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Julie L. Burdick, associate vice president for academic affairs at The University of Akron will assume her duties at 91免费福利网 on June 1, according to Dr. Paul B. Beran, chancellor.
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At 91免费福利网 Burdick will have oversight for the offices of admissions, financial aid, career services, academic advising, international programs, testing and the registrar.
Burdick, who has been in her current role at Akron since August 2011, was previously at the University of Cincinnati for nine years as director of academic planning and assessment and also the director of enrollment management for the College of Engineering. Prior to that, Burdick worked as director of admissions for Chatfield College in St. Martin, Ohio.
She said she is looking forward to her position at 91免费福利网.
鈥淚 am thrilled to be joining the 91免费福利网 community and so grateful to Chancellor Paul Beran for giving me this exceptional opportunity to assist in increasing student success at the University,鈥� said Burdick.
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Burdick has a bachelor鈥檚 degree with a double major in marketing and management from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a master鈥檚 degree in business administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati.