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Morris Inn looks to recover, refresh after pandemic

Spencer Kelly | Friday, October 29, 2021

 While the first year of the pandemic was chaotic for everyone, director of operations John Cheng said the Morris Inn had a particularly tumultuous time. Now, the Morris Inn is seeking to restore normalcy and is renovating to keep things fresh. When Notre Dame shut down in March 2020, the inn quickly transitioned to housing

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Residential Life to convert Pangborn to men’s dorm, renovate Sorin in upcoming year

Alysa Guffey | Monday, May 3, 2021

The Office of Residential Life has finalized changes and renovations in residential life for the upcoming academic year, including the transformation of Pangborn Hall into a men’s dorm, the complete renovation of Sorin College and a minor renovation of Welsh Family Hall. Primarily used as transitional housing for the past few years, Pangborn Hall will

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Keep Ugly Room ugly

BridgeND | Monday, February 3, 2020

At the tail end of fall semester, a petition was posted outside of the second floor area of Hesburgh Library where renovations are scheduled to soon take place. The petition, which read “Keep Ugly Room Ugly” amassed signatures by passersby in the last week of school, as students crammed into Ugly Room to study for

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Tunnel connecting Le Mans Hall and Cushwa-Leighton library to open within three months

Maeve Filbin | Wednesday, January 29, 2020

As part of the recently launched multi-year facilities update, for which Saint Mary’s received approval to issue a bond of $51.5 million, the tunnel system between Le Mans Hall and Cushwa-Leighton Library will be reopened for student use. Though the official reopening date is pending, plans to renovate the tunnels have been in place since

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Following an anonymous donation, 125-year-old Grotto receives summer revamp

Cate Von Dohlen | Friday, August 30, 2019

The Grotto, which is frequented by students, faculty and visitors of the University every day, underwent major renovations over the summer months. The University received a gift from an anonymous benefactor to replace the asphalt pavement and widen the east stairs, Doug Marsh, the principal overseer of the project, said in an email. Marsh said

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Dillon Hall keeps community in Baumer for year

Mariah Rush | Wednesday, August 28, 2019

This year, the men of Dillon Hall will have a change of scenery — all 251 residents of Dillon can be found living in the brand-new Baumer Hall due to a year-long full-scale renovation of their home dorm.  Dillon, built in 1931 and last renovated in 2005, may have jumped ahead in the list of

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Hoping to receive $51.5 million, Saint Mary’s launches a multi-year series of updates

Maeve Filbin | Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Saint Mary’s began a major multi-year series of facilities updates this summer, spending over $2.5 million in the months leading up to fall semester. These renovations were made possible after the Board of Trustees designated up to $3 million to be added to the current fiscal year’s capital budget, vice president for strategy and finance

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Saint Mary’s undergoing $2.5 million-dollar, campus-wide renovation

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Saint Mary’s is spending more than $2.5 million upgrading its campus this summer, the College announced in a Wednesday press release. Renovations began at the end of last semester and have continued throughout the summer months, vice president for strategy and finance Dana Strait said in the release. “We are thankful to have a healthy endowment

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Cushwa-Leighton closing for summer renovations

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, July 4, 2019

Saint Mary’s Cushwa-Leighton Library will be closing for a week, from July 15 through July 19, 2019, library director Joe Thomas said in a campus-wide e-mail Wednesday. The library will be undergoing some renovations during this time, including new painting and carpeting, with more updates scheduled for later this summer. While Cushwa-Leighton will be closed,

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Senate hears presentations, approves resolution

Claire Rafford | Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Notre Dame’s student senate convened for its weekly meeting Monday evening, hearing presentations regarding the Sexual Conduct and Campus Climate Survey and Hesburgh Library renovations, as well as approving a new constitutional amendment and nominating senators for the Constitution Committee. Junior and student government director of gender relations Elizabeth Boyle started the meeting with a short

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