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-24 posts tagged "Gratitude"
Peter Breen | Thursday, March 23, 2023
The 2022-2023 Notre Dame student senate convened for its second to last meeting Wednesday evening in the Mendoza College of Business. Student body president Patrick Lee offered his final State of the Student Union address and senators deliberated on four Student Union awards. After opening prayer, roll call and the approval of minutes, director of
Isabelle Kause | Friday, December 2, 2022
As I made my way back from Chicago to South Bend after a relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgiving break with my family, I found myself reflecting on the last few days with an immense amount of gratitude. Last year, during my first year of college, I spent the beginning part of Thanksgiving break working on a
Hannah Hebda | Friday, December 2, 2022
We don’t have many formal Thanksgiving traditions in the Hebda household. The holiday is pretty standard for us. I love cooking with my mom, watching football with my brothers and my dad and simply spending time with my family. One very basic tradition we do have, however, is one where each of us says something
Jack Griffiths | Friday, December 2, 2022
Head spectrum is the cognitive carnival. Your neurons have soared off the rails. So hold on to your everything, ladies and gentlemen. Behold the hidden wonder of the world and watch as thoughts bounce on all the cranium walls. Getting the opportunity to (metaphorically) spill ink about my personal experiences and about neurodivergence more broadly
Kathryn Muchnick | Monday, November 21, 2022
Nov. 14-20 marked Worker Appreciation Week on campus and in honor of the week, various groups, including Campus Ministry, Student Government, the Center for Social Concerns (CSC), BridgeND and residence halls, came together to celebrate and uplift the Notre Dame staff. Bridget Schippers, a junior who helped organize Worker Appreciation Week (WAW), said the goal
Mary Ellen Woods | Thursday, April 14, 2022
One of the areas we explored in the Fellows Class of the Inspired Leadership Initiative (ILI) Fellows is the concept of gratitude. Our discussion focused on gratitude as a way of life — being truly appreciative of the joys in life, both small and large. As my time in ILI and on-campus draws to a
Mannion McGinley | Monday, March 21, 2022
“If you can’t play sports? Write ‘em.” Former Sports Editor Hayden Adams quoted fellow former Sports Editor Ellen Geyer on that point throughout my entire first two years in the department. So that’s what I did and now, I wear those words on my wrist daily. The quote is written on a black bracelet with
Allison Thornton | Thursday, February 17, 2022
When I first joined The Observer as a second-semester first-year at Saint Mary’s College, I never imagined that The Observer office in the basement of South Dining Hall would become my second home. Yet, over the past two and a half years, The Observer has become one of the most significant parts of my life.
Devin Humphreys | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
One incredible benefit of being at Notre Dame Law School is the opportunity to complete a directed reading. A directed reading is where you develop a research proposal and write a substantive paper on that topic, guided one-on-one by a professor of your choosing. At the end of the semester, a paper of 10,000 words
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The other day, I went on a walk to St. Mary’s lake with a few friends. Honestly, it was less of a walk and more of a picture-taking session. After all, it was evening and if you have never seen a sunset at St. Mary’s lake, you are really missing out. And this spring sunset