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Program introduces incoming students to South Bend with focus on community, justice By: Erin Blasko August 23, 2022 A group of 20 incoming University of Notre Dame students spent the week leading up to the start of the fall semester exploring issues of justice both on campus and in the surrounding community as part of RISE:…

Center partners with FADICA to pilot Catholic social tradition course for philanthropists July 29, 2022 This spring, the Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA) partnered with the Center for Social Concerns’ director of Catholic Social Tradition (CST), Bill Purcell, M.Div., to develop an online course on CST and philanthropy. The 9-week pilot course…

Study examines correlation between college student community engagement and prosocial behavior July 29, 2022 Does involvement in community engagement impact college students’ moral development and sense of responsibility to others? Recent research published by Tara Hudson, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration at Kent State University and Jay Brandenberger, Ph.D., professor of the practice…

Faculty member designs writing course around crafting new local narrative June 24, 2022 South Bend is a special place. That was the message Nicole MacLaughlin wanted her course to convey. An associate teaching professor in the University Writing Program, MacLaughlin has taught community-engaged learning classes for more than ten years. In each class, she created…

Inaugural class of summer labor fellows engages in research, organizing for the common good June 24, 2022 This June the Center for Social Concerns launches its new summer labor fellowship program, giving three undergraduates a fully-funded opportunity to engage in labor-focused, project-based work while developing their skills in organizing, research, advocacy, and communications. In a…

Alum and student co-founder of center wins Dooley Award June 13, 2022 The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association has announced the winners of its annual spring awards, recognizing members of the Notre Dame family for their outstanding achievements. Mary Meg McCarthy, class of 1980 and one of the students who founded the Center for…

Neuroscience and Behavior students featured on MTV Mental Health Action Day for innovative project June 13, 2022 After the end of the fall 2019 semester, Lisa Anderson, founder of the Clubhouse of St. Joseph County and professor for the center’s Living with Mental Illness course, decided on her two student teaching assistants for next year’s…

Faculty fellow captures better picture of role religious congregations play in Chicago communities May 26, 2022 Center for Social Concerns Faculty Fellow and professor of Sociology Kraig Beyerlein taught community-engaged courses through the center from the moment he joined Notre Dame. He teaches the undergraduate US-Mexico Border course which was so popular he helped design…

Center faculty member co-edits new volume on intercessory prayer in Mennonite and Catholic traditions May 16, 2022 In 2003 Pope John Paul II canonized South Tyrolean missionary priest Father Joseph Freinademetz, S.V.D., (1852-1908) in part because prayers for his intercession on behalf of a terminally ill Japanese Mennonite student are believed to have cured the…