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St. Mary’s, an institution more than 175 years in the making, is a public honors college steeped in the tradition of the liberal arts. There are only two such institutions in the country and we are the ‘senior statesman.’

St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda Jordan Named COPLAC President-Elect
July 28, 2022
President Jordan standing in her office
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan has carried the College’s core values with her as a member of the executive committee for the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), to which she was recently named president-elect earlier this summer.

“I am honored for the… Find Out More
President Jordan Delivers Keynote at Benjamin Hance Marker Unveiling
November 3, 2021
President Tuajuanda Jordan delivers keynote address outside of the Leonardtown Jail museum
St. Mary's College of Maryland was proud to take part in A Celebration of Justice & Equity, Benjamin Hance Marker Unveiling on Monday at the Leonardtown Jail Museum. 

The marker commemorates Benjamin Hance, a young Black man from Leonardtown who is the only documented lynching victim in St.… Find Out More
President Jordan Invited as Program Faculty Member for Academic Leadership Institute
August 18, 2021
President Tuajuanda C. Jordan
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan was an invited program faculty member for the  inaugural Academic Leadership Institute (ALI) residential program that took place earlier this month in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Jordan served on the session “Lessons in Leadership:… Find Out More
Katherine Gantz Named Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
January 4, 2023
Dr. Katherine Gantz
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan has appointed Katherine L. Gantz as vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, effective January 9, 2023. The leadership position reports directly to the president.

“After a thorough and vigorous national search that… Find Out More
President Jordan Named to Maryland Humanities Board
October 26, 2022
President Jordan standing in her office
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan was recently named to the Maryland Humanities board, representing St. Mary’s County.  She is among seven new members announced by the organization earlier this month. 

Maryland Humanities is a statewide nonprofit organization that… Find Out More
Inalienable Rights Panel Sparks Discussion
October 9, 2022
Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol, and Jessica Yellin
“Can the inalienable rights referenced by the fathers of the Constitution exist for all Americans in the 21st ce0ntury?”  That was the question posed to a national media panel before more than 350 students, faculty & staff, and community members on Friday evening, October 7, 2022 in the Nancy R… Find Out More
President Jordan Speaks at Historic Sotterley
August 22, 2022
SMCM President Tuajuanda Jordan gesturing from podium
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda Jordan was one of the principal invited speakers at Historic Sotterley’s “Day of Unity and Healing” on Saturday, August 20, 2022.

In delivering the educational call to action for the day, President Jordan fashioned her charge to the assembled… Find Out More
President Jordan Applauds the Rev. John Ball's Community Building at Celebration
May 4, 2022
Father John Ball
On Sunday, May 1, President Tuajuanda C. Jordan attended a retirement celebration for the Rev. John Ball and his family. Ball, known affectionately by many as “Father Ball,” retired from his ministry with Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Mary's Parish, where he ministered for more than 27 years. … Find Out More
St. Mary's College of Maryland Jazzed for Mulberry Music Festival
April 14, 2022
President Jordan introducing "DC's Queen of the Blues" Carly Harvey ’07
St. Mary’s College of Maryland presents the Mulberry Music Festival: Jazz, featuring Joseph Brotherton, the Kelly Bell Band, Carly Harvey, and headlined by Sharón Clark on Friday, June 17, beginning at 6 p.m. on the College’s Townhouse Green. The event is free of charge and open to the public. It… Find Out More
President Jordan to Discuss Pandemic Response at AAC&U Presidents' Trust Town Hall Series
March 30, 2022
President Jordan
President Tuajuanda C. Jordan will discuss Pandemic Response and Campus Well-Being as an invited panelist this afternoon for the second session of the virtual American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Presidents' Trust Town Hall series: Moral Distress in Higher Education… Find Out More
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