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Maeve Filbin and Gina Twardosz | Thursday, February 13, 2020
Katie Conboy, the newly announced 14th president of Saint Mary’s, began her pursuit of a sense of “belonging” as a young girl growing up on army bases around the world. Conboy, who previously served as provost and senior vice president at Simmons University, as well as a professor of English literature and provost at Stonehill
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Saint Mary’s Interim President Nancy Nekvasil and other campus dignitaries will announce and introduce the incoming College president at a “special event” for students, faculty and staff Wednesday, according to a media alert. Nekvasil will be joined by Gretchen Flicker, chair of the board of trustees and an alumna from the College’s class of 1993,
Observer Staff Report | Friday, October 11, 2019
Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees re-elected University President Fr. John Jenkins to a fourth five-year term as the University’s president, the University announced in a Friday news release. The Board made its decision at its fall meeting, which took place on campus. Jenkins was originally elected to the post in 2005. In the release, board
Observer Staff Report | Monday, July 15, 2019
Notre Dame has appointed Fr. Daniel Groody — a University fellow and trustee as well as an associate professor of theology and global affairs — as vice president and associate provost, the University announced in a press release Monday. According to the release, Jim Morrison, currently Notre Dame’s assistant provost for strategic initiatives, will take on greater
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Shayla Keough Rumely and Sara Martinez Tucker were elected fellows of the University by the Notre Dame Board of Trustees on May 3, the University announced in a press release Wednesday. It was also announced that John J. Brennan, the chair of the Board, was elected to a second three-year term and president-elect of the
Observer Staff Report | Monday, April 29, 2019
The College filed a counterclaim response March 22 to former College President Jan Cervelli’s March 12 lawsuit. Cervelli filed a response to their counterclaims April 4. The College’s response to the initial complaint addresses each of the points made by Cervelli and her legal team. In a statement provided by assistant director of integrated communications Haleigh
Claire Rafford | Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Student government leadership met with members of the Notre Dame administration and Board of Trustees to discuss the results of the Inclusive Campus Climate Survey released in October. Student body president Gates McGavick, student body vice president Corey Gayheart and chief of staff Briana Tucker, all seniors, discussed the problems the survey presented and potential
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, February 7, 2019
The Notre Dame Board of Trustees appointed Fr. Daniel G. Groody as a fellow and trustee Friday, a University press released announced Thursday. Groody, a prolific author and filmmaker who works at the University an associate professor of theology and global affairs, replaces Fr. Timothy Scully, who served as a trustee for 18 years and
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, August 22, 2018
After serving as Notre Dame’s executive vice president since 2004, John Affleck-Graves will retire on June 30, the University announced in a press release emailed to the Notre Dame community Wednesday. “It is with mixed emotions that I send along the attached press release announcing the retirement in June 2019 of the University’s executive vice
Mary Bernard | Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Four percent of the president’s leadership council at Notre Dame are people of color, compared to 30 percent of the student body while just 28 percent of the University’s Board of Trustees are women, compared to 49 percent of the student body. These statistics were among several others presented to the student affairs committee of