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Observer Staff Report | Monday, April 29, 2019
The College filed a counterclaim response March 22 to former College President Jan Cervelli’s March 12 lawsuit. Cervelli filed a response to their counterclaims April 4. The College’s response to the initial complaint addresses each of the points made by Cervelli and her legal team. In a statement provided by assistant director of integrated communications Haleigh
Jordan Cockrum | Friday, August 24, 2018
College President Jan Cervelli condemned the actions of clergy in the Pennsylvania clergy sexual abuse scandal and called on the Saint Mary’s community to enact positive change in her reflections at the College’s opening of the academic year Mass on Thursday. “The report on the grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse, and its related cover-up,
Letter to the Editor | Friday, August 17, 2018
When students arrive on campus each August, they bring an energizing vitality to our community. As they move in, their enthusiasm for the new academic year easing the loads they carry to their rooms, I can’t help but think ahead, a few months or years into the future, when these young women will begin to
Observer Staff Report | Friday, February 2, 2018
The first College Assembly will take place Friday from 3–4 p.m. in Carroll Auditorium of Madeleva Hall, according to an email President Jan Cervelli sent to the Saint Mary’s community on Tuesday. Cervelli said in the email the gathering will serve as a comfortable atmosphere in which attendees can vocalize their opinions about and suggestions
Martha Reilly | Thursday, December 7, 2017
When seniors Bailey Oppman and Lydia Lorenc officially took the wheel in their roles as president and vice president of Saint Mary’s Student Government Association (SGA) in August, they refused to let any roadblocks make them stop short of pursuing their goals. “It was a bit of an adjustment at first because we unknowingly found
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
After race-related graffiti was found on campus, Saint Mary’s affirmed its mission to foster an inclusive atmosphere, according to an email College President Jan Cervelli sent to the community Nov. 21. In the email, Cervelli said students should vocalize opposition to injustice they may encounter on campus. “Hate- and bias-related incidents, including race-related graffiti that
Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 19, 2017
June 1, 2016: Jan Cervelli starts first term as College President Cervelli assumed her new role as Saint Mary’s President on June 1 and was officially inaugurated on Nov. 12. At the ceremony, Cervelli said she envisioned Saint Mary’s collaborating with Notre Dame and Holy Cross in the best interest of all three institutions. “There
Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 19, 2017
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh dies at 97 On Feb. 26, 2015, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, 15th president of Notre Dame and one of the most influential figures in higher education, died at the age of 97. Friends, family and the Notre Dame community came together to celebrate his life at his funeral held at the Basilica of
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 8, 2017
University President Fr. John Jenkins, Saint Mary’s President Jan Cervelli and Holy Cross President Br. John Paige signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Tuesday declaring their commitment to a “collaborative approach in [their] attempt to eliminate sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking and any other form of sexual harassment” from the community, according to
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