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Notre Dame of Maryland University Vice President for Academic Affairs

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Notre Dame of Maryland University Vice President for Academic Affairs Located six miles from downtown Baltimore, Maryland, on a wooded 58-acre campus in the beautiful, residential Homeland community, historic Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) is in an exciting time of the institution’s history with a new president who took office in 2014 and a new strategic plan charting an exciting direction for the university. NDMU seeks nominations and applications from vibrant, innovative, and collaborative leader to serve as the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The new Vice President will assume office in Summer, 2015. THE UNIVERSITY (www.NDM.edu) An institution with a rich heritage of innovation, Notre Dame of Maryland University began offering college courses on September 9, 1895, as the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, the first U. S. Catholic women’s college to award the four-year baccalaureate degree. Notre Dame marked its transition to university status in September 2011, and today the University educates a diverse population of women and men at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students and faculty come from a variety of backgrounds, bringing multiple perspectives to the academic community. The University is known for its student-centered orientation and for its faculty’s commitment to superior teaching and scholarship.

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The entrepreneurial spirit of the Notre Dame of Maryland community has continuously responded to the needs of students through its innovative programs. In addition to the traditional undergraduate Women’s College, the University includes a College of Graduate Studies, College of Adult Undergraduate Studies for working women and men, English Language Institute, and Renaissance Institute, a learning cooperative for people over 50, as well as A Child’s Place, for children 3 to 6. These programs provide educational experiences emphasizing professional and personal knowledge, development and integrity. The University is organized into four academic schools: Arts and Sciences, Education, Nursing, and Pharmacy. The School of Pharmacy, offering a four-year doctor of pharmacy degree, was established in 2008. Additional information and facts about NDMU can be found at http://www.ndm.edu/files/resources/2014-2497_facts-andfigures-brochure-single-page.pdf. NDMU embraces the vision of its founders, the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) and is committed to “educating leaders to transform the world.” The University provides a liberal arts education in the Catholic tradition. The SSND congregation continues to inform and inspire the education provided at the University, with 12 sisters serving on the faculty, staff, or administration and seven serving as trustees. The Catholic tradition of the University provides the context by which intellectual dialogue is actively promoted. The guiding principle of campus life is contained in the SSND mission, which affirms that education should empower persons to reach the fullness of their potential and enable them to direct their gifts toward building the earth. The University’s values-centered education emphasizes the student’s total development—intellectual, professional, social, and spiritual. For more than a century, the University’s 20,000 graduates have built buildings and families, made scientific discoveries, run for office and Library marathons, served as CEOs and in soup kitchens—proving time and again the power of rising to Notre Dame’s challenge to its graduates: “Whose life will you change?” Notre Dame is located on the North Charles Street college corridor in

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northern Baltimore and occupies 58 wooded acres in a residential setting. The University recently purchased a historic home adjacent to the campus to serve as the President’s residence and provide a venue for entertaining and constituent development. The University benefits from a beautiful campus environment and proximity to the city’s businesses and transportation routes, as well as an array of cultural, recreational, and professional opportunities. Notre Dame also offers classes for part-time students at sites in many of the Maryland counties including Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, St. Mary’s, and Washington. For more information on the city of Baltimore, see: http://baltimore.org/video/visit-baltimore-1 and http://godowntownbaltimore.com/.

THE PROGRAM The University’s total fall 2014 enrollment of 2,764 included 1,169 women and men at the undergraduate level who choose from studies in 29 majors. Overall enrollment in the Women’s College reflects 50 percent students of color. Students come to Notre Dame from 24 states and 18 countries. In the Women’s College, the 12 to 1 student/faculty ratio allows professors the opportunity to engage with students in meaningful and substantive exchanges. Approximately 84 percent of all full-time faculty members hold the highest degree obtainable in their field of study and nearly two-thirds of the University’s faculty members are women. Notre Dame’s distinguished academic programs include education, biology, nursing, communication arts, English, business, and psychology. Innovative programs for women and men expand Notre Dame’s educational reach through the College of Adult Undergraduate Studies, serving part-time 3

undergraduate students; and through the College of Graduate Studies, offering master’s degree programs in leadership and management, nonprofit management, nursing, analytics in knowledge management, contemporary communications, English literature, and education degrees that include a master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), a certificate in Risk Management, and a Ph.D. in Instructional Leadership for Changing Populations. In the Women’s College, leadership opportunities abound for Notre Dame’s undergraduate students in academic, athletic, and student life areas. A strong internship program provides students opportunities to test different areas of interest, gain valuable experience, and make important contacts in the professional world. Service-learning projects within courses enable students to work directly with local organizations, using their knowledge and skills while assisting worthwhile programs. Community service is a prominent value at Notre Dame, with the Career Center and the Office of Campus Ministry and Service linking students to nonprofit enterprises throughout the area. Students also have the opportunity to participate in research projects and international study trips under the guidance of faculty mentors. Notre Dame of Maryland actively pursues funding from private and public sources to support faculty and student research and scholarship and university programs, in addition to capital projects that have been identified as priorities. The School of Nursing’s Center for Caring with Technology, for example, has received recent support from the Hearst Foundations, the Marion I. and Henry J. Knott Foundation, and the Middendorf Foundation for the fall 2013 opening of simulation labs. The new entry-level Bachelor of Science in Nursing program won a 2013 Who Will Care? grant from the Maryland Hospital Association. Other recent private grantors include the Davis United World College Scholars Program, which has awarded grants for students’ Projects for Peace for the last six years, and the Lumina Foundation, which provided support to improve the quality of online curriculum. The Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities awarded a grant to purchase teaching aids and technology for the School of Pharmacy’s outreach to medically underserved populations.

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Federal grants in recent years have included awards from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Science Foundation. The State of Maryland provided a significant capital grant for the new University Academic Building. The Maryland Higher Education Commission has awarded grants to support the Trailblazers Scholars Program for first-generation students, returning scholars through the Complete College Maryland program, and nursing faculty fellowships. New grant awards in fiscal year 2015, for areas including arts and sciences, education, nursing and pharmacy, totaled $4.3 million. Academic partnerships include institutions in the Baltimore area and in Japan, Australia, China, Taiwan, Korea, and London. Many students choose to study abroad in one of more than 39 semester and 22 summer programs in more than 40 countries. The Notre Dame population is increasingly international, with students from outside the United States studying in both credit and noncredit programs. Notre Dame recently completed its next five-year strategic plan (2015–2020) under the leadership of Dr. Marylou Yam, who assumed office in July 2014. This University-wide plan has the advancement of women and global initiatives as themes that thread through the plan’s goals of academic innovation, expansion of community and global partnerships, enhancing student engagement, ensuring institutional effectiveness, and promoting Catholic identity and service. A robust master facility plan created by renowned architect Robert A.M. Stern has guided the University’s development, providing for investments of more than $125 million in campus infrastructure, and laying a blueprint for continued aggressive growth. The institution is in the quiet phase of a comprehensive campaign with more than $29 million raised toward a goal of $42 million. As of February 2014, the University’s endowment was just over $40 million up from $33.8 million in June of 2013. The Annual Fund raised $823,000 last year with a goal of $925,000 this year. NDMU is on track to meet this goal. 5

More than 20,000 women and men are lifetime members of the dues-free Alumnae and Alumni Association and reside in all 50 states and 34 countries. Alumnae and alumni can be connected with fellow graduates around the world. The Undergraduate Women’s College In 1899, Notre Dame was the first Catholic college for women to bestow baccalaureate degrees and, for more than a century, the Women’s College has helped women define their goals and influenced their ability to change the world. The University’s four-year undergraduate program, with 30 majors within the schools of Arts and Sciences, Nursing, and Education, attracts a highly select and diverse group of students from around the world. NDMU graduates use their educations to magnify their ideas into action—whether that be a research paper, theater performance, or inner-city tutoring. The Undergraduate Women’s College is a center for the study of the liberal arts where students investigate a broad number of subjects, including art, history, languages, literature, and philosophy. For more information on the Undergraduate Women’s College, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/womenscollege/. For the range of major, minor, and other offerings in the Undergraduate Women’s College, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/womenscollege/majors-and-minors/. The Undergraduate Women’s College offers numerous honors and special programs, which are discussed at http://www.ndm.edu/academics/womenscollege/honors-and-special-programs/. The School of Arts and Sciences The deep roots of the School of the Arts and Sciences were planted with the founding of the University in 1895. The timely and timeless programs of study housed within the School support students in the journey toward making a fulfilling life and a living. The undergraduate academic majors of the School serve both traditional and part-time adult learners, and include the fine arts, humanities, and social and natural sciences courses. Studies related to the professions, such as pre-med readiness, radiological sciences, communications, business and pre-law are also delivered via curriculum housed within the school. Interdisciplinary majors such as international business, digital media arts, environmental sustainability, and marketing communication are examples of instructional initiatives across the curriculum. Further, each undergraduate at the University completes a common general 6

education program in liberal arts offered through the School, a foundation for life-long learning and professional growth. The Morrissy Honors Program affords opportunities for more intensive immersion into the rich liberal arts studies that shape the general education program. The School also offers five graduate programs. The master of arts is awarded in contemporary communication, English literature, leadership in management, and nonprofit management. A master of science is awarded in data analytics. These graduate programs support professional development opportunities for the region’s workforce but also cultivate expert critical and ethical thinking and leadership qualities, grounded in an approach that stresses liberal arts competencies and habits of mind. The newest academic initiative in graduate studies is a highly enrolled graduate-level certificate in risk management delivered online. For more information on the School of Arts and Sciences, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-of-arts-and-sciences/. The School of Education For more than 120 years, Notre Dame has educated teachers who lead, prepare and transform their students every day. The School of Education’s faculty understand that education is a vocation that leads to personal fulfillment, professional development, and social responsibility. Notre Dame is the top provider of initially certified teachers among private colleges in Maryland, and a top producer of Teachers of the Year. NDMU welcomes experienced teachers who wish to earn a master’s degree, as well as women and men who seek to change their career. NDMU’s unique Accelerated Certification in Teaching and 10-month Masters of Arts programs prepare passionate, award-winning educators who have gone on to teach throughout the state, across the country, and around the world. In addition to courses on its Charles Street campus, NDMU’s flexible programs allow students to attend classes at convenient off-site locations, including Anne Arundel Community College, University Center in Aberdeen, and the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center (SMHEC). Notre Dame of Maryland University’s approach to STEM education uses a strong liberal arts foundation to enrich the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Notre Dame is a leader in STEM education. In the critical shortage area of STEM-trained K–8 teachers, Notre Dame prepares more STEM teachers than any other Maryland university. Notre Dame is endorsed by the Maryland State Department of Education as a leader in developing progressive STEM programs.

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For more information on the School of Education, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-ofeducation/ and for more information on its programs, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/schoolof-education/programs/. The School of Nursing Notre Dame of Maryland University is one of the region’s top educators of registered nurses, and more than 95 percent of its graduates work in Maryland hospitals and health care facilities. The School of Nursing has prepared nearly 2,000 nurses, nurse administrators, and nurse educators over the past three decades. NDMU prepares its students to be compassionate and professional nurses in an intimate classroom environment with hands-on experience. Notre Dame of Maryland offers both a Bachelors of Science and a Master of Science in Nursing. Notre Dame’s program is small enough to transform individual students through reflective practice, engaging and challenging class discussions, and faculty mentoring. Yet it is large enough to help students transform the world through service learning and study abroad opportunities. Notre Dame nurses often become leaders in academic and service settings, and health-related organizations. To fulfill its mission, the School of Nursing educates women and men as leaders in Nursing to transform healthcare and the world. Entry-level, RN to BSN, and master’s programs challenge women and men to strive for intellectual and professional excellence, to build inclusive communities, to engage in service to others, and to promote social responsibility. Learn more about NDMU’s School of Nursing at http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-ofnursing/ and the school’s programs at http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-ofnursing/programs/. The School of Pharmacy NDMU is the second institution, and the only private school, in Maryland to offer the Pharm.D. degree. Notre Dame educates pharmacists who will transform patient care. The School is dedicated to preparing leaders in the field of pharmacy who will provide compassionate, quality care for the diverse patient populations of today and tomorrow. The class of 2014’s license exam pass rate was 98% for NAPLEX and 97% for the MJPE, which surpassed both state and national pass rates. The School of Pharmacy met all 30 accreditation standards and received a four-year continuation of full accreditation status from its spring 2015 accreditation visit, which is the longest time period granted to new schools.

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The School of Pharmacy, which offers the Doctor of Pharmacy degree, is comprised of three academic units: The Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences is composed of clinical pharmacists and social administrative science faculty. In addition to their classroom teaching and research responsibilities, the clinical faculty maintain patient centered practices at regional health care organizations in areas such as internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, ambulatory care, and drug information. The social and administrative science faculty’s teaching and research responsibilities include public health, pharmacy management, and health care policy. For more information on the Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-of-pharmacy/about-the-school/clinical-andadministrative-sc/. The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is composed of faculty who represent a broad range of disciplines to include, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and the biological sciences. The faculty are responsible for delivering the science-based, didactic, and laboratory components of the curriculum and are engaged in a wide range of research activities. For more information on the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-of-pharmacy/about-the-school/pharmaceutical-sciences/. The Office of Experiential Education is responsible for the management and delivery of all pharmacy practice experiences in the curriculum. The Director of Experiential Education works with health care organizations, community pharmacies, and other health care facilities in the metropolitan Baltimore area as well as facilities outside the immediate vicinity of the University to deliver the experiential education program. For more information on the office of experiential education, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-ofpharmacy/about-the-school/office-of-experientialeducati/. For more on the School of Pharmacy, please see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-of-pharmacy/. For information on the School’s vision, mission, and values, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-ofpharmacy/about-the-school/vision-and-mission/. The College of Adult Undergraduate Studies The College of Adult Undergraduate Studies is based on the reality that adults learn best in an environment that considers their life and work responsibilities. Notre Dame offers conveniently scheduled, career-advancing programs that emphasize experiential learning relevant to today's workplace issues. 9

For more information on the College of Adult Undergraduate Studies, see http://www.ndm.edu/admissions/college-of-adult-undergraduate/majors/. The Office of International Programs Through Notre Dame’s Office of International Programs, qualifying students can select from more than 200 semester-long and summer programs in 37 countries, available through the University’s memberships in the Academic Consortium of the Council on International Educational Exchange and International Studies Abroad and affiliation agreements with colleges and universities abroad. Short-term study abroad programs led by Notre Dame faculty are also offered during the winter/summer terms and spring/fall breaks. Most of these programs are one to two weeks in length and provide academic credit. For more information on NDMU’s study abroad programs, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/international-programs/study-abroad/. Nancy Kreiter Student Research Day At Notre Dame of Maryland University, one of the hallmarks of the institution’s educational environment is the opportunity for students to participate in research in their fields of interest. Notre Dame students perform in concerts, exhibit original art, create poster presentations to describe scientific research, and analyze poetry in literary papers. Faculty members mentor and at times collaborate in the development of these projects. At the Nancy Kreiter Student Research Day papers are presented, songs performed, and posters explained. Students in any of the University’s divisions are eligible to submit proposals to the Research Day, which is named to honor Dr. Nancy Kreiter, an associate professor of biology who was a strong advocate for undergraduate research. For more information on the Research Day, see http://www.ndm.edu/academics/school-of-artsand-sciences/nancy-kreiter-student-research/.

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NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY’S DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND RECOGNITION The Notre Dame community looks forward to building upon a number of the University’s unique features that have been noted nationally in recent years. These include: United Nations Non-Governmental Organization Status NDMU was granted non-governmental organization (NGO) status from the United Nations in 2015. Notre Dame is the only university in Maryland to have this designation. As an NGO, students and faculty will be invited to special programs and briefings at the United Nations. USA Today USA Today named Notre Dame of Maryland among the 10 groundbreaking colleges that paved the way for women’s higher education in the United States. Notre Dame was the first Catholic college for women to award the baccalaureate degree in the United States. US News Rankings Notre Dame of Maryland is currently ranked in the #58 among Best Regional Universities—North, recognized particularly for its low faculty-to-student ratio, with 90 percent of classes containing fewer than 20 students. The Fulbright Program Since 1991, 14 Women’s College alumnae have been named as Fulbright scholars. Notre Dame was recognized by the Institute for International Education, which administers the Fulbright program, among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright students for the 2009–2010 academic year. Learning for Life Based on their scores as incoming students and again as seniors, Notre Dame students showed more improved critical, analytical, and communication skills after three years in college than 92 percent of those surveyed among the 500 institutions 11

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Affordable Colleges Online Notre Dame was recognized three times by Affordable Colleges Online for a strong commitment to providing students with a quality education with a high return on their investment. The University was ranked on its “Roman Catholic Colleges with High Salaries for Graduates,” “Highest Return on Investment Colleges,” and “Top Women’s Colleges with High Returns” lists. Service Learning Service is an integral part of the Notre Dame mission, which calls students, faculty, and staff to build inclusive communities, to engage in service to others, and to promote social responsibility. The University has recently instituted several new initiatives offering service opportunities to students, faculty, and staff. Students regularly volunteer through the Office of Campus Ministry and Service at senior citizen centers, soup kitchens, and women’s centers. Notre Dame was named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in recognition of its community outreach partnerships, which resulted in more than 104,600 donated service hours in 2013–2014. In April 2013, Notre Dame students, faculty, staff, graduates, and friends partnered with the United Way of Central Maryland in preparing more than 3,500 summer reading tote bags, containing more than 13,000 books, for children enrolled in Baltimore City Head Start. In the past three years more than 200 students, faculty, and staff from Notre Dame volunteered for the United Way’s Project Homeless Connect, a day-long event held at the city’s convention center that provided a full array of services to 2,500 people of the city’s homeless community. Service learning is an integral part of the School of Pharmacy curriculum. Through its innovative AdvoCaring program. all students are assigned as teams to a non-profit agency that provides care to the underserved for their entire 4-year course of study. Students have provided over 11,000 hours of health related services to date. 12

Every year, Notre Dame faculty and graduates are counted among Baltimore’s Healthcare Heroes for their commitment and innovation in community health. In May 2011, four faculty members from the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Pharmacy, and School of Nursing were feted for their work in service learning, global nursing, and traumatic brain injury treatment. Notable Graduates Notre Dame graduates can be found in nearly every professional field. They include a pioneering microbiologist; nationally and internationally recognized medical doctors and researchers; award-winning educators, including a college president and the head of a major medical school; military leaders, including the first female Brigadier General in the U.S. Army; communication experts, including newspaper editors, a group vice president of Discovery and TLC networks, and the first female announcer for major league baseball; legal experts, including a federal judge and the first Hispanic judge elected to a Circuit Court in Baltimore; two NASA engineers; entrepreneurs; and noted business executives throughout the corporate world. Top 100 Women Thirty-five alumnae have been named to The Daily Record “Maryland Top 100 Women” since its inception in 1996—in addition to four presidents, three faculty, twelve current and former board members. In fact, seven alumnae, including Notre Dame’s immediate past chair of the board, as well as six current and past board members, are included in the “Circle of Excellence” for being named to the Top 100 three times each. VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) seeks an innovative, strategic academic leader to serve as vice president for academic affairs (VPAA). Reporting to the President, the VPAA will provide leadership and administrative oversight of all academic schools & colleges, the library, international services, registrar, institutional research and assessment of the University. She or he will have substantial teaching experience and a deep understanding of learning at the undergraduate and graduate levels. An earned doctorate, significant senior administrative experience in higher education, and a record of scholarly achievement sufficient to qualify for full professor with tenure at NDMU are required. 13

In this cabinet level position, the successful candidate will work with the president and senior leadership team to implement the University’s new 5 year strategic plan. Reporting Relationships Position Reports to: President Supervisory Responsibility: Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Registrar, Director of Institutional Research, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Academic Enrichment, Dean of the School of Education, Dean of the School of Nursing, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Associate Dean of International Education, Director of the Renaissance Institute, Director of Loyola/Notre Dame Library (co-supervised with counterpart from Loyola University Maryland) Position Backup is: Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Basic Function The VPAA will have key roles in development of academic programs, policies, and procedures; outcome assessment; faculty relations and faculty development; and budgeting/fiscal decisionmaking. Essential Functions  Lead the institution to the next level of academic excellence; collaborate with the president, faculty and staff to advance the academic vision of the University, anchored in the Strategic Plan.  Guide and support the work of the deans in their leadership of the Schools and in their own professional development. Facilitate meaningful collaboration among the Schools and between the Schools and other academic units, e.g., the Office of International Programs, the Renaissance Institute, the Office of the Registrar, the Office of Institutional Research, and the library, as well as other units across campus.  Promote faculty research, scholarship, and professional development.  Represent academic issues and concerns to the President and other senior administrators and constituent groups. Consider the needs of all Schools and programs, as advanced by the deans and faculty, as well as the needs of 14

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all academic units. Collaborate with faculty to continue to fulfill their role in the shared governance model. Maintain and enhance the academic rigor of all programs; coordinate academic advising; ensure academic oversight of all divisions and delivery methods, i.e., Women’s College, College of Adult Undergraduate Studies, and College of Graduate Studies. Oversee program review, curricular and program development, outcomes assessment, and accreditation processes, including faculty evaluation. Through the University’s established processes, formulate and implement the academic budget. Perform such similar, comparable, or related duties as may be required or assigned.

Qualifications Knowledge: Earned doctorate from an accredited institution. Experience: Substantial teaching experience and a deep understanding of learning at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Demonstrated leadership in program development, assessment, strategic planning, and budgeting. An earned doctorate, significant senior administrative experience in higher education, and a record of scholarly achievement sufficient to qualify for full professor with tenure at NDMU required. Skills/Aptitude: Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills. Working Conditions: Normal office environment. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Nominations, applications, and inquiries may be sent in confidence. Full consideration will be given to all applications received by January 18, 2016. Application materials (to include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of five references – who will not be contacted without permission) must be electronically submitted to: [email protected]. Assisting the University in this search are Ann Die Hasselmo ([email protected]) and Chris Butler ([email protected]). Further information about Notre Dame of Maryland University is available at www.ndm.edu/ and from the position and institutional profile at: academic-search.com/data/files/VPAcademicAffairsNDMUProfile.pdf. 15

Notre Dame of Maryland University does not discriminate in its educational and employment policies on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, religion, genetic information, sexual orientation, or protected veteran's status. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policy: Vice President for Student Life, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, 410-532-5308. For all other employment inquiries, please contact Human Resources at 410-532-5898 or [email protected]. Notre Dame of Maryland University is an EEO/AA employer.

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