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-16 posts tagged "Bangladesh"
Peter Breen | Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Bengal Bouts president Jack Phillips came to Notre Dame to develop friendships in his dorm, Knott Hall, and to study finance, data science and sociology — not to relive his high school glory days back in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. But during his first year at the University, Phillips, like many who grow up playing sports, craved
Spencer Kelly, Lilyann Gardner, Thomas Dobbs and Cade Czarnecki | Monday, February 13, 2023
This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact. This week, From the Archives takes
Peter Breen | Monday, November 21, 2022
Friday morning in the Hesburgh Center, author and former speechwriter Scott MacMillan delivered a talk on his new book, “Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty.” Abed, an oil executive in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, founded BRAC, originally the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, in the early 1970s in response
Nate Moller | Thursday, February 13, 2020
Kyle “Nemo” Mettler is a junior from Alumni Hall, and Bengal Bouts has allowed him to form some of his strongest relationships, raise money for the Holy Cross mission in Bangladesh and work with younger kids. Bengal Bouts has been an integral part of his Notre Dame experience, he said. “It has really changed everything
Alysa Guffey and Kayle Liao | Thursday, October 10, 2019
Part of South Quad will be transformed into a rustic landscape Thursday as Welsh Family Hall presents its second-annual Hoedown Throwdown. The event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. and will feature a variety of games and food including apple cider, donuts and kettle corn. All proceeds from the Throwdown will benefit St.
Alexandra Muck | Friday, August 30, 2019
Students can apply every year to conduct a summer of service abroad or in the U.S. through the International Summer Service Learning Program (ISSLP) and Summer Service Learning Program (SSLP). This past summer, 68 students served over 80 organizations across 18 countries through ISSLP, Rachel Tomas Morgan, director of ISSLP, said in an email. In
Joe Andrews | Thursday, March 7, 2019
While fans in attendance at last week’s Bengal Bouts finals believed they were witnessing the end of a four-month boxing season, the men in the ring, gasping and bleeding for a common cause, saw something quite different — another beginning to the larger, seemingly endless fight to protect Christian minorities in Bangladesh. According to Bengal
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 10, 2018
I have no idea what I want to do with my life. Sometimes, I’m able to think up a possible post-graduate plan and career, but most times I just get lost in my thoughts and end up scrapping every plan. And living in Bangladesh for two months didn’t lay out the rest of my life
Selena Ponio | Thursday, February 15, 2018
For senior Pat Gordon, what started off as an activity to get his mind off things transformed into a passion. “My mother passed away in high school, and I was upset, looking for an outlet. I walked into a boxing gym and fell in love with it,” Gordon said. Gordon said one of the things
Darcy Dehais | Friday, March 3, 2017
Senior Bengal Bouts captain Garrett Schmelling has come full circle this year. He is competing in the finals of the tournament Friday for the first time since his freshman year. However, over the course of his four years, he has found the relationships he has made with other boxers and the cause the fights support