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10 posts tagged "volunteer"

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Saint Mary’s College sends love to local community center

Katelyn Waldschmidt | Thursday, February 16, 2023

On Tuesday, Saint Mary’s students had the opportunity to stop on their way to lunch and spend a few minutes helping people who attend various programs at La Casa de Amistad, a South Bend community center. Christin Kloski, director of student equity, describes the organization as “a non-profit that serves our immigrant community.” The table

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Plan now to help Mayor Pete in Iowa

Gary Caruso | Thursday, November 14, 2019

For politically minded Notre Dame students — regardless of party affiliation, personal presidential candidate preference or self-identified issue purity — a lifetime opportunity has thrust itself upon you. Call it the luck of the Irish or the planets perfectly aligning, but your neighbor is running for the presidency and needs a legion of volunteers. South

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Fill one bucket

Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 23, 2018

The world is full of do-gooders. I consider myself one, and I’m sure you are too. But we need more than just spontaneous do-gooders and volunteers. We need consistency. We need to claim our own cause — and we really only need one. I say this, because I have excelled at the opposite. I have

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Students volunteer with local universities, organizations to ‘Back the Bend’

Andrew Cameron | Monday, April 16, 2018

Braving the cold and rain, students from the tri-campus community and other members of South Bend gathered Saturday to help with a variety of community service projects for the ninth annual “Back the Bend.” The event was a collaboration between the South Bend community, local universities and organizations — Notre Dame Student Government, Saint Mary’s

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Student creates Habitat for Humanity chapter at SMC

Gina Twardosz | Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Saint Mary’s students volunteered their time to build walls for “Women Build,” a project by Habitat for Humanity. Junior Kay Thursby started a Saint Mary’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity and she — along with other Saint Mary’s students — participated in the project as their first event. Thursby said in an email that Habitat for Humanity has always

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No growth, no gain?

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 5, 2016

If the definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose,” then how do you—or is it even possible to—measure success without the existence tangible results? For my first few weeks in Chennai, India, I felt certain that my success rate with the students of Vidya Sagar was going to be negligible if

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Students participate in ‘Happiest 5K on the planet’

Melissa Riordan | Sunday, September 28, 2014

The Color Run provided Notre Dame students and South Bend residents with the opportunity to participate in “The Happiest 5K on the Planet” in South Bend on Saturday. The 3.1-mile loop began and ended at Four Winds Field took runners through four color zones in the downtown area where volunteers stood ready to throw colored powder at participants. Freshman Sydney

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ECDC seeks volunteers for ND, SMC campuses

Lauren Zyber | Sunday, September 21, 2014

The Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Early Childhood Development Centers (ECDC) are currently looking for college student volunteers to work at the nonprofit preschool programs. Program director at ECDC-SMC Kari Alford said any student at Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame or Holy Cross can volunteer at either site, and Alford said no past experience is required. While some

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Career Expo to feature service options

Katie McCarty | Tuesday, September 9, 2014

When the Fall Career Expo kicks off Wednesday, there will be a new twist to the event: the opportunity for students to explore postgraduate service opportunities. Hilary Flanagan, director of the Career Center, said the new development arose from a collaboration between the Center for Social Concerns (CSC) and the Career Center. “Service options have been a

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Students research, volunteer during spring break

Madison Jaros | Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Many Notre Dame students chose to forego traveling back home or relaxing on the beach this spring break, deciding instead to spend the week pursuing academic research or volunteering. Over the break, 10 students traveled to Birmingham, Ala., to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, an organization that constructs homes for those in need.  The students

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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