United Way 2023 Campaign Starts Monday, Oct. 9

Did you know?

  • Notre Dame faculty and staff are generous. About 15 percent of all United Way campaign dollars raised in St. Joseph County comes from you.
  • Five percent of the campaign dollars raised here is deposited into the Notre Dame Compassion Fund, an emergency assistance program for our faculty and staff.
  • A gift to the United Way stretches your giving to vetted programs at 25+ local agencies.

2023 ND Public Affairs Poster

Join UR Walks Tomorrow!

Hello UR Team! If you are interested in joining us for our next UR Walks, please fill out this form. Brian Diss will be leading the walk from Grace Hall at 12:00PM. As there may be some non-pavement, trail walking, we advise that appropriate footwear be considered. Signing up also helps us to contact those who are interested just in case we need to cancel at the last minute due to inclement weather. We look forward to catching up with you while getting in our steps. Happy trails!

UR October Birthdays

Happy birthday to all our UR employees celebrating their special days in October! We hope you have a scary good year!

10/1—Alex DeWeese
10/1—Geni Holmes
10/3—Brandon Tabor
10/4—David Chaudoir
10/4—Ellen Kirol
10/4—Kaylee Wolf
10/5—Sheri Egendoerfer
10/6—Kimberly Bakle
10/7—Kevin Frost
10/8—Jessica Dennis
10/8—Maureen Dunkley
10/10—Denise Moulds
10/10—TJ Pillari
10/10—Nicholas Weiler
10/11—Ashley Gerard
10/11—Thomas Scarce
10/12—Christopher De Trempe
10/12—Katie Eckrich
10/13—Mary Fisher
10/13—Julie Seniff
10/14—Ti Lavers
10/14—Dezha Moore
10/14—Carly Schmitt
10/15—Jim Gosz
10/16—Angeline Johnson
10/17—Katherine Cinninger
10/17—Javonte Lipsey
10/19—Allison Slabaugh
10/20—Brad Goff
10/20—Sondra Solloway
10/21—Dawn Smith
10/23—Betsy Quinn
10/24—Andrew Yocum
10/25—Helen Rajkumar
10/27—Mary Jane Añón
10/27—Leah Corachea
10/28—Tommy Chase
10/28—Anne Wieber
10/31—Iliana Contreras
10/31—Jason Scarlett
10/31—Kaitlyn Winkle

UR Memorial Mass Candles

During our Memorial Mass on Monday, September 25th, we lit two candles, one for our beloved dead and the other for those loved one who are grieving. These two candles were placed at the Grotto this morning as a sign of our faith in the Resurrection and the Life, Jesus Christ.

-Fr Ralph

Congratulations to Valerie Plinovich

I’m excited to announce that Valerie Plinovich has been promoted into the Digital Marketing Specialist role within the Marketing Operations Team, effective Monday, October 9, 2023. We are excited that Val’s marketing experience, creativity, and can-do attitude will be utilized in a greater capacity within the Annual Giving team.

Val joined the Annual Giving team last year as our Development Coordinator, Member Experiences. In this prior role, she primarily fielded Giving Society donor inquiries, and has assisted in our membership experiences. This role has made her an extremely knowledgeable resource within our team.

Formerly, Val graduated from Purdue Northwest with a BA in Communications and was later a HR Program Manager at Luke Family of Brands. She led employee and community engagement initiatives and created training content for business divisions.

If you were working with Sydney Kuhn (formerly in this role) recently on crowdfunding or other digital marketing campaign needs, please direct those to me in the next couple of weeks until Val is onboarded in October.

Congrats, Val!

-Lauren

Blake Oliver Naff is HERE!!

Please join me in congratulating Emily and Chandler Naff on the birth of their first child, Blake Oliver Naff. Blake entered the world on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 2:54 pm, weighing 8lbs and measuring 21 inches. Both mom and baby (and dad) are well.

-Anita

Join Us for UR Walks!

Looking to hit your step goal? Craving some sunshine? Want face time with our department’s senior leaders? If you answered yes to any of these, please consider signing up for an upcoming UR Walks!

These informal walks take place over the lunch hour, and all you need is a pair of comfortable shoes. For your convenience, we have upcoming walks starting from both ESC and Grace Hall. Please sign up for one or both of the walks using the links below:

UR Walks with Lou Nanni – Thursday, September 28 at 12:00PM (ESC)
Sign up here

UR Walks with Brian Diss – Tuesday, October 3 at 12:00PM (Grace Hall)
Sign up here

UR Walks – September 28 at 12:00PM (ESC)

Hello UR Team! If you are interested in joining us for our next UR Walks, please fill out this form. Lou Nanni will be leading the walk from ESC at 12:00PM. As there may be some non-pavement, trail walking, we advise that appropriate footwear be considered. Signing up also helps us to contact those who are interested just in case we need to cancel at the last minute due to inclement weather. We look forward to catching up with you while getting in our steps. Happy trails!

Fall Free Employee Shred Event

Do you have old bank statements, checks, copies of bills or other non-business related confidential papers piling up at home?

We can help!

The University’s shred provider, Shred-it, in conjunction with the University Archives, is offering a free, secure and confidential document shredding event for Notre Dame faculty, staff and retirees.

The event will be held on Wednesday, October 18th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. A Shred-it truck will be parked in the parking lot of the Mason Support Center, which is located off of St. Joseph Drive behind the Notre Dame Federal Credit Union. The truck accepts paper only, so please be sure to remove any binders, binder clips or non-paper items before the event (staples and paper clips are acceptable). For the courtesy of others, we ask that you limit your shred material to no more than five file-size boxes. We also ask that you remain with your material until it is in the shred truck as Notre Dame cannot be responsible for papers left unattended. We will be
happy to recycle your empty boxes after the event so feel free to leave these behind.

Contact Sarah Joswick, Archivist for Records Management, with any questions at:sjoswick@nd.edu or 574-631-4028

*this event will be held rain or shine