Originally published January 28, 2016
Dorothy Ward, Ph.D., assistant professor and administrative director of the Entering Student Program at The University of Texas at El Paso, has accepted an invitation to serve on the national advisory board for the National Resource Center on the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. The center serves as a clearinghouse for scholarship, policy, and best practice for all postsecondary student transitions.
Ward has experience as a consultant for first-year programming at several universities and was recognized by the National Resource Center in 2004 as Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate. She will fill a vacated position on the advisory board and complete the remaining two years of a four-year term.