Rebecca Ross has made inclusion visible in the hallways of Widener University, in the classrooms, the restrooms, and in the support systems that students encounter every day.
On May 5, at a university town hall meeting for faculty and staff, Ross was named the recipient of the 2026 Julie E. Wollman Endowed Award for Inclusion and Belonging.
From Assistant Director to Campus Catalyst
Ross joined Widener University in 2015 as assistant director of the Office of Student Accessibility Services and was promoted to director in 2018.
In the years since, she has transformed the office from a support function into a campus-wide engine for structural change…