President of the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville to Step Down

PITTSBURGH—Michael A. Worman, president of the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, has announced that he will step down from that position, effective

Aug. 31, 2005.

Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg praised both the commitment and the contributions Worman has made at Pitt-Titusville.

"Dr. Worman's long and very productive term of service as the president of our Titusville campus has been distinguished by his vision, dedication, and warm human touch. Both the University and the Titusville community have benefited greatly from his many important contributions," said Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg.

"The Pitt-Titusville campus has flourished under Mike Worman's leadership," noted Pitt Provost James V. Maher. "Not only has the physical plant of the campus expanded, most notably through the construction of the Broadhurst Science Center and the Helene Barco Duratz Plaza, but the academic scope of the campus has grown."

Worman has initiated the creation of new academic programs in healthcare, associate degrees in the liberal arts and natural sciences, several certificate programs, and, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, a bachelor's degree in business program. He has played a crucial role in the establishment of the George J. Barco Center for Continuing Education, which has trained more than 15,000 individuals. Worman also has led an annual giving campaign that has raised $1 million in unrestricted giving.

Worman received the Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from Grove City College and both the Master of Arts degree in international affairs and the Ph.D. degree in political science from Florida State University. He also attended Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management. Before joining the faculty and

administration of the University in 1988, he served as Executive Deputy Secretary of Education for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, where he assisted in the formulation and execution of Commonwealth educational policies and helped draft the governor's response to A Nation at Risk. He also had served as dean of institutional advancement and adjunct associate professor of political science at Philadelphia University and as associate professor of political science at Elizabethtown College.

A search committee will be formed in the coming weeks with the goal of identifying Worman's successor by the summer of 2005.

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