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Robinson Community Learning Center completes move to new, expanded facility at Eddy Street Commons

Published: June 15, 2020

The University of Notre Dame Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) is settling into its new home, a sleek, spacious new building at Eddy Street Commons, after almost two decades in its original location, the cramped and aging former Goodwill store at Eddy and Howard streets.

Civil rights leader Diane Nash to deliver MLK Celebration Luncheon keynote

Published: January 14, 2020

Erin Blasko

Celebrated civil rights leader Diane Nash will be the keynote speaker for the University of Notre Dame’s annual Martin Luther King Celebration Luncheon on Jan. 20 (Monday) at the Joyce Center.

Africana Studies Professors Maria McKenna, Richard Pierce tapped to lead AnBryce Scholars Initiative

Published: August 20, 2019

Erin Blasko

The AnBryce Scholars Initiative is a scholar leaders program supporting first-generation college students who demonstrate great promise in the face of challenging life circumstances.

Book club ‘elevates’ language for Spanish-speaking Catholic school students

Published: December 18, 2018

Erin Blasko

The book club is the latest in a long line of Notre Dame-backed programs and initiatives aimed at improving educational outcomes for primary and secondary students in the South Bend-Elkhart region.

Student Safety Summit draws nearly 100 to talk to local police

Published: October 11, 2018

Erin Blasko

The event featured Q&A with local law enforcement, covering topics such as safety on an open campus, bias in policing and blue-light emergency phones.

Notre Dame, Girls Who Invest partner to advance women in finance

Published: July 17, 2018

Erin Blasko

In addition to gender diversity, Girls Who Invest promotes social, racial and ethnic diversity. About 20 percent of this year’s class are historically underrepresented minorities, and one quarter of the women come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

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 seminar for educators explores how popular culture, media shape ideas about race

Published: December 07, 2017

Erin Blasko

The two-day seminar is part of Teachers as Scholars, a program that brings local educators together to study, discuss and reflect upon scholarly issues with Notre Dame professors.

Student-athletes promote literacy, combat hunger during coronavirus pandemic

Published: June 04, 2020

Erin Blasko

Student-athletes record themselves reading children’s books to local students in grades K-4 and then post the videos to Instagram along with a donation sticker for Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, including the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.

Notre Dame to host Indiana Association of Blacks in Higher Education Fall Symposium

Published: October 10, 2019

Erin Blasko

The Indiana Association of Blacks in Higher Education (IABHE) Fall Symposium will take place Oct. 13 (Sunday) and 14 (Monday) at the Morris Inn at the University of Notre dame.

Events planned to celebrate Black History Month

Published: January 31, 2019

Erin Blasko

Notre Dame will celebrate Black History Month with events including lectures, discussions and performances throughout February.

Grant to help Riley students develop affordable housing in South Bend

Published: December 18, 2018

Erin Blasko

The $125,000 grant will allow the students to build a home for a low- to moderate-income family in a part of the city where access to quality, affordable housing and financing is limited.

Special Olympics athletes from South Bend, Ann Arbor to compete in flag football game

Published: August 30, 2018

Erin Blasko

Special Olympics Notre Dame is a non-profit service club for Notre Dame students that provides year-round training and competition in a variety of sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the South Bend area, consistent with the Special Olympics movement.

Program brings kids, cops together around food

Published: June 22, 2018

Erin Blasko

One part law enforcement. One part youth. Add culinary professionals and garnish with fresh ingredients and food for thought. That’s the recipe for Cooking with Cops, a pilot program at the University of Notre Dame that brings local youth and law enforcement together around food.

Walk the Walk Week concludes with MLK Celebration Luncheon

Published: January 23, 2018

Erin Blasko

The luncheon — sponsored by the Office of the President and the President’s Oversight Committee on Diversity and Inclusion — featured former student body president Corey Robinson and his father, retired former NBA Hall of Famer and philanthropist David Robinson, as keynote speakers.

Institute for Latino Studies celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with lectures, performances

Published: September 20, 2017

Erin Blasko

The Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame will host a series of events in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

Amid coronavirus, story time moves online for Robinson Center youth

Published: May 01, 2020

Erin Blasko

Established in 2011, the RCLC’s English as a new language (ENL) preschool program is a companion to its adult ENL program, exposing the children of students in that program to music, literature, computers, art and outdoor play on a daily basis.

Notre Dame Fire Department welcomes first women firefighters

Published: September 25, 2019

Erin Blasko

The University of Notre Dame Fire Department recently welcomed Christi Shibata and Michelle Woolverton as the first full-time women firefighters in the department’s 140-year history.

Luncheon celebrates life, legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Published: January 22, 2019

Erin Blasko

Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Oversight Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, the luncheon included remarks from Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., as well as a panel discussion on race: “A Call to Love: Bridging the Racial Divide.”

Potawatomi Language and Culture Night

Published: October 22, 2018

Erin Blasko

Zada Ballew, a Potawatomi citizen and a senior in the College of Arts and Letters, said, “As both a member of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi and a student at the University of Notre Dame, I am honored to have the chance to share my culture with my classmates.

Class of 2022: Intellectually and globally diverse, dedicated to service and leadership

Published: August 24, 2018

Erin Blasko

Both intellectually and globally diverse, the class of 2,070 first-year students includes more than 600 international students or U.S. students of color and nearly 160 first-generation students.

Four Notre Dame students awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships

Published: June 14, 2018

Erin Blasko

The Critical Language Scholarships program is part of the U.S. government’s effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages in the name of U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Walk the Walk Week

Published: January 15, 2018

Erin Blasko

Walk the Walk Week offers opportunities for students, faculty, staff and the broader community to celebrate the diversity that exists on campus and to reflect on ways to make Notre Dame even more welcoming and inclusive.

Class of 2021: Intellectually and globally diverse, dedicated to service and leadership

Published: August 21, 2017

Erin Blasko

A New York Times best-selling author. A Paralympic athlete. A national debate champion in India. The founder of a nonprofit that teaches Latin to inner-city students. These are just a few of the 2,052 students who comprise Notre Dame’s Class of 2021, an intellectually and globally diverse group and the first to feature more than 1,000 women.