Declan Kiberd is the Donald and Marilyn Keough professor of Irish studies and a professor of English and Irish language and literature at Notre Dame. He has taught at University College Dublin for 32 years and at Notre Dame for five. He has written primarily about Irish Literature, but also has a strong interest in postcolonial texts and children’s literature, building upon his assertion that children are the ultimate colony --— the ultimate proletariat.
Notre Dame International’s newest program, in Istanbul, Turkey, has everything an ambitious, independent student would want in a study abroad experience. And although it is off the beaten path, it is open to students in every college and has no language requirement.
“Transformation: that is our goal — to change your life. Open your eyes to new opportunities, to new possibilities,” Kathleen Opel, director of study abroad at Notre Dame, says.
As current leaders of student government, the two now do not have the same flexibility to perform this ritual again. In continuing with a campaign platform promise, however, they have now come up with what they believe to be a suitable equivalent: an online platform called “Onward.”
Gil Gaul, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, writes of the economy of college football in his recently published book Billion-Dollar Ball. He discusses how the big business of football came to be, its present state and where it could be going.
Notre Dame Men’s Soccer continued its early season run of dominance with a 4-0 win over UAB, claiming a share of the title in the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament. Sophomore forward Jon Gallagher scored twice, while two seniors, defender Michael Shipp and Connor Klekota, each chipped in a goal.
The four-time lecture attendee explains why he is joining the Seminoles.
By Everett Golson
As told to Hunter Kuffel
Nobody likes being told they’ll be spending the next several months living with some random stranger they know nothing about. Here are some quality tips to help you be the best roommate ever.
It’s the second week of school — perhaps the most important week of your life — and it’s all culminating in this glorious moment: Activities Night.
Instead of being delivered to a central storage area as in the past, food prepared here can be delivered directly to campus units. The CCE separates catering and student dining in order to improve food quality and freshness.
"It takes how long to walk to the Pasquerilla Center from CoMo?"
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latino Supreme Court justice as well as the third appointed female justice, abandoned her typical black robes for more comfortable black slacks, a black shirt and a grey cardigan at a speaking event on Sept. 2 in Leighton Concert Hall.
I invite everyone to join with me, making a commitment today to enjoy the ride. Together, we’ll roll with the winds of the unknown and let them take us wherever they may, as Notre Dame becomes the guiding force.
The reality is that during our time at Notre Dame, we are empowered to create change right where we are.
The Office of the Registrar and student government collaborated over the past year to develop NOVO, the improved system. Standing for “New Organization Via Online registration,” NOVO is intended to be a simpler registration process, one that Chuck Hurley, university registrar, says will be more intuitive and user-friendly.
This year’s freshmen are doing something no upperclassmen can relate to: the Moreau First Year Experience Course. This new freshmen class is changing the first year experience in a big way, but all most upperclassmen know is that it somehow got freshmen out of taking The Swim Test. So what exactly is the Moreau Course, and why does it exist?
New this year to Eddy Street Commons, Blaze is quickly becoming a staple for Notre Dame students.
This year, students returned to campus and discovered both North and South Dining Halls swept clean of paper waste. The Office of Sustainability, Notre Dame Food Services (NDFS) and student government teamed up to eliminate Styrofoam cups and paper Grab ‘n Go bags from both dining halls.
The Notre Dame student experience is grounded in green. The university’s everyday operations, the expansive Notre Dame community and the university’s longtime viability are supported by an unimaginably vast network of financial resources.
Today, the endowment pool is valued at over $10 billion and is managed by over 100 people.