Noah Pittman, Associate Dean of Enrollment

As associate dean of enrollment, Noah Pittman facilitates collaboration between university faculty, staff, and current students to help high school students learn about opportunities in the Honors College. He oversees new student enrollment for the Honors College, which includes managing the endowed fellowship application process. Pittman works closely with a number of campus partners, including Undergraduate Admissions, University Housing, New Student Orientation, the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards, and all six honors programs. Students can often find Pittman in the classroom teaching honors courses related to American politics and public policy.

Pittman earned a B.A. in political science, summa cum laude, from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., where he was active in a number of campus groups and won numerous awards, among them the Yerger Hunt Clifton Scholarship for British Studies at Oxford, the Seidman Award for Most Outstanding Senior Political Science Major, and the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. At the University of Arkansas, Pittman earned a M.Ed. in higher education leadership along with a Ph.D. in public policy. Pittman primarily studies higher education policy, and his dissertation focused on the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's effect on college participation in the state, which earned him the William Miller Best Public Policy Dissertation Award at the university. During his time in graduate school, Pittman was the recipient of the Mortar Board National Fellowship for Graduate Study.

After graduate school, Pittman participated in the College Board's Enrollment Leadership Academy, a monthly professional development program for "rising stars" in enrollment management. He also received the Staff Gold Medal Award from the university's Office of Nationally Competitive Awards in 2016. Currently, Pittman is an appointed member of the College Board's Southwestern Regional Council and also serves on the Southern Association for College Admissions Counseling's Extending the Dream Grants Committee.  At the University of Arkansas, Pittman is the vice president of the Alpha of Arkansas chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. In his free time, Pittman enjoys spending time with his family all over Northwest Arkansas, watching old episodes of The Office, and losing his voice at Razorback sporting events. He is also a lifelong fan of the Atlanta Braves.