Dear UR,

Please join us in welcoming two new DCs to UR!

Samantha Checkley brings 6 years of ND campus experience to the team, beginning in the DC role on 11.01.21 and reporting to Deena Chamberlin. Samantha was previously the Restaurant Manager for Garbanzo’s on campus, and her previous roles include Retail Lead Associate for our Duncan Student Center. She holds an Associates degree from Ivy Tech and she studied Biochemistry at IUSB. For fun facts, Samantha’s mother is Lisa Checkley Needham, Lab Program Manager in the Ferdig Lab of ND Biology. Samantha enjoys hiking, kayaking and spending time with her 3 children (ages 10 mons, 7 and 9).

Susan Morse started her ND career on 11.01.21 as DC reporting to Tashana Kenny. Susan last served as Instructional Aide for St. Joseph Catholic Grade School for 6 years due to her love of education. The role was a departure from her earlier project and people management experience as Account Manager for Press Ganey (8 years) and Manager for Gap Inc. (14 years). Susan holds a Bachelors degree in Apparel & Textile Marketing from Kansas State University. Her family includes son Mitchell (16), son Mason (13), and puppy Otis (3).

Go Irish!

Lori and the DC Management Team

Please click the link below to view photos from this year’s Spooktacular Falloween:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fhzd3PIFpWR4dxgpP0veJX5VUExjyExx?usp=sharing

 

Dear UR,

Kimberly Bakle began her tenure as DC on 10.25.21, reporting to Deena Chamberlin. Kimberly’s ND experience began in the Robinson Center (2016) before her transition to Mendoza’s Graduate Business Program. where she served as Staff Assistant (2017-2019) and Administrative Coordinator (2019-2021). In her last role, Kimberly supported several Associate Deans and worked on special projects for the MBA and EMBA programs. Kimberly is the recipient of the 2018 Mendoza Dean’s Award for Excellence and is ND certified in Project Management. She holds a Bachelors degree from IUPUI and an Associates degree from Ivy Tech. In her free time, Kimberly enjoys reading, listening to true crime podcasts, and watching Hallmark Channel Christmas movies.

Deena and Lori

Consider these awesome options:

Meghan Sullivan’s Book: The Good Life Method
Meghan Sullivan, Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy and Director of NDIAS, has a new book “The Good Life Method” coming out on January 4 (co-authored with ND philosopher Paul Blaschko). It’s based on her legendary “God and the Good Life” class. We anticipate the book will make a big splash, and Penguin is going all out with its promotion. The book is a love letter to Notre Dame and the formation we offer to our students, and the thousands of students who have taken the class have had a huge part in shaping the book.

We’re making an advanced order of the books and would like to invite you to consider it as a Christmas gift for your benefactors. We are pleased to be able to offer you the book at a price of $17 (list price is $28). NDIAS can assist you to make a journal transfer from your budget FOAPAL to pay for your order. Books are scheduled to be delivered the first week of December to the NDIAS and we will then deliver them to you at the Eddy Street Development office.

Please fill out this form to let us know how many copies you’d like to order. We ask you to complete the form by November 2. Please let Karen Deak know if you have any questions, and thank you!

Does your benefactor (or you) like tea? Support an IDEA Center Startup
Sila is a premium self-care tea brand that helps you take a pause and return to yourself. They create moments of introspection through carefully written questions, reflections, and reminders designed to help you cultivate a specific virtue in your life. Sila makes tea an intentional beverage focusing on the importance of taking the time to connect with ourselves and others. You can find their products and learn more at www.livsila.com. Feel free to reach out to founder Cristina Riojas Pennington criojasp@nd.edu if you have any questions!

Team,

Please note we will NOT be hosting any additional Shake Down the Thunder Tailgates for donors this season. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at slongo1@nd.edu or 574-631-6714.

It was fun while it lasted!!
🍀Shannon

Happy birthday to all our UR colleagues celebrating their special days in November! We’re so thankful to work with you!

11/2 – Ling Sun
11/4 – Tom Molnar
11/7 – Mike Sullivan
11/8 – Michelle Joyce
11/10 – Ernestine Gardner
11/10 – Jennifer Witucki
11/12 – RaeLee Rea
11/13 – Sean Sharpe
11/14 – Shannon Forry
11/17 – Sara Liebscher
11/20 – Sara Kassen
11/23 – Debra de St. Jean
11/23 – Jennifer Odell
11/27 – Vahid Sadrzadeh
11/29 – Casey Miles
11/30 – Angel Hess

Hello everyone!

We are happy to announce that there is a new version of The Gift That Grows brochure. There are a few notes that come with this update:

• This is an electronic document only, there will be no hard copies handed out or printed
• The Gift That Grows brochure is located and has been uploaded under the Gift Management Process tab on the UR intranet
• All gift agreement templates have been updated to reflect this new version
• For any new endowment gift agreement, please refer to and use this new copy when sending the gift agreement and brochure to your benefactor

Thank you so much for your cooperation and we hope this new version is useful and informative for all parties involved. Thank you also to everyone that reviewed the brochure and provided feedback, we are very excited to finally roll out the 2021 version!

If you have any questions about location, utilization, or anything else, please contact Katherine Cinninger or Matt Rombalski.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14R0ZXdBoDWz9BUJHuTSvxJqU3mHB5f5V/view?usp=sharing

We’re happy to report that Simon Edward Olivier arrived in the afternoon on Thursday, October 21, weighing in at 9lbs and 19.25” long. Caitlin and Simon are home and doing well, and big brother Benen could not be more proud!

UR team-

I just wanted to share a bit of news with you from ND Facilities and Business Furnishings. For anyone who was around and worked with Business Furnishings installations, you likely had the opportunity to work with Gus Jaramillo. Gus was the lead installer assigned to the Notre Dame account and was on campus nearly every day.

In late September Gus, contracted COVID and ended up in the hospital. About two weeks ago he was placed in an induced coma and was put on a ventilator. Sadly, we learned that Gus passed away last night.

Gus was 41 years old with a wife and two daughters. He was so proud of his oldest daughter who started at St. Mary’s this past year. His younger daughter is still in high school. Please keep his family and the Business Furnishings family in your thoughts and prayers. As you can imagine they are all devastated.

I received this note from the Facilities interiors team, “Gus was an integral part of the success of our many, many projects across campus; both large and small. He was energetic, pleasant, and helpful. A real joy to work with. He would do anything we asked of him and was always the first to take overtime on a project to support getting the work done on time or early. He will be missed greatly and his absence will be felt for a long time.”

For me personally, Gus was a phenomenal person and will be greatly missed. For our recent ESC reconfiguration, he was definitely the person that made everything happen. He always had a smile and wanted to do whatever he could to make the project a success I was honored to have known him

Business Furnishings has set up a Gofundme account for Gus’ family. If you are so inclined to donate the link is below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-for-the-family-of-gus-jaramillo

Please keep Gus and his family in your prayers
Lana

We are excited to host our Shake Down the Thunder! Tailgate for our giving society members this weekend! Please find a list of registrants with fundraisers here.

This week, the tailgate will be located on the Irish Green, just to the west of the Development tailgate. It will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Donor Experience team at donorexperience@nd.edu or 574-631-5198.