Athletics Administration
JOHN HARDT Director of Athletics & Recreation
TIM PAVLECHKO Deputy Director of Athletics
MAISHA KELLY Senior Associate Director of Athletics & Senior Woman Administrator
TODD NEWCOMB Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs & Bison Club
CALVIN SYMONS Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Operations & Events
TERRIE GRIEB Associate Director of Athletics for Business & Team Services
JON TERRY Associate Director of Athletics for Athletic Communications
MARK KEPPLER Associate Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine
PAM ARMOLD Assistant Director of Athletics for Aquatics & Auxilliary Services
JOE SANTORINE Assistant Director of Athletics for Recreation Services
LESLIE MOORE Assistant Director of Athletics for Operations & Events
ALEX ROBLES Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance & Student Services
Dr. Mitch Chernin NCAA Faculty Rep.
In May 2003, Dr. Mitch Chernin, professor of biology, accepted an appointment to become Bucknell’s NCAA Faculty Representative, replacing colleague Dr. Gary Sojka, who served in that capacity for two years. Chernin, a member of the Bucknell faculty since 1985, is tasked with representing Bucknell and its faculty in relations with the NCAA and the Patriot League. In addition, he provides campus leadership on athletically-related issues and acts as a liaison with the University’s governance system. Chernin has been a member of the university’s Committee on Athletics since 2001 and recently oversaw its successful NCAA re-certification process. A fundamental believer in Bucknell’s commitment to the scholarathlete model, Chernin firmly believes that a student’s college education extends well beyond the confines of the classroom or laboratory. “It is the university’s responsibility to provide opportunities for students to develop leadership, self-awareness, confidence and discipline,” he said. “It seems to me that many, if not all, of these qualities can be attained by participating in athletics at the highest level.” Chernin arrived at Bucknell in the fall of 1985 after a post-doctoral stint at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He
received his bachelor’s degree in marine biology from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 1973, before going on to earn a master’s degree in tropical marine biology from the University of Guam in 1979 and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Clemson University in 1982. Promoted to associate professor of biology in 1991 and to the Herbert L. Spencer Professorship in Biology in 1997, Chernin has taught courses in molecular biology, developmental biology, organismal biology, biochemical methods, introduction to molecules and cells, genetics, virology and general biology. Formerly the biology department chair, Chernin has published and presented numerous papers on his research, earning an impressive list of grants along the way. A wrestler in high school, Chernin has served as a faculty sideline coach for the Bucknell football and field hockey teams, and he has been a strong advocate for the department’s faculty sideline coaching program. In 1986 he organized a biology department tailgate at a Bison football game, and over the years the tailgate has grown immensely in popularity and is now a staple on Bison football Saturdays in Lewisburg.
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