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Date: 10/30/2015
Holyoke Community College professor Patricia Mantia, chair of HCC’s Health, Fitness and Nutrition program, has been appointed to two boards of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the national governing body for sports medicine and exercise science.
Mantia, who lives in Sturbridge, is serving on the ACSM’s board of personal trainers and its board of examiners, where she will work with other fitness and medical professionals to develop policies, practices, certification guidelines, standards and exams.
Mantia holds a bachelor of science from Bridgewater State College and a master’s degree and doctorate from Boston University, where she focused on teaching human movement and professional development of fitness leaders. She is in her 16th year at HCC, where she developed the Health, Fitness and Nutrition program.