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13 posts tagged "Uganda"

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Global affairs graduate student receives amnesty award for work in Uganda

Alysa Guffey | Wednesday, February 19, 2020

When Victoria Nyanjura noticed a hole in the Women’s Advocacy Network in Uganda, she knew she had to act. A graduate student in Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, Nyanjura is a Ugandan native who is a survivor of captivity. At 14 years old, she was abducted in Aboke, Uganda, by the paramilitary group

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From feeding sheep to teaching in missionaries, students reflect on their ISSLP and SSLP experiences

Alexandra Muck | Friday, August 30, 2019

Students can apply every year to conduct a summer of service abroad or in the U.S. through the International Summer Service Learning Program (ISSLP) and Summer Service Learning Program (SSLP). This past summer, 68 students served over 80 organizations across 18 countries through ISSLP, Rachel Tomas Morgan, director of ISSLP, said in an email. In

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Usborne Book Fair partners with College Uganda program

Marirose Osborne | Thursday, November 15, 2018

For the ninth year, the Usborne Book Fair has returned to Saint Mary’s College. Every year, the organization brings books of every kind, from coloring to reference. The books will be available from Nov. 15 to 16 in the Saint Mary’s Student Center Atrium, and there will be activities for kids at the event. Usborne

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Belles For Africa raises funds through Miss A Meal program

Maria Leontaras | Thursday, November 2, 2017

When senior Anna McClowry’s went abroad, she said she was inspired to create the Belles For Africa club at Saint Mary’s. Last summer, McClowry and seven other Saint Mary’s students traveled to Kyarusozi, Uganda, to teach and work in a clinic sponsored by the sisters of the Holy Cross. “When we came back to campus

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Experiencing life in Jinja, Uganda

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, September 12, 2017

When it comes to a culture, place, person’s life, faith or even yourself, there’s always room to dig deeper. The first day I walked down the main strip of Bugembe in the Jinja District of Uganda, I naively kept my eyes down. I watched my feet as I stepped over large gaps in the road

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Students prep for 14th annual Baraka Bouts

Katie Galioto | Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Every time she puts on her boxing gloves and steps into the pit, senior Rachel Francis said she gets butterflies in her stomach. “I don’t know if I’ve ever been as nervous as before getting into the ring on fight night,” she said. Francis is a captain for Notre Dame’s Women’s Boxing Club, which hosts

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An avocado broke my finger

Letter to the Editor | Friday, September 9, 2016

Last May, I embarked on an adventure that would ultimately change the direction of my life (and my left middle finger). I worked with the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Gulu, Uganda. From these incredible women I learned so many things, like how to make industrial quality liquid soap, groundnut butter and

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SMC students reflect on Uganda summer program

Megan Uekert | Thursday, October 8, 2015

Students gathered in Carroll Auditorium at Saint Mary’s Wednesday evening to listen to the stories of four students who spent seven weeks in the summer serving with the Sisters of Holy Cross in Kyarusozi, Uganda. Alice Young, assistant director of global education, said each year the Uganda summer practicum accepts four rising seniors who are

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A deeper understanding of the world through service

Anthony Derouin | Thursday, October 1, 2015

This past summer I had the privilege of participating in the International Summer Service Learning Program (ISSLP). It was an experience that truly met and exceeded all of my expectations for studying, traveling and doing service abroad. I made many amazing new friends, saw breathtaking sights, experienced an incredible culture while sharing my own, tried a whole new palette

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Ugandan children’s choir performs at Saint Mary’s

Megan Uekert | Friday, September 11, 2015

The Ugandan Kids Choir, a ministry of Childcare Worldwide, performed in Little Theatre at Saint Mary’s College on Thursday. According to the their website, Childcare Worldwide’s global mission is to “build a bridge between concerned people in the West and children in the developing world, to help meet their spiritual and physical needs through a

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After a week filled with virtual panels and a Yom After a week filled with virtual panels and a Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance prayer service, today marks the final day of Antisemitism Awareness Week.

In light of the recent increase in antisemitism, the Jewish Club at Notre Dame organized this event to both engage and educate the community about combatting this type of hatred.

On Wednesday, Notre Dame’s student senate unanimously voted to pass Resolution SS 2021-37, which calls upon the University to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism — one that has been embraced by nations, international organizations and universities across the world.

“One of the purposes of the working definition is that it’s hard to combat something if you can’t name it, or understand what it is and define it,” said Jewish Club president junior Bella Niforatos about the importance of adopting IHRA’s definition.

After Tuesday’s incident — where a group of non-ND affiliated people zoom-bombed one of the presentations — Jewish Club secretary sophomore Blake Ziegler said the club received an outpour of support from different members of the community. To create a more inclusive space, he said Notre Dame should actively embrace its Jewish members.

“The best way the Notre Dame community can show solidarity with the Jewish community is honestly just engagement, education, learning more about Judaism, engaging your Jewish friends and family, being open to listening to them and their concerns and addressing them,” he said.

After this week, Niforatos said there is one thing the Notre Dame community should remember: “If you have a voice, then you should use it.”

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📷: María Luisa Paúl 

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David Prior’s “The Empty Man” hit theaters i David Prior’s “The Empty Man” hit theaters in October 2020 and despite being a film by 20th Century, it received no advertising or fanfare whatsoever, which naturally resulted in the film having a remarkably short theatrical run.

Read more about the film by clicking the link in bio.
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📸: Elaine Park
ICYMI: University President Fr. John Jenkins annou ICYMI: University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in a Wednesday email that Notre Dame will require all undergraduate, graduate and professional students to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to enroll for the 2021-2022 academic year.

“Our goal for the fall semester will be to have as many members of the campus community vaccinated as possible, thereby reducing the risk of infection on campus and in the local community,” Jenkins said.

The University will respect documented medical and religious exemptions to the vaccine, according to the email.

Learn more about the new requirement at the link in bio. 
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No. 12 Notre Dame clinched a conference-leading fi No. 12 Notre Dame clinched a conference-leading fifth series win in ACC play this past weekend as the Irish grabbed two wins out of three at No. 17 Pittsburgh.

Irish head coach Link Jarrett said he was pleased with another good weekend against a quality opponent, as well as the progress his team has made so far this season.

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Pictured: Outfielder, Brooks Coetzee, junior
📸: Ryan Vigilante
On Friday, the University announced 1,771 were adm On Friday, the University announced 1,771 were admitted to the class of 2025 during the regular decision process. 
The restrictive early action process in December admitted 1,673 students. The university admitted a total of 3, 446 students. 
The Class of 2025 admissions had a record-low acceptance rate at just 14.6%
Read more about the amount of students waitlisted, whether or not the test-optional policy will continue, and the amount of international students accepted at the link in bio.
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📸: Peyton Stearns
Four years ago, junior Anna Rask traveled to the U Four years ago, junior Anna Rask traveled to the US-Mexico border as a volunteer for Kino Border Initiative. The conversations she had with immigrants not only astounded her, but also inspired her to become an immigration advocate, she said. 
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“I learned why they're here, why they're trying to come to the US and what they faced along the way -- just the horrible things that people have gone through -- and then seeing how politicians treat these people or how the actual border patrol treat people, it was shocking,” she said. “I was like ‘I can't let this stay on, I need to do whatever I can as an individual to help these kinds of people get a better life whenever I can contribute.”

Herself the grand-daughter of a Lebanese immigrant, Rask is now aiming to shed light on this issue as vice president of Notre Dame’s Student Coalition for Immmigration Advocacy (SCIA). Today’s #TriCampusTuesday features this group’s ongoing initiative: Immigration Week.
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Throughout the week, the tri-campus community will have the opportunity to “educate, advocate and celebrate” immigration through different activities. On Monday, participants shared a template highlighting why they stood for immigration on their social media platforms. Today, community members could take part in “Trivia Tuesday.” On Wednesday, SCIA will host a panel about strengthening advocacy on campus at 4 p.m. Thursday will include a collection of drawstring bags that will be donated to migrants leaving detention centers. Finally, Friday will feature a call-in campaign, through which participants will call on their peers to demand immigration advocacy from congressional leaders.
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