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19 posts tagged "Office of Residential Life"

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Fearing University shutdown, on-campus students seek off-campus housing

Alysa Guffey | Friday, August 28, 2020

Following the announcement that Notre Dame would be implementing at least two weeks of online classes in an effort to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases, there were murmurs among many students who thought the University would shut the campus down after the two weeks. This unease and the possibility of being told to leave

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Jenkins announces preliminary fall semester guidelines

Observer Staff Report | Monday, June 15, 2020

In preparation for the fall semester, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email Monday a list of guidelines and practices community members will be expected to follow as they return to campus. According to the University’s COVID-19 news website, a phased return of students to campus will begin July 27. Move-in for undergraduates

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Vice president for student affairs answers questions, provides timeline for information regarding move-in process for fall semester

Observer Staff Report | Saturday, May 30, 2020

In a question and answer session hosted by student government, vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding provided updates regarding the fall semester through a video posted on YouTube Friday. She said information regarding the move-in process will be relayed to students on June 15. When asked about widespread mask requirements, Hoffmann Harding said

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From the Archives: The Notre Dame ‘uprising’ of ’99

Evan McKenna, Sarah Kikel, Andrew Cameron and Meghan Pryor | Monday, April 27, 2020

Notre Dame students tend to reserve mass displays of frenzy for Welcome Weekend events or football Saturdays, but one such display came April 26, 1999, both unexpected and unprecedented: a campus blackout and the student uprisings that followed. The events of that night remain largely enigmatic, but somewhere within the commotion and confusion lies a

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Rectors can’t do their jobs while handcuffed

G. Matthew Molinsky | Thursday, April 16, 2020

When the rectors of Notre Dame residence halls are unobstructed from doing their jobs, their roles resemble that of fathers and mothers. As parents do with their children, rectors share a life with their residents and in an intimate home. They eat meals together, celebrate holidays together and pray together. However, certain policies from the

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Residential Life announces fall room pick logistics

Observer Staff Report | Friday, April 3, 2020

Notre Dame’s Office of Residential Life announced details for how University students will conduct room picks for the upcoming fall semester 2020 in an email Friday.  “As always, room picks is driven by your seniority and randomized lottery number,” the email said.  April 8 is the late deadline for the housing application, and at 5

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Notre Dame to modify student life in light of COVID-19 fears

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 11, 2020

In light of the University suspending in-person classes until April 13, Notre Dame will remain open and adjustments to student life and offices will be made, Erin Hoffmann Harding, vice president for student affairs, said in a follow-up email. All student extracurricular activities will be suspended through April 13, and student-athletes will be contacted regarding

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How random are random roommates?

Meghan Cappitelli | Wednesday, March 4, 2020

The prospect of rooming with a total stranger is simply the cherry on top of the mountain of worries we had already built up as incoming college freshmen. All Notre Dame students felt this uneasiness during the months leading up to the disclosure of their long-awaited roommate assignments. After we had been left in the

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Associate vice president for Residential Life discusses off-campus ‘differentiation’ policies

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

When Notre Dame alumni meet each other, associate vice president of Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell said their first question is not “What did you study?” or “When did you graduate?” but “Where did you live?” Notre Dame’s residence halls, she said, are a defining feature of the undergraduate experience. Even after students move off

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2021 Hall of the Year power rankings

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, October 1, 2019

As many of you know, recent administration policies have deemed students living off campus will soon no longer be able to take part in some activities in their dorm communities. I support these decisions fully — the administration could never err, and suggesting anything otherwise is utterly ridiculous. Those who make such accusations should be

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