Cynthia Golden won the 2023 Educause Leadership Award

Cynthia Golden, senior advisor for the University Center for Teaching and Learning (UCTL), received the 2023 Educause Leadership Award for her work, including as UCTL associate provost and executive director, a position she held for more than a decade.

In her roles at Pitt, Golden (SCI ’83G) has contributed to teaching, technology-enhanced education, online and hybrid learning, assessment and other academic support service efforts. She not only rebranded and relaunched UCTL but led efforts to create Pitt’s Center for Diversity in the Curriculum, the Diversity Institute for Faculty Development and the Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum.

Golden also played a central role in creating the first massive open online courses at Pitt and was at the forefront of the University’s COVID-19 pandemic response.

She joined the University in 2009 after nearly 10 years as vice president at Educause, an international nonprofit that aims to advance higher education using information technology. Golden has also led IT efforts at Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.