Ashley Benson ’20 (GSLC, PhD) has been named Vice President of Student Affairs at Lourdes University and will assume her role on March 19, 2024. Benson’s work centers around issues of equity and diversity in higher education, reflecting her passion for facilitating access and success for individuals seeking higher education opportunities, particularly first-generation college students. She is currently the Dean of Student Engagement at Luther College in Iowa and is the former Associate Dean of Students at the College of Wooster, she held the position of Project Director for TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) at North Central State College in Mansfield, OH, and functioned as a Program Advisor in TRIO Student Support Services at Bowling Green State University.
Learn more about Benson and read her dissertation, An Exploration of Factors Influencing First-Generation College Students’ Ability to Graduate College: A Delphi Study, here.