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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Council approves rezoning for Eddy Streets Commons
By: Dennis Brown Date: July 17, 2007 The decades-old dream of a “college town” adjacent to the University of Notre Dame campus took a significant step forward Monday night (July 16). After some five hours of often passionate debate, the South Bend Common Council voted unanimously to approve the rezoning of 25 acres of land south of campus for the construction of Eddy Street Commons, a $200 million, mixed-use project that will be built on Notre Dame’s southern boundary along Edison Road and Eddy Street. The development will include more than 86,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, 75,000 square feet of rental office space, a 248-room full-service Marriott hotel, a 123-room Springhill Suites hotel, more than 250 apartments, some 80 town homes and about 120 condominiums. Kite Realty Group of Indianapolis, the developer for the project, expects to begin site work next month. The retail and restaurant space, apartments and hotels are targeted for completion in the summer of 2009. The town homes and condominiums will be developed in phases, with anticipated deliveries between 2009 and 2011. Among those speaking in support of the project Monday night were Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s president, University Executive Vice President John Affleck-Graves, and South Bend Mayor Steve Luecke. Calling the project “unprecedented in the recent history of South Bend,” Luecke told the Common Council that he “enthusiastically” supports the development. Notre Dame has worked closely over the past decade with representatives of community groups in the Northeast Neighborhood to develop a plan that meets the needs of residents, the University, the city, and the entire metropolitan area. Numerous residents spoke before the council in support of the development, citing hundreds of new jobs, housing options and nearby shopping and dining as positive factors. Several opponents of the project had raised objections in recent weeks related to the size of the project, environmental issues, the impact on downtown businesses and traffic. Kite representatives addressed most of the concerns by making a variety of commitments, including: - A limitation on the height of the Marriott to six stories for the hotel topped by three stories for condos.
- The creation of a “pocket park” of some 5,000 square feet to provide more green space.
- The incorporation of bike lanes, bike racks and a bike cage within a parking garage.
- The use of environmentally friendly building principals.
- A limitation of the height of the retail and restaurant buildings on Eddy Street to four stories, except for two five-story buildings on the corner of Eddy and Edison.
- The relocation of small animals that inhabit the wooded thicket currently on the site, as well as dislocated animals that find their way into neighboring homes.
- Preservation of six of the 13 acres of the woods.
To replace the woods, Notre Dame will build on the north side of Edison a 12-acre, tree-lined park called Town Commons that – unlike the woods – will be open to the public. There are plans for continuing development in the Northeast Neighborhood in coming years, including the creation of Innovation Park, a 10-acre technology and research facility to be developed immediately to the east of Eddy Street Commons by Notre Dame, the city and the economic development organization Project Future. -from ND News and InfoLabels: construction, notre dame
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Infant co-sleeping expert James McKenna authors new book
By: Shannon Chapla Date: July 13, 2007 Anthropologist James J. McKenna, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory and a world-renowned expert on infant co-sleeping, breast-feeding and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), is the author of a new book titled “Sleeping With Your Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Co-sleeping.”
Newly released by Platypus Media, the book states that simplistic recommendations against any and all forms of co-sleeping are not only scientifically inappropriate, but dangerous and morally wrong. In taking readers through various ways to safely co-sleep, McKenna provides the latest information on the potential scientific benefits, and minimizes hazards and risks of co-sleeping.
McKenna distinguishes between the many different types of co-sleeping (both safe and unsafe) and argues against singular recommendations for or against bed sharing (sleeping on the same surface). The book provides diverse data illustrating why parental choice to bed share, especially for breastfeeding families, should be respected and supported, and explains how safely to bed share and when to avoid the practice.
Notre Dame’s Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Chair in Anthropology, McKenna and his research team pioneered the first behavioral and electro-physiological studies documenting differences between mothers and infants sleeping together and apart and has become known worldwide for his work in promoting studies of breast feeding and mother-infant co-sleeping. His research continues to build evidence in favor of the notion that babies sleep best and more safely next to their mothers, within sensory range. World-renowned SIDS researcher Dr. Peter Fleming from St. Michael’s Hospital in Bristol, England, says “The book should be required reading for everyone who cares for mothers and infants.”
Dr. William Sears, pediatrician and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, describes the book as “trusted advice from the world's authority on co-sleeping.”
McKenna, who won the prestigious Shannon Award from the National Institutes of Child Health and Development for his SIDS research, has written three books on SIDS, co-edited “Evolutionary Medicine” and has published more than 130 scientific papers on infant sleep and SIDS. He regularly is interviewed in the national media on issues relating to his research and is a sought-after speaker at medical, parenting and policy conferences worldwide.
McKenna earned his doctorate from the University of Oregon and taught at Pomona College in California and the University of California, Berkeley, before coming to Notre Dame in 1998. Contact: James McKenna, 574-631-3816, mckenna.25@nd.edu\ -from ND News and Info
Labels: author, co-sleeping, mckenna, notre dame, professor
Thursday, July 12, 2007
the freak is back in holland: potts is too
 potts made her glorious return to the states last week. fortunately for us she jumped on the megabus, a la ike, and six hours later, viola! she's in holland. being the sweet chick that she is, she brought rohn presents. can you guess what i missed most from europe? there are quite a few things but this was easy to bring back and, most importantly, practical - nutella. vachement! it's one of those neat little ones that once you're finished, it transforms into a cute little glass. this promises to be a good weekend. Labels: dr, katie potts, nutella
Notre Dame ReSource: Psychologist gives Harry Potter books an “A” for ethics
By: Shannon Chapla Date: July 12, 2007 Like the previous six, expect “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the final book in the Harry Potter series (to be released July 21), to prove inspirational to children, delivering messages of friendship, courage, kindness, loyalty and obedience, predicts Darcia Narvaez, associate professor of psychology and director of the Center for Ethical Education at the University of Notre Dame. Narvaez researches issues of moral development and education and currently is directing Notre Dame’s “Good Media Good Kids” project, which features her Rating Ethical Content System (RECS). The system measures ethical content in children's books and films by providing ratings for ethical sensitivity, judgment, focus and action, and their opposites. Narvaez says the Harry Potter books all have high RECS ratings and are good ways for children to learn about moral heroes. “Harry and his friends show ethical sensitivity by noticing things that are wrong or hurt others,” she explained. “They show good ethical judgment by trying to understand problems before deciding what to do, and revising strategies when they don’t work. Harry and friends are especially ethically motivated because they show consistent commitment to help others, cooperate to reach positive goals, try to do things that help the community, and keep working at a goal even when it would be easier to quit. “Most notably, however, the books are filled with ethical action. Harry and his friends put themselves at great risk to help others. They try to change things that are cruel or unfair and follow through on completing a moral goal, no matter the cost.” A Notre Dame faculty member since 2000, Narvaez also is co-author of a chapter on character education in last year’s edition of the “Handbook of Child Psychology,” and has published articles in the Journal of Educational Psychology and Developmental Psychology and several books, including “Moral Development, Self and Identity.” She recently received a Spencer Foundation grant for a project titled “The Science of Virtue: Ethical Expertise for Morally-Engaged Citizenship” for which she will write a book. Note to the media: Narvaez's comments may be used in whole or in part. She can be contacted for additional commentary at 574-631-7835 or dnarvaez@nd.edu
-from ND News and Info
Labels: ethics, harry potter, notre dame, psychologist
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Arlotta family commits lead gift for Irish lacrosse stadium
By: John Heisler & Dennis Brown Date: June 4, 2007 University of Notre Dame graduate John Arlotta, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Denver-based Coram Inc., and his wife, Bobbie, have pledged a lead gift toward a new lacrosse stadium to be built to the east of the Joyce Center as part of the University’s new athletics quadrangle. The Arlottas’ children – Mindy, Andy and Jon – also have pledged an additional gift from The Arlotta Family Foundation toward the project. The lacrosse stadium, to be named Arlotta Stadium, is expected to be a $5 million project. Construction will begin once it is fully funded and architectural design plans are available. Conceptual plans suggest a 3,000-seat, lighted stadium that would include an artificial-turf field, locker rooms, restrooms and concession areas. “We’re thrilled and grateful that the Arlottas’ gift will significantly enhance the positioning of our lacrosse programs at Notre Dame,” said Kevin White, the University’s director of athletics. “Both our men’s and women’s programs already are nationally competitive – and a new, top-quality facility will further their abilities to attract the very best student-athletes in the sport of lacrosse.” The lacrosse project is part of the long-term athletics facilities master plan that ultimately will add a new softball stadium (groundbreaking took place last month on that facility), new stadiums for lacrosse, soccer, track and field and tennis, and three relocated football practice fields (one of them artificial turf), all in the area east and southeast of the Joyce Center. The University is actively seeking additional contributions for all of these projects. The Arlottas said the reason for their gifts in support of the Irish lacrosse programs “was a combination of things. We absolutely fell in love with the game while living in Baltimore and, when considering how we could share some of our blessings and good fortune with Notre Dame, we concluded that the lacrosse programs met three critical goals that we had established for our gift to the University. “First, we wanted to do something that would help both men and women. Second, we wanted to support programs that produced great student-athletes. And third, we wanted to do something that would make a difference. The lacrosse programs at Notre Dame met all three of these criteria. “It was a bonus that (head coaches) Kevin Corrigan and Tracy Coyne and their respective coaching staffs are wonderful people who have built their programs from scratch. Helping them add the final piece to their puzzle, and compete each year for a national championship, is very exciting for our entire family.” Arlotta is a 1971 graduate of Notre Dame who majored in marketing with a minor in transportation management. He also was an Army ROTC graduate and is a retired captain in the U.S. Army Reserves. He and his wife, the former Bobbie Dooney, currently reside in Denver and Milwaukee and, in addition to their three children, have two grandchildren, Devin and Riley. Coram Inc. is a privately held provider of home infusion and specialty pharmacy services with $500 million in revenues. Prior to Coram, Arlotta served as chairman, president and CEO of NeighborCare Inc., a Baltimore-based public company with annual revenues of $1.6 billion. NeighborCare was in the business of providing pharmaceutical products and services to nursing homes. Arlotta joined NeighborCare in July 2003, and took the company public in December of that year. Shortly after going public, NeighborCare became the target of a hostile takeover attempt by its largest competitor, and the company was ultimately sold in July 2005. Prior to NeighborCare, from 1995 to 2000, Arlotta was president and chief operating officer of Caremark Rx as well as the president of Caremark’s specialty biotech drug distribution business. Caremark was a publicly traded pharmacy benefit management company with revenues that grew from $1 billion to $6 billion during his tenure. From 1986 to 1996, Arlotta was chairman, president and CEO of HealthCall Corp., a Milwaukee-based distributor of durable medical equipment and consumable medical supplies for home health care. He started his health care career in 1971 at Chicago-based Baxter International. In 15 years at Baxter, he held a variety of sales, marketing and general management positions. While at Baxter, he started one of the country’s first home-care companies, providing intravenous therapy to chronically ill patients. He is a recipient of the prestigious Baxter Distinguished Salesman Club Award. Bobbie Arlotta, a Philadelphia native, is a former high school lacrosse and field hockey player. A University of Delaware graduate, she had a distinguished 18-year career in sales and marketing management at Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia. Mindy (Arlotta) Nelson is a social worker and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her husband, Eric Nelson, is a police officer and a graduate of Ohio University. They have two children, Devin, 5, and Riley, 2, and reside in Cincinnati. Andy Arlotta is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and currently is a national account manager with Managed Healthcare Associates. He is a former college wrestler who now lives in Orlando. Jon Arlotta also is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and is a director of account services for CVS/Caremark. He is a former college football player who now resides in Philadelphia. The Arlottas’ gift is a component of the $1.5 billion “Spirit of Notre Dame” capital campaign. Announced last month, the campaign is the largest such endeavor in the history of Catholic higher education. Contact: For more information or to make a pledge for the lacrosse stadium project, contact Sara Liebscher at (574) 631-5311.
-from ND News and Info
Labels: lacrosse, notre dame, stadium
Monday, May 21, 2007
Basilica’s spires to be removed, redesigned as a precaution
By: Dennis Brown Date: May 21, 2007 The Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame will be closed from noon Tuesday (May 22) through Thursday (May 24) to remove three spires from the church’s bell tower. The daily 11:30 a.m. Mass will be moved to the Basilica’s crypt during the project. The work is being done as a precaution after strong winds last Tuesday caused a fourth spire to crash to the ground. No one was hurt in that incident. There are no visible signs of distress to the remaining three spires, according to Notre Dame’s architect, Doug Marsh, but University officials decided to be proactively cautious and remove them. A cap will be placed over the bases of the spires to seal off water. Marsh said all of the spires will be reinstalled after engineers redesign them. No time frame or cost estimates are available at this time. The area on the south and east sides of the Basilica will be closed to pedestrians while workers on cranes remove the spires this week. -from ND News and Info Labels: basilica, notre dame
Thursday, May 17, 2007
More than 2,800 students to receive degrees May 20
By: Julie Hail Flory Date: May 17, 2007 More than 2,800 students will receive degrees Sunday (May 20) at the University of Notre Dame’s 162nd Commencement exercises, which will be held at 2 p.m. in the Joyce Center on campus. Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co., will be the principal speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctor of engineering degree. Patrick F. McCartan, chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, will receive the 2007 Laetare Medal, Notre Dame's highest honor and the most prestigious award given to American Catholics. Michael Rossmann, a double major in theology and economics from Iowa City, Iowa, will deliver the valedictory address. Degrees will be conferred on 1,963 undergraduates, 408 master’s degree students in the Mendoza College of Business, and 203 Notre Dame Law School students. An additional 303 students will receive master’s and doctoral degrees at the first Commencement ceremony for the University’s Graduate School, which will be held Saturday (May 19) at 1 p.m. in the DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts. University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman will deliver the principal address and will receive an honorary doctor of science degree at the following day’s ceremony. In addition to Immelt and Coleman, other honorary degree recipients are: Valdas Adamkus, president of Lithuania; Rev. P. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., Franciscan Capuchin priest and Apostolic Preacher; Archbishop Elias Chacour, archbishop of Galilee; Paul Farmer, world-renowned authority on AIDS and tuberculosis; Kenneth Hackett, president of Catholic Relief Services; Richard Hunt, internationally-renowned Chicago sculptor; and Immaculée Ilibagiza, author/activist and survivor of 1994 Rwandan genocide. Robert Kiley, acclaimed international transportation reformer, had been previously announced as an honoree, but he will be unable to attend to receive his degree. -from ND News and InfoLabels: class of 2007, graduation, may, notre dame
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
High winds damage Basilica, trees on campus
By: Dennis Brown Date: May 15, 2007 The spire on the southwest corner of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame was blown to the ground and a small stained-glass window at the back of the church was damaged by high, straight-line winds that hit the South Bend area late Tuesday afternoon (May 15). No injuries were caused by the winds, which also damaged trees on the Main Quad, behind the Basilica and in other areas on campus. There is no evidence that a tornado touched down on University property, according to Notre Dame officials who were on campus when the storm hit. The cost of the damage is unknown at this time. -from ND News and InfoLabels: basilica, notre dame, weather
Face to Face
By: Michael O. Garvey Date: May 21, 2007 From: America Often he has said that if just one word were to be inscribed on his tombstone, he would like it to be “priest.” As Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, begins his 91st year on this side of that monument, it is obvious that he means it. Impressively taking in stride the afflictions of great age and near-total blindness, he willingly goes wherever he is asked to go—not infrequently with stole and holy oils to the bedsides of dying friends and colleagues years younger than himself. Earlier this year, at a reception following the funeral of one of these friends, the Notre Dame ethicist Denis Goulet, I sat with “Father Ted” as he struggled through an oily hors d’oeuvre of smoked salmon. He had been asked to speak to the gathering, and, having trouble clearing his throat, asked me to fetch him “a piece of sharp cheese or something” from the buffet table. Delighted to oblige the university’s patriarch, I asked if he wouldn’t like me to get him a glass of white wine as well. “No,” he said sadly, “I can’t. In fact, I haven’t had anything alcoholic to drink for the last six months.” “Why is that, Father?” I asked, remembering, as many Notre Dame people of a certain age do, how very trying his customary Lenten abstinence could be, and not only for Father Ted. He shrugged and replied with a rueful smile, “Wrong doctor.” Whether or not he is permitted champagne, the president emeritus will celebrate an evidently very happy 90th birthday on May 25. Three weeks beforehand, in his memento-packed office on the 13th floor of the Hesburgh Library, he ignited a massive cigar and reported with cheerful bemusement on his last medical checkup. “You get to be 90, you’d think something would start going wrong,” he said, beneath a fragrant cloud of Cuban leaf smoke, “but nothing is, evidently.” He spoke with similar satisfaction of the university that has been his home since he was 16 years old and over which he presided from 1952 to 1987. The institution was transformed while Father Hesburgh was at the helm. Its annual operating budget swelled to $176.6 million from $9.7 million and its endowment to $350 million from $9 million. But the two most conspicuous institutional changes during the Hesburgh era, and the two of which he is conspicuously proud, were the transfer of Notre Dame’s governance from its founding religious community, the Priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross, to a predominantly lay board of trustees in 1967 and the admission of women to the undergraduate program in 1972. The deadpan wit that seldom deserts him appeared as he recounted the history. “Way back when I was studying in Rome, I wrote my dissertation on the role of laypeople in the church, and that was 35 years before the Second Vatican Council,” he began. “I was afraid I’d get in trouble for even writing the darn thing. So you can imagine how gratified I was when the council fathers stole it. Didn’t even give me a footnote.” But as he spoke of Notre Dame’s transition to coeducation, his tone became more ingenuous, even poignant. “Several times every day, I look up at her,” he said, waving familiarly and without turning around to face the window behind his desk, where the famous statue of Mary atop Notre Dame’s main building glowed brightly enough to hurt anyone’s eyes. “And I know I’m going to meet her face to face some day. I mean soon. I ask her to take care of all of us, especially to take care of this place and this work that she’s always supported and that we’ve placed under her protection from day one. I can’t believe that she isn’t pleased to have daughters as well as sons.” We let a silence hang for a bit, and then Father Ted remembered a mutual friend who had died a few years ago. “Why don’t we say a prayer for him right now?” he suggested. It was, of course, a Hail Mary. Michael O. Garvey is the director of news and information at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Click here for a sample of author's writings in America and for books by author at amazon.com. Link to "sample writings" is slow; link to amazon may list books by authors with similar names. -from ND News and InfoLabels: notre dame, theodore hesburgh
Friday, May 04, 2007
Rudy on NBC's "My Name is Earl"
NBC sitcom, My Name is Earl, incorporated a spin-off of Rudy in their latest episode. They bring back three of characters from the original movie, including Rudy himself, Sean Astin. The big scene is when all of the warehouse workers tell their boss they want to buy an appliance from Earl to show their support so he can keep his job. You can check the full episode out on NBC.com. Part three has the scene mentioned above. Labels: nbc, notre dame, rudy, sean astin
Three graduates elected to Board of Trustees
By: Dennis Brown Date: May 4, 2007 Stephen J. Brogan, Jay Flaherty and John W. Glynn Jr., all graduates of the University of Notre Dame, have been elected to the University’s Board of Trustees, effective at the conclusion of its meeting Friday (May 4). A 1977 graduate of Notre Dame Law School, Brogan is managing partner of Jones Day, an international law firm with more than 2,300 lawyers in 30 offices worldwide. He has a broad and extensive law practice in complex litigation, including securities, banking, contests for corporate control, corporate criminal investigations and product liability matters. Brogan, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Boston College, was executive editor of the Law Review at Notre Dame. He joined Jones Day upon graduation from law school, served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice for two years, then returned to the firm. He became managing partner in January 2003, succeeding Patrick F. McCartan, who also is a Notre Dame Trustee and was Board chair for the past seven years. Prior to his election to the Board, Brogan served for seven years as a member of the advisory council for Notre Dame Law School. He has one daughter who is a graduate of Notre Dame and another who currently is attending the University. He and Jones Day, at his direction, are benefactors of the Law School. Flaherty, who earned a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Notre Dame in 1979, has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Health Care Property Investors (HCP) in Long Beach, Calif., since 2002. He previously worked at Merrill Lynch & Co. for 19 years, serving in a variety of investment banking, capital markets and private equity positions in New York, London and Los Angeles. He was elected managing director of Merrill Lynch in 1991, overseeing numerous investment banking industry groups at the firm. After graduating from Notre Dame, Flaherty worked for two years as a certified public accountant in the Boston office of Ernst and Whinney. He then attended the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a master of business administration degree (MBA). Flaherty serves on the board of directors of Quest Diagnostics Inc. and on the board of governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He has served since 1999 on Notre Dame’s advisory council for the College of Arts and Letters. A 1962 Notre Dame graduate, Glynn is founder and general partner of Glynn Capital Management and Glynn Ventures in Menlo Park, Calif., which have committed capital exceeding $500 million from many prominent individual investors and families who are founders, chief executives or directors of well-known technology companies or who have been active venture investors themselves. Glynn has been a venture capital investor in private companies since 1970, focusing on hardware, software, networking telecommunications, medical devices, biotechnology, and medical service companies. He has been an active backer of numerous companies, including Intel, Electronic Arts, Intuit, COR Therapeutics, Molecular Devices, Sun Microsystems, Linear Technology, 3Com Corp. and Neurex Corporation. He also serves as an advisor to New Enterprise Associates, a venture firm with more than $3.5 billion under management. Glynn earned his bachelor’s degree from Notre Dame in history, a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, and an MBA from Stanford University. He has served on the Notre Dame advisory council for the College of Arts and Letters since 1998 and the advisory board of the University’s Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies since 2000. He and his wife, Barbara, made a $10 million gift to Notre Dame last year to expand and fortify the Glynn Family Honors Program, a joint initiative of the Colleges of Arts and Letters and Science. The Notre Dame Board of Trustees now numbers 56. It met on campus Thursday and Friday for the last time under McCartan’s leadership. Richard C. Notebaert, chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International, was elected chair in February and will assume leadership of the Board on July 1. -from ND News and InfoLabels: board of trustees, notre dame
ND thinks big with future plans
By: Margaret Fosmoe Date: May 2, 2007 From: South Bend Tribune $300 million to $400 million in projects on drawing board SOUTH BEND -- A new art museum, four more residence halls, several new academic buildings and new athletic fields are in the University of Notre Dame's future. There also will be a lush lawn rolled out at the university's front door. Those are a few of the improvements included in Notre Dame's master campus plan. A total of $300 million to $400 million in campus building and renovation work is expected during the next five years, said John Affleck-Graves, Notre Dame's executive vice president. Don't expect any dramatic architectural changes. Traditional collegiate Gothic will continue to be the style for future campus buildings."Our alumni, and our students and the administration are really comfortable with collegiate Gothic," Affleck-Graves said. "It's not that it's right for everybody, but we think for Notre Dame, it's important that there's a consistency." Scheduled projects The following projects are under way or soon to start. - Stadium pedestrian plaza: Work is under way to erase the former Juniper Road, which closed last year after traffic shifted to a new road east of campus. Workers are removing the pavement, installing sewer and water lines, and building steam tunnels along that north-south corridor through campus. The area between Notre Dame Stadium and the Joyce Center is being transformed into a pedestrian plaza with landscaping and benches, to be complete by mid-May.
- The old roadway also will be removed from the parking lots south of the Joyce Center and football stadium. Those lots will be resurfaced and landscaped. There will be a dedicated parking lot for patrons of Legends Restaurant & Alehouse Pub, a campus restaurant that is open to the public.
A road leading to Hesburgh Library will remain, but will be redesigned to add more short-term and disabled parking spaces. More than 350 trees and other landscaping will be added along the former Juniper route. The work will be completed by August. - Notre Dame Stadium: Work will begin this spring on patching concrete sections of the football stadium's original bowl to protect the structure from water damage. It's an ongoing project that will continue for years.
- Softball stadium: Construction will begin this spring on a new softball facility at the southeast corner. It will be named Melissa Cook Stadium, in honor of a former Notre Dame softball player who was killed in 2002 in an accident in Chicago. The $3 million cost was donated by Cook's family.
- Power plant: Work is nearly complete on an addition to the campus power plant that was needed to provide more capacity for the campus. Notre Dame will continue to rely primarily on coal for its power.
- Duncan Hall: A three-story undergraduate men's residence hall is under construction on the West Quadrangle, near the campus nine-hole golf course. Designed to house 232 students, it will open in August 2008.
- Cedar Grove Cemetery: Two mausoleums are being built. Each will contain 72 crypts for above-ground interments and 528 niches for cremated remains. When construction is finished this summer, the cemetery will be open for interment of Notre Dame alumni and members of Sacred Heart Parish. (Since the 1970s, burial plots have only been available to Notre Dame employees and retirees.)
- Notre Dame Law School: Construction will begin in August on an 85,000-square-foot addition on the site of the former campus post office. The new classroom and office building will be connected to the existing law school with an arched walkway. When the project is completed in 2010, the renovated original building will be used as the law library.
- The Great Lawn: Work will start in the fall on Notre Dame Commons, a landscaped park area along Edison Road at the main entrance to campus."The main purpose of this is as a gathering space and a transit space so people (on campus) can find their way down to the Eddy Street development project and have an enjoyable path," said Doug Marsh, Notre Dame's university architect. "It's also designed to create a new outdoor space literally at our front lawn."
Some of the paths will lead to Eddy Street, where a "college town" retail-residential-office development named Eddy Street Commons is planned on land owned by Notre Dame. The developer is Kite Realty Trust Group of Indianapolis. Notre Dame Commons will have the look and feel of a park, and is intended for use by both campus and community residents. A terrace on the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center's south side will lead onto the Great Lawn. - Multidisciplinary engineering teaching and research building: Construction will begin in November for a $69.4 million building on the current site of the University Club, which will be demolished. Club leaders still are talking with administrators about the possibility of moving the club elsewhere. The 142,000-square-foot engineering building will include three floors and a full basement.
- South Quadrangle: More than 100 new trees, mostly elms, will be planted on the South Quadrangle this year, a gift from an anonymous university benefactor. South Quad for decades had rows of elm and maple trees along its walkways. Most of the elms died by the early 1980s because of Dutch elm disease. The new trees are a disease-resistant variety.
- New Center for Social Concerns/Institute for Church Life building. Construction of the $14 million, 64,000-square-foot building will begin in spring 2008 on the site of the existing Center for Social Concerns, which will be demolished.
Future projects - Joyce Center: A 60,0000-square foot, $25 million expansion and renovation of the south dome of the Joyce Center. The renovated arena will be named Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, in honor of Philip J. Purcell II, a graduate and trustee who has donated $12.5 million toward the project.All bleachers in the arena will be replaced with blue chair-back seats, dropping seating capacity from 11,418 to 9,800. A 16,500-square foot stadium club will overlook the floor at the arena's south end. Other improvements will include updated concessions areas, more public restrooms and additional seating options for the disabled. A new main entrance will be constructed on the south side of the building, and the ticket office will move to the first floor.
Fundraising should be complete within six months and construction could begin in the next year, Affleck-Graves said. Fundraising stage The following future projects are planned and funds are being sought. Construction is not yet scheduled. - Art museum: A new building to be constructed near the intersection of Edison Road and Eddy Street. It will replace the Snite Museum, which has been isolated by the loss of nearby parking and roadways.
- Two additional residence halls, planned for northeast of Hesburgh Library. Another new residence hall might be built on West Quad.
Notre Dame currently has about 8,000 undergraduates, and 6,400 live on campus. The university has no plans to significantly increase the size of its student body, Affleck-Graves said. The additional dorms will allow the university to restore study lounges in some of the residence halls that have been converted to student rooms, he said. There is no plan to build campus apartments for undergraduates. - New stadiums for soccer, lacrosse, and track and field: To be built on existing fields east of the Joyce Center.
- North dome of the Joyce Center: A major donor is being sought for the $15 million renovation of the dome that houses the ice rink for the hockey team.
- Social sciences building: Planned for the DeBartolo Quadrangle, probably just south of the Hesburgh Center.
- Executive education center: Planned for the DeBartolo Quadrangle, just south of the Mendoza College of Business, to serve as the classroom site for the Executive MBA program.
Student activities center: A new building that would house multipurpose spaces for student events, such as dances and concerts. It might be built near the site of Stepan Center, a geodesic dome built in 1962, which would be demolished. The activities center would supplement, not replace, LaFortune Student Center. -from ND News and InfoLabels: development, notre dame
Monday, April 30, 2007
Alumni Association to present four awards
By: Shannon Chapla Date: April 30, 2007 Three University of Notre Dame graduates (one posthumously) and one student will receive special awards from the Notre Dame Alumni Association during ceremonies on campus Thursday (May 3). The James F. Armstrong Award, which recognizes outstanding service to the University by an employee, will be presented posthumously to Rex Rakow, long-time director of the Notre Dame Security Police Department (NDSP). He received his award shortly before he died of cancer March 7, and it will be rededicated to his widow, Linda. Appointed assistant director of NDSP in 1979, Rakow was promoted to director in 1985 and served as president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators from 1993 to 1994. He earned his bachelor’s degree in police administration from Indiana University, a master’s degree in institutional administration from Notre Dame in 1982, and completed the FBI National Academy’s management training program in 1983. George Oser, a 1958 graduate, will receive the Rev. Louis J. Putz, C.S.C., Award, which recognizes the development and implementation of programs that have contributed to improving the lives of others. The founder and first president of Citizens for Good Schools, an interest group for support of public education in Houston, Oser also is the former president, vice president, secretary and treasurer for the Houston Independent School District. Under his leadership, the board of education established the first magnet schools in Houston, as well as the Houston Community College, and peacefully desegregated the fourth-largest school district in the country. In addition, Oser co-founded Volunteers in Public Schools, which helps screen pre-schoolers for learning disabilities. At the insistence of Father Putz, Oser’s long-time friend and Notre Dame professor, he joined the Christian Family Movement (CFM) and later formed the first official CFM group in the Houston Diocese. A former board member of the city’s Notre Dame Club, he also has served as its coordinator for social services and continuing education. Currently, Oser is retired after spending much of his career as a professor and researcher at the University of Houston and the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The Young Alumni Award will be presented to Patrick Schneidau, who earned both his bachelor’s and master of business administration degrees in 2000, for his inspirational accomplishments since he was graduated from Notre Dame. A former president and treasurer of the Notre Dame Club of Houston, Schneidau’s dedication and leadership strengthened the club’s financial organization, doubled its membership base and expanded club activities. He received a “best practice” honor during last year’s Alumni Senate for his support of the successful Golden Dome Mentors program, which was founded during his tenure as president. He also organized and led the 2003 Vocare Retreat for young alumni living in Houston, San Antonio and Austin. Currently, Schneidau serves as the director of solutions consulting for PROS Pricing Solutions, which provides consulting and software solutions for companies looking to improve their pricing practices. Sophomore Whitney Young, a political science and peace studies major from Houston, will receive the Mike Russo Award for her achievements, service to Notre Dame and strength of character. A member of the Notre Dame Folk Choir, Young also serves as an assistant director of the Spanish Theater Workshop and a show host on the University’s student-run radio station, WVFI. Dedicated to campus service programs, she mentors local middle and high school students in the Take Ten program, and has participated in Center for Social Concerns projects, including the Darfur Rally, World AIDS Day and Gulu Walk. Currently, she is taking a course to prepare for an international summer service program in Chennai, India, and is praised by those who know her for her “warm, caring nature and dedication to making the world a better place.” -from ND News and InfoLabels: alumni association, award, notre dame
Michael Rossmann named 2007 valedictorian
By: Julie Hail Flory Date: April 30, 2007 Michael Rossmann, a double major in theology and economics from Iowa City, Iowa, has been named valedictorian of the 2007 University of Notre Dame graduating class and will present the valedictory address during Commencement exercises at 2 p.m. May 20 (Sunday) in the Joyce Center arena. Rossmann earned a 4.0 grade point average and was a member of the Dean’s List each semester. He also is a member of Notre Dame’s Arts and Letters Honors Program, International Scholars Program sponsored by the University’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Theology Honors Program, and Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honors Society. Among his service activities, Rossmann participated in six seminars through Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns and served as a volunteer at the Our Lady of the Road Worker Drop-In Center and Logan Center in South Bend. He taught English in Uganda, where in 2005 he completed a program in Development Studies at the School for International Training in Kampala. He also studied abroad in Morogoro, Tanzania, and Krakow, Poland, where he completed programs in the Kiswahili and Polish languages, respectively. Upon graduation, Rossmann plans to study for the priesthood, joining the Jesuits at the novitiate in St. Paul, Minn. The Commencement invocation will be offered by Carlin Hebert, a civil engineering major from Bennington, Vt., who will graduate with a 3.96 grade point average. -from ND News and InfoLabels: notre dame, valedictorian
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Lessons from Notre Dame
By: Brad Gregory Date: April 23, 2007 From: Commonweal What drew me to Notre Dame was its Catholic identity. Numerous academics think that any university with a religious mission must be inhibiting academic freedom, marking itself as sectarian and advertising itself as intellectually narrow. Such a characterization justly applies to some religiously affiliated colleges and universities, which want to keep the wider world at bay. Not so Notre Dame. In fact, in my experience, there is greater academic freedom at Notre Dame than at leading secular universities, in ways that both derive from and reach beyond its Catholic mission. Because of deep-rooted assumptions in our society about religion as a private, personal matter of individual opinion and feeling, the secular academy routinely excludes it from consideration as religion. Instead, religion is usually studied not as what Christians, Jews or Muslims, for example, claim that it is -- a human response to the living God -- but as a human construction to be explained through the secular categories of the modern social sciences and humanities. In secular institutions, even to raise questions in the classroom about whether, say, Christian claims about reality might be true or prayer might entail experience of God is to court a reprimand if not formal censure. However, irreligious and atheistic ideas are discussed at Notre Dame -- for if Catholicism is what it claims to be, it should fear no intellectual challenge (can one imagine Aquinas refusing to read Aristotle?). As a result, a wider range of ideas, religious views, and moral and political perspectives can be aired in academic settings without denigration or intimidation at Notre Dame than at leading secular universities. Similarly, because of Notre Dame's Catholic identity, many people here understand that religion is not a part of life but rather influences the way in which all of life is understood and experienced. This insight implies that a Catholic university can and should have scholars who raise appropriate questions about the relationship of Catholic teachings and sensibilities to their respective areas of expertise in the social sciences, natural sciences, arts and humanities, which in turn should be brought into relationship with Catholicism. For nothing in reality is outside God's creation. There is no such intellectual enterprise at secular institutions. It is liberating to be at a University with a wider scope for academic freedom because it lets religion be religion on its own terms. -from ND News and InfoLabels: notre dame
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