Craig Benson

Craig oversees a program in which peer mentors are trained as Career Specialists who provide comprehensive walk-in services at the MU Career Center. He has supervised more than 275 students in this nationally recognized program. He applies his unique blend of business and education degrees (MBA from the University of Missouri, M.Ed. in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S. in business administration with a human resource emphasis from Kansas State University) to his work in career services. Craig has given national presentations on managing student staff in career services.