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Isa Sheikh | Friday, May 19, 2023
Miguel Coste understands that it’s strange advice for a Notre Dame salutatorian to tell students to “focus a lot more on the people around you,” rather than work and academics. Having spent the past four years learning on and off campus — from James Joyce’s “Ulysses” to readings on the importance of sleep for memory
Bella Laufenberg | Friday, May 13, 2022
Devin Diggs, a neuroscience and behavior major, has been selected as Notre Dame’s class of 2022 valedictorian. Diggs will deliver the valedictory address during the commencement ceremony Sunday. Diggs hails from Olathe, Kansas, and lived in Dunne Hall on campus. In addition to his neuroscience major, Diggs completed a minor in education, schooling and society
Bella Laufenberg | Friday, May 13, 2022
Morgan La Sala of Wayne, New Jersey, has been selected as Notre Dame’s class of 2022 salutatorian. La Sala majored in mechanical engineering and was a very active member of Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) during her time as an undergraduate. La Sala lived in Flaherty Hall for three years, serving as the Big-Little
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, May 5, 2022
The University named senior Devin Diggs valedictorian Thursday, according to a press release. Senior Morgan La Sala was named salutatorian. The valedictorian and salutatorian are selected among the students with the highest grade point averages in each college. Those identified submit an application and are then interviewed by a selection committee before finally being approved
Ryan Peters | Friday, May 21, 2021
Throughout grade school, Alexis Waldschmidt would often write speeches in braille on note cards so she would not have to look down when presenting. She started this practice after becoming fascinated with braille and American Sign Language (ASL) following a presentation she gave on Helen Keller in third grade. “Just to be able to communicate
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Seniors Sofia Carozza and Annelise Gill-Wiehl will be valedictorian and salutatorian of the 2019 Notre Dame graduating class, respectively, the University announced in a press release Wednesday. The two were chosen following an application process that invites the top three students of each school in the University with the highest grade point average to submit
Tom Naatz | Friday, May 18, 2018
When she was first accepted to Notre Dame, class of 2018 salutatorian Harisa Spahić wasn’t sure she wanted to come to the University. During the spring of her senior year of high school, the self-described “townie”, who was born in Germany to a Bosnian family and lived in Idaho before her family relocated to northern
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, May 3, 2018
The University announced the valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 2018 in a press release Thursday. Senior Andrew Grose will be the 2018 valedictorian and will deliver the valedictory address at the Commencement ceremony, while senior Harisa Spahić will be salutatorian and deliver the invocation as well as the valedictory address if Grose is
Courtney Becker | Friday, May 19, 2017
University class of 2017 salutatorian José Alberto Suárez said he balanced earning a cumulative 4.0 GPA as a computer science and engineering major with his duties as a resident assistant (RA) in Keenan Hall and president of the Student International Business Council (SIBC) by prioritizing what was most important to him during his time at
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The University named valedictorian Caleb “C.J.” Pine and salutatorian José Alberto Suárez in a press release Wednesday. Pine — an Arabic and peace studies major with a minor in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) — is a member of the Glynn Family Honors program, the Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society and is a Hesburgh-Yusko Scholar