October 10, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College students have a Halloween treat for families at Hope Ministries in South Bend on Sunday, October 12. Members of the Social Work Club and residents of McCandless Hall have arranged for a bus to take families from the shelter to Matthys Farm in South Bend where kids can take a hayride, choose a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch, walk through a corn maze and visit the animals in the petting zoo. At least 30 clients of Hope Ministries are expected to attend...
October 9, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary's College Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership (CWIL) is pleased to host Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky on campus next week. The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program sends highly regarded, accomplished individuals to colleges across the country for a week of residency. Margolies-Mezvinsky is the first such fellow to come to Saint Mary's...
October 9, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)–The Saint Mary’s College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in conjunction with the Athletic Department will be hosting its annual Halloween Party on Sunday, October 12 for children and families of Logan Center in South Bend. Logan Center offers programs and services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. The party, which runs from 1-3 p.m. in the College's Angela Athletic Facility, will offer an array of activities for everyone in attendance...
October 8, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Dr. John Fotopoulos, associate professor of Religious Studies at Saint Mary's College, will attend the Pauline Symposium of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for the 2008 Year of St. Paul. This international academic conference on St. Paul will be held in various cities of historical significance in Turkey and Greece, October 11-17, 2008. The Orthodox Christian Church is sponsoring the event, which celebrates the 2008-2009 Jubilee Year of St. Paul...
October 3, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Department of Art is excited to announce the opening of three new exhibitions in the Moreau Art Galleries beginning Thursday, October 9. The public is invited to opening reception from 5-7p.m. that night. The exhibits, which are free of charge, run from through Friday, November 7. Moreau Art Galleries are located in the Moreau Center for the Arts, on the Saint Mary’s College campus...
October 1, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College will host its first African American Alumnae Homecoming on October 10-11. The event, which is expected to also attract current students, includes a keynote address by Juanita Boozer Bay ’52, a retired civil servant and the first known African American to have graduated from the College...
September 29, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College will host a Symposium on Gender Violence this Wednesday and Thursday in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The two-night event, which is free and open to the public, will provide a forum for discussion and reflection on one of the most horrible violations on human rights—violence against women...
September 25, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.) — People from across northern Indiana, southwestern Michigan, Saint Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame will meet on the lawn in front of LeMans Hall at Saint Mary’s on Thursday, October 2 to join in a nationwide walk called “Light The Night.” Festivities begin at 5 p.m., with the walk beginning at 7 p.m. The event is part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's efforts to raise awareness and money for blood cancer research, patient services and educational programs...
September 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...
September 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. Terri L. Russ, an assistant professor in the Communication Studies, Dance and Theatre department at Saint Mary's College, has talked to hundreds of college-age women and has yet to meet one who is satisfied with her body, even if she wears a size 2. It’s the subject matter of her new book to be released September 25, 2008 called Bitchin’ Bodies...
September 15, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Lynn Kachmarik, director of athletics and recreation at Saint Mary's College, announced today that she is stepping down from her position. In her more than nine years at the College, Kachmarik contributed greatly to the success of Saint Mary’s athletics and laid the groundwork for the future...
September 12, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is proud to welcome back to campus alumna Mary Anne Luzar (SMC ’72), PhD, Chief of the Regulatory Affairs Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Luzar, who works on international AIDS research for the Department of Health and Human Services and is originally from Greencastle, Ind., will teach a not-for-credit mini-course called “Human Clinical Trial Research: The Complex World of International Drug Development,” October 6-9...
September 12, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Office of Special Events will present the Aquila Theatre Company’s productions of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors on October 6 and Homer’s The Iliad on October 7. Both performances are at 7:30 p.m. in O’Laughlin Auditorium located within the Moreau Center for the Arts. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens, $8 for Saint Mary's College/University of Notre Dame and Holy Cross College faculty and staff, and $5 for Saint Mary's College/ University of Notre Dame and Holy Cross College students...
September 11, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – Sister M. Gerald (Maura Josephine Hartney), CSC, who was a pioneer in the development of healthcare financial management systems in the United States, died at age 98 on September 10 at Saint Mary’s Convent, Notre Dame, Ind. Sister Gerald employed her financial acuity and keen stewardship as a participant in developing the principles of Medicare’s early legislation and was a sought-after financial management consultant to U.S. healthcare institutions, as well as religious congregations, and Roman Catholic bishops and dioceses in the U.S. and Africa. She served on the Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees/Regents from 1970-1973 and received an Honorary Degree from the College in 1990...
September 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. Out of the new class, 36.4% had higher than a 3.9 high school GPA, with 36.9% ranking in the top 10% of their high school class; 16 of the women were valedictorians at their high schools...
September 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. The College is offering opportunities for students to make educated decisions on which candidate is most in line with her own views. The Office of Civic and Social Engagement, the Center for Spirituality, Campus Ministry, Justice Education and student leaders are offering a calendar of election-related learning opportunities for students...
August 29, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to welcome Patrick Daniel as the new director of student involvement. Daniel brings with him a wealth of experience in leading college student activities. Most recently he served as the director of student activities at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. In addition, he spent eight years at Western Michigan University where he served in several capacities, including his role as the director of student activities and leadership programs...
August 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. Seven Saint Mary's professors each chose a classic film from the “Janus Collection of the Essential Art House Films,” recently purchased by the library. Each professor will introduce the film he/she chose and will lead a discussion about the film following the showing...
August 28, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The Saint Mary's College Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership (CWIL) will bring the photo exhibit Celebrating Women, by renowned photojournalist Paola Gianturco, to the Cushwa-Leighton Library from October 2 to January 15, 2009. It is currently on display at the Field Museum in Chicago. Gianturco will open the show personally in the library at 12 p.m. on October 2 with a conversation about her work. She will also give a public lecture, illustrated with her photographs, later that day at 7 p.m. in Little Theatre, Moreau Center for the Arts...
August 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...
August 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, which hits newsstands on Monday, August 25. In addition to its national ranking, the College saw an increase in its overall score as well as most composite scores...
August 12, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The 20th anniversary season of the South Bend Chamber Singers, the region’s premier vocal chamber ensemble, will start with auditions at Saint Mary's College, September 1-7. Nancy Menk, professor of music at Saint Mary’s and the ensemble’s music director, will conduct the auditions. They are by appointment and open to experienced singers at the College and from throughout northern Indiana and southern Michigan...
August 8, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The Quest Project, operated by the Saint Mary’s College Center for Spirituality (CFS), presents its fall lecture series, which is free and open to the public. World-renowned scholars will come to Saint Mary's to share their wisdom on contemporary religious issues, and to address broader issues of how faith and reason interact. The series is jointly sponsored by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and the Saint Mary's College Annual Endowed Lecture Series Fund...
August 6, 2008— Just as the fall athletic season gets underway at Saint Mary's College, the Belles have some extra support from the stands. Sarah Miesle ’07, a former Belles athlete herself, is the College’s new sports information director. In her position, Miesle will be the main media contact for athletics and will keep news outlets updated on the College’s teams through press releases, game notes and game summaries. She will also help create various media guides for the teams and maintain accurate individual and team statistics...
August 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 on its website feature 2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region. The Princeton Review also designated 212 colleges in the Northeast, 139 in the Southeast, and 120 in the West as best in those parts of the country. The 630 colleges named "regional best(s)" represent only about 25% of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges...
August 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. The lecture, which is open to the public, will be held on September 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Little Theatre in Moreau Center for the Arts. A reception will follow in the foyer of O’Laughlin Auditorium. Dr. Menocal will discuss the complex history of relations among the Islamic, Jewish and Christian communities of the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Her lecture is called “Poetry as an Act of History: Al-Andalus, Sefarad,Spain.”
August 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, which had been a minor at Saint Mary’s since the mid-90s. It is the first communicative disorders major offered by any college or university in the northern Indiana area.
July 25, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce Bruce Fink, CFA, as the director of investments, a new position at the College which reports to the vice president for finance and administration. In this role Fink will manage the College’s investments, including its endowment, by working closely with the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee and external endowment advisors and managers to ensure investment performance meets or exceeds expectations. He will also be responsible for cash management for the College...
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. Saint Mary’s students brought the annual Dance Marathon to the College three years ago. The most recent 12-hour long event was on April 4-5 and raised $85,000 for Riley; that’s more than the $68,000 raised in the first two years combined. Saint Mary’s is among the approximately 100 college and university campuses that hold Dance Marathons to benefit Children's Miracle Network hospitals...
July 11, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce Adriana Garces Petty ‘01 has started her position as the international student and scholar coordinator for the Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership (CWIL), a revised position in the Center. In her role, Petty advises the College’s international students and provides them with programming and immigration services; she supports and assists visiting scholars from other nations; and facilitates the planning and implementing of student-led programs...
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. Saint Mary’s College requested $6,500 and was granted $7,000 to pilot Peer/Team (PT) Mentoring, a mentoring program for Saint Mary’s freshmen and local high school students who are from low-income, underrepresented, and underserved (minority) backgrounds. The “mentees” will be paired with mentors—Saint Mary sophomores, juniors, and seniors...
June 10, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce the recipients of four annual awards of distinction—the Spes Unica Award, the Maria Pieta Award, the Saint Catherine Medal, and the Lumen Christi Award. Click above for the list of the awards and the 2008 recipients...
June 10, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Center for Spirituality will host its 23rd Annual Seminar on Carmelite Spirituality on June 22-28. This year’s conference, titled “Carmel: A School for Desire,” explores a theme in Carmelite spirituality. The speakers at this seminar are members of the North American Carmelite Forum. The Carmelite Order was founded about 1200 A.D. on Mount Carmel, a coastal mountain range that begins just south of the city of Haifa in Israel...
University of Notre Dame President Emeritus, Retired Justice and Retired COO among them
May 28, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees elected two members and appointed two this spring. In addition, a current board member was elected to the position of treasurer. The terms, which begin in June, range from one to three years...
May 21, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Alumnae Association Awards, which will be distributed at the Reunion Banquet on Saturday, May 31 as part of Reunion Weekend, May 29-June 1. Click on the headline above to see the list of the awards and the recipients, and click on the names to learn more about them. The Distinguished Alumna Award is the Alumnae Association's highest recognition...
(Please note: the College does not endorse any political candidates)
May 3, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton, is coming to Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, on Monday, May 5, the eve of the Indiana primary. She will talk to students attending Late Night Desserts, an exam study break held annually in the Noble Dining Hall in the Student Center. Saint Mary’s College does not endorse political candidates, but invited the three presidential candidates—Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Barack Obama, and Senator John McCain—to campus in an effort to expose our students to the political process in real time. Only the Clinton campaign has accepted the invitation...
April 25, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— If three Saint Mary’s College students interning at the Center for the Homeless in South Bend were to describe their semester there, they might choose to do so with a poem. After all, poetry has been a large part of the experience.Lauren Theiss ’10, Nikki LeGare ’10, and Meghan Larsen ’09 have spent the past several months at the Center tutoring adults preparing for the GED. It’s a project for their Catholic Social Thought class, led by Professor Joe Incandela. One thing led to another and the students soon found themselves working with Center clients on writing poems about their lives...
April 24, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Signed, sealed, and delivered. Saint Mary’s College students and fourth graders 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. The third annual Pen Pals Day will be held on May 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m...
April 22, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— This year the Saint Mary’s Opera Workshop will join forces with the entire Women’s Choir to produce two musical dramas: the medieval morality play Ordo Virtutum by the 12th-century visionary Hildegard von Bingen, and the one-act opera Suor Angelica by the 19th-century romantic composer Giacomo Puccini. Professors Laurel Thomas and Nancy Menk received a COSTAR grant from the College to research and prepare for the musical and staging rehearsals of these two widely contrasting works. Click headline above to read more. Click here to read a story in Sunday's South Bend Tribune on the opera.
April 19, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary's College students Christina Werner, 20, Leah Kaercher, 19, and Claire Frazier, 18, boarded a bus Friday to join more than 20,000 Catholic youths at a Saturday rally for Pope Benedict XVI at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. Click the headline above to read this South Bend Tribune article.
April 18, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind,)— Pope Benedict XVI addressed Catholic educators Thursday in Washington, D.C., and Saint Mary's College President Carol Ann Mooney was in the audience. Mooney said the message she took away was hopeful and she felt that it was as though the pope was speaking to the workers in his vineyard. Click on the headline above to read this South Bend Tribune article. To listen to an interview with the President conducted by Gwen O'Brien, Director of Media Relations at Saint Mary's College, click here. Listen to interview by clicking on "Mooney 4-17-08."
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend to talk to students about Hillary Clinton
(Please note: the College does not endorse any political candidates)
April 18, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton, is coming to Saint Mary's College on Sunday, April 20 to talk to with students. The Clinton Campaign requested the visit, and while the College does not endorse political candidates, Mrs. Townsend is a welcome visitor. This is an opportunity to expose Saint Mary’s College students to the political process in real time...
April 17, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— In a rare public meeting Carol Mooney, president of Saint Mary’s College will be joined by Brother Richard Gilman, CSC, president of Holy Cross College, and the Rev. John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame to discuss the uniqueness, values and traditions of a Holy Cross education. Mooney and Jenkins can speak from the perspectives of leaders and students, having attended the Holy Cross institutions they now head. The three presidents will share how the three great higher learning institutions work collaboratively to model the vision of the founder of the family of the Holy Cross, Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau. The forum will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 25 in the Student Center at Saint Mary’s College...
April 16, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Sixth through twelfth graders from throughout northern Indiana will spend Saturday morning, April 19, at Saint Mary’s College competing in the “National History Day in Indiana North District Contest.” District winners advance to the state contest on May 10 in Indianapolis, and state finalists move on to the national competition, which takes place June 15-19 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Saint Mary’s history students, many of whom are training to one day teach history in high schools, will work as judges and volunteers...
April 16, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College Professor Donald Edward Miller, 67, Chair of the Mathematics Department, died Sunday, April 13, 2008 in his home with family by his side after a courageous battle with cancer. Miller taught mathematics at the College since 1967...
Louise Weber, Ph.D. ’83 Will Discuss ‘Greener, Greater College Campuses’
April 15, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College will celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with an address by alumna Louise Weber, Ph.D., ’83, called “Greener, Greater College Campuses.” Dr. Weber serves as Department Chair of Environmental Studies at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, North Carolina — one of the most environmentally conscious schools in the nation. The event, which is open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. in Carroll Auditorium in Madeleva Hall and is sponsored by the Saint Mary's Environmental Action Coalition, the Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership, and the Department of Biology...
April 14, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College students and the College’s Office of Civic and Social Engagement will host “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week” all week. There will be events on campus every day to draw attention to the issues, plus a canned food drive will take place in each of the residence Halls...
April 9, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Barbara Fiand, S.N.D.deN, Ph.D., internationally known author and lecturer, will deliver a lecture entitled “Awe-filled Wonder: The Interface of Science and Spirituality” on Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Little Theatre in the Moreau Center for the Arts on the campus of Saint Mary’s College. The event is open to the public...
April 9, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Women have made tremendous gains politically, socially, and in the workforce, but still lag behind their male counterparts when it comes to pay. Nationally women earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns—67 cents if you’re a woman of color. “Bridging the Gap: Reaching Pay Equity in Indiana,” to be held at Saint Mary’s College on April 22 from 1-5 p.m. Carroll Auditorium of Madeleva Hall, will look for solutions. The event is free and open to the public...
April 8, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Honorable Nora Barry Fischer, U.S. District Court Judge of the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the College’s 2007-2008 Shannon Scholar, will speak to members of the South Bend legal community at noon on Friday, April 11 in the West Wing of the Dining Hall. The press is invited to cover the event. Judge Fisher, a 1973 graduate of the College, will talk about the Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR, during the luncheon given in her honor. ADR refers to any means of settling disputes outside of the courtroom, and typically includes arbitration, mediation, early neutral evaluation and conciliation...
April 8, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Department of Social Work will host an open forum, entitled “Healthcare, Immigration & the Economy: How the Issues of ’08 Affect You” today from 7-9 p.m. at the Charles Martin Youth Center in South Bend. Students from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, and members of the community are welcome to attend the event, which has been held annually for seven years...
April 7, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—When Teachers Credit Union, TCU, needed a promotional strategy to target the 18-29 demographic, they challenged a class at Saint Mary’s College to come up with ideas. It became a semester-long project last spring for members of Professor William Shannon’s Advertising and Promotion class. As part of the assignment, student teams pitched their proposals to senior TCU executives. Becky Summers, TCU’s Vice President of Marketing, said the students did what she asked—they came up with targeted marketing ideas for the highly desirable young adult demographic known as either the “Millennium Generation” or “Generation Y.”...
April 7, 2008 (South Bend, Ind.)—April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and for the first time, the YWCA, S-O-S of Madison Center, Saint Mary’s College and Indiana University South Bend are coming together to mark the occasion with what’s called the “South Bend Community Monologues.,” April 19, at 7 p.m. in Bendix Theatre in Century Center. While not all of the monologues are about sexual assault, the event and the monologue workshops that were held throughout the South Bend community in the fall are intended to encourage women to be silent no more...
April 7, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– The third annual Dance Marathon at Saint Mary’s College, Friday night through Saturday morning, raised $85,000 for the General Benefit Fund at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. The fund supports areas of the hospital that have the greatest need. The amount raised at this year’s event is more than the last two years combined; the 2006 and 2007 Dance Marathons at the College raised about $68,000...
April 4, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Sisters of the Holy Cross, who sponsor Saint Mary's College, have been recognized by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) with an award that honors all Holy Cross priests, brothers and sisters for their contributions to Catholic education in the United States and around the world. Accepting the award on behalf of the Sisters of the Holy Cross was Sister Rose Anne Schultz, CSC, Vice President for Mission at Saint Mary’s College...
April 4, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—If there is one thing that local historian John Kovach relishes more than a history mystery, it is opening day of the baseball season. On Monday, April 7, he will get the opportunity to help open the 2008 baseball season at the Ballpark at Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers when “Linedrives and Lipstick: The Untold Story of Women’s Baseball” begins a seven-week homestand at the Legends of the Game Museum which is housed in the ballpark. It is the first-ever traveling exhibit, tracing the history of girls and women in baseball from its 1866 beginning through the present...
April 3, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– The Saint Mary’s athletic department has hired Ryan Crabbe as the head coach of the Belles soccer program. Crabbe is the first full-time soccer coach at Saint Mary’s. “We are very excited to hire Ryan as our full-time soccer coach,” Saint Mary’s Athletics Director Lynn Kachmarik said. “His knowledge, energy and passion for soccer are great characteristics that will help Ryan as he looks to build our program into a competitive NCAA Division III team.”...
April 3, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College students, faculty and staff will get their hands dirty as they clean up two local houses as part of Rebuilding Together 2008, to be held on Saturday, April 12 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The College’s Office of Civic and Social Engagements (OSCE) is sponsoring homes at 1658 and 1814 N. O’Brien Street in South Bend...
Three Women to Receive Honorary Degrees; 2008 Valedictorian Announced
April 2, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Susan P. Peters ’75, Vice President of Executive Development and Chief Learning Officer for General Electric (GE), will deliver the 2008 commencement address at Saint Mary’s College, her alma mater. Commencement will be held at noon on Saturday, May 17, in front of Le Mans Hall. At that time Peters and two others--Colleen C. Ryan, College Board of Trustee member since 1998, and Sister Mary Kay Kinberger, MSC, with the Marianites of Holy Cross community in New Orleans-- will receive honorary doctor of humanities degrees. The 2008 valedictorian will be Lesley Anne Weaver, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who is majoring in Political Science...
April 2, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College theater students will put on the production of the tragic comedy “Stop Kiss,” by playwright Diana Son, from April 10-13 in the Little Theater. Son’s powerful script about two young women uses a powerful theatrical device of two converging timelines, alternating between the past and future with 23 short scenes. This has an engaging effect on audiences and presented challenges for the director, Associate Professor of Theater Katie Sullivan...
April 1, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– Twenty-three Saint Mary’s College students have been paired with 23 Sisters of the Holy Cross as part of an innovative video project for a U.S. History class. The project aims to bring American history to life through the lived experience of the sisters. The students will take the knowledge of American history they obtain from their course, U.S. History since 1865, and apply it directly to interviews with the sisters. The sisters will share their lived experience through major events such as the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Era and the Vietnam War...
April 1, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind,)—The Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir will join the Notre Dame Glee Club, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and mezzo-soprano Tracy Watson on April 12 at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend as part of a program event entitled “Russian Saga.” The choirs will take part in the presentation of composer Sergei Prokofiev's dramatic cantata “Alexander Nevsky.” The music was composed for the 1938 film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Tsung Yeh, music director and conductor of the South Bend Symphony will conduct. Other works on the program are John Corigliano's "Gazebo Dances," and Antonin Dvorak's “Symphonic Variations.”...
March 28, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—What comes to mind when you think of Cuba? For some Americans, images of 1950s cars and cigars pop into their head; they might even picture it as an undeveloped Communist nation. A photography exhibit opening at the Cushwa-Leighton Library on April 4 and running through June challenges the predominant US views of Cuba—what we think we know and what, largely due to U.S. foreign policy and travel restrictions, we do not see...
March 27, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– Pulling an all-nighter is nothing for college students, but on April 4 it won’t be a test that will keep them up. More than 300 students from Saint Mary’s College, Holy Cross College, and the University of Notre Dame will stay up all night for the Dance Marathon, a fundraiser benefiting the General Benefit Fund at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. The fund supports the areas of the hospital which have the greatest need. The 12-hour marathon, organized by Saint Mary’s students, takes place in Saint Mary’s Angela Athletic Facility, beginning at 8 p.m...
March 27, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— You could say Saint Mary's College seniors Renee Woodward and Sarita Fritzler are a driving force behind Senator Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House. On Wednesday the students drove the Democratic candidate's daughter Chelsea Clinton and actor Sean Astin around South Bend when they came into town for a campaign stop at the University of Notre Dame. (Astin played the role of former Notre Dame football player Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in the 1993 film "Rudy.") Click the headline above to read about Woodward and Fritzler in today's edition of the South Bend Tribune. Saint Mary's College does not endorse any presidential candidate and sees the 2008 election process as an educational opportunity for our students...
March 25, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College will host the spring 2008 meeting of the Indiana Section of the Mathematical Association of America on Friday and Saturday, March 28-29. The meeting rotates to colleges across the state. The event will bring together mathematicians, professors, teachers, and students from across Indiana...
March 17, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The daffodil is a sign of hope that the long winter is over. To the American Cancer Society, the flower is symbol of hope that after a very long wait, cancer may one day not be a life-threatening disease. Daffodil Days, held here on March 25, is an annual event where bunches of the yellow buds are sold and proceeds benefit the Society’s programs for cancer research, education and patient services. For years Saint Mary's College has been, by far, the largest contributor to Daffodil Days in Saint Joseph County, raising around $9,000 a year...
March 13, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Department of Social Work will honor three individuals--Hollye Harrington Jacobs '93, Congressman Joe Donnelly and Rebecca Zaseck, CEO of REAL Services-- for their exeptional passion for the field of social work at its seventh annual spring luncheon on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The event will take place between 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. in the west wing of the Noble Family Dining Hall...
March 7, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Sister M. Alma Peter, CSC, acting president at Saint Mary’s College from 1970-1972, passed away this morning at 5 a.m. at Saint Mary’s Convent. She was 98. Sister Alma’s career at the College spanned 34 years, from 1950-1984...
March 7, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— This year’s chosen speaker for the annual Ann Plamondon Endowed Lecture Series at Saint Mary’s College is Bonnie J. Dow, associate professor and chair of the Communications Studies Department and associate professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University. Professor Dow is the author of several books that are highly regarded among media scholars including Prime Time Feminism: Television, Media Culture and the Women’s Movement Since 1970...
March 3, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College’s Board of Trustees has approved a 5% increase in College tuition and a 3% increase in room and board for the 2008-2009 school year. Laurie Stickelmaier, Vice President for Finance and Administration for the College, says the increase in tuition will cover most of a proposed 6.5% average increase in faculty salaries. “The increase in tuition will allow us to keep pace with market faculty salaries,” Stickelmaier said...
March 3, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind,)— Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce that Dolores Huerta, one of the most powerful and respected labor movement leaders in America in the 20th century, will be on campus on March 11 as a Diversity Lecture Series speaker. Huerta, who is co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), will speak at the College two times that day. At noon Huerta will lecture on “Women's Activism for Social Change” in the Vander Vennet Theatre in the Student Center. At 6:30 p.m. she will be speak about “Immigration Reform” in Carroll Auditorium in Madeleva Hall. Both lectures are free and open to the general public. Huerta’s visit is one several events at the College during March that recognize Women’s History Month...
February 29, 2007 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College invites its students and the greater South Bend community to the Immigration Film Series, sponsored by the College’s Justice Education and Political Science departments, the Film Studies and Intercultural Studies programs, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Admission to the remaining two films is free. The purpose of the series is to raise questions about the human side of the immigration and for audience members to have an opportunity to assess the issue from a faith perspective...
February 21, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Supported by a grant of nearly $100,000 from the John Templeton Foundation, The Quest Project: Women Exploring the Science and Religion Interface, now in its second phase, presents a spring lecture series, free and open to the public. Eager to broaden--as well as deepen--understandings of how religion and science interact, planners have organized a lecture series entitled "Science and Religion in the Abrahamic Faiths." Three prominent scholars will speak on the science/religion interface, each from his/her perspective as an expert in one of the three faith traditions that trace their origin back to Abraham; namely, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam...
February 19, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Hypatia Day, held this year on Saturday, February 23, 2008, is an event unique to Saint Mary’s College that encourages female seventh grade students to stick with their math and science studies. The day is named for the first known female mathematician, Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia was born in 370 A.D., the daughter of the mathematician and philosopher Theon. Theon trained his daughter in math at a time when girls did not receive such education. While times have certainly changed, girls today may not always be inclined to continue studying mathematics and science as they make their way through school. As a middle-school student, the girls attending Hypatia Day are aware that they are good at math and science and are very open to career possibilities...
February 18, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—“1968-2008: Events and Trajectories” is the theme of the 2008 Spring Lecture Series, sponsored by the Center for Spirituality . This forty-year retrospective focuses on the ongoing effects of three particular events through the lenses of three scholars. The three events are: The death of Thomas Merton, the riots of 1968, and the publication of the papal encyclical dealing with human life (Humanae Vitae), which banned the use of artificial contraception...
February 18, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Stacie Jeffirs recently began her position at Saint Mary’s College as the new Director for the Center for Career Opportunities (CCO). She has over eight years of experience in career services from Indiana University of South Bend including roles such as an Internship Employer Developer and Career Counselor. In her new position, she will provide the overall direction and management of CCO as well as support the College’s students and alumnae in career development...
February 15, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Here’s a real world fact: women continue to be underrepresented in science and engineering fields. Here’s another fact, that’s not holding students at the all-female Saint Mary’s College from going for it! Several students are working on a dual degree program the College co-sponsors with the University of Notre Dame. In the five-year program, students earn a bachelor’s degree of science (or arts) from Saint Mary’s in four years, and a second bachelor of science in engineering degree from Notre Dame following a fifth year of study. Chemistry/physics is one of Saint Mary's six accredited programs. So what’s it really like working in the chemistry-field? Saint Mary's College students have the chance this weekend to find out...
February 13, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce that Kara M. O’Leary ’89 is the College’s new Director of Alumnae Relations. O’Leary comes to the College with understanding of its history, its mission, its students and its alumnae. She is a member of the College Board of Trustees and the current President of the College Alumnae Association Board of Directors, a role that was set to expire in June and that she will vacate a little early in taking her new position. In addition to her service as an alumna, O’Leary’s educational and professional experiences have prepared her well for the directorship of alumnae relations...
February 11, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Corporation for National and Community Service named Saint Mary's College to the "President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction" for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. It is the second highest honor this federal award bestows on a school for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement...
February 7, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Department of Communication and Performance Studies and the Margaret Hill Endowed Lecture Series present Emmy Award-winning actress and author Camryn Manheim on February 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Little Theatre, located at the Moreau Center for the Arts. Her lecture is called Breaking the Rules- Don't Take "No" for an Answer. Manheim played defense attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC’s Emmy Award-winning drama, The Practice. This groundbreaking feisty role garnered her an Emmy Award in 1998 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series as well as a Golden Globe Award in 1999...
February 7, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Program in Dance will present its annual concert, On Demand: a dance concert on February 14-16, at 7:30 p.m. and February 16 at 2:30 p.m in O’Laughlin Auditorium, located in the Moreau Center for the Arts. The pre-professional dance company operates with 25 College student dancers and six resident and visiting choreographers who work collaboratively on existing repertory or towards the creation of new work. This year, On Demand will present a variety of works including styles of modern, jazz, pointe, contemporary ballet, and dance theatre...
January 31, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Student Diversity Board at Saint Mary’s College invites the public to attend its third Diverse Student Leadership Conference, its third annual event to educate the greater South Bend community. The free three-day workshop event February 13-15 will examine the dynamics of diverse academic, social, and professional settings. A one-day track for high school students will take place on February 14...
January 31, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The magic of puppetry comes to life on the Saint Mary's College Campus with a performance of the Cashore Marionettes at the Little Theater in Moreau Center next week (February 7 at 7:30 p.m.) and a two month long puppet exhibit at the Cushwa-Leighton Library...
January 30, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The media is invited to the unveiling of the Heritage Wall in the Student Center at Saint Mary’s College tomorrow, January 31, at 12:15 p.m. The wall is located on the lower level of the Student Center. It includes a display case with new and historic photographs intended to tell the story of what happens at the College from the academic, spiritual, residential, athletic and service perspectives...
January 29, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—According to the Chinese lunar calendar, February 7 marks the Chinese New Year. Saint Mary's College invites the public to celebrate with “China Night,” which will be held at 7:30 p.m. on February 7 in Carroll Auditorium in Madeleva Hall. China Night will feature traditional Chinese dance performances and music played with unique Chinese instruments and there will be a fashion show showcasing traditional Chinese garments. Saint Mary’s new China Summer Study Program will also be featured briefly during the event. Admission is free...
January 29, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.) They’re part of the “Millennium Generation,” the hard to reach and sought after college-age audience. Plus they’re women, who according to research do more purchasing than their male counterparts. Students enrolled in Professor William Shannon's Advertising and Promotion class have one assignment this weekend. They have to watch the Super Bowl...
January 29, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Currently on display on the entry windows of the Cushwa-Leighton Library is a student-designed and executed interpretation of “Invisible Cities,” a book by the great Italian writer Italo Calvino. The art piece was installed in November and will be on display through February 24. Art professor Jason Lahr assigned the design and installation as the final project for his class in Advanced Drawing (Art 301)...
January 24, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Nine girls from the same graduating class of a Catholic all-girls high school in the Minneapolis-area are attending Saint Mary's College together. Read about them in this article in a recent issue of The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The students share their stories of why they chose to attend Saint Mary's, including the College's smaller classes, strong student-teacher relationships, accredited majors, service opportunities, and the connections the College has with the University of Notre Dame...
January 24, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that fundraising is complete for the new academic building, Spes Unica Hall. More than 600 donors—including faculty, staff, alumnae, students, parents and friends of the College—committed $19.2 million to construct the building and underwrite its operating endowment. The Spes Unica construction project is the largest in Saint Mary’s history (in dollars) and was initiated and completed without placing a financial burden on students or the college...
January 23, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Fatemeh Keshavarz, PhD, a native of Iran, will offer a public lecture at Saint Mary’s College on January 31, 2008 called “Perspectives from Iran: The Role of Women in the Muslim World.” Dr. Keshavarz teaches at Washington University in St. Louis where she is the Chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literature. The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. in Stapleton Lounge in Le Mans Hall. The event is free and open to the general public.
Nursing's “Time Out” Program is 10 Years Old
January 21, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is known for it’s nursing program, which is one of the College’s six nationally accredited offerings. While nursing has been a part of the College for 30 years, one of its’ most treasured nursing services—“Time Out”—turns 10 years old this month. Time Out provides respite services, or temporary care, to families of special needs children...
January 10, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is saddened to learn of the passing last night of Walter Kavanaugh, following a lengthy illness. The 74-year-old Kavanaugh represented Somerset County in the New Jersey State Legislature for 32 years and had only just retired on Monday. He served Saint Mary’s College, his daughters’ alma mater, in many capacities over the years and his service is duly noted...
January 8, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Everyone seems to have an opinion on whether or not the United States should have invaded Iraq. What would the great medieval Catholic theologian and philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas have thought? Attend the Saint Mary’s College 11th Symposium on St. Thomas Aquinas for the lecture "Lessons from Aquinas on the War in Iraq." The event takes place at 7 p.m. on January 28, 2008 in Haggar College Center. It is free and open to the general public...
December 20, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Beginning on January 1, 2008, Saint Mary College President Carol Ann Mooney will begin serving as vice chair and secretary on the Board of Directors of the Women’s College Coalition, an association of women's colleges and universities in North America...
December 19, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—NBC notified Saint Mary’s College early this morning that another of its choirs is a winner of the network’s “Clash of the Choirs” Holiday Challenge. The Madrigal Singers will be featured during Clash of the Choirs’ primetime broadcast tonight or tomorrow night. There are only 12 winning choirs in this national competition and two Saint Mary’s choirs are among the winners. The Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir was featured as a winner on Monday night’s broadcast...
December 18, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—NBC announced on Monday’s primetime broadcast of Clash of the Choirs that the Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir was one of 12 choirs from across the country to win the show’s “Holiday Challenge,” a national contest of choral ensembles...
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