UCI EXTENSION DIRECTOR NAMED; OUTREACH TO BE EXPANDED

	Philip Nowlen, dean of continuing education at the
University of Virginia, has been named Assistant Executive Vice
Chancellor for Continuing Education and Director of University
Extension and Summer Sessions at the University of California at
Irvine.  He will assume the post 
Oct. 1. 
	In his role as director of UCI Extension, Nowlen will
oversee continuing education and summer academic program development
and coordination.  Currently, UCI Extension sustains 30,000
enrollments and provides more than 1,800 courses.  Summer Session
administers 300 undergraduate academic programs and enrolls more
than 6,700 students annually.
	 ÒI am pleased that our search resulted in a candidate of
Phil Nowlen's stature,Ó said Executive Vice Chancellor Sidney Golub,
to whom Nowlen will report. ÒHis experience in the development of
innovative programs, the use of educational technology and the
marriage of campus academic programs with extension courses will be
a great benefit to UCI.Ó 
	Since 1988, Nowlen has served as dean of the Division of
Continuing Education at the University of Virginia, where he planned
and coordinated cultural and professional development opportunities
including graduate degree programs, credit courses and non-credit
conferences and seminars.  The academic unit -- the university's
second largest -- serves more than 50,000 people annually at eight
regional centers and via interactive satellite television.  Nowlen
also serves as director of the Museum Management Institute for the
J. Paul Getty Trust, which provides an executive development program
for museum leaders worldwide. 
	Nowlen received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from St.
John's College and his master's in theology from St. Paul's College
in Washington, D.C.  He is the author of numerous books and papers
including ÒA New Approach to Continuing Education for Business and
the Professions.Ó 
	Nowlen is vice president of the National University
Continuing Education Association and a member of the National
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.  He also
serves as a board member of the Institute for Cooperation in
Environmental Management and as research advisor for the National
Institute for Architectural Education.
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August 25, 1995