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From the Archives: The historical connection between Jimmy Carter and Notre Dame

Spencer Kelly, Thomas Dobbs, Erin Drumm and Avery Polking | Monday, February 27, 2023

On Feb. 18, former President Jimmy Carter, age 98, entered hospice care. The announcement was followed by a flurry of tributes for the longest-living American president, whose legacy has become defined less by his time in office and more by extensive humanitarian work in the decades since he left the White House. Carter’s laudable efforts

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Humanitarian describes work with child refugees

Kelly Konya | Wednesday, February 25, 2015

“Children are moving; children are on-the-go; children are unsafe in the world. It’s our job — my job — to keep them safe.” Saint Mary’s alumna and associate director of Save The Children Sarita Fritzler spoke at the College on Tuesday afternoon to talk about her work with the D.C. organization and raised the issue of

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Professional athlete discusses humanitarianism

Alex Cao | Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Ruth Riley, a 2001 Notre Dame graduate and former Notre Dame women’s basketball player, came to the Eck Center last night to give the lecture “From Professional Athlete to Humanitarian: How I Became involved in the Fight Against Poverty and Disease,” an event organized by the Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity.