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March 2018

Shedding light on higher education and culture in Japan: NDI's Kyle Sturges receives Fulbright Award

Published: March 29, 2018

Study Abroad Assistant Director Kyle Sturges is one of 10 recipients in the country to receive the grant for the International Education Administrators (IEA) seminar. He will participate in the seminar with the goal to help connect U.S international education professionals with higher education systems abroad.

Center for Arts and Culture celebrates ‘Five Years of Arts and Culture in Action’ with free, public events

Published: March 15, 2018

Erin Blasko

The Center for Arts and Culture provides educational opportunities and inspiration through the creation and appreciation of art, the study of cultures and community engagement.

Notre Dame junior named 2018 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact

Published: March 12, 2018

Shortall, JP

The fellowship lasts one year and provides training and resources that help students develop innovative and collaborative strategies for social change.

English alumna uses Arts and Letters education to lead the charge against poverty

Published: March 07, 2018

Jack Rooney

Evelyn Diaz’s career has taken her to the top of Chicago’s governmental, social service, and nonprofit sectors. And at every stop along the way, Diaz ’92 has relied on skills she cultivated as an English major in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters.

Bishop Edward K. Braxton delivers Dean’s Lecture on Race, Law, and Society

Published: March 23, 2018

Notre Dame Law School

In the prologue of his Dean’s Lecture on Race, Law, and Society, “The Catholic Church and the Racial Divide in the United States,” the Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D., Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, asked a thought-provoking question: “What if?”

Mai Ni Ni Aung to receive Kroc Institute 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award

Published: March 15, 2018

Hannah Heinzekehr

Mai Ni Ni Aung, M.A. 2003, has been selected to receive the Kroc Institute’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award. She is the founder of the Sone-Tu Cultural Preservation Project and the director of its sister organization, Sone-Tu Backstrap Weavings. Both organizations work to preserve and elevate the culture and traditions of the Sumtu Chin community in Rakhine State, Myanmar.

Greater China Scholars celebrate the Lantern Festival

Published: March 09, 2018

Miranda Ma

The Greater China Scholars Program wishes you a happy and prosperous Year of Dog.

Applications open for student essay contest on global citizenship

Published: March 06, 2018

Joya Helmuth

In conjunction with the Notre Dame Forum: Going Global, Notre Dame International invites all Notre Dame students to write a brief essay addressing what it means to be a global citizen, what the challenges and rewards are, and how you have used or will use your Notre Dame education to become a global citizen.

1968 Olympian and humanitarian to kick off Staff Diversity Speaker Series

Published: March 22, 2018

Cidni Sanders

The image of track-and-field athlete John Carlos’ silent protest at the 1968 Olympics still speaks volumes five decades later. Carlos,…

Award-winning poet Javier Zamora visits Washington, D.C.

Published: March 14, 2018

Therese Konopelski

Notre Dame undergrad and Latino Studies minor Therese Konopelski had an opportunity to follow and document Javier Zamora’s week-long trip to Washington, D.C., and experience first-hand Zamora’s enthusiasm for engaging with the community through schools visits, meet and greets and public readings.

Women Lead 2018

Published: March 08, 2018

Andy Fuller

Progress is made in the details. The things outside the frame. On the occasion of International Women's Day 2018, meet seven scholars whose work is inspiring others to #PressForProgress.