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-83 posts tagged "Center for Social Concerns"
Kate Kirwan | Monday, February 27, 2023
This past Thursday, Notre Dame students, South Bend community members and tribe members of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, filled Geddes Hall coffee house, gathering to celebrate the unveiling of the permanent installation of the Pokagon art collection. The installation is a part of the Center for Social Concerns’s Arts of Dignity series and features
Isa Sheikh | Monday, February 20, 2023
Elizabeth Bruenig couldn’t make it the first time her talk at Notre Dame was scheduled. Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Smith, who Bruenig had known for a number of months and referred to familiarly as “Kenny,” was scheduled to be executed the day before her lecture — and she was to be a witness. “I
lettertotheeditor | Friday, January 27, 2023
The University of Notre Dame does an excellent job of reminding us how important it is to reach out to “the least of our brethren” and practice social justice as part of our daily lives. There is the Center for Social Concerns on campus that does an excellent job clarifying this for us. One of
Marcelle Couto | Thursday, December 1, 2022
In August, leaders of the major college-in-prison initiatives within the tri-campus community gathered to create the Notre Dame Programs for Education in Prison (NDPEP) housed within the Center for Social Concerns (CSC). The program offers a liberal arts education in prisons as well as expanding research geared toward improving prison education initiatives. NDPEP aids participants
lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, November 9, 2022
I’m writing to respond to an article in The Observer on Oct. 11: “Center for Social Concerns withdraws resources for community engagement.” As the inaugural assistant director of faith and justice in Campus Ministry (beginning this new role July 1), I have the privilege of organizing service opportunities and social justice initiatives for students. Many of
Tess Brennan | Wednesday, November 9, 2022
The summer service learning program (SSLP) and its international counterpart (ISSLP) have been phased out by the Center for Social Concerns. NDBridge is the University’s new summer community engagement program, limited to rising sophomores. The previous programs were open to students in each of their three summers. NDBridge will continue to offer eight-week service-based immersion
Angela Mathew | Tuesday, October 11, 2022
The Center for Social Concerns (CSC) no longer provides vehicles for students to rent, free of charge, to do social service as part of community-engaged learning courses. The CSC’s website states “effective June 1, 2022 the center will no longer offer vehicles for reservation.” This change has impacted community-based learning courses across disciplines like romance
Peter Breen | Monday, October 3, 2022
Members of the Notre Dame community convened Friday evening in Geddes Hall, the home of the Center for Social Concerns (CSC), for the first Labor Cafe of the fall semester. Dan Graff, history professor and the Higgins Labor Program director at the CSC, kicked off the conversation. “[The Labor Cafe] is the longest running vehicle
Caroline Collins | Thursday, March 24, 2022
Over spring break, groups of students traveled to Immokalee, Florida for the Migrant Experiences seminar and to Washington, D.C. for the Educational Equity seminar. Seminars are courses offered through the Center for Social Concerns. Groups meet during the semester in an academic setting with the course culminating in an immersion trip over fall or spring
Claire Reid | Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Professor Rachel Parroquín’s 30051 Spanish course — a community-based learning course offered through the Center for Social Concerns — is unique among college courses at Notre Dame. Students are required to read at least 1,950 minutes of children’s books during the semester, and they spend one class period each week volunteering at a local elementary