Events planned to celebrate Black History Month
Notre Dame will celebrate Black History Month with events including lectures, discussions and performances throughout February.
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Grant to help Riley students develop affordable housing in South Bend
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
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
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
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
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.
Luncheon celebrates life, legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Book club ‘elevates’ language for Spanish-speaking Catholic school students
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
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
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
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
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.