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.

Happy birthday to all our UR employees celebrating their special days in March! We’re lucky to work with you!

3/1 – Brooke Wenzel
3/1 – Caitlin Olivier
3/1 – Kevin Nugent
3/2 – Juliana Newbill
3/5 – Kirt Bjork
3/14 – Dennis O’Brien
3/14 – Mayuri Changede
3/16 – Chris Liberto
3/17 – Lana Taylor
3/18 – Deena Chamberlin
3/18 – Indi Jackson
3/21 – Caitlyn Clinton
3/21 – Rosie McDowell
3/22 – Jennifer Koebel
3/23 – Linda Klaybor
3/24 – Leslie Curry
3/25 – Matt Weldy
3/29 – Elizabeth Sommers
3/30 – Chau-Ly Phan

Hello, everyone,

Please find the communication below that was sent to Notre Dame alums in financial services who would typically receive a formal invitation to the Wall Street Dinner. Please note from Shannon’s letter that, in lieu of this Spring’s lunch and dinner, there will be a formal sit-down dinner as part of the September 13 Notre Dame Investments Conference in New York. Details will be provided as the date draws nearer. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Thanks,
Ryan

Dear Notre Dame Family,

I hope this finds you well. There is great energy on campus among our students with the semester well underway.

On behalf of Notre Dame and the Wall Street Leadership Committee, I am disappointed to share that our Spring Notre Dame Wall Street Dinner, scheduled for March 21 in New York, will not take place as scheduled. As you might imagine, COVID-19 has presented a number of significant challenges to hosting an event with the quality and attendance we have all come to expect. We are happy to share that we will host a Wall Street Dinner in New York on September 13 as part of the biennial Notre Dame Investments Conference. Please mark your calendars.

Please know how grateful we are for all you do for Notre Dame, especially for the mentorship and support you have created and grown on Wall Street and in financial services for our students and alumni. I look forward to being with you again soon.

In Notre Dame,

Shannon Cullinan, Executive Vice President

There will be a prayer service for peace and the safety of the Ukrainian people at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at 8 p.m. today. Father Andrij Hlabse, S.J., a theology Ph.D. candidate and Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic priest, will lead the prayer service.

For those not able to attend in person, the prayer service will be livestreamed at this link.

UR Team-

It is with great excitement for our talented friend and colleague, Brian Powell, (and mixed emotions from our team) that I share the news that he will be leaving Notre Dame to start a new role as Senior Director for National Leadership & Planned Giving at Make a Wish America. Brian’s last day with Notre Dame will be Monday, March 7, and shortly after he will begin his new role, which is remote based. We are so glad that the Powell Family (including Brian’s wife, Katie, and three adorable kids, Cooper, Brooks, & Fitz) will remain in South Bend, and that Katie will continue to be the Associate Head Coach of ND Women’s Lacrosse.

Over the last 9 years, Brian’s leadership, creativity, and teamwork have been critical to the success and growth of the Athletics Advancement team, the Rockne Athletics Fund, the Monogram Club, and the Annual Giving team. Brian’s impact will be felt by generations of Notre Dame student-athletes for decades to come. We are so grateful for his hard work, and are happy that a special cause like Make a Wish is gaining such a wonderful teammate and person.

Please find a message from Brian below:
“To each one of you – thank you for your friendship over the last nine years. Working at Notre Dame, particularly on behalf of Athletics, has been one of the great privileges of my life. It’s as if I was able to walk into my dreams and those experiences became my day to day reality. I had so much fun. But I think what I ultimately enjoyed most about the job was getting to work with such kind and talented people. The lessons and memories will come with me, and I will cheer on your continued success. I might even throw in the occasional tour or ticket request just to keep everyone on their toes. Thank you so, so much. Go Irish!”

Please join me in congratulating Brian. You will be greatly missed!

Go Irish!

Kim Borza Donaldson

Due to construction, the Eddy Street Parking Garage ramp between the 1st floor and 2nd floor will be partially closed next Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 through Friday, March 4th, 2022. There will be limited access for cars going between floors and there will be a few hours on Thursday that the ramp will be completely closed.

All ESC Development staff should park on the 1st floor on both Thursday, March 3rd, and Friday, March 4th. All ESC staff should return to their normal parking area (above the “bump” on the ramp to the 2nd floor) by 8 am Tuesday, March 8th.

As a side note, the work being completed does require a temperature of 40°F or higher. If temperatures require that the work be rescheduled, Kite will try to notify us as soon as possible. Even if a reschedule is needed and to avoid any confusion, cars will be allowed to park on the first floor without penalty between Wednesday, March 2nd through Monday, March 7th.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Lana Taylor & Dawn Smith

Invitations to the 2022 True to Her Name recognition event have launched to qualifying benefactors. For reference, the content of the electronic invitation appears below, and 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 23 event. An RSVP update will follow in next week’s edition of The Grateful Gazette. Please contact Tory Grimes or Mary Fisher with any questions in the interim.

Please join us in celebrating the promotions of Anita Jones, Brigette Kinney, Katie Edel, Maureen Daday, Pam Mullin, Roz Palusci, and Sarah Nugent to the role of Regional Associate (RA). Each of these individuals has exhibited the high-level responsibilities and skills needed for this new role, and we look forward to their future growth as we continue to align the DC Team for exponential fundraising. Please congratulate them!

The RA position creates a new level in the DC Team career stream, which now includes some re-titled roles, as follows: Development Coordinator (DC), Regional Associate (RA), Assistant Program Director (APD, formerly SRDC), and Associate Director (AD, formerly Assistant Manager). The new titles reflect the evolved state of the roles and the high degree of autonomy/responsibility.

Though the changes incorporate some additional responsibilities and restructuring, all managerial reporting relationships will remain the same, as will all fundraiser (RD and SRD) partnership assignments.

Thank you and congrats to all!

~Lori & Team