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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: [email protected] or The Office of Alumni Relations McDaniel College 2 College Hill Westminster, MD 21157-4390 All other correspondence to: [email protected] 410-857-2290 or The Office of Communications and Marketing McDaniel College DEPARTMENTS 2 College Hill Westminster, MD 21157-4390 2 Carpe Diem 30 Alumni Updates McDaniel College, in compliance with federal and News around campus Life after college state laws and regulations governing affirmative action and non discrimination, does not discriminate and beyond in the recruitment, admission, and employment of students, faculty, and staff in the operation of any 56 Keep Climbing of its educational programs and activities as defined by law. 6 Lasting Lessons Lessons I took from the Hill The diverse views presented in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors A Farewell from President or official policies of the college. Roger N. Casey ©2021 McDaniel College 8 On the cover: On Location Ashley Day ’12 is the founder Sights worth a second look of Women Leading Baltimore, a nonprofit mentoring 24 Invested organization serving young Advancing the vision Black girls in her hometown of Baltimore. Photograph by Don’t forget to check out the Jermaine Gibbs online edition for exclusive videos and other digital content TAE KERNEY 2021 KERNEY TAE at mcdaniel.edu/magazine! Yoga at McTeer-Zepp Plaza Fountain. New entrepreneur-in-residence News around campus and beyond joins Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Julia Jasken named Jennifer Yang has been named the entrepreneur-in-residence for McDaniel 10th president of College’s newly renamed Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, formerly known as The Encompass Distinction. McDaniel College Yang provides instruction and business strategy advice to students in the program. She also assists students who are interested in competing in McDaniel’s annual Entrepreneurship Competition, where students pres- Executive Vice President and Provost Julia Jasken has ent their entrepreneurial ideas and products to a panel of experts for the been unanimously selected as the 10th president of opportunity to win a top prize. McDaniel College. Jasken is only the second woman Yang has more than 23 years of strategy, management, and technology to serve as president in the college’s history. Her consulting experience working with CXO-level stakeholders at Fortune 50 tenure will begin on June 1. companies, startup ventures, and federal agencies. Yang’s career began at “Having a visionary leader who already under- American Management Systems, where she worked with companies in the com- stands the pressing priorities of the institution munications and media industry. In 2005, Yang joined a startup consulting company, Battle Resource Management Inc., that grew into a 100- and has a demonstrated commitment to moving plus person company. She also is a founding member of multiple entrepreneurial ventures, including Inflexion LLC, TasteBuds Events LLC, forward the college’s focus on cultural pluralism, Teardrops to Rainbows (nonprofit), and, most recently, Covalent Spirits LLC, a craft distillery located on Main Street in Westminster, Maryland. anti-racism, climate change, as well as other criti- McDaniel’s Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is open to students in any major at McDaniel and combines courses, off-campus cal campus initiatives that are currently underway, learning experiences, and mentorship by entrepreneurial alumni of the college, allowing students to gain broad-ranging skill sets required including the beginning of the college’s strategic for enterprise management. McDaniel students also can choose minors in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. planning process, has outweighed any benefit of For more information, visit www.mcdaniel.edu/innovation-entrepreneurship. undergoing a national search,” Board Chair Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Otto J. Guenther ’63 wrote to the commu- nity in December. Jasken has dedicated nearly her entire profes- sional life to higher education and McDaniel, and she has been a champion of both the liberal arts and Campus welcomes two new trustees our student-centered mission. For the past eight years, Jasken has assumed increasing responsibility McDaniel College named two new members to its Board of Trustees Susan C. Stevenson of Ashland, Massachusetts, is a 1985 alumna in administrative positions, most recently as exec- in December 2020. of McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College with a bache- utive vice president and provost, overseeing both Jin Kang of Great Falls, Virginia, is president and CEO of WidePoint lor’s degree in Chemistry and a minor in Biology. She participated on academic and student life on the Hill. Corporation and serves as a director of the company. A serial entre- cross country, lacrosse, outdoor track, and intramural sports teams “I have developed a deep love of and apprecia- preneur, Kang has more than three decades of professional experi- as well as served as a member of Phi Alpha Mu sorority and the Beta tion for this community comprised of dedicated ence in mergers and acquisitions, corporate management, technology Beta Beta Biology Honor Society. With more than 30 years of expe- students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees — each management, business development, and financial management in rience in drug discovery in the development of multiple therapeu- of whom meaningfully contribute to the fulfillment information technology. With a successful operations track record tic modalities, Stevenson prioritizes mentoring to support the next of McDaniel’s student-centered mission,” Jasken and proven ability to drive growth and maximize profitability of generation of scientific leaders. She supports diversity and inclu- wrote. “I can think of no greater honor than to be an organization, Kang is a recognized expert in the field of trusted sion initiatives and employee resource groups focused on developing selected as McDaniel’s 10th president.” mobility management for both the public and private sectors. Kang cross-cultural awareness and advancing women in leadership posi- has held senior management positions with several of the world’s tions. Stevenson earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Wake Forest leading technology corporations as well as key leadership positions University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, followed by a post-doc- SAVE THE DATE on high-profile government programs. Kang obtained his bachelor’s toral fellowship at Columbia University in New York. At McDaniel, and master’s degrees in Computer Science and Computer Systems she will serve as a member of the academic and campus life and audit Look for a special invitation to join our 10th president, Julia Jasken, on Tuesday, June 1, for a special virtual welcome Management from the University of Maryland. and risk committees. message as she shares her vision for McDaniel. The event will be broadcast through YouTube Premieres from the McDaniel College YouTube channel at youtube.com/mcdanielcollege. 2 The Hill Spring 2021 3 McDaniel and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School unveil joint degree program McDaniel College and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School have announced Alexander Triantis, dean of the Carey Business School, said, “We’re pleased a collaboration to offer a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree program to take part in this exciting initiative offering McDaniel students the chance starting in fall 2021. to earn a business degree from Johns Hopkins University. We at Carey look The new 4+1 program will include a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel and forward to working with the McDaniel community and welcoming their out- a master of science degree in either Finance or Marketing from Carey Business standing students in this new undertaking.” School, which has campuses in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. More information about the programs available at the Johns Hopkins Carey New National Security Fellows McDaniel undergraduate students who wish to enter the program would Business School can be found on the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School apply in their junior year and complete two graduate courses (for four credits) website at carey.jhu.edu/programs/admissions/undergraduate-students. Program expands students’ during their senior year. After completing a bachelor’s degree in any under- career opportunities graduate major from McDaniel, students would begin to earn the remaining 32 credits of the required 36 credits of graduate-level coursework at Johns Hopkins. They would do the work online or at a Carey Business School campus. As threats to national security increasingly invade American Students in the new program will have the opportunity to enhance their lives, the need for professionals in every field with the knowl- graduate degrees with STEM concentrations in Financial Econometrics and edge and analytical skills to respond to these risks has never Marketing