Student Affairs taps CJ Crossett and Ben Farley for new roles

It’s a warm “welcome” and congratulations to two longtime members of the PCA&D community who are taking on new roles in Student Affairs this semester. 

A College search committee recently selected CJ Crossett, a 2014 Photography graduate of PCA&D, as the College’s new Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. She returned to PCA&D as the Student Affairs department’s Student Engagement Coordinator last year after completing an MA in Critical Theory and Creative Research at Pacific Northwest College of Art and working in the Student Affairs departments of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Maine College of Art & Design, and Rhode Island School of Art & Design. 

The College’s new Student Engagement Coordinator is Ben Farley ’21, Animation & Game Art, who has been serving as head coach for the College’s Esports Team since 2021 in addition to being the coordinator of student engagement for partnerships. His significant new responsibilities include oversight of all of PCA&D’s clubs and student organizations.