Dear Colleagues,

I am excited to announce that Joe Geglio ’07 will join the Data and Strategic Analytics team on August 15th. Joe will be working on the Data and Strategic Analytics team as a Business Intelligent Professional and will be creating Tableau and Business Object reports for the various Development Department.

Joe joins us from Indiana University where he worked as a Tableau Data Analyst in the Institutional Research Department. Prior to Indiana University, Joe worked at East Carolina University in various roles. Joe received his B.A. American Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2007, Masters of Public Administration from College of Charleston in 2012 and Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics from East Carolina University in 2017. Joe resides in Bloomington, IN.

Please join me in welcoming Joe back to Notre Dame!

Wayne Harpenau
Director, Data and Strategic Analytics

Dear Colleagues,

I am excited to announce that Davida Kozlowski joined the Gift and Data Management Team on August 1. Davida will be the Gift Agreement Coordinator. Davida will primarily serve as the point person for and manage the pipeline of gift agreements in DocuSign. Davida will have several other responsibilities within the team including fund research, performing due diligence, and providing customer service to our constituents during peak times.

Davida joins us permanently after serving as one of the exceptional seasonal employees. Davida has both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Davida and her husband Ted reside in Three Oaks, MI. They have three children Emmett (25), Maureen (22), and Cailin (20).

Please join me in welcoming Davida.

Alyssa Strbjak
Program Director, Gift Management Communications

Dear Colleagues,

On Tuesday, August 9, the Gift and Data Management Team will be out of office participating in an off-site teaming and planning day. There will not be gifts processed on this day. We will post an out of office message on our general phone and email address that messages will be returned on Wednesday.

Thank you,
Amy Schell

Please note that the Basilica posters mentioned in today’s souNDoff have now all been claimed. Thank you.

Happy birthday to all our UR employees celebrating their special days in August! Enjoy time off with your family and friends!

8/2 – Adria Logan
8/2 – Colleen Cross
8/4 – Jim Small
8/10 – Tara Gilchrist
8/12 – Amber Cerveny
8/12 – Katie Edel
8/12 – Melissa Medina
8/13 – Jami Radcliff
8/13 – Sean Carroll
8/14 – Lauren Dolzan
8/16 – Brian Benedict
8/18 – Tim Kelly
8/19 – Brent Henningfeld
8/19 – Casey Buck
8/19 – Julia Sama
8/20 – Marty Harshman
8/22 – Jennifer Milliron
8/23 – Amanda Retartha
8/23 – Shaheen Goldrick
8/25 – Killian Vidourek
8/27 – George West
8/28 – James Hill
8/30 – Abbey Johnson
8/30 – Molly Lenaburg
8/30 – Michelle Varda

Baby Nugent is here!! Sarah and Kevin welcomed Patrick Raymond Nugent on Thursday, July 21st. Patrick entered the world at 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and 20 inches (sounds like he’ll be tall like his dad)! Baby and mom are doing great. Welcome baby Patrick!! Congratulations Sarah and Kevin!!

-Tashana Kenny

In an effort to maintain a healthy and more efficient campus, the University of Notre Dame will transition to a cashless retail environment beginning Aug. 1. The change includes transactions at Notre Dame food service locations, dining halls, concession stands and St. Michael’s Laundry, as well as dining services at Saint Mary’s College and Holy Cross College where the University manages operations.

For individuals who do not have a credit or debit card, kiosks have been installed in Duncan and LaFortune Student Centers where cash can be transferred to a Visa gift card to complete transactions on campus. The gift cards can be used anywhere Visa is accepted on or off campus at no additional charge.

Cash will still be accepted at the following locations: the Morris Inn, Rohr’s, the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstores, the Notre Dame Wellness Center, the U.S. Post Office, vending machines and privately operated businesses in LaFortune such as FedEx, the hair salon, barber shop, floral shop and 1st Source Bank. Cash donations will still be accepted at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and the Grotto, along with fundraising/donation events and residence halls food sales.

Faculty, staff and students can continue to add funds to Irish1Cards for use in the dining halls.

The change to a cashless environment will also affect the number of automatic teller machines (ATMs) on campus. ATMs will continue to be available in the two student centers.

For more information, please click here.

The Stewardship & Donor Relations team was delighted to welcome Nadia Casas as Program Director of Donor Recognition on July 18th. In this role, Nadia will serve as one of the project management leads on annual recognition donor events and unique celebrations for donors. She will also be responsible for the creation of both public and private donor recognition and the execution of a variety of individualized stewardship pieces.

Nadia is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University and holds a certificate from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Summer Institute for General Management. She has spent the last seven years working as an Academic Program Administrator in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Graduate Program.

This role will allow Nadia to utilize her creative strengths, gift of organization, and passion for others to serve those in our Notre Dame family. Nadia lives in South Bend with her husband and daughter. Please join us in welcoming Nadia.

-Jessica Reasons

Dear Colleagues,

I am thrilled to announce that Alyssa Strbjak joined the Gift and Data Management Team on July 18. Alyssa will be the Program Director for Gift Management Communications. Alyssa will oversee the acknowledgment process, pledge update letters, gift preparation, and gift management communications to internal and external partners.

Alyssa joins us from Andrean High School as the Manager of Annual Giving. Prior to Andrean, Alyssa worked at Purdue University Northwest, Lewis University, and Saint Xavier University – all in various annual giving and alumni engagement positions.

Alyssa has her bachelor’s degree from Lewis University and her master’s degree from Purdue. Alyssa and her husband Jeff along with their three children Dominic (4), Braxton (4), and Sutton (2) reside in Crown Point.

Please join me in welcoming Alyssa.

-Amy Schell

Friends,

Please join me in prayer for the repose of the soul of John Thomas Brice, the father-in-law of Jessica Brice and father of John Brice, and for the entire Brice family as they grieve his loss.

Jessica shared that her father-in-law passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon, with his wife and one of his daughter’s at his bedside, after a nearly year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Jessica’s husband John composed a beautiful obituary for his father, which is linked here and which I encourage you to read as you lift up the Brice family in prayer.

-TJ