Meet the Members of the 2020-21 President’s Leadership Circle

The President’s Leadership Circle (PLC), a student leadership group, is centered around emerging leader development on campus. Membership is geared toward upperclassmen. The group participates in a series of monthly “fireside chats” with President Nowaczyk to further develop their leadership skills, as well as discuss campus-related topics and current events. Students also have the opportunity to shadow the President throughout their time in the group. Often, special guests join the group from the Frostburg community. Until 2016, students in PLC were given the opportunity to attend international service trips as well. PLC members traveled to Uganda for their trip with the group in April of 2016. The group’s final trip, to the same location, was in 2018.

Congratulations to the following members of the 2020-21 cohort of the President’s Leadership Circle:

Samuel Bankole is a Cyber Security major and a Business Administration minor in his final year at FSU. He serves as the Secretary of Creative Minds and Public Relations Committee Chair of the Student Government Association. He is also a male model for Visual Couture, a member of the National Society of Black Engineers, and a member of the National Society of Leadership & Success.

Jordan Beachy is a senior English and Spanish double major. In the past, Jordan has been a writing tutor at the Tutoring Center and Teaching Assistant for several philosophy classes, as well as for an English class for the Hunan University of Technology and Business. Currently, he serves as an AmeriCorps member at the Frostburg Center for Literary Arts. He is the President of Frostburg Cru and Sigma Tau Delta, and is a member of Chess Club and the 3 AM Society. During the school year, Jordan commutes to Frostburg from his hometown of Grantsville, where he lives with his family and their dog, Rex.

Keyonna Biggs is a senior Athletic Training major at Frostburg State University, who hopes to become a physical therapist. She is honored to be part of PLC and her goal is to give a voice to all student organizations on campus, especially minority organizations. She feels as though minority organizations have a lack of representation on campus, so she would like be that voice.

Abreeya Darda is a rising senior from Gaithersburg, Maryland. She majors in Social Science with minors in Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, and Leadership Studies. She is a member of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, Delta Zeta Sorority, the National Society For Leadership & Success. Previously, she served as the President of the Collegiate Panhellenic Council and the History Club. She is also involved as a Student Success Mentor, Student Alumni Ambassador, and as a Resident Assistant.

Noah DeMichele is a senior Political Science and International Studies major double with an Economics minor. He is the President of the Student Government Association, the News Editor for The Bottom Line, and a member of the International Relations Club.

Lydia Maffley is a senior majoring in Psychology and minoring in Biology.  Lydia is a member of the University Honors Program, Phi Eta Sigma, and the National Society of Leadership & Success, and she was a participant in the 2019 Sloop Institute for Excellence in Leadership.  She has volunteered with Break a Difference and the Allegany County P-20 Connects After School Program.  In January 2020, she traveled independently to volunteer as a teacher at an elementary school in India.  Lydia enjoys her role as an Undergraduate Learning Assistant for General Psychology and plans to attend graduate school for counseling.

Brianna Ralston is from Frostburg, Maryland and is double majoring in Political Science and Law and Society with a focus in Criminal Justice, and a minor in Sociology. She is a former delegate for the Washington Model Organization of American States and participant in Break a Difference Rebuilding Together Houston. Brianna is the current Vice President of the National Society of Leadership and Success, a member of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, student success mentor, and student employee. She is excited to be a new member of 2020-2021 Presidents Leadership Circle!

Other PLC members:
Caitlyn Rund
Morgan Winegardner
Keegan Wolf

Correction: An earlier version of this piece read that the final PLC international service trip was in 2016. It has been updated to read that the final trip was in 2018.