Dear Colleagues,

I am happy to share that in anticipation of the opening of the Campus Crossroads Project next fall, the Special Events & Stewardship team will be adding a new position — Program Director of Special Events, Gameday Hospitality.

As his or her primary responsibility, this individual will design and oversee all gameday hospitality experiences housed within the premium spaces of the Campus Crossroads Project and other athletic club facilities. Towards this end, he or she will partner with the University Events Management group to liaise with gameday vendors, and will also partner closely with Athletics to develop a year-round stewardship plan for CCP premium seat holders. This individual will report to me.

The position will be posted to the ND job board today. Please feel free to share this posting with any interested parties and of course, to reach out directly to Ann Moran or me if you have any questions.

All my best,

Mary Fisher

All,

I am excited to announce that Julie Hentig joins our team as the Event Coordinator on Tuesday, November 1st.

Julie comes to us by way of the Morris Inn where she previously served as the Assistant Manager for Food & Beverage. She has a background in event logistics, guest service and project coordination with institutes such as the Humane Society of West Michigan, the Arena District of Grand Rapids and the Gun Lake Casino. Julie is excited about working in events and looks for ways to enhance and perfect the guest experience.

Julie recently relocated from Michigan with her husband, Jamie, who is pursuing his PhD here at Notre Dame. They live locally with their two dogs, Brody and Stella.

Please join me in warmly welcoming Julie to the Alumni Association!

My best,

Erin Thornton

Good afternoon!

On Friday, October 21 at 11:45 a.m., our team grew a little bigger. Please welcome Remington “Remy” Charles Wells. He is 6 lbs. 10 ounces at 19″ and is already a football fan.

Sara and Remy (Chris and Rux too) are doing well.

Sincerely,

Andrea Bullock

The Rockne Heritage Fund Fall Mailing will be hitting mailboxes this week. It was sent to 2,000 renewals and a 3,700 recruit population. The mailing featured freshman Volleyball player Jemma Yeadon, the new RHF mini book and includes a new $500 level. For more information on the mailing please contact Alex Romagnolo at 1-0448.

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I am pleased to announce two graduate students in the Mendoza College of Business have joined our University Relations team as academic year interns.

Emily McNally, Master of Science in Management, will work with Carla Ingrando and Lindsey McIntyre to create a foundation playbook.

Katherine Wadolowski, Master of Science in Management, will work with Beth Ferlic and David Daley to create a “Where Are They Now?” financial aid stewardship piece.

As academic year interns, they will A) benefit from investments of mentoring and professional development  B) produce meaningful work for the division by completing resume-worthy projects.

Please join me in welcoming them.

For Notre Dame,

Bryan Reaume

Additional academic year internships now available.

UR Internship Program: Description and Project Proposal Form for UR Colleagues

UR Internship Program: Description and Application for Students

UR Internship Program: 2-Slide Overview for Internal Use

Please join me in welcoming Jesse Meyer to the University Relations team as a new Director of Development. Jesse will be serving benefactors in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.

Jesse comes to Notre Dame from the University of Chicago’s Alumni Relations & Development Office. While at UChicago, he worked on the Class Giving & Reunions Team and the Leadership Giving Team as a frontline fundraiser. In a previous role, he also ran a pre-professional career program at UChicago for students interested in proprietary trading. Prior to that, Jesse spent time in intercollegiate athletics at the University of Iowa and University of Kansas. He began his career in Chicago as an options trader for Moray Capital Management.

Jesse graduated from the University of Chicago in 2007 and was a member of the men’s varsity basketball team. His wife, Erin, is a 2008 UChicago graduate and former member of the women’s volleyball team and currently works as a physician assistant. They have two daughters, Lucy (4) and Ginny (2). Jesse holds a Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration from the University of Iowa and is currently pursuing a PhD in Sport Management from the University of Kansas. He and Erin are thrilled to join the ND Family and will be relocating to the South Bend area as soon as possible!

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your tremendous commitment to the University, and to the Boldly Notre Dame campaign. We are in the campaign’s 4th year, and the final year of the foundational (or “quiet”) phase. We are at $2.77 billion in campaign production thanks to the incredible generosity of our benefactors.

Confidentially, we will move to the public phase of the Boldly Notre Dame campaign toward the end of this fiscal year, likely in May 2017. At that time, we will not publicly announce a campaign goal. We would rather focus on our key initiatives and the impact our generous benefactors are already having on Notre Dame and the larger world. Our intent is to remain humble and hungry; we don’t believe a multi-billion dollar public goal announcement will be motivating for our alumni, parents and friends. We will continue to push hard internally to achieve our annual and overall campaign goals. We will also keep you informed as our public phase plans further develop. The public phase will last three years, ending in 2020.

As I shared with many of you at last week’s strategy session, our academic advancement directors and liaisons spent a great deal of time this summer revising their campaign priorities with the deans and University’s senior leaders. These updated campaign priorities can be found in the “Funding Opportunities” section of our new campaign resource center at ur.nd.edu/boldly. The site works better when using either a Chrome or Firefox browser.

Huge thanks to Brandon Tabor and Lin Wang for their work in transforming our campaign resource center. Going forward, please use ur.nd.edu/boldly to access campaign resources (e.g. funding opportunities, priority pages, presentations, campaign event talking points, print portal, etc.). We promise to keep this new site up to date, and welcome your input on ways to ensure it is most helpful for you.

Finally, attached for your reference is the latest listing of our academic advancement directors and liaisons. These colleagues are invaluable resources for you as you seek information about the hundreds of campaign priorities. I encourage you to work with these team members often.

For Notre Dame,
Shannon

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Shannon Cullinan
Associate Vice President, Development
University of Notre Dame