Please join me in thanking Lois Zygowiec for her contributions in her role as Coordinator on our Global Advancement Team.  Lois will move on to some important personal experiences and so has decided to leave the University.

Lois’s last day at Notre Dame is Friday, May 15, 2015.  We wish her all the best.

Michael Loungo

The James E. Armstrong 2015 Award Recipient
Jean T. Collier
Presented by the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association

With this award, Jean T. Collier ’83 is honored for her years of dedicated service to Notre Dame’s alumni, parents, and friends. Collier is the Senior Corporate Advisor for Corporate & Foundation Relations in Development at Notre Dame. She graduated from the University in 1983 with a degree in accountancy and went on to earn her M.B.A. in finance from The Stern School of Business at New York University in 1991. Collier was a public accountant for Peat Marwick (KPMG) for two years before joining General Electric, where she worked for 22 years in a variety of leadership capacities.
Collier has been a tireless volunteer leader on behalf of Notre Dame’s alumni, parents, and friends. She served as the president of the Notre Dame Club of Fairfield from 1990 to 1993 and has remained an active club member and leader. She has chaired the club’s UND Celebration Committee for 20 years. For the past ten football seasons, she has hosted at her home the club’s Mass on the Grass, a popular annual event at which members celebrate Mass before watching an Irish football game. Collier’s volunteer leadership on behalf of alumni, parents, and friends extends beyond the club level. She sat on the Notre Dame Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2000-2004, including a term as board president during her fourth year. She was a member of the University’s Board of Trustees from 2002 to 2004. Collier served on the University’s Advisory Council for Graduate Studies and Research from 2004-2008 and was a member of the Spirit Campaign Cabinet. She has been a particularly strong advocate for the University’s alumnae as both a director of the Thanking Father Ted Foundation and a member of the national ND WomenConnect steering committee.
Collier lives in Stratford, Connecticut with her husband, Gary Anderson.

CANDIDE, based on Voltaire’s cynical, realistic and comic 1759 novella, follows the amazing trials and tribulations of a ceaselessly optimistic young man as he makes his way through life. In the half-century since it was composed, Leonard Bernstein’s brilliant and joyous adaptation has been hailed as a landmark of American music and is a favorite in opera communities around the world.

Mark Beudert, Stage Director
John Apeitos, Conductor
C. Kenneth Cole, Set Designer
Lynn Holbrook, Costumes
* Lauren LaMore, Assistant Stage Manager
* Susan Shields, Chorus

April 23, 24, 25: 7:30 p.m.
April 26: 1:00 p.m.
Patricia George Decio Theatre, Debartolo Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets: $25 general public; $19 seniors, faculty, and staff; $5 students

Call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu

Reunion 2015 attendees are invited to attend Navigating Your Financial Future on Saturday, June 6 at 10:00 am in Washington Hall.

Attendees will hear how financial markets and other factors may impact individuals in the future.  Our panel of experts will discuss the economic outlook and how it may impact your financial future.  Topics include global markets, U.S. economy, short and long term trends, inflationary risks, debt outlook, and opportunities to leverage the Notre Dame Endowment.

Sponsored by Love Thee Notre Dame, a gift planning initiative

HOST:  John Affleck-Graves, Executive Vice President, University of Notre Dame

MODERATOR:  Jack Brennan, Chairman Emeritus, Vanguard, University of Notre Dame Trustee and Fellow

PANELISTS:  Scott Malpass ‘84, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, University of Notre Dame, Jim Rohr ’70 Executive Chairman (Retired), PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. & Ann Combs ’78, Principal, Vanguard.

For more information, please contact Laura Snell at lsnell@nd.edu.

It is my great pleasure to announce that Jeanne Monsma has accepted the position of Manager, Learning and Organizational Development in the Office of Human Resources, effective July 1st.

In her new role, Jeanne will be responsible for assessing the learning needs for all levels of campus staff and supervising faculty, which includes designing, developing, implementing appropriate learning programs and educational opportunities. She will also oversee development and delivery of career services for staff and for organizational development activities, such as performance management processes, team development and custom-designed programs​.

Since 2013, she has served as our ​Learning and Organizational Development Program Manager in University Relations. Jeanne has been a wonderful partner who brought creativity, vision and passion to our professional development efforts. I have also appreciated the manner in which she has lead, often with humor and a genuine caring spirit. I am grateful that we will still have the opportunity to work with Jeanne in her new role.

So please join me in congratulating Jeanne on this exciting career opportunity!

Tim Willis

Mass next Monday, April 20th, will be at the regular time of 8:45 am ~ 9:15 am and may possibly be the last mass of this school year. Monday, April 27th, is Notre Dame Day so watch for the potential cancellation of Mass on that day.

We extend our condolences to the family of Barb and Terry Patnaude on the loss of Terry’s mother, Marjorie J. Patnaude, who at the age of 99 passed away on April 9, 2015. 

We finished last year as the No. 1 fundraising team on campus. Let’s continue to lead the University in this quest for a cure.

Starting today, we would like to invite everyone receiving this email to register with our UR Walking on Sunshine team and to each raise $50 in 50 hours. It’s as simple as asking 10 friends to donate $5.  Together we can do this and together we can make a difference.  Visit our team page at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/URwalkingonsunshine to register and make your donation.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to attend Relay for Life in the past, we invite you to do so this year.  You will, no doubt, be moved by the passion and dedication that goes into making this event so successful.

There is something for everyone, including, entertainment, children’s activities, a mobile auction, numerous food vendors, ice skating, karaoke, a reflection area and a luminary ceremony to remember our loved ones. It’s an opportunity to come together and unify for a common cause. It’s a community event so bring your family and friends. Visit http://relay.nd.edu for event details.

April showers bring May flowers. Please join us in turning those showers into sunshine. We can and we will make a difference—one person at a time.

Thank you for your support! It is an honor to be walking on sunshine with all of you!

UR Walking on Sunshine committee

Jessica Brookshire 1-5829

Katie Carter            1-6181

Leah Corachea       1-7164

Rachel Hughes      1-1481

Libby Mountsier     1-1009

Roberta White       1-8696

…rallying to turn rain into rainbows