On July 1, 1994 Dr. Jessica Sledge Kozloff became the 17th person to head Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Bloomsburg, Dr. Kozloff served as vice president for academic and student affairs for the State Colleges of Colorado, a system of four regional campuses serving 26,000 students. She earned a bachelor's degree in education at the University of Nevada-Reno, where she also completed her master's degree in political science. Dr. Kozloff earned her PhD in political science from Colorado State University. Before working for the State Colleges of Colorado Dr. Kozloff held several administrative positions at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. She has taught undergraduate courses in political science at the University of Nevada-Reno, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the University of Northern Colorado, and Metropolitan State College in Denver, and was a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Northern Colorado.

Dr. Kozloff served as an American Council of Education (ACE) Fellow during the 1985-86 academic year. Her fellowship involved her in the research by the National Governors Association on improving undergraduate education. She also worked with the Education Commission of the States on a similar project. Following her fellowship year, she was elected president of the Council of Fellows, the alumni organization of ACE Fellows.

Since coming to Bloomsburg in 1994 Dr. Kozloff has helped the University further grow, expand, and meet the educational needs of its students.  The improvement of campus facilities has been one priority, and the end of her first year in March 1995 saw the dedication of the Campus Recreation Center.  But the most important achievement in this area was the completion and dedication in 1998 of the new University library, a facility that was badly needed and has enhanced Bloomsburg's standing in the State System of Higher Education and nationally as well.  Further projects include additions or remodeling to Centennial Gymnasium, the Scranton Commons, and converting the old library building into a student services center.  Helping these ambitious projects has been record fundraising by the development staff, including a system high $3.6 million in 1999.

The University has also enjoyed one of its longest sustained periods of success in terms of athletics during Dr. Kozloff's term. The women's field hockey team has won four consecutive NCAA Division II championships under Jan Hutchinson, and highly competivive teams have been fielded in softball, football, men's and women's basketball, wrestling and almost every other sport Bloomsburg sponsors. The University has not limited itself to only academic excellence, and this has shown in all areas of student endeavor.

Enrollment has also increased over the last five years, and the growth in business, instructional and interactive technologies and other in-demand fields has helped to further this expansion. Bloomsburg University has come a long way since its founding over 160 years ago as an academy, and is certainly poised to continue its success and accomplishments long into the coming century.