Please join Hesburgh Women of Impact for our upcoming virtual event, Hesburgh Women of Impact Presents: “You Are Not Alone: Rare and Neglected Disease Research at Notre Dame,” from 3:00-4:00 PM (EST) on Wednesday, March 24. Our speakers will include Barbara Calhoun, outreach coordinator at the Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, and Dr. Kasturi Haldar, Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland, C.S.C. Professor and Parsons-Quinn Director at the Center. The conversation will be facilitated by Notre Dame sophomore Renata Lee. This event is open to all. Please feel free to share this event with your benefactors interested in rare and neglected diseases and/or medical research at Notre Dame. You can add the Zoom session to your calendar here.

Dear Colleagues,

The Badin Guild will host a virtual Mass of Thanksgiving on Wednesday, March 17 at 4 PM ET. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. will preside at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

The live stream of this event can be viewed here and a recording will be made available to members later this week.

Special thanks to Rudy Reyes (cantor) and Aaron Wall (reader) for their assistance with this event!

If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Laura Walker.

It is hard to believe, but it’s time to think about the conclusion of this fiscal year. By Friday, April 30, all UR staff members must submit their year-end review to their manager in the Endeavor system. Please make note of this important deadline on your calendar. If you are a manager, please remind your teams of this deadline as well.

The completion of the performance review process is critical to employee development as well as a necessary step to calibrate performance across the division and establish merit increases for next year. Thank you for your attention to this important matter!

Our UR a Force for Good March partner, Girls on the Run Michiana, has recently told us they are in urgent need of 3-4 more assistant coaches to help run after school programming in the local area. Coaches are men and women who commit to attending Girls on the Run practice sessions twice a week for 8 weeks. The season will start in two weeks and coaches are placed at local schools. All practices are conducted outdoors, with masks and socially distanced. Girls on the Run coaches do NOT have to be runners, just willing to make a difference in the lives of girls in our community. Assistant coaches help supervise and cheer on the girls as they train for their 5Ks. All interested coaches will need to fill out a coach application and complete a background check. If you’re interested in serving as a coach, please reach out to Amy Cooper Collins at amy.coopercollier@girlsontherun.org.

Every Monday afternoon, regional directors will be able to view an updated bracket for the Regional Director March Madness challenge here on the UR site. Good luck to all the teams chasing that one shining moment!

Dear Colleagues,

Please join us for the 2021 Notre Dame Endowment Update Teleconference this Thursday, March 4 at 11:00 am ET. This private, invite-only event is for participants in Notre Dame’s charitable remainder trust and donor advised fund programs. The call is an opportunity to learn more about the University’s Endowment and participate in a question and answer session with Mike Donovan and the Investment Office team.

The current list of participants for this event can be found here.

To join this event, please contact Laura Walker or register via this link.

Happy Birthday to all our colleagues celebrating their special days in March! We’re so lucky to have you on our team!

3/1 – Brooke Wenzel
3/1 – Caitlin Olivier
3/1 – Kevin Nugent
3/2 – Jeff Arnold
3/2 – Juliana Newbill
3/5 – Kirt Bjork
3/14 – Mayuri Changede
3/17 – Lana Taylor
3/18 – Deena Chamberlin
3/21 – Rosie McDowell
3/22 – Jennifer Koebel
3/23 – Linda Klaybor
3/25 – Matthew Weldy
3/30 – Chau-Ly Phan

You are invited to attend a special presentation called Compensation Explained with Scott Hershberger, Benefits and Compensation Manager on Thursday, March 4th at 12PM (EST). In this 1-hour webinar, Scott will share the University’s compensation philosophy, policy, and structure related to all categories of UR employment. He will also guide us through the tools available for understanding job postings and compensation guidelines.

A live Q&A opportunity will be part of the event, so bring your general questions! This will be a drop-in event as a lunch-and-learn, with a recording available afterward. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Kathryn Valenti.

We’re excited to share a new posting! If you love to create, inspire, plan, and deliver, check out Annual Giving’s Law and Graduate Business Annual Giving Associate Director role!

Closes: at 11:59PM on Thursday, March 4th
Focus on: Donors and benefactors excited to support the Law School and Mendoza College of Business Graduate school through a Giving Society
To learn more: reach out to Brian Diss or Tara Gilchrist
Know someone who would be great at this job? Please share the job posting link, Tara’s scheduling link, or connect us by email.