DCE leadership Team

Brian K. Marchman, Ph.D. serves as Assistant Provost and the Director of Distance & Continuing Education (DCE) at the University of Florida. As the Director of DCE, a unit in the Associate Provost’s Office for Teaching & Technology, Dr. Marchman is responsible for online course production, Distance Learning program and student support, UF Flexible Learning, UF online Dual Enrollment, the TREEO Center, as well as non-credit Professional Development, Executive Education, and Conferences.  Dr. Marchman is a proud four-time graduate of the University of Florida.  He earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science, M.Ed. in Social Science Education, Ed.S. and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, each from UF. He also holds a UF graduate certificate in Managing Distance Education Environments.  In addition, Dr. Marchman completed post-doctoral work in a certificate program at Harvard University’s Graduate School.

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Chris Newsom holds a B.S. in Telecommunication and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Florida. He has been with the Division since 1997 coordinating numerous online educational courses and programs.