(BALTIMORE, Md.) – Jolisse Gray '23 has always been driven by service, and she found a way to marry it with her love for politics this summer. The rising junior at Notre Dame of Maryland University gained new mentors and honed her leadership skills in the Leadership + American Presidency academic internship program through The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) to launch a future career as a foreign service officer.
Let’s come together as a community to spruce up the campus before new and returning students arrive for the fall semester, starting with orientation and move-in day on Wednesday, Aug. 25. Each of us can do our part in making the campus look its best.
How can I help?
You can sign up for a two-hour shift to participate in a group volunteer project or take a couple of hours to clean up your individual workspace and common areas, including shared conference rooms, storage space, and adjoining hallways. In choosing either option, you can complete the online form to register your participation. Sign-up to participate.
I want to participate, but I do not have a two-hour window available on Friday, Aug 20. Do I have to skip Campus Clean-up Day?
Even if you cannot dedicate two hours to Campus Clean-up Day, you can spend at least a few minutes tidying up your workspace and common areas. Every bit of effort makes a big difference in taking pride in our beautiful campus.
The School of Pharmacy is hosting its annual flu clinic on campus for students, faculty, and staff. Appointments must be made in advance. Please check your email for signup instructions.
The School of Pharmacy is hosting its annual flu clinic on campus for students, faculty, and staff. Appointments must be made in advance. Please check your email for signup instructions.
The School of Pharmacy is hosting its annual flu clinic on campus for students, faculty, and staff. Appointments must be made in advance. Please check your email for signup instructions.
Drawing on more than 40 years of experience providing adult education, we’re here to help you take your career to the next level.
Our advanced degree and certificate programs are led by expert faculty in small, interactive classes with other dedicated learners. It’s this support network of professors, classmates, and advisors that will help you reach your goal of advancing your education while still managing all of life’s responsibilities.
Can’t make this date work? We offer others throughout the year:
Thursday, August 17, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 9, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 11, 2024 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 18, 2024 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.
Notre Dame cannot wait to welcome back our alumnae and alumni for Reunion Weekend 2021 on campus. We will have virtual and in-person opportunities to reconnect with classmates, learn about what is happening at your alma mater, and rekindle that feeling of home when you walk by Gibbons Tower. More details will be sent out via email!
The Art Therapy Department and its programs aim to create a culture of inclusivity and social responsibility, with a strong emphasis on preparing clinicians who will meaningfully serve their communities, in addition to their work with clients.
The bachelor's degree in Art Therapy at NDMU provides the foundation to pursue a rewarding career in one of the newest specializations within the helping professions. Core classes in art and psychology introduce concepts in human development and psychological theories, as well as techniques for counseling and creating art. Through hands-on learning which includes a final practicum, successful graduates are prepared to pursue graduate school, a requirement for becoming a professional art therapist.
Accelerated 5-Year Program
Those that qualify may also pursue an accelerated pathway to earn both the BA and MA in Art Therapy at NDMU in just five years.
Notre Dame's MA in Art Therapy is the only master's art therapy program in Maryland that prepares graduates to become professional art therapists.
Art Therapy training at NDMU includes regular, course-integrated art making; visual, written, and verbal self-reflection; immediate and sustained practical application of course material and theory; research; and two full academic years of field based instruction and experience.
Program Mission
Founded in 2018, the Master of Arts in Art Therapy Program provides classroom and field-based instruction and training in clinical art therapy. At Notre Dame of Maryland University, building on its tradition to educate students who transform their communities and work toward a culture of inclusivity and social responsibility, the mission of the Art Therapy Program is to prepare clinicians who will give back to and meaningfully serve their communities through delivery of culturally attuned, social justice forward, inclusive art therapy practices. The NDMU Art Therapy Program goal is to prepare competent, entry-level art therapists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains as per ACATE Educational Standards. Students therefore learn to support client well-being and exploration of problems through clinically informed creative, art-based expression. Students also learn the skills involved in safely managing the responses evoked by the creative process in therapy with individuals at all stages of life.
The Master of Arts in Art Therapy Program goals and supporting learning domains articulated below weave the importance of informed, socially responsive practice in alignment with local community and regional employment needs throughout the curriculum and serve to make practical application of Notre Dame’s mission through training that emphasizes self-reflexivity, social responsibility, inclusivity, and service within and for community. The goals and learning domains provide a structure that, while grounded in history and theory, challenge students during training to practically engage with, to critique, and to further research practice orientations that hold art-relational, culturally attuned work central and align with their personal and professional values and aptitudes.
