Dear Colleagues,

I am excited to announce that Amy Schell will transition to the Organizational Effectiveness (OE) team effective immediately to serve as the Senior Director, Financial and Data Management.  As a key process owner within the OE team, Amy will have direct oversight over teams responsible for gift and pledge management, biographic data integrity and strategy, finance, and administration.  Through this role, Amy will work to implement a new set of innovative, creative, donor-centric and transformative initiatives that elevate the team’s contribution to the overall goals of the department.

Amy has served as an integral leader within the Division during her 11 plus years of service to the University.  During her six year tenure on the Annual Giving and Strategic Marketing team, Amy has provided leadership in the fundraising of unrestricted and recognition society gifts to the University.  Amy’s commitment to the mission of Notre Dame, work ethic, and hunger to constantly improve has made an impact on those around her.  I look forward to working with Amy in her new role.  Please join me in congratulating her as she embarks on the next phase of her career in serving Notre Dame.

While this transition is effective immediately, Amy will no doubt continue to be a source of knowledge for our colleagues on the Annual Giving team.  Ryan Brennan will look to post Amy’s former position in the coming days.  Please contact Ann Moran or Ryan if you have an interest in discussing the position.

All my best,

Brad

The Kelly Cares Game Day Chase is this Saturday before the Georgia game. Eddy Street, parts of Angela and Napoleon will be closed starting at 5am Saturday morning for the race. The plan is to have the streets reopened no later than 11am.  For staff needing access to the garage during this time frame, the Burns Street entrance will be available. Please click on the Course Map for more detailed information on the streets impacted by the race.

For the game, the SBPD has road closures 1-2 hours before and after the game. Plan on closures in and around 5:30pm-7:30pm & 10:30pm-12:30am.

As a  reminder, cars left overnight on Eddy Street will be towed in the morning starting at 5:30am.

Kite Realty will have numerous staff members on site in and around the garage throughout the day. If concerns of any kind arise please contact Andy Gilmour at 574-250-0898

Dear Colleagues,

As you have seen, your email signature was changed earlier this week.

Unified and centrally controlled email signatures will ensure that Campaign storytelling is consistent, and that Campaign messaging is highlighted in every email sent.

• Email is our most frequent touch point and communication channel
• Unified signatures add consistency and professionalism to each email
• Every email drives attention to what’s most important to our Campaign.

If you don’t see your signature change or you need to make edits to your information (adding class year, updating title and phone number), please reach out to Lin Wang at 574-631-4961  or lin.wang@nd.edu by the end of next Tuesday, September 5, 2017. We will make all the edits and push the corrected signatures next Wednesday to complete the implementation.

Thanks!

Jim Small

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce that Notre Dame is establishing a new Office of Military and Veterans Affairs and Regan Jones has been appointed to lead this effort as Director, effective Sept. 4, 2017.

The decision to create the new office is based on the recommendation of a nine-month study conducted by the University’s Military Affairs Steering Committee that explored ways to make Notre Dame the nation’s best university for service members, veterans, and their family members, as well as a national leader in ROTC training.

As the inaugural director for the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, Regan Jones will report to Vice President and Associate Provost Laura Carlson. In this role, Regan will develop and implement a strategic plan that builds, integrates, and strengthens the many ongoing programs at Notre Dame that serve service members, veterans, ROTC faculty and students, and their families.

Regan’s leadership, military background, and familiarity with Notre Dame’s ROTC programs make him uniquely qualified for this role. His efforts during the past year to improve recognition of Notre Dame’s programs that support service members and veterans are noteworthy. I am confident Regan’s leadership and the structure provided by this new office will enable Notre Dame to become the nation’s leader in this important area.

Please join me in congratulating Regan on his new assignment. We look forward to partnering with him with this exciting new initiative. An external, public announcement regarding the new office and Regan’s appointment is targeted for mid-November.

Yours in Notre Dame,
Jim Morrison

The Trail Team is in urgent need of four volunteers to work water stations on Saturday morning at Bond Hall. Two volunteers are needed on each side of Bond Hall (right and left) to prepare cups of water so trail participates can grab one on their way to the Mass or picnic.  The shift starts at 7:00 a.m and ends at 1:00 p.m.

If you are able to assist, please contact Brenda Harley at 1-5249 or bharley@nd.edu as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Staff at both the Grace Hall and Eddy Street offices have been meeting daily to pray for our pilgrims, producers, and support teams walking and working the Notre Dame Trail. Each day, the Grace Hall team (pictured below) sends their photo and daily prayer to be shared with those on the trail to let them know we are praying for and thinking about them. If you would like to join one of our Trail Prayer Groups, the Eddy St. team meets at 9:00 in the reception area and the Grace Hall team meets on 11 South at 10:00.

Open Position: MyNotreDame Support Coordinator

Alumni Association has an open position for a MyNotre Dame Support Coordinator. If you are interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Ann Moran or Mark Welch.

Thank you

—
Natella Micola
Recruiting Coordinator
Department of Development
1100 Grace Hall
Notre Dame, IN
Tel 574-631-8921