SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Susan B. Turnbaugh Receives the Excellence in Education Professional Award!
This year’s honoree of the Excellence in Education Professional Award is Susan B. Turnbaugh. Ms. Turnbaugh has worked at Towson University for over 46 years. As an office secretary, administrative assistant and executive administrative assistant, she has fielded 6,000,000 questions on the telephone, made appointments for countless faculty and staff, directed complaints to the right departments, purchased supplies, maintained official records. handled correspondence and contracts, answered emails, ordered food, kept confidences, and performed 10,000 acts of kindness for students and staff at TU. She has served as a member of the TU Staff Council and the TU Police Community Relations Council. She has been a volunteer for the Maryland Charities Campaign and Santa Claus Anonymous. Her exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail have made her the go-to woman in the College of Education. We count ourselves blessed to have had her as a colleague and friend for over 46 years. She is, as the poet Maya Angelou said, “…a phenomenal woman.”
This award has been re-named in her honor as the Susan B. Turnbaugh Professional Staff Excellence Award.
