The University’s Faith-Based Leadership Program is designed for students who want to experience the challenges facing leaders in the Church and other faith-based organizations. Interning as an executive assistant for a senior leader in one of these organizations, students will be immersed in the reality of its day-to-day operations while, at the same time, discerning […]
Academics
Deadlines For 2014-2015 Bulletin Revisions
Updates to the narrative section of the 2014-2015 University Bulletin (program descriptions, requirements, anything but the course descriptions section) were due to reviewers by Monday, March 17, according to Matt Baasten, associate provost. While all schools and departments are set up differently, in most cases “reviewers” are deans or associate deans; updated bulletin sections are […]
Career Fair, Career Services News
The First Avenue Career and Graduate School Expo is on Friday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Chiles Center. This expo is open to current students and young alumni (Classes of ’03-’13). Participants can connect with recruiters to learn more about summer jobs, internships, or full-time and graduate school opportunities. In addition, […]
Submit Book Orders, Help Students Save $$
Summer and fall book orders are due by Monday, March 31, and submitting book orders now helps the Barnes & Noble bookstore keep costs down for students, according to bookstore manager Erin Bright. Book rentals are one way students can save. UP’s rental program grows each semester; in the current semester, students rented almost 4,300 […]
MAT Informational, March 18
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Informational on Tuesday, March 18, at 6 p.m., in the Franz Hall Murphy conference room (Franz 426). The MAT is an intensive program designed to prepare individuals with baccalaureate degrees for teaching in K-12 schools. MAT graduates earn a masters degree […]
Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship Candidates Wanted
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of academically and experientially exceptional, ambitious rising seniors who would benefit from attending graduate school at Cambridge, Oxford, or one of the other premier United Kingdom institutions to the fellowships and grants office, according to John Orr, assistant to the provost. Students applying for these awards must […]
Annual Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice, March 19
Ted Gurr from the University of Maryland will present the 2014 William J. Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice on Wednesday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. His talk, titled “When Injustice Breeds Internal War: Evidence from Kosovo and North Africa,” is free and open to all. Gurr serves as University Distinguished […]
Barbara Harff Lecture, “A Murderous Century,” March 20
The Garaventa Center will present “A Murderous Century: The Detection, Explanation, and Prevention of Genocide,” a lecture by Barbara Harff, on Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. The presentation is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Harff is professor emerita of political science at the U.S. […]
John O’Callaghan Lecture, March 22
University of Notre Dame philosophy professor John O’Callaghan will present “The Image of God: Malick’s Tree of Life and Augustine” on Saturday, March 22, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. His lecture is free and open to all. O’Callaghan is director of Notre Dame’s Jacques Maritain Center, and a permanent member of the Pontifical […]
New Podcast From Award-Winning Teacher
All faculty and staff who wanted to attend the recent afternoon Teaching and Scholarship presentation by Lars Erik Larson but had previous commitments can see his talk, “Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age,” as a 22-minute podcast at this link: http://tinyurl.com/o57qdd4. Larsen’s talk is featured on the new Garaventa Center series Solloquia Tempestiva, the center’ […]