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Grant to help provide pre-college programming for underserved high school students

Colleen Farrell | Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Notre Dame office of pre-college programming has received a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc, a private charitable organization based in Indianapolis. The funding provided by this grant will go towards providing pre-college programming for teens from underserved high schools in Indiana. The Lilly Endowment has offered other grants in the tri-campus community, including

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University utilizes grant to promote mental health

Bella Laufenberg | Tuesday, September 21, 2021

The process of securing funds from Lilly Endowment Inc. started a year before pilot communities appeared in selected dorms during the spring 2021 semester. Christine Caron Gebhardt, associate vice president for student services, said she began developing a grant proposal in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck campus. Before she started working on the

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Campus Life details guest policy changes, dining hall partial re-openings

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, January 28, 2021

The University announced several policy and campus life updates in a Thursday email from the Division of Student Affairs. Beginning Feb. 3, following the conclusion of pre-matriculation testing, students may visit residence halls other than their own in designated 24-hour common spaces, while maintaining physical distancing, wearing masks and adhering to occupation guidelines. Students may

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Saint Mary’s receives $1 million grant to expand health sciences program

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the College a $1 million grant to move forward on a new Center for Integrative Healthcare Education (CIHE) on campus, Saint Mary’s announced in a press release Wednesday. The CIHE is designed to help the College build off the strengths it holds in its health sciences, specifically the nursing

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Notre Dame receives grant to promote innovation in South Bend-Elkhart region

Observer Staff Report | Monday, April 29, 2019

Notre Dame was awarded a $42.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment to fund the Labs for Industry Futures and Transformation (LIFT) Network, which the University will use to strengthen and support technology, innovation and workforce development throughout the South Bend and Elkhart region, the University announced in a press release Friday. The Lilly Endowment is

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Saint Mary’s receives Lilly Endowment grant

Kathryn Marshall | Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The Lilly Endowment Incorporated has made a nearly $527,000 gift to Saint Mary’s Division for Mission, which will be used to fund a week-long theology summer institute for high school girls on the College’s campus. The pilot program will run summer 2016, vice president for mission Judy Fean said. According to the Lilly Endowment Incorporated

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Scholarship awarded to student, alumna duo

Kate Kulwicki | Thursday, November 20, 2014

In its 25th year, the Realizing the Dream Program awarded Saint Mary’s student, sophomore Maranda Pennington, with a $2,500 scholarships, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. The Realizing the Dream Program seeks out first-generation college students enrolled in an institution of Independent Colleges of Indiana and acknowledges overall outstanding achievement in a student’s freshman year. Pennington was nominated by