Five Pitt-Bradford staff members promoted

BRADFORD, PA – Five staff members at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford have been promoted to help lead the institution’s newly established Office of Enrollment Management.

James Baldwin, formerly assistant dean of academic affairs, registrar and director of Science in Motion, will assume responsibility for the new office as its vice president of enrollment management.

Both Alex Nazemetz, director of admissions, and Melissa Ibaňez, director of financial aid, have been promoted to associate vice president of enrollment management. Bob Dilks, director of transfer and nontraditional student recruitment, has been promoted to assistant vice president of enrollment management.

 
All three will retain their director titles for their respective

Christina Marrone

departments.  Christina Marrone, previously associate registrar and assistant director of enrollment services, has been promoted to registrar and director of enrollment services.

Bob Dilks

“The organizational change brings our campus more in line with colleges and universities around the country that are adopting more proactive approaches to reach new markets of students, while enhancing ongoing services to currently enrolled students,” said Dr. Livingston Alexander, president of Pitt-Bradford.  “James Baldwin and the other staff members we’ve tapped to lead the unit are seasoned professionals who will go the extra mile to ensure we achieve our enrollment goals.”

Baldwin, as vice president of enrollment management, will oversee admissions, financial aid, student accounts, registration, disability resources and services, academic advising, academic tutoring, TRIO Student Support Services, institutional research, and Science in Motion.

He has been at Pitt-Bradford since February 2000.  He was instrumental in bringing the College in the High School program to Pitt-Bradford in 2005, which has resulted in more than 3,000 students taking college-level courses from nearly 25 schools in the region. He also developed and implemented the Academic Advising Center and the Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center, which provide academic assistance and support to students.

In 2009 Baldwin received the Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence in Service to the University. The previous year he received Pitt-Bradford’s Staff Association Staff Recognition Award for outstanding service to the campus and community.

James Baldwin

Baldwin is a member of the Association for General and Liberal Studies, American Association of Collegiate Registrars Officers of Admission, EDUCASE, Middle States Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admission, National Academic Advising Association, National Association for Developmental Education, Society for College and University Planning, and the National Small College Enrollment Association.

Before coming to Pitt-Bradford, he was registrar at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson and assistant registrar at Purchase College, State University of New York.

Baldwin is pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.  He holds a master’s degree in student affairs in higher education and a bachelor’s degree in music performance, both from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

He and his wife, Cathy, have two daughters and live in Bradford.

Alex Nazemetz

Nazemetz has worked at Pitt-Bradford since September 1999.  During his tenure as director of admissions, overall student enrollment increased by 22 percent and freshmen class enrollment increased by 45 percent. Additionally, the enrollment of minority students increased by 500 percent and international students by 800 percent. He serves as the adviser for Sigma Lambda Chi fraternity.

Nazemetz, who lives in Allegany, N.Y., served four years on the Allegany Village Board and is a member of the Allegany Knights of Columbus.

Before his time at Pitt-Bradford, he was the director of admissions for 13 years at St. Bonaventure University, where he was a founding member of St. Bonaventure’s Alumni Rugby Football Club.

He holds a master’s degree in counseling and a bachelor’s degree in management sciences, both from St. Bonaventure University. He is originally from Warren, N.J.

Ibaňez has worked at Pitt-Bradford since September 1999.  In addition to managing the Financial Aid Office and administering student financial aid programs, she is also a certifying VA official for the campus.

She is a member of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the

Melissa Ibaňez

Standards of Excellence Peer Review Team, Pennsylvania State Financial Aid Administrators Association, the Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, and the Northeast Association of Student Employment Administrators. She serves on many of these organizations’ committees and frequently presents at conferences and provides training at various workshops.

Ibaňez volunteers at Hill Memorial United Methodist Church, serving on its council and the finance committee, as well as an usher and auditor. She also has volunteered with the Special Olympics since 1999 and is active with the Polk Center.

Before coming to Pitt-Bradford, she served as the associate director and director of financial aid at Syracuse (N.Y.) University College of Law and as the assistant director of financial aid at Seattle University School of Law.

Ibaňez holds both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University.  She and her husband, Mack, live in Bradford.

Dilks has been working at Pitt-Bradford since 1989. In his time at the university, he helped to establish the university’s Alumni Relations Office, coordinate the delivery of academic programming to the region’s higher education councils, served as director of adult continuing education and has worked with the Office of Institutional Advancement on fundraising activities.

A resident of Warren, he is a member and vice chairman of the City of Warren Planning Commission, vice chairman of the board of directors for the Warren-Forest Hi-Ed Council, and a member of the Potter County Education Council Advisory Council and the General Advisory Committee for the Warren County Career Center. He also participates in local theater productions.

Dilks holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Pitt-Bradford. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters, and live in Warren.

Marrone has been at Pitt-Bradford since 1997. In that time, she has worked as an admissions recruiter, financial aid counselor, assistant director of financial aid and associate registrar.

In her new position, she will oversee the functions of the registrar and student accounts, which include student registration, student records and degree progress, course and classroom schedules, and billing and collecting student charges.

Marrone serves on the board for the Bradford Community Soccer Club.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in history/political science from Pitt-Bradford. She and her husband live in Bradford with their two sons.