August 27, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Saint Mary’s College Theatre Program will welcome Lily Tomlin to campus on Monday, September 27 as the 2010/2011 academic year’s Margaret Hill Endowed Visiting Artist. Tomlin, known for her versatility as an award-winning comedic and dramatic actress, will conduct a master class with Saint Mary’s College theatre students in the morning and hold a public lecture that evening...
August 24, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Department of Humanistic Studies at Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce that Thomas Cahill, best-selling author of “How the Irish Saved Civilization,” will give its 2010 Christian Culture Lecture. His talk, “The End of Christian Divisions: Achieving Reunion Through Truth-telling,” is at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22...
August 23, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College announced today that Follett Higher Education Group will take over the operation the Shaheen Bookstore, effective October 20. Up until now the College has managed the store. The relationship will offer more choices for students, most notably, the option to rent textbooks, which could save students up to 50% on books...
August 17, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—U.S. News Media Group ranks Saint Mary's College among the “Best National Liberal Arts Colleges.” Saint Mary's comes in at 93 out of the 250 schools on the list, released today online and to be published in the September issue of U.S.News & World Report...
August 16, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College, a Catholic all-women’s liberal arts college, is proud to be among the institutions listed in G.I. Jobs Magazine’s 2011 list of Military Friendly Schools. The list includes the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s veterans as students. It is the first time Saint Mary's College is on the list...
August 13, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College will be the proud recipient of a rare Heritage Edition of The Saint John's Bible. On Wednesday, August 25, the Bible will be presented to Saint Mary's College and blessed at the Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, the annual liturgy marking the opening of the academic year. The closest locations to South Bend that have a reproduction of The Saint John's Bible are Marquette University in Milwaukee and John Carroll University in Cleveland...
August 9, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is proud to be recognized in the Center for Student Opportunity’s 2011 College Access & Opportunity Guide as an institution that promotes higher education opportunities for first-generation college-bound students. The school is among 284 colleges and universities included in the guidebook, designed to help these students make their college dreams a reality...
August 4, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College’s Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) will begin to mark its 10th anniversary with a national conference titled "Women as Intercultural Leaders: Imagination, Innovation, Integrity." The three-day event will take place September 30-October 2. There is an early bird discount for anyone registering before Monday, August 16...
August 3, 2010 (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 152 institutions listed in the “Best in the Midwest” section of its Web site...
August 2, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce that Karen Johnson, vice president for student affairs, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Association for Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASACCU). It is a one-year term. Johnson was elected to the Board at the ASACCU’s annual conference last week...
July 23, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The new Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) at Saint Mary's College will host a workshop on August 5 for entrepreneurs seeking to certify their new or existing business as minority- or woman-owned. The State of Indiana’s Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises Division will conduct the workshop...
July 9, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College welcomes ten new members to the Board of Trustees. The Board elected eight members and appointed two at its spring meeting. The terms, which began last month, range from one to three years...
June 30, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College and its new Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) welcomes to campus Lt. Governor Becky Skillman for a seminar titled “Advancing Hoosier Women in Business...”
June 29, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Moreau Center for the Arts at Saint Mary's College proudly announces its 2010-2011 Performing Arts Series. Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 1, and are available to order online on the revamped MoreauCenter.com. The improved Web site offers an organized, intuitive listing of events on campus, with performer photos and audio and video clips...
June 21, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that after a national search for candidates for vice president for enrollment, Mona Bowe has accepted the position. Bowe has served in Saint Mary’s Office of Admission in various capacities since 1995, most recently as the director of admission...
June 10, 2010 (Royal Oak, Mich.)—Saint Mary's College softball player Ashley Peterson '10 was named the 2010 recipient of the Sheila Wallace Kovalchik Award by the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The award recognizes a senior class female athlete who has excelled in academics and athletics, as well as displayed outstanding leadership qualities...
June 8, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 Alumnae Association Awards, which were distributed at the Reunion Banquet on Saturday, June 5 as part of Reunion Weekend, June 3-7...
June 3, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that Italy’s president conferred knighthood on Portia A. Prebys, director of the College’s Rome Program. Giorgio Napolitano, president of the Republic of Italy, knighted her with the title of Cavalier of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic at a May 24 ceremony in Rome...
May 17, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Each year Saint Mary's College presents the Lumen Christi Award to a member of the senior class 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 Lumen Christi Award is Patty Duffy ’10, a nursing major from Chicago, Illinois...
May 17, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College President Carol Ann Mooney presented two deserving individuals with the prestigious President’s Medal at the College's 163rd Commencement on May 15. The recipients are the Most Reverend John M. D’Arcy, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Fort-Wayne South Bend, and John J. O’Connor, outgoing Chair of the College’s Board of Trustees...
May 14, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Just in time for its 163rd Commencement, Saint Mary's College launched a social media-driven Commencement Web site, making it possible to “virtually” attend tomorrow’s graduation ceremony, which is at noon on Le Mans Green. Students, alumnae, faculty, staff or anyone interested will be able to experience the sites and sounds of Commencement, almost in “real time...”
May 14, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College’s 163rd Commencement will take place tomorrow, May 15, at noon in the traditional outdoor setting of Le Mans Green, the lawn south of the grand Le Mans Hall. The Class of 2010 is made up of 376 women, representing about 250 towns/cities in 32 states...
May 12, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its annual Summer Seminar on Carmelite Spirituality June 16-20, 2010. The 2010 event will be a conference entitled “Carmel’s Quest for the Living God”...
May 10, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to welcome to campus today a delegation from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including two officials from the Chicago office of the Consulate General of the PRC. Deputy Consul General Chu Maoming and consul Yu Xueyong will accompany a five-person delegation from China’s Soong Ching Ling Foundation in China...
May 7, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s Commencement isn’t until May 15, but there will be a graduation at the College this weekend. La Casa de Amistad, a charitable organization that operates a community center in South Bend for Hispanic youth and adults, will have its GED (General Educational Development) graduation at the College on Saturday, May 8...
May 6, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce that Jan Pilarski, director of the College’s Justice Education Program, is a 2010 Hearts Afire Award recipient. The United Religious Community of St. Joseph County (URC) recognized Pilarski with the award today at its Annual Community Prayer Breakfast...
May 5, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Every year the Saint Mary's College Alumnae Association Board of Directors presents the Outstanding Senior Award to a member of the senior class who exemplifies the spirit and values of the College. The recipient of this year's award is Rachel Eisterhold, a communication studies major from Owasso, Oklahoma...
May 3, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce the recipients of three annual awards of distinction. One student and two faculty members were recognized at Honors Convocation held at the College on Sunday, May 2. The awards include the Saint Catherine Medal, the Spes Unica Award and the Maria Pieta Award...
April 26, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Office for Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) at Saint Mary's College is pleased to announce that six students will receive will six unique service and volunteer awards at a banquet at the College this evening. Five of the awards are named for Sisters of the Holy Cross...
April 20, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Florence “LuLu” Daly ’82, a nurse, and her husband Peter Daly, ND ‘82, an orthopedic surgeon, were among the first medical personnel to respond to Haiti following the January earthquake. Lulu Daly will share stories and photographs from their “life-changing” time there during a talk at Saint Mary's College titled “Helping in Haiti,” on Friday, April 23...
April 19, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—It’s Earth Week and Earth Day is this Thursday. At Saint Mary's College there are efforts underway on several fronts to make every day an Earth-conscious day. Here are highlights of the campus’ varying environmentally friendly endeavors...
April 16, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Pen Pals Program is one of the many shared experiences between Saint Mary’s students and those at Coquillard and Warren Primary Centers. Through the College Academy of Tutoring (CAT) program, which is operated by OCSE, Saint Mary's students are placed in several Title 1 South Bend public schools to serve as tutors, reading partners, teacher’s assistants and interns...
April 13, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– It’s not called “Bold Beauty” for nothing. On April 26, the all women’s Saint Mary's College will host its second annual Bold Beauty Conference, an event which challenges societal standards of what makes a “beautiful woman.” This year the conference also examines female sexual identity in American culture...
April 6, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)- Saint Mary’s students, faculty and staff will roll up their sleeves on April 17 to help with Rebuilding Together 2010, a national program that restores the homes of elderly, disabled or low-income homeowners. This year the Office for Civic and Social Engagement is not only heading up Saint Mary's efforts, but also the House Pin Project to fund repairs to the Saint Mary’s-sponsored house...
March 29, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind)- The fifth annual Saint Mary's College Dance Marathon raised $77,328 for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, where many kids from northern Indiana are treated. The 12-hour overnight event, put on by Saint Mary's students, started on March 26. This year two area high schools hosted mini-marathons, with money raised going towards the Saint Mary’s Dance Marathon’s total...
March 23, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary's College has set the percentage increase for the 2010-2011 at its lowest rate in five years. Tuition at the College will increase 4.75 percent to $30,360. The room and board will average $9,480, an increase of 3 percent, consistent with the past five years...
March 19, 2010—In October 2009, Saint Mary's College received a $245,000 Small Business Administration grant to support women’s entrepreneurship in the South Bend area. Now, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) is up and running, and local business owners are already benefiting. The "Personal Financial Strategies for Business-Minded Women" seminar will be held at the College on April 9...
March 19, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.) –Saint Mary's College is proud to announce that the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has selected Steven Broad, assistant professor of mathematics, as a Fulbright scholar grantee to Brazil...
March 19, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is proud to welcome back to campus alumna Mary Anne Luzar ’72, Ph.D., Chief of the Regulatory Affairs Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. Luzar will offer invited guests a “behind the scenes” view of the preparation and roll out of the H1N1 vaccination program and the international effort to control the spread of the 2009 flu pandemic...
March 17, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.) –The 5th annual student-led Saint Mary's College Dance Marathon will take place March 26-27 in the Angela Athletic Center. More than 450 students from Saint Mary’s College, Holy Cross College and the University of Notre Dame are expected to participate in the 12-hour overnight fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children. Saint Mary’s Dance Marathon will kick off at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 26...
March 11, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Students in the Office for Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) at Saint Mary's College are coordinating a Lenten walk for South Bend’s hungry called “Yes, we can!” The South Bend–area community is invited to join students on the walk, which will begin at the Student Center at 2 p.m. on Palm Sunday, March 28...
March 10, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Student Diversity Board (SDB) at Saint Mary’s College will host its fifth annual Diverse Students’ Leadership Conference (DSLC) on March 17-19 in the Student Center. The purpose of DSLC is to enrich perspectives within diverse academic, professional and social settings...
March 3, 2010—Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, the (University of) Notre Dame/ Saint Mary’s College (ND/SMC) Irish Dance Club brought home the trophy last week from the Ceili Club Championship at the 2010 All-Ireland Dancing Championships held in Killarney, Ireland. The team is made up of Saint Mary's and Notre Dame students who have competed at national and/or international levels in the past...
March 1, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Saint Mary’s College is pleased to announce that marine biologist Sylvia Earle will deliver the 2010 Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree from the College. Saint Mary’s will also recognize Lois Lowry, author of young adult fiction books, with an honorary doctor of humanities degree. Commencement will take place May 15, 2010 at noon on Le Mans Green...
March 1, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind)—Saint Mary's College has the pleasure of announcing two valedictorians for Class of 2010: Audrey Marrah, a biology major, and Carly O’Connor, an English literature major. The students not only share the same grade point average (4.0), they share the same hometown (Kokomo, Ind.), the same home parish (St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church) and graduated from the same high school (Northwestern High School). If that’s not enough in common, they also call each other best friend...
February 25, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)– The Corporation for National and Community Service announced today that Saint Mary’s College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service learning and civic engagement...
February 10, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)- Social work students will host an annual community forum at the College on Monday, March 1. This year’s event is titled “Family H.E.L.P. Community Forum: Health and Education for the Latino Population.” The forum will be a dialogue with Aida McCammon, MSW, Co-Founder & President/ CEO of the Indiana Latino Institute. The South Bend-area community is encouraged to attend this free event. Translators will be present...
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...
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...
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...
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..."
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...”
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...”
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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…
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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