GOVERNOR APPOINTS BOSTAIN TO ADVISORY POSITION

	 VIRGINIA BEACH,Va., Nov. 10 -- Dyanne Bostain, director of
the University of Virginia's Continuing Education Center in Hampton
Roads, has been appointed by Governor George Allen to the Virginia
State Rehabilitation Advisory Council (SRAC).
	As a member of SRAC, Bostain will serve a three-year term
and attend quarterly meetings of the council to advise the
Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) on vocational programs
for Virginians with disabilities.
	"I look forward, with sincere enthusiasm, to representing
consumers with disabilities and their families, service providers,
business, industry and state agencies.  As an individual with a
disability, I am someone who received services through vocational
rehabilitation.  The help provided through Rehabilitative Services
enabled me to receive an education and to enter educational
administration at U.Va.  I can now give back to the Commonwealth by
serving on the State Rehabilitation Advisory Council," Bostain said.
	The council, established in January 1994 by the Virginia
General Assembly, evaluates the effectiveness of functions performed
by DRS, which provides vocational rehabilitation services for the
state.  The vocational services help individuals with disabilities
obtain and retain employment by identifying their skills.  DRS also
offers assistance in securing residences, medical services and
technological aids for individuals with disabilities.  After
advising and analyzing the efficiency of these services, the council
will prepare an annual report on the status of vocational
rehabilitation programs for the governor and the commissioner of
Rehabilitation Services Administration.
	As director of the Hampton Roads Center, Bostain manages
master's degree programs in education and engineering in addition to
seminars on business and health care.  She also developed and
continues to direct the nationally recognized Virginia Youth
Violence Project, which trains teachers and administrators about
school safety.
	A native of Virginia Beach, Bostain graduated from Old
Dominion University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a
master's in counseling.  In 1988, Bostain received her doctorate in
higher education administration at the College of William and Mary.
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November 9, 1995