News Release
January 2000
Moravian’s strategic goals of increased attention
to global involvement and multicultural engagement received a boost
this fall with the appointment of two new administrators.
Casimer Sowa was named director of international studies
for Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary in September.
Sowa came to Moravian from Lehigh University, where he served as associate
director of the Office of International Education. His primary responsibility
was Lehigh’s study abroad program. Before moving to Lehigh in
1995, he was study-abroad advisor in the University Office of International
Programs at Pennsylvania State University. Sowa received his bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from Penn State. He has served as an instructor
for the Council on International Educational Exchange and received a
Fulbright Award in the German Administrators Program. He is also an
active contributor to the work of NAFSA: Association of International
Educators, the primary professional organization for international educators.
As director of international studies, Sowa will have primary
responsibility for the establishment and administration of study abroad
programs as well as the advising of students planning to study abroad.
More generally, he will play a key role in the refinement and implementation
of the College’s Global Engagement goal and the recommendations
of the Global Engagement Task Force of the Commission on the Future,
including the development of campus-based programs that build a greater
awareness of global issues.
Sharon A. Brown has been named Moravian’s first
director of multicultural affairs. Brown brings to Moravian more than
20 years of diversified experience and success in higher education and
student development. She comes from Lehigh University where she served
as the assistant dean of students. She has provided leadership for Lehigh’s
diversity programs and directed its Office of Multicultural Affairs
for 13 years. She received both her bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from Montclair State University.
She is also an active leader in the greater Lehigh Valley
community, currently serving as president of the board of directors
of the Bethlehem YWCA. As director of multicultural affairs, Brown will
work to foster diversity in Moravian’s programs, activities, and
curriculum through active engagement of the entire community of students,
faculty, staff, and alumni. She will provide direct support to students
from underrepresented groups and will advise campus constituencies,
organizations, and offices on multicultural issues. She will also guide
and track the institution’s progress toward its strategic goal
of greater community and diversity.
