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-48 posts tagged "Graduation"
Christopher Parker | Friday, May 17, 2019
Notre Dame’s graduating class of 2019 will receive their degrees Sunday at the University of Notre Dame’s 174th commencement ceremony. The weekend includes graduation ceremonies from different schools and programs, events recognizing the work of students in dozens of departments and four student and guest speakers. “We have 2,045 undergraduate degrees and 1,122 graduate degrees
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 7, 2019
Seniors, As we begin our final semester, the unsettling realization of our proximity to graduation has certainly hit us all. Many of us feel the impending May date with dread, possibly even entertaining the notion of failing a few classes in order to remain another year on campus. Yet, after fantasizing about this tempting ploy
Lucy Lynch | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
I saw a tweet the other day from actor Kumail Nanjiani that really struck me. It read: “Shower thought: It’s not the songs I loved that really pull me back to a specific place in my life; it’s the songs I liked.” In my final semester here at Notre Dame, like many other seniors, I
Courtney Becker | Friday, January 18, 2019
One week into my last semester at Notre Dame and I’m starting to make a mental list of things I want to do before I graduate in May. I’d love to attend one of every Irish team’s sporting events, visit every dorm chapel on campus — for Mass or otherwise — and go to arts
Lucy Collins | Thursday, August 23, 2018
First, I thought I could use the time on the train to meditate or pray — I’ve been rediscovering my faith this past year. I underestimated how hard it was to treat others how you’d like to be treated while commuting with hordes of angry businessmen who hate their lives. When people, myself included, are
Sara Schlecht | Friday, May 18, 2018
The annual Graduate Destination Survey administered by the Career Crossings Office at Saint Mary’s, in conjunction with the Office for Institutional Research, gave statistical data about the post-graduate plans for this year’s senior class. “[The survey] helps provide a ‘snapshot’ of where [graduating seniors] are at the time of graduation,” Stacie Jeffirs, director of the
Marek Mazurek | Friday, May 18, 2018
So often end-of-the-year columns talk about what a special place Notre Dame is. But it’s not. It’s a beautiful place for sure, but there are lots of beautiful campuses in the country. As an institution Notre Dame isn’t special either. It’s great academically and I will be extremely proud to receive my degree, but there
Nicole Caratas | Friday, May 18, 2018
When I was looking for which college to go to, my dream schools were Kenyon College and Boston College. I ended up at Saint Mary’s as a compromise. I loved the College, and my parents loved that it had connections with Notre Dame. The deal was I would major in engineering and get a degree
Katie Galioto | Friday, May 18, 2018
The sign is pretty wrinkled, and it’s starting to tear a little in the top right corner. Otherwise, it’s held up remarkably well over the past four years. It’s on the type of paper all elementary schools have in their art rooms, the kind that comes in big rolls. The lettering was done in red
Benjamin Padanilam | Friday, May 18, 2018
I can’t believe how quickly these four years have flown by. With graduation set for Sunday, I — like just about every other senior — have been doing a lot of thinking about that time. I’ve also been doing a lot of thinking about the future. When I first got to Notre Dame, I remember feeling a