Roger W Davis

A resident of Rochester, Pennsylvania, he is an active community member in the region, cultivating a campus-wide sense of community growth and engagement. Dr. Davis is a board member for the Beaver County March of Dimes, the Beaver County Chamber of Commerce, Beaver County Educational Trust, the United Way of Beaver County, and The Franklin Center of Beaver County, where he currently serves as Board Chair. He also serves as a team evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and as a board member for EntreEd, The National Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education. He is a dynamic speaker and is often called upon to speak at regional and national conferences and at professional development programs.

President Davis earned a doctoral degree in Urban Educational Leadership from Morgan State University; a Master of Science degree in Adult Education with Honors from Coppin State College; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. His experience in non-profit, for-profit, traditional, and non-traditional institutions has included tenure at SUNY Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY, Bauder College in Atlanta, GA, University of Maryland Global Campus in Adelphi, MD, and Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD.

Fun Facts:

A competitive tennis player, Dr. Davis has traveled the world and explored other countries along the way. He identifies Gran Canaria, Spain as one of his favorite stops, noting the beautiful beaches, wonderful people, and delicious food as reasons to place this trip on your bucket list.

Although an introvert by nature, the Beaver County transplant enjoys the genuine friendliness of strangers he has met since arriving to the Pittsburgh region.

The college and community leader will always consider his mother to be most influential in his life. “She always focused on excellence and exposing me to as many diverse situations and opportunities that she could and (to) my worldwide friends. With friends like them, I'll never go broke. Never, ever.”

Dr. Davis earned a doctoral degree in Urban Educational Leadership from Morgan State University; a Master of Science degree in Adult Education, with Honors, from Coppin State College; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.