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-Iman Omar | Friday, November 9, 2018
For the first Friday of every month, the Saint Mary’s Student Activities Board (SAB) organizes and hosts a “Fun Friday” event dedicated to helping students de-stress and relax after a hectic week of classes. Senior and Student Activities Board president Zoie Clay said self-care and relaxation are of utmost importance for the health and wellbeing
Iman Omar | Tuesday, October 30, 2018
In light of President Trump’s new memo seeking to legally define sex as biological, Saint Mary’s students, faculty and community members joined together Monday on Library Green in solidarity with transgender individuals to support their rights. The rally, organized by, junior Genesis Vasquez and sponsored by the Gender and Women’s Studies Department, the SMC Straight
Iman Omar | Friday, October 26, 2018
Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s will be hosting their first Digital Humanities Research Institute from May 14 to 17 funded by a grant through Indiana Humanities. Saint Mary’s Medieval English literature and manuscript studies professor Sarah Noonan along with Dan Johnson, the Digital Scholarship librarian at Notre Dame, were two of 16 participants, out of
Iman Omar | Thursday, September 13, 2018
Chris Pappan, who is a renowned Native American painter and ledger artist with work displayed in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.; The North America Native Museum in Zurich, Switzerland; and The Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas; among others, will be displaying his unique “Interpretative Narratives”
Iman Omar | Friday, September 7, 2018
For over 10 years, Saint Mary’s has facilitated the Diversity Dialogues program which provides an opportunity for students to engage in respectful conversation across differences and learn through that experience. The program, which is done in collaboration with Ivy Tech, is designed to talk about race and issues related to race in a facilitated context,
Iman Omar | Tuesday, August 28, 2018
To equip Saint Mary’s women with resources and tools to guide them in planning for their lives after graduation, the Career Crossings Office (CCO) is hosting a variety of events this week to help students to start thinking about their future. Sarah Enck, assistant director of CCO, said the goal of this week is focused
Iman Omar | Friday, August 24, 2018
This summer, I participated in the study of the United States Institutes program focused on global women’s leadership at Saint Mary’s. Through this program, I got to live and work alongside women from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan and Kurdistan. Going in, I was extremely excited to meet and interact with these women to learn
Iman Omar | Friday, May 18, 2018
To celebrate the bittersweet farewell to four years of college, Saint Mary’s seniors had the opportunity to participate in a series of events planned during the College’s Senior Week. One of the people in charge of planning these events was senior Sarah Connaughton, the president of class council. Connaughton said planning Senior Week has been
Iman Omar | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
The Saint Mary’s Student Government Association’s sustainability committee hosted various events this past weekend in honor of Earth Day, celebrated April 22. The events were intended to support environmental awareness and provide information for students about ways to help care for the planet. Junior Emily Harrast, co-chair of the committee, said the main focus of
Iman Omar | Friday, April 20, 2018
The “mother of African women’s theology,” Mercy Amba Oduyoye, served as the honorary speaker of the 33rd annual Madeleva Lecture in the Carroll Auditorium at Saint Mary’s on Thursday evening. In her lecture titled “African Women’s Theologies, Spirituality and Healing,” Oduyoye discussed her work in founding the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and their development