DIVERSITY EDUCATION COORDINATOR NAMED

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University Park, Pa. -- Sandra Marie Vactor, affirmative action specialist in the Penn State Office of Affirmative Action, has been appointed Coordinator for the University's new Center for Diversity Support and Education.

The planning and administration of diversity-related activities and programs for faculty, staff and students at all campuses of Penn State are consolidated at the Center.

Since 1993, Vactor has conducted training workshops on sexual harassment, interpersonal skill development, cultural diversity, race relations, gender equity and employee recruitment for academic and administrative units.

She has also been a treatment specialist for chemically dependent individuals and their families at the Greater Erie Community Action Committee in Erie, and an adjunct instructor at Mercyhurst College, also in Erie.

Vactor has a bachelor of science degree in mental health counseling from Gannon University and a master of arts degree in counseling college personnel administration from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

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Contacts:
Nancy Williams
(814) 865-7517 (office)
(814) 234-6022 (home)
naw3@psu.edu

Christy Rambeau
(814) 865-7517 (office)
(814) 237-9046 (home)
cmr7@psu.edu