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West Virginia University offers president's job to Coastal Carolina's Michael Benson, a Utah native and BYU graduate
Coastal Carolina University President Michael Benson, a Utah native and Brigham Young University graduate who got his start in higher education administration at Snow College in Ephraim, has been extended an offer to become West Virginia University's next president, where he would be tasked with reversing declining enrollment at the state's flagship university. Coastal Carolina made the announcement in a message to its campus community on Friday night, a day after WVU announced that its Board of Governors had approved its next president but would not disclose a name until after a ...
