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are minorities. Only 16.3 percent of the students are 25 years old and older. DSU has been expanding both its academic programs and facilities in recent years and is on the forefront of technology, health education, and business, incorporating cutting-edge learning practices. With more than 150 academic programs, the University currently offers 11 associate degrees, 45 bachelor’s degrees, and 4 master’s degrees through its 6 academic colleges: Education; Health Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Science, Engineering, and Technology; The Health Sciences Building Business and Communication; and Arts.

Dixie State University, a comprehensive public university, has launched The new Master of Science in Genetic a national search for the Program Director of Genetic Counseling. The Counseling Program will be part of the Department of Healthcare Diagnostics University is seeking an energetic and collegial faculty member with the and Therapeutics of the College of desire and ability to help create one of the premiere Master’s degree Health Sciences. DSU’s Health Sciences programs in Genetic Counseling in the nation. The Program Director will hold programs are taught by dedicated the rank of Assistant/Associate Professor, tenure-track. The preference is for and supportive faculty in primarily this appointment to begin no later than January 2020. small-class learning environments. The results have been excellent The Opportunity DSU is strongly committed to the certification/licensure exam pass rates academic success of students, including as well as outstanding graduation Dixie State University is a public, those of color, of diverse sexual rates. Graduates are employed upon open-enrollment institution committed orientation and gender expressions, program completion. to student access, affordability, and with disabilities, and with diverse success. Established in 1911 as a The College is housed in DSU’s new socio-economic backgrounds, as well community college and in 2013 as 78,519 square-foot, $15.7 million Health as veterans and students who are first a state university, DSU is located in Sciences Building. The beautiful state- generation to attend college. picturesque southwestern Utah with its of-the-art center is located adjacent red rocks, desert climate, and over 300 The University enrolls nearly 10,000 to the Intermountain Healthcare Dixie days of sunshine annually. students, with 39 percent being first- Regional Medical Center (DRMC), generation college students. Over which is part of Intermountain Dedicated to rigorous learning and 82 percent of the students are Utah Healthcare, the largest healthcare the enrichment of the professional residents, and more than 21 percent provider in the Intermountain West. and personal lives of its students and community by providing opportunities that engage the unique Southern Utah What is “active learning. active life.” environment and resources, DSU has an instructional approach of “active “active learning. active life.” encourages the Dixie State University community to not learning. active life.” passively exist but to actively live, learn, and connect with others. Active learning encourages students to take responsibility for their education by participating in the Students receive personalized and learning process in and out of the classroom to understand why things work, not just engaged learning experiences under that they do. It invites them to be lifelong learners who shatter their comfort zones the direction of skilled and devoted and embrace the future. Simultaneously, active living empowers students to become faculty and staff members. They are fully involved in their communities and blaze trails that improve the lives of others. taught the importance of community It unlocks recreational opportunities around them and enables them to be innovative through experiential, civic, and service thinkers and doers. learning within the local community.

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Dixie State University Core Themes • Learning: Preparing knowledgeable and competent learners, through effective, active-learning practices in a student-centered environment. • Engagement: Maintaining active involvement and positive collaboration with the Southern The Genetic Counseling program DSU student internship programs at Utah region to strengthen cultural, will benefit from this close proximity the genomics laboratories economic, and civic life. to DRMC. DSU and Intermountain DSU’s Genetic Counseling students • Opportunity: Valuing inclusion, Precision Genomics, which is a will have opportunities for clinical access, diversity, and equity. service of Intermountain Healthcare, rotations throughout the Intermountain have partnered to help lead the way Healthcare system. towards biotech and medical genomics Values pathways for the surrounding The Program Director of Genetic • Student-centered success: communities. Counseling is an exceptional providing an affordable education opportunity to be a part of a fast- In addition to the Graduate Genetic with experiences that develop the growing health sciences program while Counseling program, the two academic, professional, and personal preparing students in best practices for organizations collaborate in several lives of all students. counseling patients and clients in this ways: important field of healthcare. • Academic excellence: stimulating learning and critical • Undergraduate bioinformatics The Position thinking through rigor, student program Reporting to Dean Eliezer Bermudez empowerment, and practical • Stanford Medicine/Precision application. of the College of Health Sciences, Genomics/DSU summer student the Program Director will be a full- • Equity and Inclusion: creating a internship program time (11-month) tenure-track faculty community of diverse individuals, • Intermountain Healthcare/DSU pre- position. This dynamic educator and ideas, and beliefs; practicing open medicine program director will have both a vision for discourse and collaboration. • Intermountain Precision Genomics/ inter-professional collaboration and a • Accountability: working with honesty, transparency, and respect for others while holding ourselves Eliezer Bermudez, Ph.D. accountable for our actions. Dean and Professor, College of Health Sciences • Service leadership: emphasizing Dr. Eliezer (Eli) Bermudez has served as Dean of DSU’s College civic, economic, and cultural of Health Sciences since July 2017. He joined Dixie State after a engagement with the community. distinguished career at Indiana State University. • Creative and innovation: problem At ISU, Dr. Bermudez served as the Interim Dean of the College solving in learning, teaching, of Health and Human Services. He also was a tenured Professor fostering new ways of thinking, and and Department Chair of the Applied Health Sciences with more researching. than 22 years of academic service. His scholarship includes peer- • Local and global resources: reviewed publications in scientific journals, numerous professional presentations, incorporating a variety of resources and grants, all in the discipline of environmental health. into the educational experience with Dr. Bermudez earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Master of Science a special emphasis on the unique degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico. He holds a local resources. doctorate in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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events and committee meetings, holding regular office hours, and advising students

Qualifications & Characteristics Candidate must have a master’s degree in Genetic Counseling. A doctorate degree is preferred.

Other requirements include: • Certification in genetic counseling by the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) or American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) • At least five years of experience as a genetic counselor DSU’s O. C. Tanner Amphitheater is located in Springdale, Utah. • Knowledge of and experience in genetic counseling, teaching, desire to embrace the DSU core theme • Coordinate, monitor, evaluate, clinical supervision, and other of “active learning. active life.” and supervise all aspects of clinical related subjects This administrative faculty member training/field work, either directly or In compliance with federal law, all will be responsible for the design, through department collaboration persons hired will be required to organization, coordination, • Collaborate with other Program verify identity and eligibility to work administration, planning, development, Directors in all activities that directly in the United States and to complete and continual review of the Genetic relate to the Genetics Counseling the required employment eligibility Counseling program This will include program verification form upon hire. the curriculum, clinical, and research • Facilitate long-term planning components: to ensure program fiscal and Employment is contingent upon Duties and Responsibilities educational stability successful completion and certification of required degrees and upon • Teach courses in Genetic Counseling • Maintain and collaborate with the successfully passing a background per academic year as assigned program Advisory Board check. and provide institutional service as • Improve professionally and maintain defined by University Policy and the currency in the field College of Health Sciences St. George, Utah • Develop and maintain supporting • Seek accreditation from the Dixie State University is located in relationships with community and southwestern Utah in the city of St. Accreditation Council for Genetic state organizations Counseling (ACGC) George on the northeasternmost part • Fulfill faculty responsibilities of the . The family- • Ensure the program remains in including participating in department friendly city has a population of compliance with ACGC Accreditation Standards, including communicating with the ACGC about significant For More Information staffing, administrative, financial, • Dixie State University: http://www.dixie.edu and/or clinical site changes • Department of Healthcare Diagnostics and Therapeutics and the DSU • Lead and mentor instructional College of Health Sciences: https://academics.dixie.edu/health-sciences/. faculty, supervisors, and program and administrative staff in all • Intermountain Precision Genomics: https://intermountainhealthcare.org/ activities that directly relate to the about/transforming-healthcare/innovation/clinical-programs/oncology/ program precision-genomics/.

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80,000, with the metropolitan area estimated to be nearly 172,000.

Named one of the fastest growing metropolitan area in 2018, St. George has been rated among the top 10 best small cities in the country for business and careers by Forbes.

The city has an active downtown, with fine and casual dining, an array of shops and stores, and entertainment venues. Architecture includes stately 19th-century buildings, such as the Pioneer Courthouse and Winter Home. Sixteen museums and galleries in or near downtown offer great historic value as well as amazing St. George , Utah pieces of original art.

The area attracts many who want to live in Utah but don’t like long winters Application and Nomination Process – namely the cold and the snow. St. Confidential inquiries are welcomed; nominations are invited. George’s arid climate is significantly - Applications must include: warmer on average than elsewhere 1. To Apply in Utah. The abundance of sunny • Letter of interest days, an average of an inch of snow • Curriculum vitae annually, and an average daily high of 71 degrees allow year-around outside • Student Success Statement (approximately one page, single-spaced, about recreation. The weather has made the teaching or other experience, successes, and challenges in working with a city a popular retirement destination. diverse student population) • At least five references with full contact information, including e-mail State and national parks are within addresses (References will not be contacted without applicant’s consent.) easy reach. Nearby Snow Canyon State Park offers trails, dunes, and red 2. Submit application (preferably as PDFs) to [email protected]. sandstone cliffs. Sand Hollow State Application will be reviewed upon receipt. The search will remain open until Park features a large reservoir. Popular the position is filled. , with canyons and to with individual’s streams, lies northeast. Submit nominations [email protected] full contact information including e-mail address. St. George is home to many public Kenny Daugherty, President of Myers McRae Executive Search and Consulting, parks, several award-winning golf is assisting Dixie State University with this search. courses and recreation areas, as well as over 65 miles of urban trails. It’s 515 Mulberry Street, Suite 200 Thunder Junction All Abilities Park is Macon, Georgia 31201 a first of its kind in the western United (478) 330-6222 | www.myersmcrae.com States and is well-equipped for special needs children. DSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. The President and employees of Dixie State The city has a regional airport that is University are fully committed to Affirmative Action and to its policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in all programs, activities, services, and employment with regard to race / ethnicity, color, served by several major airlines Las national origin, sex, age, status as a person with a disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/ Vegas is 118 miles southwest of the expression, and protected veteran’s status. city, with 300 miles north-northeast. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

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