Dear Colleagues,

During this ongoing pandemic, senior citizens are one of the highest risk groups. Many seniors reside in communities that include independent living, assisted care, and nursing, and are now restricted to their rooms/residences and unable to socialize with friends, neighbors, and even families. Over the past two years, we have partnered with Holy Cross Village on several initiatives, and we are requesting your assistance during this time to help bring some Notre Dame cheer into the lives of the HCV residents.

In short, Holy Cross Village is asking if we would be willing to communicate with their residents through an email campaign. Please find attached a list of residents’ names. If you are so inclined, please take a few moments to reach out to a member of this community and send a note of encouragement, share an inspirational story, or lighten the mood with a funny anecdote.

All email messages should be addressed to your desired recipient, but emailed to me, ebeven@nd.edu. I will share these with Holy Cross who will then print and distribute them to the addressees. Since many of them use email, don’t be surprised if they reach back out to you. In the event they do, feel free to continue the email correspondence directly with them. I know many of you are looking for ways to make a difference during this difficult time, and this sector of the Notre Dame Community could really benefit from your positive energy and caring spirit.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Ed Beven

As Father John recently announced, the University Commencement Ceremony on May 17, 2020 will be held online rather than in Notre Dame Stadium, and an on-campus celebration has been scheduled for the spring of 2021. We look forward to celebrating our 2020 graduates on campus in 2021. At this time we are able to offer a limited number of rooms at the Morris Inn for this special weekend. If you have hotel requests please fill out the Google Form and select Event Name “Commencement – Memorial Day Weekend”. We will review these requests and make decisions late fall or early next year. If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Mead at smead@nd.edu.

Greetings from the Office of Student Employment!

As the University finalizes the details with respect to summer, we have modified some of the Student Jobs processing dates in an effort to accommodate departments:

Terminating Academic Year Jobs

On April 15th, we will run the process to add an effective termination date of May 22, 2020 to 2019/2020 academic year hourly positions. After we run this process, you may no longer make changes to academic year positions. Please mark your calendar.

Student Jobs Summer Processing

Student Jobs processing for the summer will begin April 20, 2020. Summer transactions may not be entered before this date. Please review the 2020/2021 Job Start and End Dates information in the Student Jobs Resources task via insideND.

We hope this information is helpful as you prepare to enter your summer transactions. If another individual within your department has been designated as the primary coordinator of the student employment hiring process, please forward this email as appropriate.

Please note timelines and processes will be reviewed as further guidance is provided regarding summer.

If you have any questions, please contact our office.

Sincerely,
Student Employment

Join us on either Wednesday, April 22nd or April 29th at 4:00pm (EST) for a live virtual watercolor painting workshop! Noell Stohler’s daughter Haven, an artist currently studying at Columbia College Chicago, has graciously volunteered to lead two Bob Ross-esque painting workshops for ND Development. If you’d like to paint along with Haven, make sure you purchase or have the following supplies on hand:

-Short Handle Brush – Round, Size 12
-Short Handle Brush – Round, Size 1
-9″ X 12″ Watercolor Pad
-Watercolor Pan Set – Set of 14 Colors
-A pencil
-Tape

The specific brands Haven will be using can be found here.

On April 22nd, we will be painting the following picture (takes approximately 1 hour):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And on April 29th we be painting the following picture (takes approximately 30 minutes):

 

To join in a workshop, simply sign up using Five to Nine and get the Zoom links. Sign up for both classes if you’re feeling inspired, and feel free to include your children or other housemates!

Are you finding it hard to keep up with your fitness routine during this time of working from home? Do you miss lunchtime walks with your coworkers? And do you get fueled by a little office competition? If so, we want to invite you to participate in our UR Fitness Challenge! We will randomly partner you with another member of UR and as a team you will track the number of minutes you exercise between Monday, April 13th and Friday, May 1st. Those with the most minutes will be our UR Winners! If interested, please sign up here. If you have questions, please contact Amy Plotkin.

The Gift Management team started sending tax acknowledgement letters to donors via email on Monday, March 23rd. In compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, emails are being sent for gifts over $250. Donors can always request a hard copy letter, which will be executed when we return to the office. Additionally, letters will be mailed for gifts below $250 when we return to the office or a cumulative letter will be mailed at the end of the calendar year. If you have any questions, please contact Gift Management at 631-5150.

Sara and Matt welcomed their son Teddy into the world on April 2nd at 7:49 am weighing 9 lbs 3 oz and measuring 20.5 inches long. All are home and doing well! Congratulations Sara and Matt!

Dear Friends,

This is the first Microsoft Update weekend since working remotely. Please save any work you may have open and log off the VPN or just simply reboot (not shut down) your computer at the end of the work day today. This will ensure updates to be applied smoothly. Thank you!

-Development Help Desk

Check out the newest episode of “The Grace of Giving” featuring Athletics Advancement Regional Director Mike Brown! This is our first episode of the podcast to be recorded in three different locations, and we plan to continue improving our remote sound recording quality in the future. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and fill out this form to appear as a guest!

Happy Birthday to all our Development colleagues celebrating in the month of April! Though we won’t be able to celebrate with you in person, we hope you all have great birthdays and happy, healthy years ahead!

April 1 – Amy Plotkin
April 1 – Jessica Rizzo
April 1 – Steven Sollmann
April 1 – Tara Reilly
April 3 – Michael Connaughton
April 3 – Noell Stohler
April 6 – Austin Gammage
April 6 – Cindy Karpovs
April 6 – Conor Montijo
April 11 – Matthew Rombalski
April 12 – Joe Dietz
April 12 – Katy Orenchuk
April 15 – Amy Mason
April 18 – Dean Ernzen
April 18 – Jeff Faust
April 19 – Kristina Machalleck
April 19 – Rose Michalski
April 20 – Mark Helmke
April 22 – Darlean Vance
April 22 – Rachel Parks
April 23 – Kat Gardner
April 24 – Angie Dennig
April 27 – Katie Kerby
April 27 – Marie Labosky
April 27 – Ryan Brennan
April 27 – Sheila McMahon
April 28 – Mary Frank
April 30 – Andrew Fry