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Posted November 02, 2016

Balancing Athletics and Academic Goals

First-year fencers Christina Boitano and Julia Barry were asked about the hardest part of being a student athlete. Both replied, “Time management.” Time management can be difficult any first-year student, but even harder if you are an athlete.

Posted October 31, 2016

Happy Halloween 2016!

Happy Halloween! Don't let FOPOH get you!

Posted October 25, 2016

A Conversation With: Dan Graff, Higgins Labor Program

We are a unit of the Center for Social Concerns — we sponsor research, education, and dialogue on issues involving work, opportunity, and social justice. We hope to connect students to the Catholic Social Tradition’s commitment to workers and workers’ rights. We would like the Notre Dame community to get...

Posted October 24, 2016

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

A critical information literacy is a fundamental requirement for doing academic research. The Association of College and Research Libraries has proposed a framework for developing a critical information literacy for students of higher education.

Posted October 12, 2016

Meet The Major: Italian Studies

Italian Studies professor Christian Moevs presents the acclaimed Italian Studies department at Notre Dame and its many opportunities for exploration, studying abroad, and more.

Posted October 11, 2016

Notes From the First Year: What Do I Do With My Midterm Grades?

If you are like me, you may not know your exact grades in many of your courses. Several of my professors do not update grades in Sakai, so I will not see some of my grades until midterm reports come out. Coming from school systems where students and parents can...

Posted October 05, 2016

Meet The Major: Irish Language and Literature

Director of Undergraduate Studies Tara MacLeod explains the possibilities and opportunities within the Irish Language and Literature department at Notre Dame.

Posted September 28, 2016

Notes From the First Year: How Do I Fix an Exam Conflict?

As soon as I had all of the syllabi from my classes, I wrote down important due dates and exam times in my planner. After looking at them all together, I figured out that I have three finals in one day. On December 14th, I am supposed to take my...

Posted March 31, 2016

New Actuarial Science Minor

Professor Jeffrey Zheng is on a mission as the director of the new actuarial science minor at the University of Notre Dame: he wants everybody to know what an actuary is. “An actuary is someone who deals with and quantifies uncertainty.” An actuary uses both math and business skills to...

Posted September 15, 2015

Welcome Weekend Launches Moreau First Year Experience

Amid all the Welcome Weekend excitement of moving into their residence halls, meeting other members of the Class of 2019, and getting to know the Notre Dame campus, first-year students also went to their very first class.

Posted July 17, 2015

Coming to ND — by way of London

Sierra Mayhew ’19, like many incoming first-years, is already busy packing bags in July. But, unlike most early packers, she’ll use those suitcases well before Welcome Weekend starts — as a student in Historic Fashion in the Arts: Theatre, Film, Paintings, Sculpture, and Re-enactment, a Department of Film, Television, and Theatre university seminar.

Posted July 01, 2014

A Place of Refuge

The bells of the Basilica chime the alma mater as I light a candle, a prayer intention held close to my heart. Behind me, students rest on a kneeler, contemplating their desires, joys, and struggles. Aside from the soft notes from the bells, there is silence.

Posted July 01, 2014

First Quarter Recap

By now you are probably fully immersed in the uniquely Notre Dame culture and traditions. So in true Fighting Irish fashion let’s do a recap of the first quarter of your “big game,” otherwise known as freshman year of college. You have earned the right to take a moment to...