Please join us on Saturday, August 6 for Logan’s Run. This run/walk is held entirely on the beautiful Notre Dame Campus, and offers a 1 mile fun walk, and 5K and 10K runs. The festivities continue after the race with a Family Fun Fest.

This year we are offering two fun ways to support Logan Center, which offers so many wonderful services to our community.

• A Service Activity – Be an event volunteer. This may include manning a water station or directing runners during the race.
• A Fitness Opportunity – Work-out with your colleagues. Join our team for one of the three run/walk events and take advantage of reduced registration fees. All skill levels are welcome.

If you would like more information on Logan’s Run, visit: http://www.runwithlogan.org/

If you are interested in being an event volunteer, or in joining the run/walk team, contact Jill Donnelly at Donnelly.18@nd.edu.

Thanks!

The University Relations Community Service Committee

Kris Machalleck

Please join me in welcoming Kevin Cannon as a new Sr. Director, Regional Development, West region. Kevin will begin his employment on Monday, July 11^th.

Kevin joins us with 17 years of serving Our Lady’s University, most recently as the Director of Student Financial Services.  Kevin served in this role, and as a member of the Finance senior management team, for six years.  His exemplary leadership experience and work assisting Notre Dame students, parents, and alumni, provide him excellent experience as he transitions to the Development team. 

After receiving his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Eastern Illinois University, Kevin served ten years at his alma mater in University Housing and Dining Services.  He began employment with the University of Notre Dame in 1994, where he has served in positions such as Director for Student Residences, Director for Student Accounts, and the Renovare Functional Lead for Student / Faculty System. 

Kevin and wife of 19 years, Mary Beth, have two children.  Their oldest son, Michael, is 16 and will be a junior at St. Joseph’s High School.  Jack is 13 and will be an 8^th grader at Schmucker Middle School. 

Please join me in welcoming Kevin to the team!

Sincerely,

Joe

Joe Gelchion

UNIVERSITY RELATIONS SUMMER CARNIVAL

July 23, 2011,         11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Stepan Center

The University Relations Summer Carnival is right around the corner!  There will be fun for all, and not just those with children, we hope everyone will join us.  It is a great way to catch up with your colleagues, and meet your new ones!  Plus, you don’t have to be a kid to take a shot at dunking one of your co-workers.

In addition to the dunk tank, there will be a bouncy house, face painting, balloon animals, and lots of delicious things to eat.

Please R.S.V.P. by clicking on the link below and filling out the form.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W36KBV7

The Events Committee needs to make sure that we have enough food and other treats for the big day, so we ask that you please RSVP by Wednesday, July 13. Also, if you have children, we need to know by that date so that we have enough goody bags for all the kiddies.

As in the past, the Events Committee is in need of volunteers to help again at this year’s carnival.  We need help with supervising the dunk tank, making sno cones, supervising childrens’ games, set up, and clean up.  If you would like to lend a hand, please let me know, your help is greatly appreciated!!

We look forward to seeing you!  Please contact Katherine Cinninger at kcinning@nd.edu with any questions.

Sponsored by the University Relations Events Committee

 

I would like to welcome and introduce a new member of our team during the upcoming football season.  Beginning today, we have added Brenda Reed as support in the billing, distribution and reconciliation of our football, basketball and hockey allotments for the 2011 seasons.  Brenda has been working as a temporary employee in Accounting and Financial Services since November 2010, and this experience will be of great assistance to us this Fall.

Brenda’s primary responsibilities will be billing and assisting with credit card authorizations and processing.  She is located in the office next to Jean Gorman on the west side of the Eddy Street location.  She will also be managing the parking pass lottery direct line (574-631-1818) throughout the month of July; however, you may also contact Brenda with all questions or assistance at this same number.  For all off-campus staff that do not have secure terminals and need to authorize credit cards or reserve hotel rooms, you may contact Brenda directly.  She will also be responsible for the distribution of inventory (either delivering to on-campus staff or sending FedEx packages out to off-campus staff).  Her email address is Brenda.A.Reed.79@nd.edu

Please join me in welcoming Brenda to the department as we look forward to a very exciting season.  Go Irish!

Jill Calderone

University of Notre Dame, Department of Development

Eddy Street Commons at Notre Dame

from the California Regional Development Office:

OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS CHANGING

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011

Please update your records to replace our previous address:

7855 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 224

La Jolla, CA 92037

With the following new address:

University of Notre Dame

302 Washington Street, Suite 608

San Diego, CA  92103

NO CHANGE TO PHONE, FAX OR EMAIL

Many thanks!

Tim McOsker

Megan Meihaus

Dana Weber

Colleagues,

 

As some of you may know, there is a team of people that have been working behind the scenes the last few months, preparing to upgrade the Advance system from its current version 9.3 to version 9.6.0.1.  The team has been evaluating all the enhancements that will be provided with this upgrade and testing their implementation.  While there are no major changes in the functionality of Advance, there are some improvements.

Effective with this release:

• Entity email addresses are removed from the Address window and now are viewed and maintained on a new Email window
• A new eContact window allows for entry and storage of content related to contacting the entity via electronic means such as Facebook, Twitter, or URL
• A new Telephone window allows you to store telephone numbers separately, along with additional telephone attributes. Together these elements provide a means for creating and tracking a more comprehensive picture of relevant telephone information

 

PLEASE NOTE THE IMPORTANT DATES BELOW

As the upgraded system is deployed to the environment that our Data Analysts use (DEVL), as well as the TEST and Training environments, we are unable to create new long term reports or modify existing reports until the upgrade of the Production environment is complete.  The DEVL environment was upgraded on June 15^th .  We will proceed with testing in DEVL prior to upgrading our Test and Training environments.  The week of July 5^th, we expect to upgrade Test and Training and validate the migration prior to upgrading the Production environment starting the evening of  July 21^st .  Due to the upgrade, Advance Production will not be accessible beginning at 5:00 pm on Thursday, July 21 through Friday, July 22^nd . Advance 9.6.0.1 Production will be available to access on July 25^th .

 

Sincerely,

 

Donna Adams, Jamie Barry and Sue Prister

 

 

Sue Prister

Assistant Director

Donor Services

Development Office

University of Notre Dame

1100 Grace Hall

(574) 631-2610

 

Check out the South Bend Tribune video:

http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/sbt-notre-dame-runs-smart-on-errands-20110618,0,579471.story

 

Please join me in welcoming Darrell Paulsen as a new Associate Regional Director in the Midwest. He will start on July 5th.

Darrell brings a twenty year relationship with the University as a graduate student and employee, along with a wealth of experience as a program manager and as a conference planner and presenter.  Darrell’s strong leadership skills and relationship building experience have been deployed here at Notre Dame in service to our graduate and professional students as well as our alumni.  I am excited that these same skills will now be directed toward serving Notre Dame through donor relationships.

After receiving his undergraduate and graduate degree from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, Darrell received his Master of Divinity from Notre Dame in 1994 and has since worked for the Office of Campus Ministry for the past 17 years.

Darrell has also designed and directed national conferences for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  He is currently writing his dissertation for his Doctorate in Ministry from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago on sustaining lay leadership in the Church.

Darrell and his wife Melissa both originate from New England.  Darrell and Melissa have been married for 23 years and have four children:  Caitlyn is a junior at St. Mary’s College; Sean is an incoming first year student at Notre Dame; Madeleine is a junior at Penn High School; and Julia is a 7th grader at Schmucker Middle School.  Melissa directs the social entrepreneurship initiatives at the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and is a concurrent instructor in the Mendoza College of Business.

Mike Sullivan ’90, Senior Director of Development – Midwest Region

University of Notre Dame – Department of Development

Eddy Street Commons at Notre Dame   1251 N. Eddy Street, Suite 300     South Bend, IN  46617-1403

Office: 574-631-9194     Fax: 574-631-8325

msulli33@nd.edu     www.supporting.nd.edu

with kudos to Marilyn Ipsen:

Divine Development Cookbook – 2011

University Relations Team,

I am pleased to announce that Pablo Martinez will be joining the Annual Fund Marketing and Operations team as a Program Manager in the Phone Center on Friday, July 1^st.   Pablo is no stranger to the Phone Center, since he began working as a Student Caller in 2008 and was promoted to Student Manager for the 2010/2011 academic year.

Pablo is from San Antonio, TX and graduated this May from Notre Dame with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.  During his time as a student, he was a resident of Keenan Hall and an active participant in intramural sports, Team Captain for Keenan Hall Interhall Soccer and Co-Head Coach for the Women’s Soccer Club.  In the spring of 2010, he took part in the Angers, France study abroad program.  He also brings the talent of being proficient in Spanish and fluent in French.

Please join me in welcoming Pablo to our Development family!

Best regards,

Lori Rush

Lori M. Rush, Assistant Director, Annual Fund

University of Notre Dame     Development Phone Center

100 Eck Center     Notre Dame, IN 46556

(574) 631-7935     Fax (574) 631-0212

 

As we move forward on the integration of SugarCRM, it is now time to begin revealing the progress we have made!  Starting next week, we will be holding weekly ‘Demo’ sessions in the Family Room at Eddy Street Commons.

The purpose of these sessions will be to familiarize you with SugarCRM’s capabilities.  These sessions will allow you to start learning Sugar’s layout, tools, and overall design before training and go live on August 1st.

Two sessions (Session A or Session B) will be offered each week.  While the demonstration topics will change from week to week, you do not need to attend both session A and session B as they will be demonstrating the same thing.  Demo A Sessions will be held Tuesdays at 11am EST with one substitute Wednesday.  Demo B Sessions will be held Thursdays at 2pm EST.  Sessions will last approximately one hour and snacks will be provided.  For off-site folks, the training sessions will also be available via WebEx.

Many thanks to all of you who have assisted in the implementation of SugarCRM thus far.

-The SugarCRM core team

University Relations Colleagues:

The University is making changes to the Endeavor application that will impact performance reviews that are incomplete.  June 23^rd is the last day to complete the process for open performance reviews.  If you have not completed Step 7 to electronically “sign off” on the review and “send forward”, please login and complete this step before June 23^rd.   Endeavor will be closed June 24^th thru July 4^th for upgrades.  Any open performance reviews as of June 24^th will be marked as complete at the last step and will no longer be available for editing.

The updated version of Endeavor will be available on July 5^th.  You will be able to enter your 2011-2012 goals at this time.

Mary Ellen Koepfle, C.P.A., Director, Finance and Administration

UND ’96, SMC ’78

University Relations,  1100 Grace Hall, University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana   46556

(574) 631-9903 (office)     (574) 631-8519 (fax)

Fiscal year end is coming soon and I want to make sure everyone is aware of the deadlines associated with the close of the fiscal year.  I have highlighted some key deadlines to bring to your attention.  A full listing  of the Fiscal 2011 Year-End Closing Schedule is available at the following website:  http://controller.nd.edu/documents/FY11YEClose_Campus.pdf

• June 10 – buyND Purchase Requisitions greater than $5,000, but less than $25,000 must be submitted.
• June 24 – Facilities Operations must receive work requests by 4:30 pm for work orders to be created in the old fiscal year
• June 24 – Cut-off for pro-card, Fed-ex Kinko, and food service charges for FY 2011.  Charges after June 24 will post to FY 2012.
• June 30 – Last day to submit buyND catalog requisitions and purchase orders processed under $5,000 in the old fiscal year.
• June 30 – Deposits made on or before June 30^th will automatically be credit to the old fiscal year.
• July 1 – buyND purchase orders will be placed with new year funds.  Submit requisitions for blanket orders.
• July 1 – Deposits made between July 1^st and July 8^th should clearly indicated OLD YEAR  or NEW YEAR.
• July 5 – Expense reports (in paper form) and Check Requisition forms related to the old year must be received in Accounts Payable by 5:00
• July 5 –  Expense reports via travel ND must be submitted by 11:59 pm.
• July 8 – Journal entries must be in Accounting by noon for OLD YEAR processing.
• July 9 – Standard reports reflecting activity through the first close of the general ledge will be available via GLez.
• July 14 – campus final close

Please feel free to contact me, Brenda Carr, Brad Goff, or Doug Leyes if you have any questions concerning year-end.

Mary Ellen Koepfle, C.P.A.

UND ’96, SMC ’78

Director, Finance and Administration,   University Relations

1100 Grace Hall,      University of Notre Dame             Notre Dame, Indiana   46556

(574) 631-9903 (office)     (574) 631-8519 (fax)

We are pleased to announce that Sean Brian Meihaus arrived Monday, June 6, at 5:03 a.m. Sean weighed in at 9 pounds, 3 ounces. Proud parents, Megan and Brian, and big sister, Erin, are all doing great, and thank everyone for their prayers.

Well wishes may be sent to:

3 Sierra Circle                Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

Megan will be on maternity leave until the end of August.

Please direct any work-related questions to Dana Weber while Megan is on leave.

Congratulations, Megan and family!

 

Several new positions within Individual and Institutional Giving are now posted on the HR jobs website.  These positions include the following:

 

1)       Associate Director of Regional Development,

2)      Administrative Assistant Regional Development,

3)      Associate Director, Athletics Advancement,

4)      Sr. Director, Development Western Region.

 

The first three postings will remain open through the end of next week.  A preferred candidate has been identified for the Sr. Director of the Western Region.  If you have interest in a position or wish to recommend someone please contact Melanie Davis atmdavis21@nd.edu.

 

Thank you for your consideration,

Joe

Be sure to see the new Annual Giving Programs Org Chart available on the portal.

Dear Team,

 

A quick announcement to bring everyone up to speed.  Last week, we informed  the western fundraising team that Tim McOsker will be stepping down as the Sr. Director of the division.   Effective July 15, Tim will assume the role of Regional Director in the west, based out of L.A.  We posted the Sr. Director role this past Friday.

 

I want to thank Tim for his two years of service as Sr. Director and wish him well in his new role.

 

Tim stepped in at a time two years ago when we were in dire need of help in the West.  His leadership and direction helped us post two outstanding years, as we closed out this record breaking Spirit of Notre Dame Campaign.  We are all in debt to Tim for his service and look forward to significant contributions moving forward in his new role.

 

Wishing you all the best,

 

Joe

The Notre Dame Alumni Association will be posting the position of Spirituality Program Director.

 

The Spirituality Program Director (SPD) works with the Director, Alumni Programs  and the NDAA to manage all spirituality programs (current examples are: Pray.nd.edu, Tender Strong and True, etc.).  The SPD also plays a key role supporting the existing group leadership (e.g. alumni board regional directors, club/class presidents, etc.). The SPD works with the Director, Alumni Programs to determine annual and long range participation goals for existing spirituality programs as well as new programming and planning.

 

Qualified candidates will have an undergraduate degree and a minimum of 6 years experience in the field of spirituality programming or other related areas. A preferred qualification is a PhD. The SPD must be able to build and cultivate excellent relationships with peers, colleagues, on-campus constituents, volunteers, and ND alumni, parents, and friends. A detailed position description will be posted on the ND jobs site.

 

Please note if you have interest in this position or wish to recommend someone please contact the recruiter for University Relations, Melanie Davis, at mdavis21@nd.edu.

 

Thank you for your consideration,

 

 

Marc D. Burdell ’87

Director, Alumni Programs

Dear UR Colleagues:

 

Later this week the Spirit e-magazine will be sent electronically through an email from Lou Nanni to all alumni, parents and friends with email addresses. It focuses on the critical need of financial aid. The students featured are the same students whose stories were shared in the printed copy of the Spirit newsletter last month. Here is the advanced link: http://www.pursuantmedia.com/notredame/spirit/0511/

 

Please let me know if you have any questions,

 

Katherine Lane

 

Dear UR Colleagues:

Later this week the Spirit e-magazine will be sent electronically through an email from Lou Nanni to all alumni, parents and friends with email addresses. It focuses on the critical need of financial aid. The students featured are the same students whose stories were shared in the printed copy of the Spirit newsletter last month. Here is the advanced link: http://www.pursuantmedia.com/notredame/spirit/0511/

 

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Katherine Lane

Director

Marketing, Communications and Stewardship