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Three local storytellers will perform in the Snite galleries
• Date: January 30, 1997
“Myths and Marvels,” an afternoon session of folksinging and storytelling for people of all ages, will be held in the University of Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art Feb. 9 (Sunday) beginning at 2:30 p.m.p. Three local storytellers will perform in the Snite galleries, making use of folksongs and…
Moser named second place winner in national student design contest
• Date: January 30, 1997
University of Notre Dame senior Jacqueline M. Moser, an industrial design major from Rochester, Minn., was a second place winner this year in the National Housewares Manufacturers Association’s national student design competition.p….
Paul-Andre Bempechat will perform piano recital
• Date: January 28, 1997
Pianist Paul-Andre Bempechat will perform a recital Feb. 23 (Sunday) at 2 p.m. in the Annenberg auditorium of the Snite Museum of Art on the University of Notre Dame campus. A preconcert lecture will begin at 1 p.m.p. The program will include Franz Schubert’s “Sonata in G Major” (D….
affirmative action discussed at Hesburgh library
• Date: January 28, 1997
A panel of experts will address proponents’ and opponents’ views of affirmative action and how to ensure equal access to education Feb. 7 (Friday) at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame.p. Participating on the panel are Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant,…
African Students' Association celebrates Black History Month with African films
• Date: January 27, 1997
The University of Notre Dame’s African Students’ Association will observe Black History Month with a Wednesday night series of African films and panel discussions, all to be held in Room 155 Debartolo Hall at 7 p.m. Admission to all the films and discussions will be free.p….
Sylvan and Breitman will perform Schubert concerts
• Date: January 27, 1997
For more information call 631-6201.p….
Notre Dame will host a conference on the recent revolution in welfare law
• Date: January 27, 1997
Prominent federal, state and municipal policymakers, political scientists and theologians will meet Feb. 6-8 at the University of Notre Dame for a conference on the recent revolution in welfare law and its effect on the nation’s poor.p….
Paluf appointed University controller
• Date: January 27, 1997
Andrew M. Paluf, a 1980 alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed University controller, according to Scott Malpass, associate vice president for finance. Paluf succeeds Frederick H. Baumer, Jr., who retired in June after 21 years in the position.p….
Notre Dame tree recognized as largest of its kind
• Date: January 26, 1997
For more information, contact Barbara Hellenthal, assistant professional specialist in the Department of Biological Sciences, at (219) 631-6684.p….
Notre Dame students may be ahead of the curve in their conservative nature
• Date: January 26, 1997
Conventional wisdom holds that Notre Dame students are more conservative than their peers nationwide. But the results of an annual survey of college freshmen indicate that perhaps the University’s student body is simply ahead of the curve.p….
Notre Dame faculty will speak at a symposium entitled 'The State of Contemporary Art'
• Date: January 26, 1997
Four faculty members of the University of Notre Dame’s department of Art, Art History and Design will be speakers in a symposium entitled “The State of Contemporary Art” on Feb. 28 (Friday) at 3 p.m. in the Snite Museum’s Annenberg Auditorium.p….
Notre Dame will establish an Institute for Educational Initiatives to be directed by Hallinan
• Date: January 21, 1997
The University of Notre Dame will establish an Institute for Educational Initiatives to conduct research on schools and the educational process with the aim of devoting its findings to the improvement of American educational policy and practice, according to Nathan O. Hatch, the University’s provost.p. Maureen Hallinan, White Professor…
Undergraduate scholarship aid awarded by the university has risen according to the Office of Finiancial Aid
• Date: January 21, 1997
Undergraduate scholarship aid awarded by the University of Notre Dame in the current academic year increased almost $3 million from 1995-96, and has grown more than $10 million since 1990, according to an annual report from the Office of Financial Aid.p….
Summer Service Projects has received support from the Andrews family
• Date: January 21, 1997
The University of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns has received a $1.5 million commitment from Kathleen W. Andrews and her sons, Hugh and James, to support its Summer Service Projects (SSP) program. Mrs. Andrews, a member of Notre Dame’s board of trustees and a fellow of the University,…
Andrews and McMeel Foundation has committed to endow a series of annual conferences for the Center for Social Concerns
• Date: January 19, 1997
The University of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns has received a $500,000 commitment from the Andrews and McMeel Foundation to endow a series of annual conferences on service learning initiatives in higher education.p….
Kimec predicts the Clinton v. Jones case will proceed on schedule
• Date: January 12, 1997
The case of William Jefferson Clinton v. Paula Corbin Jones, being heard today by the Supreme Court, should proceed on schedule, says Douglas Kmiec, professor of constitutional law at Notre Dame. "As someone who helped quash subpoenas issued against President Reagan in Iran-Contra, I presumably would support presidential immunity; I…
Cinema at the Snite spring schedule
• Date: January 12, 1997
The spring schedule for the Cinema at the Snite (CatS) film series has been released by the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Communication and Theatre.p….
London Study Abroad Program site to be relocated
• Date: January 09, 1997
The University of Notre Dame’s study abroad programs in London will be relocated in 1998 to Nos. 1-4 Suffolk Street on the northwest corner of Trafalgar Square. The University recently purchased an 85-year lease on the building. The London Centre programs – offered by the Notre Dame Law School, the…
Default rates on student loans has dropped to an all-time low
• Date: January 08, 1997
The default rate on student loans, which the Education Department reported today has dropped to an all-time low of 10.7 percent nationally, stands at less than 1.5 percent at the University of Notre Dame, according to Joseph Russo, director of financial aid. "Our default rate is among the lowest in…
The expanded Notre Dame Stadium will double alumni tickets
• Date: January 08, 1997
For further information, contact Dennis Moore at (219) 631-7367 or John Heisler at (219) 631-7516.p….
Woo named new dean for the College of Business Administration
• Date: January 07, 1997
Carolyn Woo, currently associate executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of management at Purdue University, has been named the new dean of the University of Notre Dame’s College of Business Administration, according to Nathan O. Hatch, the University’s provost. Woo, who will assume her duties this August,…
Registration information for spring semester
• Date: January 06, 1997
University of Notre Dame students will enroll for the spring semester Monday (Jan. 13). p. Enrollment of new graduate students and undergraduate transfer or readmitted sutdents will take place from 9 to 4:30 p.m. in the registrar’s office. p. Second semester freshmen will enroll in the concourse of the…
