President Emeritus Joy McDaniel-Aldridge

Joy McDaniel became the 20th President of Murray State College in 2011 and the first female president of a two-year institution in the state of Oklahoma. She worked in Oklahoma higher education for more than 30 years, starting as a Business Management faculty and program chair and moving to Vice President for Administration and Finance, a position she held for 17 years prior to her presidency. She was honored with emeritus status in 2021 when she retired and continues to serve the institution as a board member for the Murray State College Foundation. In 2023, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges Hall of Fame.