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Observer Staff Report | Thursday, July 30, 2020
Erin Hoffman Harding, vice president for student affairs, announced additional information regarding residential life and dining options for the fall semester in a Thursday email to the student body. Students living in undergraduate residence halls will be required to wear a mask in all spaces in halls other than their personal room. In addition, daily
Observer Staff Report | Friday, June 12, 2020
In an attempt to maintain social distancing guidelines, move-in for Saint Mary’s residence halls will take place over the course of six days, beginning Aug. 4 through Aug. 9, the Office of Residence Life announced in an email Friday. Fall semester courses are scheduled to commence Aug. 10. Students will be sent a link to
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, April 30, 2020
In a Thursday email to students, Saint Mary’s Residence Life staff said the College has finalized the move out plan for all students residing in residence halls. “The move-out process will begin May 6 and continue through May 31,” the email said. “Residence Life will continue to monitor and assess the evolving pandemic situation for
Maeve Filbin | Thursday, December 5, 2019
A piece of white computer paper stands out amidst a sea of bright decorations taped to Saint Mary’s residence assistant (RA) Ivol Frasier’s door in Le Mans Hall, reading, “My room is hate free,” and “Please help me keep Le Mans Hall safe for everyone.” Stickers of the LGBTQ pride flag and transgender pride flag,
Maeve Filbin | Wednesday, October 30, 2019
In the parlor of Riedinger House, students sat on couches and clustered together on the floor, leaning forward attentively to listen to the Resident Assistants sharing stories of ghostly encounters in the Saint Mary’s residence halls. Tuesday night, the Class Gift Campaign of the Office of Annual Giving hosted the annual reading of “Quiet Hours,”
Jordan Cockrum | Thursday, August 25, 2016
Saint Mary’s welcomed Paton Roden and Nicole Hundt as hall directors for Residence Life in Regina Hall and Le Mans, respectively. Roden said she received her graduate degree from the University of Virginia, and was an assistant with student life during her time there. “When I had my campus visit I just fell in love with the community and
Rachel O'Grady | Friday, August 19, 2016
The Notre Dame campus community gained two new homes this year, with the opening of Dunne and Flaherty Halls. As these are the first new residence halls built since Ryan Hall in 2009, “this is an exciting time for the University,” associate vice president for residential life Heather Rakoczy Russell said. “Our undergraduate residential system is
Matthew McKenna | Friday, March 20, 2015
Hall of the Year presentations, which give hall presidents and vice presidents the chance to summarize the activities and condition of their dorm, begin next week. These presentations make up more than half the criteria for the Hall of the Year selection. Senior Michael Wajda, co-chair of Hall Presidents Council, said 65 percent of Hall of the
Jack Rooney | Friday, August 22, 2014
As Notre Dame freshmen move in Friday, a record nine new rectors will welcome students back to their residence halls. Heather Rakoczy Russell, associate vice president for residential life, said this is the single largest rector turnover on record, with new rectors in Cavanaugh, Duncan, Fisher, Howard, Knott, Lyons, Pasquerilla East, Walsh and Welsh Family
Maura Kelly | Monday, February 17, 2014
At the President’s Dinner on Junior Parents Weekend, Father Jenkins said Junior Parents Weekend only served as a reminder to parents that “this is a four-seasons school.” Laughing politely with the crowd at the comfortable and familiar joke about the weather, I didn’t realize how deeply that sentiment would actually resonate with me. We were