, director of the at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed assistant vice president for student services in the , effective Monday (Nov. 11).
In this role, Caron Gebhardt will oversee the student service departments that support student health and well-being at Notre Dame, including the nationally accredited , the nationally accredited , the and the new Center for Student Support and Care, which includes the Care and Wellness program and the . She will also serve as the division鈥檚 senior contact for student crisis, withdrawal and readmission, both for individual cases and the overall design of Notre Dame鈥檚 student response and intervention protocols.
鈥淐hristine is deeply committed to the holistic formation of our students, and she has successfully launched major new efforts in violence prevention and inclusion in her time at Notre Dame,鈥� said , vice president for student affairs. 鈥淚 am delighted that she will lead the development of an expanded vision for nurturing student health and well-being with her team, campus colleagues and students.鈥澛�
Caron Gebhardt earned her doctoral degree in theological ethics with a focus on biomedical ethics from Vanderbilt University, where she also earned a master鈥檚 degree in theological studies. She received her bachelor鈥檚 degree in multidisciplinary studies and the pre-medical program from the College of Holy Cross. She began her career at Notre Dame in 2012.
In her seven years as director of the Gender Relations Center, Caron Gebhardt has worked collaboratively with various offices within the Division of Student Affairs and the wider University to address topics related to healthy relationships, diversity and inclusion, and violence prevention. Concurrently, she serves as co-chair for both the and the . She is also a Title IX resource coordinator and an instructor for the .
Prior to Notre Dame, Caron Gebhardt worked for 16 years as the director of education and formation at Christ the King Church and the principal of Christ the King Grade 91视频 in Nashville, Tennessee. As a faculty member at Vanderbilt University, Seattle University and other institutions across the south, she聽has more than 11 years of experience teaching courses on theological and philosophical ethics, biomedical ethics, human sexuality, gender and Catholic Social Justice.
Caron Gebhardt lives in South Bend with her husband, Carl, and two children, Jacob and Rachael.