Dear colleagues:

I am sad to share that Cristi Ganyard’s mother, Carol Sue Harman, passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. A beautiful obituary can be found online. She was an amazing woman and mother! Please help SE&S extend sympathy and love to Cristi and her family during this difficult time.

A visitation will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, March 9th from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Stemm-Lawson Peterson Funeral Home. The funeral service will take place on Thursday, March 10 at Bristol United Methodist Church at 11:00 a.m.
Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Lung Association.
Online condolences may be sent here. Flowers can be sent here.

In Notre Dame,

Katherine Lane

I am pleased to announce that Jim and Mitzi Morrison welcomed a daughter,Macy Caroline Morrison to the world on Friday evening, March 4th. Baby Macy arrived at 9:09 pm weighing in at 8.4oz and was 20″ tall.

Please join me in congratulating Jim, Mitzi and proud older siblings Mia, Tyler, and Allie on the newest blessing to the Morrison family.

Mitzi and Macy are home and doing well!

Shannon Culllinan

Dear Team,

I’m sure you’ve seen the video display showing the “To Cure and Beyond” Purple-Caped Superhero opening elevators, raising parking-lot gates, and lifting lunch trays. His deeds throughout campus are just the start of an even greater event. Many other superheroes and colleagues across campus are looking to do much more when it comes to fighting cancer.

This year’s Relay for Life event is happening on April 15th, 2016, from 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. at the Compton Ice Arena and we need your help! As your University Relations representatives, we will be hosting a number of events where you can lend support for a great cause. These events are:

ESC Blood Drive: March 14th 10am-2pm – please sign up here

Bake Sale: March 30th – What a great way to end the Lenten season!

$10 10-minute massages by Spine and Joint Associates: April 14th 10am-2pm – please sign up here

Additionally, our biggest support comes from the Silent Auction that takes place during the main event. If you or anyone you know have a valuable item to donate, a talent to teach, or other services worth auctioning, please reach out to Pam Mullin (pmullin@nd.edu) or anyone in your Relay for Life UR Team.

Finally, you can register for the main event and get more information at relay.nd.edu. Superhero costumes are encouraged.

On behalf of the entire University Relay for Life team, we thank you in advance for your annual unwavering support.

To Cure and Beyond!

Your Relay for Life team,
Jess Wit​o​us, Leah Corachea, Pam Mullin, and Kristin Trosper

Dear colleagues,

Please note that the position description for Sr. Director for Annual Giving and Strategic Marketing will be posted this afternoon via jobs.nd.edu.  The posting will be available until Tuesday, March 1st.  Reporting to me, this position is responsible for leading all annual giving strategies and activities across the University.  The Sr. Director is responsible for developing and implementing proactive marketing, segmentation, volunteer, operational, and major gift strategies to increase and sustain annual giving revenue and donor counts generated from University alumni, parents, and friends.  The leader is responsible for generating approximately $50 million annually in recognition society gifts, and a cumulative $65 million from all annual giving programs.

We are pleased to announce Sara Wolfson as our new Office Assistant at Eddy Street Commons. Sara has been with the University for over 8 years in various capacities, predominately within Food Services. Sara holds an Associate of Arts degree from Holy Cross College. She will be reporting to Tim Willis and will begin her time with us on Monday, February 29.

It is with great pleasure that I announce that Ashley Gerard has joined the Operations & Technology team in Annual Giving & Strategic Marketing as Project Specialist, Campaign Execution.

Ashley joins us from The Tire Rack where she served as Lead Media Buying Support Specialist for 8 years. In that role, she managed direct response marketing, search marketing and affiliate marketing programs. Prior to Tire Rack, Ashley was Marketing Assistant at SC&B Associates, a Colorado based real estate company.

As Project Specialist, she will guide the AGSM team through the campaign execution process, ensure successful campaign launches, and build strategies for improving the process, execution and results of our campaigns.  Ashley will work closely with fund & segment owners, and the campaign execution team, to drive collaboration and efficiencies in campaign execution with an eye to achieving departmental goals.

Ashley and her husband, Greg, have 3 children: Riley (9), Isabella (7), and Emily (3)

Please join me in welcoming Ashley to the University Relations team.

Mark Naman

Colleagues,

The January/February/March Recognition Society reminders were mailed on Tuesday, February 23rd. These were sent first class presort and will be arriving in mailboxes beginning Wednesday, February 24th. A total of 522 reminders were sent.

The counts per society are:

Sorin 416
Corby 55
JCOS 17
OSTM 24
Rockne 10

Please contact the Donor Experience team at 1-5198 if you have any questions.

Best,

Mark Naman

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Fr. Ted’s passing — we’ve produced this story detailing his attendance at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1964 Civil Rights Rally at Chicago’s Soldier Field — which led to the iconic photo of the two locking arms…