ST. MARY'S CITY, Md., April 17 -- St. Mary's College of Maryland issued the following news release:
St. Mary's College of Maryland, inaugurated Rhonda Phillips, Ph.D., FAICP, as its eighth president Friday during a formal investiture, marking new leadership at the National Public Honors College.
The ceremony, held at the Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center, included Provost Katherine Gantz presenting the presidential medallion to Dr. Phillips, symbolizing the formal transfer of leadership and the start of the College's next chapter.
John J. Bell '95, chair of the St. Mary's College of Maryland Board of Trustees, who presided over the ceremony and delivered the presidential charge, said: "Today marks the eighth preside...