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14 posts tagged "2015 Commencement"

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Seniors awarded Sisters of the Holy Cross awards

Stephanie Snyder and Nicole Caratas | Friday, May 15, 2015

Four Saint Mary’s graduates from the class of 2015 were honored with unique C.S.C.awards for service in a variety of disciplines. The C.S.C. awards are given by the Office of Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) to students who are devoted to community-based learning and volunteering. The mission of the College is to discern needs and

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University administration plans Commencement ceremony

Kayla Mullen | Friday, May 15, 2015

After an Aug. 28 email announced Commencement would be held in the Purcell Pavilion of the Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center (JACC) due to Campus Crossroads construction, students were dismayed to learn each graduate would be limited to three tickets each. However, University President Fr. Jenkins announced in a town hall meeting Feb. 17 that

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Anna Kottkamp named ND valedictorian

Margaret Hynds | Friday, May 15, 2015

Senior Anna Kottkamp — the class of 2015 valedictorian — learned early on in her college career that success would require a careful balancing act. A member of the Glynn Family Honors Program hailing from Wenatchee, Washington, Kottkamp has immersed herself in a wide array of extracurricular activities ranging from varsity rowing to the Voices

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Thank you, Saint Mary’s

Kelly Konya | Friday, May 15, 2015

I’ll admit, it took me a while to appreciate the “all-women’s school” eccentricities, which first appeared to me mostly as foibles. Everyone always talked about the “sisterhood” and the value of being a “Belle,” though I saw these things as abstractions for much of my first two years as an undergraduate. But sometime in the

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An unexpectedly rewarding experience

Keri O'Mara | Friday, May 15, 2015

While studying in Dublin during the fall of junior year, I received an e-mail from the Graphics Editor at The Observer, expressing her interest in my joining the graphics team for the paper. I knew people that had worked at the paper, in that mysterious room in the underbelly of South Dining Hall, but still

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Thank you for both homes

Ann Marie Jakubowski | Friday, May 15, 2015

Which is a better indicator of how much you love someone: tears and the ache of absence when you leave them, or the ability to pack up and leave joyfully knowing that a perfectly happy and all-around satisfactory reunion will come eventually? That question has popped up several times during my years at Notre Dame

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That island of misfit toys in the centerfold

Allie Tollaksen | Friday, May 15, 2015

When I started at Notre Dame, I was convinced I was going to be a doctor. If not a doctor, I told myself, then a public health specialist. If not a public health specialist, I insisted, I’d be a success story in some other noble health-related profession. This was how I got through two years

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What makes Notre Dame special

Brian Hartnett | Friday, May 15, 2015

What is it about Notre Dame that makes this place so special and so beloved? This is a question I have grappled with for years. It started when I was applying to colleges, and deep down, I knew Notre Dame was the place I wanted to go, even though I hardly mentioned it to others,

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Who I have become

Samantha Zuba | Friday, May 15, 2015

I like to distance myself from the high school version of me. She knew a lot less, balanced her life a lot less, was a lot less confident. And I don’t like that. My fiancé wrote a column the other day though, “Four years and one lifetime ago” (April 22), that got me thinking maybe

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The best years of my life, so far

Isaac Lorton | Friday, May 15, 2015

I didn’t want to write this column. It felt too much like I was writing an obituary of my time here at Notre Dame. How do I want to be remembered? Isaac Lorton was a 22-year-old man (child), from Prescott Valley, Arizona, who attended the University of Notre Dame. He majored in the Program of

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University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email on Tuesday that Notre Dame will open a mass vaccination site in partnership with the St. Joseph County Health Department. 

🏥 The site will be at the Compton Family Ice Arena and will be open Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

🔬In his email, Fr. Jenkins said that the testing site “will provide vaccinations for those Indiana residents eligible at that time under the Indians Department of Health vaccine guidelines, whether or not they study or work at the University.”

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“So we talked about abortion and marriage and re “So we talked about abortion and marriage and religious freedom, and I don’t know how we could not talk about it. I mean, we have to be authentic teachers. We’re not going to be silent about the truths that we hold dear.”

Joseph R. Biden has become the second Catholic President in United States history, but his position on abortion is “one that cannot be condoned” according to Rev. Robert Dowd. 

“Other bishops think that, because he’s a conscientious Catholic whose faith is obviously important to him, we should strike a more positive tone, particularly at the outset of his presidency. After all, in many ways Biden’s positions are more in line with Catholic teaching than Trump’s, particularly when it comes to migrants, refugees, climate issues, poverty and inequality,” Dowd continued. 

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🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s stu 🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s student body presidential elections? 

Meet the candidates and the platforms they are running on below. 

Candidates Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner plan to:
📚Expand sexual education materials.
💵Subsidize summer classes for low-income students.
📝Alter the non-discrimination clause to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
🏳️‍🌈Establish a Pride Fest.

Candidates Max Siegel and Zachary Holland plan to:
💵Increase club funding through outside grants.
🔈Amplify Speak4ND.
💲Raise student job wages.
🗣Promote sexual assault and racially-charged reporting.
🟢Expand GreeNDot training to the outside community.

Candidates Mabry Webb and Jacob Calpey plan to:
👥Create a Sexual Assault Response task force.
💵Increase funding for the UCC and subsidize off-campus referrals.
♿Make campus buildings more disability accessible.
🩺Increase awareness of STI testing.
Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! Fr Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! From class encounters to love at first sight at Hesburgh Library, swipe to read more shared experiences!
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Swipe through to take a look at how people have fo Swipe through to take a look at how people have found love under the dome!
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