Lauren Haynie Named Vice President for Student Affairs 

Assumption University today announced that Lauren Haynie has been named Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, effective January 5, 2026, following an extensive search. Haynie currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Health, Wellness and Career Services at Brandeis University—where she also previously served as Director of Athletics.  

Haynie joins Assumption with more than two decades of experience in higher education, including two years at Assumption as Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine from 2004-2006. 

“We’re delighted to welcome Lauren back to Salisbury Street after so many years,” said Assumption University President Greg Weiner. “She is deeply committed to our Catholic educational mission and Assumption’s vision of improving the student experience. Her professional journey took her to some of the nation’s leading colleges and universities, where she pursued a culture of wellbeing and growth through committed care and innovative programming. That approach deeply resonates with how our Catholic educational mission encompasses the totality of the campus experience. We look forward to her applying those skills at Assumption and rejoining the Greyhound family.” 

Following her time at Assumption, Haynie served in the same role at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. for seven years. She then returned to New England, where, as Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she administered all aspects of the student-athlete experience and wellbeing program for 33 varsity teams. 

After two and a half years as Senior Associate Director of Physical Education, Recreation & Athletics at Wellesley College, Haynie was appointed Athletic Director at Brandeis in 2019. There, she took an active role in divisional strategic planning as well as policy making for diverse areas including personnel management, strategic initiatives, and professional development. Haynie’s leadership led to her current role as Assistant Vice President, where she oversees the Student Health Center; Counseling Center; Prevention, Advocacy & Resource Center; and Hiatt Career Center. 

“The more I learned about the University’s strategic plan goals, the more excited I became for this opportunity,” said Haynie. “Assumption is already a special place, but we have ambitious ideas about how to make the student experience here a leading national model of excellence and belonging. I’m so excited to get to know more of our student, faculty, staff and families.”  

Haynie holds a Master of Education from Old Dominion University, a Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University, and a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Penn State University. She earned a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Diversity Management in Sport from the University of Connecticut and is currently enrolled in UMass Boston’s Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education program.