedicated nearly her entire professional life to higher education and most notably to McDaniel, beginning in the classroom at McDaniel in 2003 as an English professor specializing in new media pedagogy and teaching a variety of professional writing courses. Dr. Jasken has served in various administrative roles at the college, including as executive vice president and provost, overseeing academic and student life. A champion of both the liberal arts and McDaniel’s student-centered mission, she has overseen the establishment of many of the college’s most important strategic initiatives and most recently, led the Return to the Hill planning efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also served as the chair of the college’s diversity, equity, and inclusion administrative team.

The inauguration webpage at www.mcdaniel.edu/inauguration will be updated with additional details. Those with questions can contact the planning committee at president@mcdaniel.edu. 

The inauguration webpage at www.mcdaniel.edu/inauguration will be updated with additional details. Those with questions can contact the planning committee at president@mcdaniel.edu.  www.mcdaniel.edu/inauguration  www.mcdaniel.edu/inauguration president@mcdaniel.edu.  president@mcdaniel.edu

For more information about President Jasken, visit www.mcdaniel.edu/tenthpresident.

For more information about President Jasken, visit www.mcdaniel.edu/tenthpresident. www.mcdaniel.edu/tenthpresident . . Reference Cheryl Knauer 410-857-2294 cknauer@mcdaniel.edu cknauer@mcdaniel.edu

This press release was produced by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce . The views expressed here are the author’s own.