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-20 posts tagged "Coeducation"
Elizabeth Prater | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
On March 18, Ali Kershner, a sports performance coach at Stanford University, posted a photo comparing the weight rooms for the NCAA women’s and men’s basketball tournament. The post went viral — and for good reason. While the men’s teams had a room with power racks and Olympic bars and weights, the women’s teams were
Evan McKenna, Adriana Perez and Madilynn O'Hara | Monday, September 28, 2020
In the fall of 1971, after years of plans for a Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s merger were ultimately scrapped, the University offered a highly-contested consolation — the admittance of women into the class of 1972. This week’s edition of From the Archives explores the aftermath of the University’s coeducation decision: administrative adjustments, evolving traditions
Jim Moster, Maria Leontaras, Mary Steurer and Marirose Osborne | Monday, November 4, 2019
On Nov. 3, 1966, the very first issue of The Observer was published. In its debut edition, students and faculty expressed optimism for the newspaper’s future. We’re proud to see The Observer continue into its 53rd year. But we’d be remiss to celebrate the legacy of the paper without acknowledging the more unseemly elements of
Katie Hieatt and Annie Moran | Friday, September 27, 2019
Among the attempts to characterize Notre Dame culture that line the shelves of the Hammes Bookstore, there exists a cheeky character called “Things Notre Dame Students Like,” its contents compiled from a blog of the same name. Being lovers of relatable and self-deprecating humor (read: Twitter. We like Twitter.), we were eager to discover aspects
Katie Hieatt and Annie Moran | Friday, September 13, 2019
“We knew we were groundbreaking. We knew there were a lot of people against us. We knew we would succeed.” Anne Pillai, class of 1977, remembers the day she came home from high school and her mother informed her Notre Dame was accepting women. Now working as the associate program director for education and outreach
Andrea Vale | Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Before entering her senior year of high school, now-college senior Jillian Montalvo attended the Introduction to Engineering Program at Notre Dame. As part of the program, she also attended an event hosted by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), during which she listened to speakers from the group. When she arrived on campus, Montalvo knew what
Marisa Iati | Sunday, March 1, 2015
Long heralded as the driving force behind coeducation at Notre Dame, University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh said he had simple reasons for opening the University to undergraduate women in 1972. “When God made the human race, he didn’t just make men; he made men and women,” Hesburgh told The Observer in February 2013.
Letter to the Editor | Sunday, March 1, 2015
Dear Father Ted, It is with gratitude and deep devotion that I write to reflect on your legacy at Notre Dame and your lasting gift to the women of Our Lady. Forty-plus years later, we women of ND are the proud legacy of your having the vision and the courage many years ago to break
Kayla Mullen | Thursday, September 4, 2014
Each year, the Thanking Father Ted (TFT) Foundation provides a copy the 2007 book “Thanking Father Ted” to all female Notre Dame freshmen. The Hall Presidents Council will distribute the book, which consists of a collection of letters to University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, in e-book form within the next week, Michael Wajda, co-chair of Hall Presidents Council,
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, December 1, 1971
The University of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s College officially announced yesterday that “it is not possible” to accomplish complete unification at this time.” The joint statement released by Sr. Olivette Whalen, C.S.C., chairman of the SMC Board of Trustees and Edmund A. Stephan, Chairman of the ND trustees cited financial and administrative problems as