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Vickie Sanchez
Multicultural Student Svcs Director
Multicultural Student Services
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Specialty area(s)
Multicultural Student Organizations
Leadership & Career Development
Academic & Financial Retention
Intercultural Development
Brief biography
Vickie Sanchez is a Milwaukee-native, first-generation college student, and earned her master’s degree in Student Affairs Administration from UWL. She brings 16 years of experience in student affairs with a focus in equity, diversity, and inclusion from two UW-campuses, UWL and UW-Stout. Vickie is excited to return back to La Crosse. Her higher education and multicultural experience is devoted to recruitment, retention, intercultural and program development for BIPOC students. She has extensive multicultural organization advising experience including Greek life affiliations. Vickie is a trained facilitator in Intercultural development and conflict styles. Vickie will serve as the Assistant Director for Leadership and work with the 8 multicultural student organizations. She will utilize her intentional advising and training in intercultural development and extensive EDI experience to create an environment where students feel heard, valued, and welcomed and to affirm students belong on-campus. In her free time, she enjoys antique and thrift shopping, cooking with new recipes, crafting, and reading.
Education
BA Communication Studies, Winona State University
MS Ed. Student Affairs & Administration, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Career
Professional history
2006-2011: Multicultural Admissions Counselor, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
2011-2022: Multicultural Initiatives Manager, University of Wisconsin-Stout
2022-present: Assistant Director for Leadership, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse