Candace Introcaso, CDP

Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence

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, Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 is the President of La Roche College

La Roche College

La Roche College is a private college in McCandless, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. It was founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Divine Providence as a Roman Catholic college and now sits on an campus in McCandless. The current president, Sister Candace Introcaso, CDP, Ph.D., was installed in...

, a private Catholic institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Background

Sister Candace Introcaso was elected the seventh Presidence of La Roche College by the Board of Trustees in 2004. As a member of the Sisters of Divine Providence, Introcaso began her involvement in higher education in the late 1980s, serving on both the faculty and the administrative staff at La Roche from 1986-91.

Introcaso went on to serve as assistant vice president for academic affairs at Heritage College

Heritage University

Heritage University, located in Toppenish, Washington on the Yakama Indian Reservation, offers associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees in a number of academic disciplines, including:*English*business administration*mathematics*computer science...

, located in the Yakima Indian Reservation in Toppenish, Washington

Toppenish, Washington

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, from 1997 until 1999. Her next position was vice president for planning and assessment at Barry University

Barry University

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 in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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Introcaso received her Ph.D in higher education administration from Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University

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, where she received the Hausam-Fisk Award for Excellence in Higher Education. Introcaso also holds an MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 in sociology from Fordham University

Fordham University

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 and a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in psychology from Shippensburg University.