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Press Releases


Math and Science Opportunities Abound at Saint Mary's College

February 2, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Getting girls interested in careers in math and science must happen long before they go to College, according to studies. Opportunities to encourage middle-school students in math and science abound at Saint Mary's College, like the interactive performance CSI Live!, Hypatia Day and two Summer Academy science offerings...

Actress Glenn Close Coming to Saint Mary's College

January 28, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Department of Communication Studies, Dance and Theatre will welcome actress Glenn Close to campus Monday, March 15 as this year’s Margaret Hill Endowed Visiting Artist. Close, one of the most recognizable and award-honored film, theatrical, and television actresses of our time, will conduct a master class with College theatre students and hold a public lecture...

Student Club, Started by Brother and Sister, Hosts Campus Concert for Haiti

January 26, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College/University of Notre Dame student chapter of Friends of the Orphans (FOTO) will host a Haiti Relief Concert at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 27, in the La Fortune Ballroom at the University of Notre Dame. Siblings Tricia Daly, SMC ’10, and Michael Daly, ND ’11, brought FOTO, an international organization, to the campuses last semester...

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist to Speak on Global Poverty and Oppression of Women

January 12, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce that Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times will present the College’s inaugural Sister Alma Peter, CSC, Lecture on Monday, February 8. Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will focus on themes included in the book he co-authored with his wife Sheryl WuDunn, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide..." 

Symposium on St. Thomas Aquinas: Did Aquinas See Love as Essential in Marriage?

January 6, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College will host its 13th annual Symposium on St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday, January 28, at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Lounge. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s speaker is philosophy professor Angela McKay Knobel, of The Catholic University of America. Knobel will speak on “Aquinas and Marriage as Friendship...”

Saint Mary’s Student-Athletes to Present Check to Sisters of the Holy Cross

December 8, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)- The Saint Mary’s College Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and their “Belles for Africa” initiative will present a check for more than $5,400 to the Sisters of the Holy Cross on Friday, December 11 on behalf of the Sisters’ group stationed in Uganda...

Saint Mary's Participates in Senator Lugar’s Book Drive

December 7, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College’s Office for Civic and Social Engagement is once again partnering with Senator Richard Lugar and the Indiana State Teachers Association for their 2nd annual book drive. The drive is a statewide effort to collect books for schools, community organizations and the Reach Out and Read (ROR) program. ROR promotes literacy by providing doctors offices with books for children to take home after pediatric visits...

Saint Mary’s Partners with Non-Profits for Internship Development Program

December 7, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College’s Cross Currents Program will partner with five local non-profit organizations to initiate its Internship Development Program, an intensive internship development program designed to help the non-profits learn how to effectively start, manage and sustain internship programs...

Twelve Days of Christmas Program Underway

December 4, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)- The Office for Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) at Saint Mary’s College is in the midst of its annual Twelve Days of Christmas program, a 12-day effort to provide holiday gifts and necessities to South Bend-area families and individuals in need. On Saturday students will be participating in holiday service projects in South Bend...

Saint Mary’s Celebrates International Education Week

November 16, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—For college students, the world seems to have no boundaries. Evidence of a shift to a global society can be found in the 2009 Open Doors report released today as part of the kickoff of International Education Week. The annual report highlights trends in the number of U.S. students studying abroad and international students studying at U.S. campuses. Students at Saint Mary’s College are among those preparing to be global citizens...

Saint Mary’s welcomes Bishop John D’Arcy to Campus 

November 6, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)-This Sunday students will share in faith and fellowship with a very special guest. Bishop John D’Arcy of the Fort-Wayne-South Bend diocese will make a visit to Saint Mary’s to celebrate Mass with the campus community. The Mass will be held Sunday, November 8, at 9:15 p.m. in Regina Chapel in Regina Hall at the College...

Dads Come to Campus, and So Does Dad’s (Root Beer) 

November 5, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Senior Dads’ Weekend at Saint Mary’s College is coming up November 13-15, but you could say Dad’s been here for weeks now. Dad’s Root Beer is now on tap in the Noble Family Dining Hall, and it’s like a taste of home for Micki Hedinger ’10. Her father, Keith Hedinger, is president and CEO of The Dad’s Root Beer Company...

Two Choral Engagements Coming up at Saint Mary's College

 November 4, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce two upcoming choral engagements that are free and open to the public. The Fall Choral Concert is Thursday, Nov. 12. The 25th Annual High School Women’s Choir Festival is Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19-20...

Holiday Craft Show Helps Those in Need

Oct. 28, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)-  The Office for Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) at Saint Mary’s College will host its third annual Christmas Craft Show, December 11, from noon until 6 p.m., in Le Mans Hall. The bazaar helps to raise funds for OCSE’s Twelve Days of Christmas program, an effort that provides holiday gifts and necessities to area families and individuals in need...

Faith Prevails in Play about Abuse of Power

October 23, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The original play “Confessions of the Chaff” by Susan Brabant Baxter will premiere at Saint Mary's College on Nov. 12-15. Baxter, a lecturer in Communication Studies and Theatre and a self-described traditional Catholic, wrote the play...

Social Work Department Receives Grant that "Fuels" Project

October 23, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– It costs money to get from here to there when you’re working towards making a county more accessible to an aging population. A grant from the Tipton County Foundation will provide gas money for social work students to travel to the county to conduct focus groups...

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction to Speak at Saint Mary's

October 22, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Dr. Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, will speak at Saint Mary’s College on Tuesday, October 27 as part of the Cross Currents Program’s Collegiate Speakers Series...

Professor Takes Body Image Message to Local High School

October 20, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Penn Organization of Women (POW), a Penn High School student group, has invited Saint Mary's College communication studies professor Terri L. Russ to speak to them this week about female body image. Russ is author of the book “Bitchin’ Bodies...”

Saint Mary’s Brings Native American Dance to Area

October 14, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to bring The Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble to the South Bend area. The program celebrates American Indian traditions through dance, song, storytelling, sign language and audience interaction...

Students to Host "Day of the Dead" Celebration at South Bend School

October 7, 2009 (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. 27 from 6-7 p.m. 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...

New Fall Exhibits to Open at the Moreau Art Galleries 

October 2, 2009- The Moreau Art Galleries and the Department of Art at Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce the opening of a large group show and a new solo exhibition running from October 9-November 6. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The exhibits are free and open to the public...

Saint Mary’s College Receives Department of Justice Grant

October 1, 2009—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women has awarded the College a three-year, $299,893 grant to create an on-campus program that addresses and educates students on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking...

Moreau Center for the Arts Debuts Electronic Box Office 

September 30, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)- The Saint Mary’s College Moreau Center for the Arts took its ticket sales online earlier this month. The new electronic box office provides the Office of Special Events with the ability to provide customers with a convenient and secure option to purchase tickets over the Internet...

2009 Christian Culture Lecture Speaker Announced  

September 29, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— The Department of Humanistic Studies at Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce that the 2009 Christian Culture Lecture speaker is William Chester Jordan, Chair of the History Department at Princeton University.  The annual lecture features a preeminent figure in the humanities who explores some aspect of the Christian dimension of Western culture...

Saint Mary's Students to Host 5K for Riley Hospital for Children

September 25, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College students will host the second annual Trot for Tots 5K on campus on Sunday, October 11. The event is the prelude to the students’ spring Dance Marathon. Both events raise money for Riley Hospital for Children, a Children’s Miracle Network hospital in Indianapolis...

Two New Leaders in Saint Mary’s College Development Office

September 25, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to welcome Jan Druyvesteyn as assistant vice president for development and Elizabeth “Libby” Gray ’93 as director of development. Both started in their positions in the development department last month...

Walk Shines Light on Battle Against Blood Cancers

September 24, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—For the third year in a row, people will come together on the lawn in front of Le Mans Hall at Saint Mary’s on Thursday, Oct. 1 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...

Saint Mary’s College Sees Highest Enrollment Since 1991

September 23, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce its highest enrollment in 18 years. This fall semester there are 1,664 Saint Mary’s students—1,561 on campus and 103 studying abroad. In a global recession, news of an increase in enrollment at a private college is note worthy, says Saint Mary’s College President Carol Ann Mooney…

Students Have Halloween Treat for Local Homeless Families

September 22, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College students have a Halloween treat for families at Hope Ministries in South Bend. On Saturday, Oct. 10, members of the Social Work Club have arranged for a bus to take families from the shelter to Matthys Farm in South Bend where kids can take a hayride and choose a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch...

Accounting Majors Awarded for Excellence in Classroom

September 21, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)- Each fall the Department of Business Administration and Economics at Saint Mary’s College honors outstanding accounting students with annual awards. On September 28, four students will be honored for qualities that set them apart...

Alumnae Race Runners Donate Shoes for Uganda

September 3, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Cross Country team’s service project this fall is no small feat: Cover the feet of as many people in Uganda as possible. The team will host its second annual Alumnae Race this Saturday and participants will donate a pair of shoes as their “entry fee.” The donated shoes will be sent to the Holy Cross missions in Uganda, where they will be given to people who need them...

Three Solo Exhibitions Open at the Moreau Art Galleries 

August 28, 2009- The Moreau Art Galleries and the Department of Art at Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce the opening of three new solo exhibitions running from August 28-September 25, 2009. The exhibits are free and open to the public...

Center for Spirituality Celebrates 25 Years

August 26, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—This academic year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Saint Mary's College Center for Spirituality (CFS), the first center of its kind in the United States. CFS was established in 1984 by then-religious studies professor Keith Egan as a place where programming could address spirituality as an academic discipline and as a way of life...

Ann Plamondon Lecture: How Media Makes Feminism Seem Unnecessary, and Sexism Fun

August 25, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to welcome Susan Douglas, professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan, as this year’s Ann Plamondon Endowed Lecture Series speaker. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held on September 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Little Theatre, Moreau Center for the Arts...

Saint Mary’s College Welcomes the Class of 2013 

August 24, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Today is the first day of classes at Saint Mary's, and the first day of college for the Class of 2013.  The freshman class consists of 438 intellectual and service-minded women from 37 states and four countries. It is also the most diverse first year class in Saint Mary's College’s history, with about 15% coming from historically under-represented groups...

U.S.News & World Report Ranks Saint Mary's Among Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges

August 20, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—For the third year in a row, U.S. News & World Report ranks Saint Mary's College as one of the nation’s “Best Liberal Arts Colleges.” Saint Mary's comes in at 97 out of the 249 schools listed in the magazine’s “2010 America’s Best Colleges” guidebook, which comes out on Tuesday, August 25. The rankings were posted today on the magazine’s Web site...

The Princeton Review Lists Saint Mary’s College among the “Best in the Midwest”  

July 28, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is one of the best colleges and universities in the Midwest according to The Princeton Review. The education services company selected the school as one of 158 institutions profiled in the “Best in the Midwest” section of its Web site feature 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region, posted July 27...

Operation Diploma Grant to Help Student Service Members

July 28, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a grant designed to increase academic persistence and success among student service members and veterans. The College was one of 21 institutions of higher education in Indiana to receive a share of $270,000 in grants for the development of support programs and services for student service members and veterans...

Saint Mary’s College Announces New Trustees for 2009-2010

July 17, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees elected four members to the board and appointed one at its summer meeting. The terms, which began in June, range from one to three years. Elected to three year terms on the board are Almira Wilson Cann ’69; Sister Maureen Grady, CSC; Rose Marie Lopez Jones ’80; and Carmen Murphy. The Board also appointed Kristle D. Hodges ’10 as the student trustee, to a one-year term...

Saint Mary's College Hires Director of Student Success

July 17, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that Diane M. Fox has joined the College as director of student success. Fox comes to Saint Mary's with 29 years of experience working with students on the college and high school levels...

Saint Mary’s College Announces New Student Advising System

July 08, 2009—Saint Mary’s College announces an enhanced student-advising system debuting this fall that will help students navigate not only their majors, but who they are as individuals. The Cross Currents Program integrates new and existing programs offered by the College’s Academic, Mission and Student Affairs divisions...

Summer Academy Campers to Unravel Mystery at the Library

June 29, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—It’s no mystery why campers love Saint Mary’s College's Summer Academy, an overnight one-week camp for academically and artistically motivated girls, grades 8-12. On Wednesday, July 15 campers will participate in one of many memorable adventures here—a library mystery event created by a College librarian...

Saint Mary’s College to Participate in Yellow Ribbon Program

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...

Saint Mary’s College Hosts 24th Annual Carmelite Seminar

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...”

Saint Mary's College Announces Incoming VP for Finance and Administration

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...

Saint Mary’s College Announces 2009 Alumnae Association Award Recipients  

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...

Saint Mary’s Honors Sister Rose Anne Schultz ‘66, CSC, with President’s Medal

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...

Saint Mary’s Announces Recipient of College’s Highest Student Award  

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...

Broadcast Journalist Judy Woodruff Addresses Class of 2009

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...."

Professor Accepts National Award on Behalf of Project SEED

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...

Saint Mary’s College Recognizes Student and Faculty with Awards of Distinction

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...

Athletic Department Holds Annual Senior Awards Ceremony

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...

Saint Mary’s College announces Outstanding Senior Award Recipient  

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...

Social Work Department to Host Meeting on Improving Communities for the Aging

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...

Cushwa-Leighton Library Celebrates National Poetry Month

April 20, 2009 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College recognizes National Poetry Month with two events at the Cushwa-Leighton Library on campus...

Office of Civic and Social Engagement Announces Service Award Winners

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...

2009 Madeleva Lecture is about Women, Conscience and Creative Process

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...

Student is the World Irish Dancing Champion

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...

College to Host Pen Pals Day on Campus

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...

Yale Law Professor to Speak about Hyperpowers and Lessons for America

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...”

College Teams up with Rebuilding Together

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...

Students to Show Their “Bold Beauty"

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...

Students Set New Dance Marathon Record

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...

In Race to Find Job, College Seniors Try “Speed Networking”

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...

Saint Mary's College Announces New Head Volleyball Coach

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...

Tony Award Winning Director Coming to 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...”

Students to Dance All Night for a Good Cause   

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...

Saint Mary's College Announces Incoming VP for Mission

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...

“South Bend Community Monologues:” Local Stories about Women’s Lives

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...

South Bend School Recognized for Partnership with College

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...

Saint Mary's College Announces Tuition Information for 2009-2010

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...

Students Organize “Yes, We Can!” Walk to Collect Cans of Food for the Hungry 

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...

College to Receive Federal Funding for Community Programs

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...

It’s Coming up Daffodils at Saint Mary’s College 

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...

Social Work Students Plan Community Economic Forum

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...

Quest Conference Examines Interface of Science and Religion

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...

Saint Mary’s College Hosts “National History Day in Indiana” Contest

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...

Well-known Opera Composer Coming to College  

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...

Valedictorian of Class of 2009 Announced

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...

2009 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients Announced

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...

Students to Host Diversity Conference    

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...

Lent offers Opportunity to Make Changes for the Better

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...

Saint Mary’s College Announces Director of Department of Nursing

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...

Need Grows for Need-Based Financial Aid; Students Ask Legislators for Support

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...

Office of Special Events Receives ADDY® Award Recognition

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...

Women’s Choir Tour about to Hit the Road

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...

Center for Spirituality's Spring Lecture Series offers “Hope During Hard Times”

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...

Hip Hop Psychology 101; A Cultural Lecture at Saint Mary's College

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...”

Saint Mary’s Named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service for Third Year

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...

Instructor Translates Soviet Children’s Classics into Works of Art

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...

College to Host French Film Festival

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...

Athletes Open Up Hearts and Doors for Valentine’s Day Party

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...

Indiana College/University Student Leaders to Attend State Conference at Saint Mary’s

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...

Students to Measure Waste, not Waists, in Dining Hall

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...

Justice Education Program Celebrates Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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...

Super Bowl Ads during Recession: Money Well Spent?

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...

University of Notre Dame President to Speak at Symposium on St. Thomas Aquinas  

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...

Play Honors Blessed Father Moreau

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...

Students Invite Children to MLK Day Activity

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...

MLK Day Events Include Panel Discussion and March

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...

Book Drive Could Drive Children toward a Love of Learning

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...

Lilly Endowment Awards Saint Mary’s Sustaining Grant to Stave off Indiana’s “Brain Drain"

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...

Saint Mary's Athletics to Host Holiday Party for Families of College Community

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...

Twelve Days of Christmas Project Helps Those in Need  

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...

Students find “Open Doors” to the World  

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...

Students to Host 5K Sunday for Riley Hospital for Children

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...

Students Remember 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht

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...

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