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BEST PRACTICES in DIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLANNING April 24, 2008 Ballroom C – the Nittany Lion Inn BEST PRACTICES IN DIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLANNING April 24, 2008 Ballroom C – The Nittany Lion Inn NAME COLLEGE/WORK UNIT E-MAIL Lydia Abdullah Finance & Business [email protected] Francis Achampong Penn State Mont Alto [email protected] Robin Anderson Information Technology [email protected] Services Michael Blanco Educational Equity [email protected] Gail Boldt Education [email protected] Theresa Bonk Penn State New Kensington [email protected] Jan Bortner Intercollegiate Athletics [email protected] Chris Brady Schreyer Honors College [email protected] Alan Brechbill College of Medicine [email protected] Jack Burke Penn State Erie, The Behrend [email protected] College Philip Burlingame Student Affairs [email protected] Jamie Campbell Smeal College of Business [email protected] Sharon Christ Penn State York [email protected] David Christiansen Penn State Erie, The Behrend [email protected] College Andrea Christopher Penn State Mont Alto [email protected] Delia Conti Penn State Greater Allegheny [email protected] Steve Couch Penn State Schuylkill [email protected] Mary Beth Crowe Undergraduate Education [email protected] Page 1 of 5 NAME COLLEGE/WORK UNIT E-MAIL Tony D’Augelli College of Health and Human [email protected] Development Deborah C. Davis College of Medicine [email protected] Bill Devlin College of Agricultural Sciences [email protected] Mike Dooris Office of Planning and [email protected] Institutional Assessment Andrea Dowhower Student Affairs [email protected] Valerie Dudley St. Joseph’s Institute [email protected] Keith Elkin Dickinson School of Law [email protected] Karin Foley Eberly College of Science [email protected] Kim Frankenfield-Pro Educational Equity [email protected] Norman Freed Eberly College of Science [email protected] Amy Freeman College of Engineering [email protected] Susan F. Crampton Frenchik Penn State Fayette [email protected] Michael Furlough University Libraries [email protected] Erica Garner College of Information Sciences [email protected] and Technology David Gnage Penn State Mont Alto [email protected] R. Kevin Grigsby College of Medicine [email protected] Bill Hager Penn State Fayette [email protected] Roberta Hardin Schreyer Honors College [email protected] Julie Hartley Office of Human Resources [email protected] Steve Hayes Office of Human Resources [email protected] Pat Hayes Research and the Graduate [email protected] School John Hellman College of Earth and Mineral [email protected] Sciences Jeff Hermann University Relations [email protected] Page 2 of 5 NAME COLLEGE/WORK UNIT E-MAIL Linda Higginson Undergraduate Education [email protected] Keith Hillkirk Penn State Schuylkill [email protected] Dwayne Hilton Penn State Hazleton [email protected] Joyce Hopson-King College of Health and Human [email protected] Development Chris Hort Liberal Arts [email protected] Al Horvath Finance & Business [email protected] James Armour Jaap Penn State Greater Allegheny [email protected] M. Njeri Jackson Virginia Commonwealth [email protected] University John A. Johnson Penn State DuBois [email protected] Terrell Jones Educational Equity [email protected] Jyotsna (Joy) Kalavar Penn State New Kensington [email protected] Gary Keefer Penn State Beaver [email protected] Mitch Kirsch Schreyer Honors College [email protected] Jeffrey Knapp Penn State Altoona [email protected] Barbara Korner College of Arts & Architecture [email protected] Mary Beth Krogh-Jesperson Worthington Scranton [email protected] Nancy Jean Lamont Dickinson School of Law [email protected] Gary Lawler Penn State Hazleton [email protected] Don Leslie Undergraduate Education [email protected] James Locker College of Agricultural [email protected] Sciences Barbara Long Penn State Lehigh Valley [email protected] Cathy Lyons Earth and Mineral Sciences [email protected] Kenny Macklin Penn State Altoona [email protected] Bill Mahon University Relations [email protected] Page 3 of 5 NAME COLLEGE/WORK UNIT E-MAIL Brian Mauro Penn State Lehigh Valley [email protected] Joseph P. McCormick II Penn State York [email protected] Henry McCoullum Eberly College of Science [email protected] Anita McDonald Penn State DuBois [email protected] Mike McNeese College of Information [email protected] Sciences and Technology Susan McWhirter Research and the Graduate [email protected] School Jacqueline Peagler University Libraries [email protected] Rebecca Pennington Penn State DuBois [email protected] Larry Pollock New Kensington [email protected] Diane Prenete Penn State Behrend [email protected] Carlee Ranalli Penn State Altoona [email protected] Chris Rizzo Penn State Beaver [email protected] Leilanda Rowland Student Affairs [email protected] Linda Rumfield Penn State Lehigh Valley [email protected] Louise Sandmeyer Office of Planning and [email protected] Institutional Assessment Maria Schmidt College of Education [email protected] Gary Schultz Finance & Business [email protected] Joseph M. Selden College of Communications [email protected] Neil Sharkey College of Health and Human [email protected] Development Mark Sherburne Intercollegiate Athletics [email protected] Stan Supon Information Sciences and [email protected] Technology Matthew Swatchick Student Affairs [email protected] Page 4 of 5 NAME COLLEGE/WORK UNIT E-MAIL Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald College of Engineering [email protected] Craig Weidemann Penn State Outreach [email protected] Vernis Welmon Smeal College of Business [email protected] Barb Welshofer Educational Equity [email protected] Marcus Whitehouse Educational Equity [email protected] Seth Wolpert Penn State Harrisburg [email protected] Page 5 of 5 .
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