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11 posts tagged "volunteering"

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Thank you social justice volunteers

lettertotheeditor | Friday, January 27, 2023

The University of Notre Dame does an excellent job of reminding us how important it is to reach out to “the least of our brethren” and practice social justice as part of our daily lives. There is the Center for Social Concerns on campus that does an excellent job clarifying this for us. One of

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Center for Social Concerns ends SSLPs, introduces NDBridge

Tess Brennan | Wednesday, November 9, 2022

The summer service learning program (SSLP) and its international counterpart (ISSLP) have been phased out by the Center for Social Concerns. NDBridge is the University’s new summer community engagement program, limited to rising sophomores. The previous programs were open to students in each of their three summers. NDBridge will continue to offer eight-week service-based immersion

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Center for Social Concerns withdraws resources for community engagement

Angela Mathew | Tuesday, October 11, 2022

The Center for Social Concerns (CSC) no longer provides vehicles for students to rent, free of charge, to do social service as part of community-engaged learning courses. The CSC’s website states “effective June 1, 2022 the center will no longer offer vehicles for reservation.” This change has impacted community-based learning courses across disciplines like romance

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ND Evans scholars teach golf to underprivileged kids

Isabelle Kause | Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Sophomore engineering majors, Luke Christy and Kyle Connors, partnered with John Young Middle School in Mishawaka and the Kids Golf Foundation at Harvest Farms Country Club in Sugar Grove, Illinois in order to teach underprivileged kids how to play golf and expose them to the different opportunities that golf has to offer. Christy argued that

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Fisher Hall to hold annual Regatta boat race

Megan Fahrney | Friday, April 8, 2022

Over 30 teams are set to sail in the 2022 Fisher Regatta, kicking off Friday at St. Mary’s Lake.  The Regatta is Fisher Hall’s signature fundraiser that the hall hosts every year to raise money for St. Adalbert Catholic School in South Bend.  Most dorms enter at least one homemade boat in the race. Other

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Boys and Girls Club of America recognizes partnership between Notre Dame, St. Joseph County

Lilyann Gardner | Wednesday, February 23, 2022

A recent partnership between the University of Notre Dame and the Boys and Girls of St. Joseph County has garnered attention and recognition from the Boys and Girls Club of America. In collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of St. Joseph County, the Office of the Executive Vice President’s University Enterprises and Events (UEE)

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Making the switch

Eva Analitis | Friday, January 21, 2022

“Service” is one of those words that typically evokes supportive sentiments. It’s almost universally regarded as positive to serve one’s community, and most people would consider volunteering to be a hallmark activity of a civic-minded person. Growing up, volunteering and doing service were essential to our development into conscious citizens and gaining a broader understanding

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GMB volunteers reflect on recent Panama trip

Ellie Dombrowski | Friday, April 3, 2020

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Notre Dame-sponsored volunteer trips were cancelled. Although most of such trips were cancelled, one group remained: the Notre Dame chapter of the Global Medical Brigades (GMB). A group of 33 students traveled to Panama on Saturday March 7. “[The] first two days we [focused on] access to

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Go volunteer

Nola Wallace | Thursday, February 27, 2020

Sometimes within our tri-campus bubble, we forget to think about the community outside of the University. South Bend, even with all of its hot spots and local charm, is a city in need of service from people like you. There are many organizations in need of young, smart and energetic volunteers — that I know

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Saint Mary’s students to volunteer at local Arts Cafe event

Emma Ault | Friday, September 27, 2019

On Sunday the Near Northwest neighborhood of South Bend will be hosting its annual Arts Cafe. Members from the Saint Mary’s student body will be participating in the event by helping out in the children’s area for the third year in a row. “The Arts Cafe is a neighborhood festival in the Near Northwest neighborhood.

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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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