Joanne Glasser

[1] Glasser grew up in Baltimore, Maryland where she used to see the Orioles play baseball with her father, which fostered her love for sports.

Glasser has a daughter who graduated from Duke University and a son who works as a graphic artist.

[3] Glasser was given the Doc Minnegan Award for contributions to the athletics department at Towson University.

The director of athletics at Towson spoke to Glasser's contributions in getting a $3 million appropriation toward a stadium expansion as vice president of institutional advancement.

[4] She discovered her love for working in higher education and with students through her time at Towson and Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).

Glasser oversaw the capital campaign for Bradley University exceeding $150 million.

[7] She described how she hopes she was a comfort to the hurting people on her first day being president, which was also the funeral of Danny Dahlquist, who had passed partly due to alcohol misuse.