New Undergraduate Minor in Real Estate

On February 27th the University of Notre Dame Academic Council unanimously approved a new undergraduate Minor in Real Estate. The Real Estate Minor, which is a partnership between the new Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate and the Mendoza Department of Finance, will launch in fall 2019. This interdisciplinary minor is open to all university undergraduates and draws from multiple disciplines including business, architecture, engineering, and the social sciences. The program will expose students to academic and industry perspectives on a range of topics from real estate finance and capital markets to land use, development, design and construction. It will also present a wide variety of opportunities for alumni and industry engagement through three seminar-based classes being developed by Thomas Patrick Dore, Jr. (Real Estate Finance, Investment, and Law), Jason Arnold (Real Estate Development and Design) and Eugenio Acosta (Construction, Resiliency, and Risk).

The Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate will launch its website in April including the announcement of Jason Arnold joining the Institute as its inaugural Managing Director. An information page on the Minor has been created for your use and a short bio on Jason is below.

Jason Arnold joined the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate as its inaugural Managing Director. He is setting the strategic mission for the Institute and leading its development as a preeminent real estate program worldwide. Jason earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Notre Dame in 1997 and also holds a master’s degree in Real Estate Development & Finance from Georgetown University. Before returning to Notre Dame, Jason was the Director of Architecture for the U.S. Department of State, responsible for all U.S. embassy and consulate capital projects overseas. He also served 11 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy.

Ivy Tech Info Session

Some call the Ivy Tech program one of the University’s greatest employee benefits — full-time and part-time staff can earn, for free, an associate degree of applied science in business administration or a business administration technical certificate through Ivy Tech Community College.

If you want to learn more about this flexible program come to the information session on Wednesday, March 27th.


Soups On!

Happy New Year!

The Diversity Committee invites you to participate in “Soups On” on Wednesday, January 16.

A perfect time to warm up and share your favorite soup with your colleagues, all are welcome to bring in soup for everyone to try.

Locations will be at ESC Cafe and Grace Hall Conference Room 1100.

We hope to have soup available all day long and that you’ll bring your favorite to share with us!

All colleagues are welcome to join, eat, and vote on their favorite soup. Bowls and spoons will be provided.

Contact us with questions.

Marilyn and Alyssia

Spring 2019 Technical Training Classes

The OIT training department’s New Year’s Resolution is to help you improve your skills and we’ve got the classes to do just that. Our Spring semester of classes is ready for registration at endeavor.nd.edu. You can find the new schedule of classes here.

Are any of these your New Year’s Resolutions?

  • Do more with spreadsheets. We have classes on everything from Excel Introduction to Formulas and Functions to Macros and even PowerPivot, plus classes in Moving from Excel to Google Sheets.

  • Do more with photos, videos and audio files. We’re ready to teach you to manipulate your photos, how to prepare digital media and how to create digital signs and movies in software like Photoshop and Spark.

  • Collaborate easier and more often. Learn how in our Google Drive classes.

  • Collect and process data more efficiently. Learn to use Google Forms for simple data collection, and Qualtrics Forms for more complex form and survey needs. We have 5 Qualtrics classes now to help you harness the power; our Working with Responses class was divided into Data & Analysis and Reporting.

And if your New Year’s Resolution was just to learn what new apps would be of use to you, come to the Taste of Technology, our mini-conference for campus to learn the secrets of success to popular IT tools. This year it will be held on March 13 (1:00-5:00pm) and March 14 (8:00 am-Noon) in the Mendoza College of Business.

For more info, see oit.nd.edu/tasteoftech.

Winter/Spring 2019 Professional Development Programs

The Winter/Spring 2019 Professional Development Programs will help you strengthen and build new skills to achieve your career potential. Topics include Communication, Diversity and Supervision.

If you’re looking for additional options that are flexible and work best with your schedule, you can take one of the many courses, view videos, and choose from a variety of books to read at skillport.nd.edu available at no cost for Notre Dame faculty and staff.

Check out the lineup of Learning Programs and Series at our Learning and Organizational Development website or click on the calendar to the left to see what’s being offered by date.

 

Enrollment: to register for Learning Programs, log in to Endeavor.

Friday, November 2; Cultural Tasting Extravaganza

Dear Development Colleagues:

The Diversity Committee invites you to another Cultural Tasting Extravaganza on Friday November 2. This is an opportunity for us to share and enjoy each other’s cultural and family traditional cuisine.

All colleagues, including those whose office is at different locations, are invited to prepare your favorite dish and drop it in the ESC Cafe or Grace Hall.

The hope is to have food available all day long!

All colleagues, including those who do not bring food, are invited to stop by and taste!

Contact us with questions.

Alyssia Coates & Marilyn Bassett

New Networking Opportunity

Would you like to network with others across campus by meeting over lunch?

The Professional Development and Networking Committee 
is offering an exciting, new
networking opportunity for you:Thrive! Lunch Pairings. It’s easy. Just sign up and Thrive! will randomly pair you with a lunch partner.
 

You and your lunch partner will schedule your own date, time, and location. You will cover your own tab and may each bring one friend or colleague if you would like, and that person does not have to be a member of Thrive! to join in the lunch.

If you are interested, please click here to sign up by 5 p.m. on Monday, October 15.

Contact Jessica Schiller at jschill2@nd.edu or at 574-631-7923 if you have any questions.

Professional Development Programs – Fall 2018

The Fall 2018 Professional Development Programs will help you strengthen and build new skills to achieve your career potential. Topics include Professional Skills, Communications, Teamwork, Leadership, and more.

If you’re looking for additional options that are flexible and work best with your schedule, you can take one of the many courses, view videos, and choose from a variety of books to read at skillport.nd.edu available at no cost for Notre Dame faculty and staff.

Check out the lineup of Learning Programs and Series at our Learning and Organizational Development website or click on the calendar to the left to see what’s being offered by date.

 

Enrollment: to register for Learning Programs, log in to Endeavor.

New HR Resource for Well-Being

The University of Notre Dame’s Office of Human Resources strives to offer resources and opportunities to help staff and faculty achieve a state optimal well-being. There are eight categories of well-being, and we are well when each is properly aligned in the best way for our individual lives. Through each of the dimensions below, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about the benefits and programs.

Here’s how to use it:

  • Visit hr.nd.edu/well-being-toolkit;
  • Select the dimension you want to focus on;
  • Click on the dimension’s toolkit link and view the activities available to you

For more information, contact askHR at (574) 631-5900 or askHR@nd.edu.

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