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 Health and Human Development appoints associate dean for outreach
“Dr. Vondracek is a distinguished scholar and administrator and is an ideal person to provide leadership to our outreach activities and initiatives,” Dr. Raymond T. Coward, dean of the College of Health and Human Development, said. “He has all the skills, energy and experience to further the impact of the College of Health and Human Development throughout the region, nation and world.” Vondracek’s responsibilities include providing leadership for all the outreach, Cooperative Extension and international initiatives sponsored by the college. The College of Health and Human Development is a leader in continuing and distance education and in the use of innovative technologies to enhance the missions of the college. Its workshops, conferences and other outreach programs serve more than 22,000 people every year. A member of the Penn State faculty since 1969, Vondracek has served as acting head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and as professor-in-charge of undergraduate programs and internship programs in the same department. He was director of the Division of Individual and Family Studies and professor-in-charge of continuing education and community service programs in the College of Human Development. A highly respected administrator and scholar, he is internationally known for his research on career development. In addition, he is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Research on Adolescence, the National Career Development Association and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. He also serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Behavioral Development, The Journal of Adolescent Research, The Journal of Vocational Behavior and Career Development Quarterly. He has co-authored two books, including Strategies for Resolving Individual and Family Problems, published in 1995. He has published more than 65 book chapters and journal articles and has made scientific presentations at more than 60 meetings and conferences. In addition, he has served on numerous college and University-wide committees and as a member of the University Faculty Senate. Vondracek received his bachelor of arts degree in psychology in 1964 from Concord College in West Virginia. He received his master of science degree in psychology in 1966 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1968, both from Penn State. He completed a postdoctoral clinical internship in 1969 at the U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem, Va.  |
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Dr.
Fred W. Vondracek, is associate dean for outreach and Cooperative
Extension in the College of Health and Human Development. U.Ed.OCE 01-8002/mkm/GSM