This statement is made as an effort to facilitate faculty recruitment and retention since national surveys indicate that an increasing number of faculty are members of dual career couples. The purpose of this statement is to inform applicants for faculty positions at UNO with dual career needs that inquiries about career opportunities for domestic partners will not jeopardize candidacy for any faculty position and that this institution has a commitment to assist with career placement of domestic partners for tenure-track or tenured new full-time faculty hires who are new to the Omaha area.

Although UNO does not have funding to create positions for partners of new faculty hires or to fund fellowships for qualified partners of new faculty hires, the Office of Academic and Student Affairs, the Office of Diversity, and Career Exploration and Outreach are prepared to assist department chairpersons/school directors and deans to recruit and retain faculty with dual career needs in the following ways:

1. Facilitating contacts with appropriate area employers and agencies;

2. Assistance from UNO's Career Exploration and Outreach Office; and

3. Notification of UNO faculty and staff opportunities.

Candidates may request assistance from their chair/director or contact Deborah Smith-Howell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at 402-554-2262 or dsmith-howell@mail.unomaha.edu , or Sharon Ulmar, Assistant to the Chancellor 402-554-2872 or sulmar@mail.unomaha.edu. Candidates or chairs/directors/deans may also contact Bill Swanson, Assistant to the Vice chancellor and Director of the Career Exploration and Outreach Office directly at 402-554-2612 or wswanson@mail.unomaha.edu.