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.
News & Perspectives
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...