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Serena Zacharias | Wednesday, August 28, 2019
University President Fr. John Jenkins highlighted the accomplishments of Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak and the Ukrainian Catholic Church to highlight the mysterious workings of the Holy Spirit in his homily at the annual opening mass of the academic year held Tuesday in the Joyce Center. Jenkins presented the Notre Dame Award to Gudziak in June
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Following the death of Catholic philosopher, theologian and humanitarian Jean Vanier, University President Fr. John Jenkins offered his condolences in a statement Wednesday. Vanier was the founder of L’Arche, a federation of communities for people with developmental disabilities and their caretakers. He received the Notre Dame Award in 1994 for his charity work. “When the University presented
Martha Reilly | Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Preceding her inauguration this Saturday, College President Jan Cervelli went out on a limb and planted a tree outside Spes Unica Hall on Tuesday, reminding students to remember their roots at the College while also engaging with the tri-campus community. Saint Mary’s deemed this river birch tree the Trinity Tree because it grows with three connected
Emily McConville | Tuesday, February 17, 2015
University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Tuesday that the Class of 2015’s commencement ceremony will take place in Notre Dame Stadium instead of the Joyce Center, as the University originally planned. Jenkins made the announcement at an undergraduate town hall meeting in DeBartolo Hall, during which Jenkins, University Provost Tom Burish and Executive Vice President John Affleck-Graves
Observer Staff Report | Monday, February 16, 2015
Former Notre Dame women’s basketball player Karen Robinson Keyes and her husband Kevin Keyes made a $5 million gift to Notre Dame to underwrite the salary of the women’s basketball head coach, the University announced Monday in a press release. The Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Women’s Basketball Coach, as the position will be
Margaret Hynds, Kayla Mullen and Emily McConville | Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Notre Dame students and staff and members of the Congregation of Holy Cross filled the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Monday night for a memorial Mass celebrating the life of Daniel Kim, a sophomore in the Mendoza College of Business who died last week. University President Fr. John Jenkins presided over the Mass. University
Madison Jaros | Tuesday, January 20, 2015
“Let peace begin with me.” Those were the words that echoed throughout the rotunda of the Main Building on Monday as Notre Dame honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through prayer. Students, faculty and members of the South Bend community sat together under the Dome as they prayed and sang traditional hymns,
Catherine Owers | Thursday, February 13, 2014
University President Fr. John Jenkins signed a formal agreement with St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai, India, that includes plans for study abroad programs, summer research programs, faculty exchange and research collaboration, according to a Feb. 6 press release. “Father Jenkins also signed similar memorandums of understanding with St. Stephen’s College in Delhi and the Indian
Matthew DeFranks | Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The University is hoping to begin massive construction on Notre Dame Stadium after the conclusion of the 2014 football season, University President Fr. John Jenkins said in an interview with The Observer. The Notre Dame Board of Trustees has endorsed a plan to build three buildings totaling 750,000 square feet that will surround the Stadium.