Dear friends and colleagues,

Huge and heartfelt thanks to the 68.3 percent of you who have, to date, completed the ND Voice survey! With five working days remaining to submit feedback, I hope to see 100 percent participation ahead of next week’s March 22 deadline. At a bare minimum, we must exceed our 2019 participation rate of 95 percent. If you have not already done so, please complete the survey at your earliest convenience.

To help encourage our division’s ND Voice participation, as in previous years, we will have a friendly competition amongst the teams that comprise our division. Every team that achieves 100 percent participation will be entered into a draw to receive a meal (breakfast or lunch) or a happy hour. Several teams have already reached the 100 percent goal, so please ensure you are doing your part to help your team and, ultimately, our division’s success rate. As always, I remain forever grateful for all that you do for Our Lady’s University!

Best, Lou.

Colleagues,

With the recently completed transition of the University Bookstore’s partnership with Barnes & Noble College (BNC), a policy change has been made that will affect many on our UR team. Specifically, placing orders via phone using a FOAPAL number.

Beginning this month (March 2022) purchases made at the University Bookstore must be made onsite and charged at the time of purchase using one of the options listed below. The University Bookstore will no longer accept a FOAPAL number provided verbally in person, over the phone, or by any other method for purchases.

The accepted payment methods for University Bookstore purchases (additional detail on these options can be found here):

• University Procard
• An active Irish1card (ID card) – you must have charging privileges on your card
• Departmental Card

If you have any questions about any of these options, or need assistance in getting access for one of these options, please feel free to contact me. I am happy to assist in any way.

Additionally, the department discount has been adjusted to 20% (from the previous 30%). Please keep this in mind when making purchases.

Thanks,
Lana Taylor

Dear Colleagues,

It has been my privilege and honor to work with Stacy Koebel-Harder for the past several years. During this time Stacy has always displayed a level of professionalism and compassion that is second to none. Starting Tuesday, March 22, Stacy will be taking on a new challenge, moving into the Controller’s office as the Assistant Controller. We all know Stacy is leaving a significant gap in our team and she will work to transition by splitting her time over the next several weeks. Stacy’s last full day with UR will be 3/21.

I am beyond grateful for Stacy’s 10 years of service as the leader of Donor Services/Gift Management. She has shown all who interact with her what it means to have a servant’s heart.

Please join me in congratulating Stacy on this next step in career. She will be greatly missed.

In Notre Dame,
Amy

The ninth-annual Notre Dame Day returns this April!

On Notre Dame Day, students, alumni, parents, and friends join together as a global community to celebrate all things Notre Dame—with an award-winning live broadcast and a crowdfunding campaign that empowers student causes, clubs, and residence halls.

Giving opens April 3rd!

This year, more than 800 Notre Dame causes, clubs, and residence halls will raise money and compete for a share of $500,000 in special challenge funds. Notre Dame Day is your opportunity to join the Notre Dame Family in strengthening the areas of campus that matter most to you.

Giving opens April 3rd at notredameday.nd.edu →

Join the celebration by watching the broadcast on April 24th and 25th!

Notre Dame Day 2022’s broadcast will be filled with hundreds of uplifting stories from Notre Dame about the amazing things her loyal sons and daughters are doing around the world and for others. You’ll hear powerful stories of grit, service, and survival, enjoy entertaining performances from students clubs across campus, and share in special moments that are created on our award-winning live broadcast from the Duncan Student Center.

Watch the broadcast starting at 6:42 PM ET on April 24 at notredameday.nd.edu →

To view past Notre Dame Day interviews and performances, visit the ND Loyal YouTube channel. To learn more about Notre Dame Day and how you can get involved, please email ndday@nd.edu.

It is nearing the time of year when performance reviews need to be completed. To keep on track, this is a quick reminder for all employees and managers to pop into eNDeavor in the near future and ensure you have completed the review process through Step 2.

Travelers at the South Bend International Airport should expect longer wait times as new 3D scanners get installed at TSA checkpoints.

While those new scanners are being installed only one screening lane will be open for passengers with carryon bags until Friday, so travelers are encouraged to check their bag if possible to get through the line easier, and arrive at least two hours before their flight leaves.

The airport has also opened at 3:45 am to allow enough time for travelers heading out with morning flights.

The installation of the new machines is expected to be complete Friday afternoon and normal operations to resume are expected to resume Saturday.

Greetings from the Office of Student Employment,

The University seeks to ensure consistent compensation and employment practices for every student working on campus. In an effort to retain, reward, and provide equitable pay to our student employees, we have instituted a new starting pay for all hourly student positions.

Effective May 1, 2022, the new University starting rate for hourly student positions will be $11 per hour. Positions requiring pay above $15 (e.g., special training or skills) must receive approval from the Office of Student Employment. Please provide a brief job description when submitting these jobs.

If your department has the funding and you wish to increase your student worker rates sooner, you can use the Student Jobs Hiring Tool at this time.  If you have a large number of students you would like to change, please email Student Employment at studempl@nd.edu for additional guidance.

This change provides departments an opportunity to pay students a more competitive rate with the local job market based on their responsibilities and performance. We hope you share our enthusiasm in acknowledging the work that our student employees do.

If you have any questions that have not been addressed in this communication, please contact the Office of Student Employment at stdempl@nd.edu.

Office of Student Employment

Planning efforts are well underway for the True to Her Name recognition event to be held on campus on April 23, 2022. Invitations were launched on February 23rd to qualifying benefactors. For reference, the event website is accessible at this link.

As a reminder, the list of invitees is available here, and fundraisers are encouraged to follow up with benefactors in their portfolios to encourage attendance at the April 23rd event. Though the stated RSVP deadline is March 18th, please know that we will continue to accept reservations from benefactors beyond this date and encourage fundraisers to continue to follow up with benefactors who have not yet responded.

An updated RSVP list may be accessed here. Note, updates to the RSVP google sheet are made manually once a week on Tuesdays by the end of the business day.

In the coming weeks, we will share a link for Fundraisers to confirm their attendance.

Please contact Tory Grimes or Mary Fisher with any questions in the interim.