June 29, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—It’s no mystery why campers love Saint Mary’s Summer Academy, an overnight one-week camp for academically and artistically motivated girls, grades 8-12. On Wednesday, July 15 from 7-9 p.m. campers will participate in one of many memorable adventures here—a library mystery event created by a Saint Mary's College librarian who literally wrote the book on this fun way to familiarize young people to libraries...
June 26, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College will participate this fall in the Yellow Ribbon Program, a new federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that helps veterans attend college and/or graduate school. Under an agreement between the VA and Saint Mary’s, up to five qualifying students could potentially attend the school free of charge for the 2009-2010 academic year...
June 9, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Center for Spirituality will host its 24th Annual Seminar on Carmelite Spirituality on June 14-20. This year’s conference is titled “Carmel's Search for Wisdom: Prayer and Contemplation...”
June 3, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that Richard Speller will join the College on July 1 as the vice president for finance and administration. Speller has 25 years of experience as chief financial officer at three highly regarded independent colleges and universities...
May 27, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Alumnae Association Awards, which will be distributed at a banquet during Reunion Weekend, June 4-7...
May 18, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College President Carol Ann Mooney presented one of the College’s most faithful servants, Sister Rose Anne Schultz, CSC, with the prestigious President’s Medal at Saturday’s Commencement...
May 18, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Each year Saint Mary's College presents the Lumen Christi Award to a senior who is recognized by the College community as an outstanding Christian woman. It is the highest award the College confers upon a student. The recipient of this year’s award is Meghan Larsen ’09...
May 18, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff offered words of encouragement to graduates during her address at Saint Mary's 162nd Commencement on Saturday, telling them, "You are in a position to break through the remaining glass ceilings out there...."
May 14, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)- Saint Mary's College chemistry professor J. Philip Bays represented the American Chemical Society’s Project SEED summer research program at a black tie dinner and ceremony on May 13 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C...
May 11, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s is pleased to announce the recipients of three annual awards of distinction. Alicia Wilkins '11 received the St. Catherine Medal, mathematics professor Charles Peltier received the Spes Unica Award and biology professor Tom Fogel received the Maria Pieta Award...
May 11, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Every year, the Saint Mary's College Athletic Department hosts an awards ceremony honoring the senior athletes who have been a part of the Department over the past years...
May 8, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award is Caitlin Brodmerkel '09 of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Every year the Alumnae Association Board of Directors presents this award to the senior class who exemplifies the spirit and values of the College...
April 24, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– The Social Work Department will host a meeting on campus on April 28 to discuss how communities can become friendlier to the aging population. Social work students are working with the department chair on a four-year project for change in Indiana communities...
April 20, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College recognizes National Poetry Month with two events at the Cushwa-Leighton Library on campus...
April 20, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Office for Civic and Social Engagement is pleased to announce that seven students and one sister with the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross will receive unique service awards on April 29...
April 17, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Anne E. Patrick, SNJM, is the featured 2009 Madeleva Lecture Series speaker. The lecture will be held on April 23 in Little Theatre of Moreau Center for the Arts. Sister Patrick is a William H. Laird professor of religion and the Liberal Arts at Carleton College...
April 17, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– Irish eyes were smiling at Deirdre Robinett ’10 when she won the World Irish Dancing Championships last week. The Championships were held from April 5-12 in Philadelphia, PA...
April 14, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Signed, sealed and delivered. Saint Mary’s College students and fourth grade girls from the Warren Primary Center in South Bend have been exchanging letters for an entire semester and will finally meet face-to-face next week for a day of activities on campus...
April 13, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership welcomes Amy Chua, professor of law at Yale University, to the College on April 16 for a lecture titled “The Rise and Fall of Hyperpowers: Tolerance, Intolerance and Lessons for America...”
April 13, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Students, faculty, and staff will get their hands dirty on April 25 as they spruce up a River Park home as part of Rebuilding Together 2009. The College’s Office for Civic and Social Engagements is sponsoring a home in South Bend's River Park neighborhood...
April 8, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then why do fashion model dolls, magazines, TV and movies offer the same cookie-cutter idea of what a beautiful woman looks like? That’s one of the topics that will be covered at the first annual beauty conference at Saint Mary's on April 27...
April 6, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) –This year’s annual Dance Marathon brought in $91,538 for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, a new record for the student-led event. Last year students raised about $85,000. Since students began the event in 2006, they have raised approximately $245,000...
April 2, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Career Crossings Office will host “Speed Networking Night,” an event where Saint Mary’s seniors network with local professionals with the hope of making a job connection...
March 30, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Saint Mary’s College Department of Athletics and Recreation has announced that Toni Kuschel is the new head coach of the varsity volleyball program at the College...
March 27, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Department of Communication Studies, Dance and Theatre will welcome Tony Award winning director Harold Prince to campus as a Margaret Hill Endowed Chair Visiting Artist from April 13-15. Prince’s time at the College includes assisting in rehearsals for the spring musical “Candide...”
March 24, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – It's time for Dance Marathon. The 12-hour student-led event takes place in Angela Athletic Center on April 3. More than 300 students from Saint Mary’s College, Holy Cross College and the University of Notre Dame will dance to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children...
March 23, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that Sister Mary Louise Gude, CSC, will join the College in July as the vice president for mission. Sister Rose Anne Schultz, CSC, will retire from the post this spring...
March 23, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—For the second year, Saint Mary’s College and Indiana University South Bend professors and students are putting on the “South Bend Community Monologues.” The event takes place April 2, at 7 p.m. in Bendix Theatre in Century Center...
March 19, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Indiana Campus Compact recently announced that Warren Primary Center is the recipient of its “2009 Outstanding Community Partner Award” for the school’s relationship with the College’s Office for Civic and Social Engagement...
March 17, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—With an eye on the fragile economy and its effect on families’ ability to afford college, the Saint Mary's College Board of Trustees approved a moderate 5% increase in tuition and a 3% increase in room and board for the 2009-2010 academic year...
March 17, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Students in the Office for Civic and Social Engagement at Saint Mary's College are coordinating a Lenten walk for the hungry on April 5 called “Yes, we can!” To participate, walkers will bring three cans of food or a $2 donation to the event to benefit charities that combat hunger...
March 13, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—President Barack Obama signed into law this week a $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill that includes funding for several northern Indiana projects, including nearly $450,000 for two initiatives at Saint Mary’s College designed to benefit the South Bend-area community...
March 12, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Daffodils are the first blossom of spring, a sign that better days are ahead. The flower holds similar meaning for the American Cancer Society. Every year the Society holds a national event called Daffodil Days, where bunches of the yellow buds are sold to raise money for cancer research...
March 12, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Students in social work professor Frances Kominkiewicz’s “Human Behavior and the Social Environment II” class will host a community forum on the economy at the College on March 26. The South Bend-area community is invited to attend this free event...
March 9, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Center For Spirituality invites the campus, public and media to attend the Quest Project Conference: Exploring Science/Religion Interface, April 2-3. The event is the culmination of the Quest Project, which was initiated two years ago with a grant from the John Templeton Foundation...
March 5, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The Saint Mary’s College Department of History will host the National History Day in Indiana North District Contest on March 28. Students in grades four through twelve explore a historical subject related to an annual theme...
March 5, 2009 (Notre Dame, IN)—Henry Mollicone, who the Washington Post heralded as "one of the most distinctive American opera composers,” will spend a week at the College as a guest of the Department of Music and the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership. Mollicone’s visit begins March 23...
March 3, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce the valedictorian of the Class of 2009 is Courtney Parry of Michigan City, Ind. Parry is a mathematics and economics double major with a 3.99 grade point average. She will graduate with her class on May 16...
March 3, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce that broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff will deliver the 2009 Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree. The College will also recognize Deborah Johnson Schwiebert ‘74, former chair of the Board of Trustees, with an honorary doctor of humanities degree...
Feb. 26, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Student Diversity Board will host its fourth annual Diverse Students’ Leadership Conference on March 18-20, 2009 in the Student Center. The purpose of the DSLC is for participants to learn how diversity improves academic, professional and social settings...
Feb. 23, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Catholics will begin Lent this week with Ash Wednesday. Carrie Call, director of Saint Mary's College’s Office for Civic and Social Engagement encourages people to make the most of this Lenten season by making a worthwhile change...
Feb. 23, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— After a national search, Saint Mary's College is pleased to welcome Linda Paskiewicz, PhD, RN, CNM as the director of the Department of Nursing. Paskiewicz brings to the program a wealth of nursing, teaching and research experience...
Feb. 17, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– The tough economy affects everyone, including students trying to afford tuition. That’s why 250 students from 20 of Indiana’s independent universities and colleges, including Saint Mary’s College, will go to the State House on Feb. 24 to make personal calls on their hometown legislators...
Feb. 16, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Marketing and Advertising Club of Michiana awarded the Office of Special Events with a 2009 Silver ADDY® Award Thursday night at the annual ADDY Award Gala. The award was presented to the College for its 2008-2009 Moreau Center for the Arts Season Brochure...
Feb. 12, 2009 (Notre Dame, IN)- The Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir, a select 30-voice ensemble, will be on tour March 9-15, traveling to Fort Wayne, Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Toronto. A homecoming concert will be held at Saint Mary’s on March 20...
Feb. 12, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The theme of the 2009 Spring Lecture Series by the Center for Spirituality is “Hope During Hard Times.” The three lectures, which are free and open to the public, will look at how spirituality can help people face the challenges of the current economic climate...
Feb. 11, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)–John Rogers III, director of orientation at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio will be at the College on Feb. 16 to deliver his lecture “Hip Hop Psychology 101...”
Feb. 9, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– The Corporation for National and Community Service announced today that Saint Mary’s College is on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities...
Feb. 6, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Jan Seabaugh teaches English literature and writing at Saint Mary’s College; she’s also an accomplished artist and translator. Her watercolor drawings for two translated Soviet children’s stories are currently on display at the Cushwa-Leighton Library at the College...
Feb. 5, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – Saint Mary’s College will host its fourth annual French Film Festival Feb. 23-28. The event is funded through a Tournée Festival grant program, which brings French films to colleges and universities...
Feb. 4, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Saint Mary’s College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the Athletic Department will host the annual Valentine’s Day party for children and families from Memorial Hospital’s oncology and pediatrics units...
Feb. 3, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—What’s “rocking” these days in college residence life? Student leaders from across the state will compare notes at this weekend’s Indiana Residence Hall Organization Conference, IRHOC (pronounced I-ROCK). Saint Mary’s College will host the annual event...
Feb. 3, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Some students will be watching what they eat in the Dining Hall Wednesday not because they’re “waist” conscious, but because they’re “waste” conscious...
Jan. 30, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—In commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Justice Education Program is sponsoring a lecture series offering a variety of perspectives on human rights...
Jan. 17, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Students enrolled in the Advertising and Promotion coursee have one assignment Super Bowl weekend: They have to watch the big game. Given the economy students will rate Super Bowl ads on ROI—return on investment...
Jan. 16, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College will host its 12th annual Symposium on St. Thomas Aquinas on Jan. 28. This year’s speaker is the Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, President of the University of Notre Dame...
Jan. 16, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Moreau Art Galleries in the Department of Art is proud to announce the opening of two exhibitions featuring faculty art...
Jan. 14, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Last year, the world celebrated the next step to sainthood for Father Basil Anthony Moreau when he was beatified in Le Mans, France. The Fighting Jardiniers, a short and amusing play to be performed at the College Jan. 20, illustrates Moreau's vision of education...
Jan. 9, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.) –The College Academy of Tutoring (CAT) program has an opportunity for area children to learn more about the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Jan. 19, CAT will host an activity from at the St. Joseph County Public Library’s downtown South Bend branch...
Jan. 9, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—In anticipation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 19, the Office of Multicultural Services and Student Programs at Saint Mary’s College will host two events on campus, which are open to the public...
Dec. 11, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Office for Civic and Social Engagement is partnering with Senator Richard Lugar for a book drive benefiting local schools. The drive runs through Jan. 9. New and gently used infant through 3rd grade books may be dropped off...
Dec. 10, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.) –Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded Saint Mary’s with a five-year sustaining grant of $359,000 to continue the Endowment’s “Initiative to Promote Opportunity through Educational Collaborations.” It's the second phase of the Initiative, which began in 2003 with a $750,000 grant...
Dec. 2, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in conjunction with the Athletic Department will host its annual holiday party for children and families of the Saint Mary's College Community on Dec. 7. The party will offer an array of activities for everyone in attendance...
Nov. 24, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Office for Civic and Social Engagement is coordinating its 5th annual Twelve Days of Christmas Project, Dec. 1-12. Students, faculty and staff will participate in special events, service projects, and fundraisers, tol provide food, clothing and gifts to families in need this Christmas season...
Nov. 17, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—You hear it more and more: We are moving toward a global society. The evidence is in the results of the 2008 Open Doors report released today. Saint Mary’s students are preparing to be citizens of the world. The College has a robust study abroad program with 20 opportunities...
Nov. 11, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Students will host the first annual Trot for Tots 5K on the campus Nov. 16. The event, which is open to the public, is the prelude to the students’ spring Dance Marathon. Both events raise money for Riley Hospital for Children...
Nov. 6, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The White Rose Society will host events on campus next week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht, also known as the Night of the Broken Glass, occurred on Nov. 9-10, 1938 in Nazi Germany and marked the beginning of the Holocaust...
Oct. 23, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Students will hold Right to Life Week on campus Nov. 3-7 and includes a panel discussion. The panelists for “Issues of Abortion” include a professor, a priest, a physician and Rebecca Kiessling, a Pro-Life speaker and attorney who was conceived in rape and whose birth mother sought an abortion...
Oct. 17, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Among the many thoughtful details included in the new academic building Spes Unica are 12 framed paintings of crosses that adorn the hallways. Each original work, by acclaimed sacred images artist PennyLea Mackie, is a different cultural interpretation of the Christian cross...
Oct. 17, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College will host an open house and dedication for its new academic building, Spes Unica, on Oct. 30. The 65,000 square foot building boasts a clean design and modern classroom, laboratory, and office spaces along with well-appointed common areas...
Oct. 15, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College students will host a Day of the Dead celebration at Warren Primary Center in South Bend on Oct. 30. Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is a traditional Mexican holiday that celebrates life after death and the memory of loved ones...
Oct. 10, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College students have a Halloween treat for families at Hope Ministries in South Bend on Oct. 12. Members of the Social Work Club and residents of McCandless Hall will take families from the shelter to Matthys Farm...
Oct. 9, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership is pleased to host Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky to campus next week. The program sends highly regarded, accomplished individuals to colleges across the country for a week of residency...
Oct. 9, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)–The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the Athletic Department will host its annual Halloween Party on Oct. 12 for children and families of Logan Center in South Bend. Logan Center offers programs and services to children and adults with developmental disabilities...
Oct. 1, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College will host its first African American Alumnae Homecoming on Oct. 10-11. The event, which is expected to also attract current students, includes a keynote address by Juanita Boozer Bay ’52, the first known African American to have graduated from the College...
Sept. 29, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s will host the Symposium on Gender Violence this Wednesday and Thursday in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The two-night event will discuss one of the most horrible violations on human rights—violence against women...
Sept. 25, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.) — Walkers from all over the South Bend community will meet on the lawn in front of LeMans Hall on Oct. 2 to join in a nationwide walk called “Light The Night.” The event is part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's efforts to raise awareness and money for blood cancer research...
Sept. 24, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)--Saint Mary’s College office of Multicultural Services and Student Programs is pleased to announce its annual Fall Diversity Lecture Series. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, will feature three prominent scholars highlighting the connection between diversity, identity and education...
Sept. 18, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Think female college students are only worried about gaining the freshman 15? Their weight concerns run much deeper than that. That's the subject of a new book by communication studies professor Terri L. Russ...
Sept. 12, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is proud to welcome back to campus alumna Mary Anne Luzar '72, PhD. Luzar, who works on international AIDS research for the Department of Health and Human Services, will teach a not-for-credit mini-course called “Human Clinical Trial Research: The Complex World of International Drug Development,” Oct. 6-9...
Sept. 12, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Office of Special Events will present the Aquila Theatre Company’s productions of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors on Oct. 6 and Homer’s The Iliad on Oct. 7...
Sept. 10, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—This fall 455 talented and intellectual women from all over the country (and 10 countries) found a new home at Saint Mary’s College as members of the class of 2012. While the first year students come from various backgrounds, they share a commitment to academic excellence and a drive to lead...
Sept. 8, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—With less than 60 days until the presidential election, Saint Mary’s College students are educating themselves on the differences between the candidates. This is the first time that some students are old enough to vote...
Aug. 29, 2008—Saint Mary's College invites students, faculty, staff and the public to attend the "Professor's Choice" film series, sponsored by the Cushwa-Leighton Library and the College’s Film Studies Program...
Aug. 28, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership will bring the photo exhibit Celebrating Women, by renowned photojournalist Paola Gianturco, to the Cushwa-Leighton Library from Oct. 2 to Jan. 15. It is currently on display at the Field Museum in Chicago...
Aug. 27, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College has been selected from a pool of applicants as one of 31 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools to join the CHAMPS (Challenging Athletes’ Minds for Personal Success)/ Life Skills Program in the fall of 2008...
Aug. 22, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranks Saint Mary's College as one of the nation’s “Best Liberal Arts Colleges.” Saint Mary's comes in at 104 out of 248 schools on the list in the magazine’s “2009 America’s Best Colleges” issue...
Aug. 8, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The Quest Project, operated by the Center for Spirituality, presents its fall lecture series, which is free and open to the public. World-renowned scholars will come to the College to share their wisdom on contemporary religious issues, and address broader issues of how faith and reason interact...
Aug. 5, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Princeton Review has rated Saint Mary’s College as one of the best colleges in the Midwest for the sixth year in a row. The New York City-based education services company selected the College as one of only 159 institutions to receive its "Best in the Midwest" designation...
Aug. 5, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce the 2008 Christian Culture Lecture will be delivered by Maria Rosa Menocal, PhD, director of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. Menocal will discuss the complex history of relations among the Islamic, Jewish and Christian communities of the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages...
Aug. 5, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The new academic year at Saint Mary's College brings with it a new major. This is the first year the College will offer a communicative disorder major. It is the first communicative disorders major offered by any college or university in the northern Indiana area...
July 24, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– The Children’s Miracle Network's Dance Marathon program has honored Saint Mary's College with its highest national award, the Incentive Award. The award recognizes the students who put on the College’s Dance Marathon, which benefits Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis...
June 27, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is one of two independent Indiana higher education institutions to receive grants from JPMorgan Chase Foundation as part of the “Overcoming Barriers and Challenges to Education in Indiana” initiative...
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