February 16, 2016  

Bloom named director of Center for Advocacy, Response and Education

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has named Monica Bloom the inaugural director of CARE (Center for Advocacy, Response and Education) beginning Feb. 29. Bloom will report to Katie Sermersheim, dean of students.

Bloom is the Title IX coordinator and executive director of the Office of Institutional Equity at Purdue. She is responsible for overseeing the university's response to sexual violence matters as well as other matters of harassment and discrimination.

Bloom previously served as assistant director for conflict resolution in the Office of Institutional Equity, where she was the university's primary point of contact for faculty, staff and student concerns related to harassment and discrimination. Before coming to Purdue, she served as an associate attorney in Lafayette, specializing in employment, railroad and health-care litigation.

Bloom holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University. She is a member of the Indiana Bar, the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Indiana, the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Indiana and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.

"CARE will be a centralized resource center for students who are victims/survivors of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking," Sermersheim says. "Monica brings with her a great deal of experience, talent and expertise in the areas of Title IX/Violence Against Women Act/Campus SaVE Act, sexual assault prevention education and response, victim advocacy work, and harassment prevention. We look forward to her leadership in the development and creation of this new center and are confident that she, along with assistant directors Kasey Richardson and Chris Greggila, will provide Purdue and our students with an excellent resource for advocacy, response, and education."

CARE is scheduled to be fully operational by Aug. 1. 

Source: Sermersheim, 765-494-1257 

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