Category Archives: General

Introducing Mary Joan Brennan

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Dear team,
After numerous inquiries of “Do we have a baby yet?”, I’m happy to report the good news.
She has arrived.
Jen and Kevin Brennan are pleased to share Mary Joan was born at 5:38 pm on Tuesday, Feb. 7. She weighed 6 lb and 14 oz.
Please join me in congratulating them. She’s a beauty (see attached).
Best, Bill

Request a Summer Intern

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Colleagues-

We are currently interviewing students (undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate) for the UR Summer CASE Internship. The program is an 8-week paid experience (June 5-July 28) that includes a trip to Washington DC.

Interns benefit from investments of mentoring and professional development and produce meaningful work for the division by completing resume-worthy projects.

If you would like an intern to join your team this summer, please complete this project proposal form.

Please direct student candidates to the program description and application.

For Notre Dame,

Bryan Reaume

Current academic year UR interns Elisa Villafana (AGSM), Emily Haskins (Foundation Relations), Kathy Wadolowski (SES), Alex Buccilli (LOD), Natalie Sargent (Academic Advancement), and Staff Fellow Kennedy St. Charles.

O’Neill Hall, and Allan & Radwan Riley Financial Aid Gift

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Dear colleagues,
 
The University announced two leadership gifts this past weekend.
 
Helen and Charles Schwab made a $25 million gift in honor of Helen’s brother, Joe O’Neill, to be directed to the south Campus Crossroads building. We will now refer to the south building as O’Neill Hall. As you know, this building will house the Sacred Music Program and the Department of Music.
 
Allan and Radwan Riley, through Allan’s estate, gave the largest financial aid gift in our University’s history. We expect this gift to ultimately be greater than $65 million and have already received $22.5 million in cash. This incredibly generous gift will be directed to need- and merit-based undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships.
 
Greg​ Dugard

Introducing Anna Cecilia Diss!

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We are delighted to announce the birth of Anna Cecilia Diss on 02/03/17 at 8:48 am. Anna weighed in at 7 lb 13 oz and was 20 in long.

Big brothers Luke and Connor are very excited to welcome their baby sister. Everyone is doing great. Congratulations to Brian and Christine!
In Notre Dame,
Amy

Brenda Carr’s Mother Passed-Away

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Dear UR Colleagues,
It is with a heavy heart that I advise you of the passing of Louise Mainer, Brenda Carr’s mother. Brenda was a devoted daughter and served as her mother’s primary caregiver for many years.  She truly honored her mother by providing loving care.  Every single day, Brenda visited with her Mom and delivered lunch and dinner.  She was known to go out of her way to pick up some of her mother’s favorite meals. Their relationship was a true example of unconditional love.
Arrangements are pending.  I will share more information as it becomes available.
Mary Ellen Koepfle

Condolences to Stephanie Witcher

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Please keep Stephanie Witcher, and her family, in your prayers as they mourn the loss of Stephanie’s sister. Sabra N. Witcher passed away on Saturday, January 28th in Baltimore. Sabra’s funeral is scheduled for Friday, February 3rd at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., with burial in Charlottesville, VA on Saturday.

Laura Midkiff

 

 

Condolences to Jenna and Jared Mrozinske

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Team,
Please keep Jenna and Jared Mrozinske in your prayers as they mourn the loss of Jenna’s grandmother, Dolores “Grandma D-lo” Bilinski.  Funeral services will be held as follows:
Thursday, February 2
Kaniewski Funeral Home – 3545 N. Bendix Dr., South Bend
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Visitation
7:00 pm – Rosary
Friday, February 3
Holy Family Catholic Church – 56405 S. Mayflower Road, South Bend
11:00 am – Funeral Mass

Stu Fortener
Senior Director – West Region

Brooke Wenzel, Assistant Gift Planning Program Director

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Dear Colleagues: 
 
I am excited to announce Brooke Wenzel’s promotion to Assistant Gift Planning Program Director.  Brooke will be taking on a new role within the Office of Gift Planning focusing her efforts on several processes within the gift planning operations.  For example, Brooke will work as our coordinator of the Donor Advised Fund (“DAF”) program to coordinate DAF administration and serve as primary point of contact for the maintenance and management of our DAFs.  Given her past experience with the DAF program, she will work to advance the service offerings provided to our donors within this program.  She will also work with the Gift Planning team to help streamline and improve the overall gift planning process and the management of planned gifts.  
 
Brooke holds a BA in Biology from the College of St. Benedict and is currently pursuing her MBA from IUSB.  Prior to her arrival at Notre Dame, Brooke spent a year volunteering for AmeriCorps and two years doing legal research for Thomson Reuters in Washington, DC.   
 
In her current role as Administrative Assistant to Rich Naponelli and Rob Ortiz, Brooke has shown that she is committed to excellence in the work she does for Gift Planning and Development and is always eager to help others. We will immediately post the opening for an Administrative Assistant on our team to fill Brooke’s position and look for a talented individual to join our great group of administrative assistants.
 
Please join me in congratulating Brooke!
 
Best regards,
Greg
Greg Dugard

Associate Vice President
University Relations