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Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Notre Dame announced alumnus John F. Crowley, who received widespread attention for his pursuit of a cure for a rare disease that afflicts two of his children, as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2020 Commencement ceremony on May 29, according to a press release. Crowley’s story has been chronicled in the Wall Street
Observer Staff Report | Monday, March 29, 2021
In an email to graduating students Monday, the Office of the Registrar announced plans for the Notre Dame class of 2021 commencement ceremony taking place May 23. The Commencement Mass will be held in Notre Dame Stadium immediately before the commencement exercises. All undergraduate and graduate students graduating in May and currently residing in the
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Notre Dame will again defer in-person commencement for the class of 2020, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Wednesday. The in-person commencement ceremony for the class of 2020 was initially rescheduled to take place Memorial Day weekend of 2021, after the pandemic forced campus to close last spring. With COVID-19 cases still surging, Jenkins said
The Observer | Sunday, May 17, 2020
Congratulations, class of 2020! In the hopes of maintaining some of the tradition of commencement weekend, The Observer offered friends and families of graduates the opportunity to purchase grad ads as they would have if we were able to celebrate on campus. While we cannot offer a physical, print edition, we hope the following digital
Inigo Yturralde | Friday, May 15, 2020
This year’s Notre Dame men’s golf team was full steam ahead from the beginning of the season. Finishing in the top three at all five of their competitions in the fall, the Irish had a lot of momentum heading into the spring season. Fielding a deep, diverse team, this Notre Dame squad was turning heads
Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 15, 2020
Jan Cervelli resigns as President of Saint Mary’s, files civil suit against College On Oct. 5, 2018, Jan Cervelli resigned from her position as president of Saint Mary’s — just under two years after her official inauguration on Nov. 12, 2016. In an Observer article from Oct. 8, 2018, Board of Trustees chair Mary Burke
Ryan Israel and Mike Donovan | Friday, May 15, 2020
It’s time to turn the clock back to what, in retrospect, seems like a simpler time: late summer 2016. The class of 2020 first arrived on campus via an “Ultralight Beam,” looking forward to four years of academic and faith “Formation” and dreaming of staying up “All Night” with friends. Not yet “Destroyed by Hippie Powers,”
Ciara Hopkinson | Friday, May 15, 2020
For many seniors, the past four years have been a process of discovery and refinement that is anything but straightforward. For seniors entering religious life, the process of discernment and self-discovery is no less complex. Fr. John DeRiso, the Vocations Director for the U.S. province of the Congregation of Holy Cross, emphasized that entering the
Hannah Thomas | Friday, May 15, 2020
Saint Mary’s Student Government Association (SGA) president Terra Nelson and vice president Olivia Allen look back on their time as leaders with a bittersweet feeling. The seniors said they hopes to create a stronger community during their work with SGA, and though their tenure was cut short, the pair feel they were successful in their endeavor.
Tom Naatz | Friday, May 15, 2020
As a three-and-a-half-year tour guide, I can basically recite the end of the admissions info sessions by heart. The final line in particular is seared in my memory. “When you come to Notre Dame,” the cheerful counselor — almost always an alumnus/alumna — begins, “you’re really not just coming here for four years. Notre Dame