IUP has announced the new dean for the John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
The university announced that it promoted interim dean Dr. Steven Hovan to the position full time. He has been with IUP since August of 1993 as a faculty member of the Geoscience department. He became a professor in 2001 and was department chair in 2006 to 2020. In 2007, he was named an IUP Distinguished University Professor. He has also worked with the National Science Foundation from January of 2020 to July of 2021 as a program manager.
In a statement, Hovan said that he was excited to continue to serve the University and Kopchick College, saying that he felt the sciences will play a key role in IUP’s future in helping to serve the community and transform the workforce.
IUP Provost and Vice President Dr. Laura Luetkehans said that Hovan has been a great leader in both Kopchick College and within the university community. She added that she was “confident that he will continue to move the Kopchick College forward in new and exciting ways.”
