Honors students are invited to participate in this ongoing lunch series that connects students with leaders from campus and the community. Please join us on Tuesday, March, 19th at noon for a conversation with special guest President Espy.

A leader with more than 25 years of experience in higher education, President Espy was the Wayne State Board of Governors’ unanimous choice for president. She is the first woman to serve in this role in the institution’s history.

President Espy served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. For her commitment to the community and her work as an agent of change, she was recognized with a Women’s Leadership Award from the San Antonio Business Journal.

President Espy was senior vice president for research at the University of Arizona. She also served as vice president for research and innovation and dean of the graduate school at the University of Oregon, and then at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She started her academic career at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.