As part of the development of a new internal communications strategy, from now on, please send any news announcements for the UR Blog to Grace Prosniewski to post.
Author Archives: Grace Prosniewski
AGSM New Mexico Football Event Attendees
Colleagues,
Please use this link to access a shared document containing all registered guests for this weekend’s Annual Giving football events:
Please contact Shannon Longo with any registration questions, or Sean Boudreau with any event questions. Go Irish!
Welcome Katie Spohr to Special Events!
I am delighted to announce that Katie Spohr will be joining our team as the Associate Director for Special Events on October 1. She will be planning and executing a portfolio of university programs.
Katie is currently the Assistant Director for Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington, where she is responsible for performances, lectures, and receptions across four venues.
Katie earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and a masters degree in Arts Administration from IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She is excited to be moving to South Bend where her husband is the Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Notre Dame Men’s Tennis program.
-Geni Holmes
Badin Guild New Mexico Reception
Dear Colleagues,
This Friday, September 13, 2019, the Office of Gift Planning will host our Badin Guild New Mexico Reception from 4-6 pm in the Downes Club Landing in Corbett Family Hall.
G. Marcus Cole, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law will be our special guest speaker at 5 pm.
Please see the list of registered attendees for detail on benefactors who will be attending this event.
-Laura Snell Walker
NDAA Domer Dozen event – Friday, Sept. 13
UR Colleagues,
As Bill Gangluff and Jackie Thomas shared during UR Summit, we are excited to introduce the inaugural Domer Dozen, a new young alumni recognition program. A University press release was distributed this morning: https://news.nd.edu/news/alumni-association-announces-inaugural-domer-dozen-young-alumni-recognition-program/
If your schedule allows, please consider joining us for “My Path: Stories of Inspiration from Young Alumni” at 2:00 pm on Friday, Sept 13 in the Hagerty Family Cafe at the Duncan Student Center. Ten of our 12 honorees will be on campus, and they will share brief (5-7 minutes) talks about their lives, experiences since graduating from Notre Dame, and what inspired them to pursue their passions after college. The event is open to all and no RSVP is required. You can learn more about the honorees at domerdozen.nd.edu.
Thanks for your support and anything you can do to share this exciting initiative with the broader Notre Dame family.
All the best,
Dolly
Welcome Maureen Daday to Gift Planning!
It is my pleasure to welcome Maureen Daday to the Gift Planning team as a Development Coordinator. Maureen’s first day will be September 9, and she will be supporting Chris DeTrempe and Jessica Brice.
In 2017, Maureen received her Bachelor of Arts in Music degree from St. Mary’s College and earned a Master of Science in Management degree from Notre Dame in 2019.
Maureen has worked as an Operations Coordinator at Ravinia Steans Music Institute and a Fellow at the Church of the Annunciation. Most recently, Maureen worked as an Operations Coordinator at Keller Williams.
Please join me in welcoming Maureen.
Rich Naponelli
Senior Director
Leadership is Listening August Water Bottle Winners
Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback to Leadership is Listening in the month of August. We appreciate you taking the time to help us improve our workplace culture. The final Hidrate Spark smart water bottle winners are Pablo Martinez and
Kristin Schoenfeld. While this marks the end of the water bottle giveaways, we continue to seek your feedback on how we can make our office better. Please continue to submit your thoughts and suggestions using the platform. Also, please note that if you have submitted feedback and are not getting a response, there is most likely something wrong with the unique submission link. We read EVERY piece of feedback and respond to EVERY one that has the option of responding to it. If you are expecting feedback and haven’t gotten any, please email Grace Prosniewski at gprosnie@nd.edu to get the situation resolved. Thank you again for your participation!
-The Leadership is Listening Team
UR Summit Years of Service Awards
Congratulations to our colleagues who will be recognized at the UR Summit next week for their years of service. To see who will be recognized, please review the following list:
Please send any needed edits or additions to Lana Taylor at ltaylor1@nd.edu. Thank you!
Come See Gold & Blue Company Perform!
Development staff and their families are invited to come and enjoy the Gold & Blue Company’s LIVE dress rehearsal of their Fall Concert on Wednesday, September 11, at Decio Theatre in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 5:30 PM, concert to start at 6:01 PM.
It is an open seating event. However, please fill out this form so we know how many are coming. If you have any question, please reach out to Lin Wang at 574-631-4961 or lin.wang@nd.edu.
UR Summit – Call for Family Photo Submissions
As part of this year’s UR Summit, we would like to feature scrolling photos of UR colleagues with their families in between sessions. Please send a family photo you would like included to Lana Taylor (ltaylor1@nd.edu) by Monday, August 19. Thank you!