August 15, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
I am very pleased to announce that April Belback has been promoted to Associate Vice Provost of Student Success and Advising effective August 1. In this role, April will continue to lead and implement an institutional collaborative vision for holistic advising, mentoring and student success by connecting campus innovators, advisors, faculty, and students. She will report to Amanda Godley Vice Provost for Graduate Studies/Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies.
April joined the University in 2019, and, with support from Ann Cudd and has made enormous inroads as the Director of Student Success, leading professional development and training opportunities across the University and administering programs to support exceptional students who are at-promise. In 2022, she launched the Student Success Hub, which aims to reduce equity gaps for first-generation, limited-income and underrepresented minority college students. The Hub houses programs including the Kessler Scholars, Provost Scholars, and TRIO McNair Scholars. April also leads and/or contributes to the University Undergraduate Advising Committee (UUAC), Pitt ACT Program, the annual Mentoring and Advising Summit, the Program Impact Project, and the Pitt Transition Study.
A proud first-generation college student, April earned her DEd in Administration and Leadership Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a MSEd in Secondary English Education and a BA in English from Duquesne University.
Please join me in congratulating April.
Best,
Joe
Joseph J. McCarthy
Interim Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor
William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh