Dear colleagues,

Please note that the position description for Sr. Director for Annual Giving and Strategic Marketing will be posted this afternoon via jobs.nd.edu.  The posting will be available until Tuesday, March 1st.  Reporting to me, this position is responsible for leading all annual giving strategies and activities across the University.  The Sr. Director is responsible for developing and implementing proactive marketing, segmentation, volunteer, operational, and major gift strategies to increase and sustain annual giving revenue and donor counts generated from University alumni, parents, and friends.  The leader is responsible for generating approximately $50 million annually in recognition society gifts, and a cumulative $65 million from all annual giving programs.

We are pleased to announce Sara Wolfson as our new Office Assistant at Eddy Street Commons. Sara has been with the University for over 8 years in various capacities, predominately within Food Services. Sara holds an Associate of Arts degree from Holy Cross College. She will be reporting to Tim Willis and will begin her time with us on Monday, February 29.

It is with great pleasure that I announce that Ashley Gerard has joined the Operations & Technology team in Annual Giving & Strategic Marketing as Project Specialist, Campaign Execution.

Ashley joins us from The Tire Rack where she served as Lead Media Buying Support Specialist for 8 years. In that role, she managed direct response marketing, search marketing and affiliate marketing programs. Prior to Tire Rack, Ashley was Marketing Assistant at SC&B Associates, a Colorado based real estate company.

As Project Specialist, she will guide the AGSM team through the campaign execution process, ensure successful campaign launches, and build strategies for improving the process, execution and results of our campaigns.  Ashley will work closely with fund & segment owners, and the campaign execution team, to drive collaboration and efficiencies in campaign execution with an eye to achieving departmental goals.

Ashley and her husband, Greg, have 3 children: Riley (9), Isabella (7), and Emily (3)

Please join me in welcoming Ashley to the University Relations team.

Mark Naman

Colleagues,

The January/February/March Recognition Society reminders were mailed on Tuesday, February 23rd. These were sent first class presort and will be arriving in mailboxes beginning Wednesday, February 24th. A total of 522 reminders were sent.

The counts per society are:

Sorin 416
Corby 55
JCOS 17
OSTM 24
Rockne 10

Please contact the Donor Experience team at 1-5198 if you have any questions.

Best,

Mark Naman

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Fr. Ted’s passing — we’ve produced this story detailing his attendance at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1964 Civil Rights Rally at Chicago’s Soldier Field — which led to the iconic photo of the two locking arms…

Today, we offer our deepest condolences to Carleen Quinlan upon the passing of her father, Chester( “Chet”) Clampitt, this past Sunday in Warsaw, Indiana. The full obituary may be found at :
http://www.titusfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1747787

Visitation hours are tomorrow (Wednesday) from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm at the Titus Funeral Home in Warsaw. A service celebrating Chet’s life will also be at the Titus Funeral Home, beginning at 10:30 am on Thursday.

The family has asked that gifts in Chet’s memory be given to Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice, PO Box 1196, Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1196 or to K-21 Health Foundation – Cancer Care Fund, PO Box 1810, Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1810. Envelopes are available in the funeral home.

For those of you interested in providing a meal or other support to Carleen’s family in the upcoming weeks, Rose Michalski has graciously volunteered to coordinate our efforts. Please remember to keep Chet, Carleen and their entire family in your prayers.

Tim Willis

Joni and Jr. Metzger are happy and excited to announce the birth of their new granddaughter, Juliet Blaney Cronkhite born Friday, February 5th. The parents are Joni’s daughter Kristin and her husband Jay Cronkhite. Big brother Ben is also enjoying the newest member of his family. Isn’t she beautiful!​​

All are invited to attend this concert to honor the one year anniversary of the passing of Notre Dame President Emeritus, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.

Fr. Hesburgh Memorial Concert

Friday, February 26, 2016

8 PM

Basilica of the Sacred Heart

University of Notre Dame

The concert will feature music by John Rutter as well as words of remembrance by Rev. Austin Collins, CSC.

Music will be performed by the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir, Folk Choir, Coro Primavera, Celebration Choir and Basilica Schola accompanied by orchestra.

The free concert will also be streamed online here: http://campusministry.nd.edu/basilica-of-the-sacred-heart/watch-mass-online/11-45-a-m-live-sunday-mass/

Dear Colleagues,

It is with excitement for Sean Kassen that I share with you his acceptance of a new position in the College of Science as the NP-C Research Program Director. In this role, Sean will coordinate the scientific and administrative operations of the Michael, Marcia, and Christa Parseghian Excellence fund for Niemann-Pick Type C (NP-C) Research including coordination of the program’s research grant process, outreach and communication efforts, and continued fund raising activities specifically for supporting NP-C research. The NP-C Research Program Director will have a direct reporting relationship to Mary Galvin, the Dean of the College of Science, and a dotted line reporting relationship to me so that all fundraising efforts for NP-C Research are coordinated through the Development Department.

Since 2009, Sean has worked tirelessly on behalf of Notre Dame to advance the College of Science to new heights with unwavering work-ethic, dedication, and creativity. We are grateful for his many contributions for science and academic advancement and look forward to his leadership of such an important program as the NP-C Research Fund at Notre Dame.

Sean will continue to serve in his current role in academic advancement until we have identified a new AAD for Science. Please join me in congratulating Sean on this exciting and well-deserved opportunity.

In Notre Dame,

Jim W. Morrison

Senior Director, Academic Advancement