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VOICE is the student advisory board for the Center for Social Concerns. VOICE seeks to:
1. Grow and enhance the mission of the CSC
2. Communicate students' perspectives to the staff of the CSC
3. Work with the staff and student staff in the decision making process at the CSC
4. Collaborate with other student groups and student leaders on campus dedicated to service and social justice.
Applicants who serve on VOICE are student selected by the existing advisory board. VOICE meets regularly on its own and attends weekly CSC staff meetings. For more information, please contact any of the current members listed below. They welcome suggestions, questions, and comments.
Current Members
Lindsay Martin
Lindsay.M.Martin.219@nd.edu
Class of 2008
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Majors: Biology, Spanish, Science Technology and Values
Lindsay a highly caffeinated senior who loves heights, bright colors, bubbles, and pavement that’s hot from the sun. Her sophomore year she studied abroad in Mexico, became obsessed with Latin American culture, and now tries to convince people she’s a Latina and that her last name is “Martín.” While she was there her favorite experiences were sleeping in a hammock on a virgin beach, hiking up two volcanoes, bungee jumping, sewing a man’s finger on at the hospital, taking salsa dancing classes, and spending her last peso on a Snickers bar in a bus station after her ATM card maxed out. She is a passionate advocate for social justice, and even started a student group called “Social Justice in American Medicine” that brings this principle into her intended field of work. She works for Rachel Tomas Morgan as her student assistant for ISSLP, which she participated in herself during the summer of 2007 in Pedro Vicente, Ecuador. It is nearly impossible for her to say “no” to any experience, especially anything offered by the CSC!
Kaitlyn O'Leary
Class of 2008
Hometown: Garden City, NY
Major: English
Minors: Theology, The Catholic Social Tradition
Kaitlyn hails from the lovely land of Long Island where she spends summers sunbathing by the Atlantic, bopping into New York City, and shamelessly vying for the superiority of New York pizza and the New York Yankees. Her passion for running has led her to complete two half marathons and two triathalons, despite friends and families' insistence that she is crazy. Among her more important interests are faith, literature, art, Notre Dame, and service. She works with children living at the South Bend Center for the Homeless through the CSC's Children's Defense Fund, and spends time frequenting Logan Center events and hanging out with her pal Lisa through Best Buddies. She looks forward to new challenges and new contributions through her membership in VOICE.
Claire Therese Murphy
Class of 2008
Hometown: Mount Prospect, IL (It's a suburb of Chicago.)
Majors: Finance and History
Claire claims to hail from the Windy City, but later admits to people that she really lives in one of its quiet suburbs. Still, her love for Chicago runs deep, especially when it comes to the city's world renowned sports teams. For the last 5 months, Claire has been gallivanting around Europe, using London as her launch pad for her travels; however, she can't wait to get back to Notre Dame and wake up her roommates on football Saturdays blasting "Here Come the Irish" at an ungodly early hour. She enjoys having great intellectual debates, reading, being involved and working at the CSC, listening with open ears to anyone who wants to talk, discovering new bands and music, Bookstore Basketball, building and putting together furniture, untying knots, going to the beach with her family, a grande non-fat caramel machiatto to go, and laughing so loud friends tell her they hear her across the dining hall. She one day aspires to be CEO of a non-profit or work in real estate development and restoration. That, or become the next biggest celebrity gossip blogger. She'll be living and working in sweet home Chicago for the summer, all the while looking forward to a very busy, eventful, and fun-filled senior year at Notre Dame beginning in the fall.
Michael G. Gotsch
Class of 2009
Hometown: South Elgin, IL
Major: Political Science
Minor: Catholic Social Tradition
Mike resides in Keough Hall with his "roo" brethren, and is well known for leading the Keough Interhall Football Team to their 0 - 4 record last year. His favorite discussion topics are politics, religion, current affairs, anti-poverty, and environmental sustainability. Mike is an avid Notre Dame football fan, but thinks that professional sports have become much too important in American culture. He enjoys getting involved with campus organizations, especially Students for Environmental Action, the Progressive Student Alliance, and MEChA; (good) stand-up comedy; pickup games of football; hanging out with friends; reading; and taking naps.
Kevin Bailey
Class of 2008
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Major: Theology
Minor: Hesburgh Program in Public Service
Kevin has worked at the CSC as a student research assistant for two years and has also participated in various CSC events including an SSLP in Albany, NY in 2006 and an ISSLP in Jinja, Uganda in 2007. Among his interests include sports, especially football, people, learning, good books, having fun, and being happy.
Michael F. McKenna
Class of 2008
Hometown: Drexel Hill, PA (Philly suburbs)
Majors: Anthropology and International Peace Studies
Mike has made it his mission to see as much of the world as he can before graduation and then continue his world travels professionally. Notre Dame, his home away from home, has helped him get to such far off places as New Zealand, Mexico, Spain, Gibraltar, and Ecuador with a few trips to England and Ireland thrown into the mix for fun. The CSC is one of Mike's favorite places and he has been actively involved with the Rock the Vote Campaign, World AIDS Week, and Africa Faith and Justice Network. Mike spent last semester in Washington D.C. soaking up everything the "real world" has to offer and learning a lot about refugees, politics, the pandas at the National Zoo, and where to rock out to "Brown-Eyed Girl" and "Africa" in Adam's Morgan. When he's not focused on the goings-on of the world, Mike enjoys singing with the Folk Choir, hanging out with his fellow "Zahmbies," dominating inner-tube water polo at Late Night Olympics, and getting rowdy at ND football games. After graduation, Mike plans on attending graduate school for International Affairs with a focus in Conflict Management (hopefully back in D.C.) and then go on to work with the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Service Officer where he hopes his peace studies background will really come in handy.
Sarah E. Rauenhorst
Class of 2008
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Major: Political Science
Minor: Hesburgh Program of Public Service
After studying in Santiago, Chile for a semester, Sarah is excited to return to Notre Dame next fall and take advantage of everything that Notre Dame has to offer for one last year. She is especially excited for football Saturday mornings, being Women’s Captain of Notre Dame’s Ski Team, seeing all of her friends she has missed from being abroad, and being a Notre Dame senior. Aside from Notre Dame, Sarah loves Minnesotan summers at the lake complete with sailing and water skiing, her new found talent in cooking and baking, teaching and learning, reading Chilean newspapers, family dinners, strolling around a city with no destination, reminiscing of her summers as a camp counselor, helping others, camping and backpacking (especially in Chile), reconnecting with old friends, meeting new people, and having a perfectly lazy day on the lake or perfectly out of control day at school. After Notre Dame, Sarah has high hopes of volunteering, moving abroad, teaching, or being involved in economic development in Africa, Latin America, or the United States.
Prisma Y. Garcia
Class of 2009
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Major: Science-Business
Minor: Latino Studies
Prisma finds delight in the simplest things. She adores her Dallas. Sometimes you’ll see her laughing on her own, walking aimlessly around the CSC, taking pictures of the trees or on long walks to places on campus just for fun, sometimes even in blizzards. Prisma loves the smell of coffee and fresh cut grass, Carebears, Mexican mariachis, the Dallas Mavericks, following Liz’s orders, and ordering things online. She is passionate about border issues and immigration and enjoys helping the South Bend Latino community through MEChA. She will never forget her time in Tijuana at the Casa del Migrante and can spend hours talking about it. She will be studying abroad in London in the fall, where she hopes to meet new people with cool accents and travel to different countries. She claims to laugh in Spanish and wonders when she’ll stop speaking Spanglish. Prisma desires peace and hopes to continue to make others smile.
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