Michael Benson

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With hundreds of followers already at @EKUPrez, Benson is lending his personal touch to the EKU story.

Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson is among 41 leaders from education, government and business heading a comprehensive and bipartisan effort aimed at “Shaping Our Appalachian Region.”

That’s the title for a recently announced initiative to help Kentucky’s Appalachian region move forward in the face of continued declines in the coal industry.

Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson announced today that a task force has been established to finalize a tobacco-free policy on campus, to take effect June 1, 2014, and develop implementation strategies that assist the University community with the transition.

In a Convocation address punctuated by numerous rounds of applause from faculty and staff, new Eastern Kentucky University President Michael T. Benson shared a vision for the campus today that encompassed his commitment to what he called the three P’s: people, places and programs.

Dr. Michael Benson, who will become Eastern Kentucky University’s 12^th President on Aug. 1, was the guest of honor Monday, June 17, at a reception hosted by the University’s Board of Regents and Foundation Board and attended by many local and state dignitaries.

Dr. Michael T. Benson, who will assume the Eastern Kentucky University presidency on Aug. 1, has been honored by Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business with its Recent Alumni Service Award.

The Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents has unanimously approved the salary and benefits for its incoming president, Dr. Michael T. Benson, announced Board Chair Craig Turner.

Dr. Michael T. Benson has been named president of Eastern Kentucky University.

The three finalists in the search to select Eastern Kentucky University’s 12^th president will visit the Richmond campus March 24-28 and April 1-3 for a series of tours, meetings and public forums.

Three finalists to become the 12^th president of Eastern Kentucky University were announced today by the institution’s Presidential Search and Screening Committee.