October 21, 2022 Saint Mary’s Honors Former Athletes In honor of the 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Saint Mary’s College welcomed back over 50 former Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame athletes to campus. Both Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame held events all weekend long to honor the women who paved the way for all women’s athletic programs at Notre Dame. October 21, 2022 Katie Conboy honored as a Woman of the Year On October 20, 2022 President Katie Conboy joined four extraordinary leaders in higher education at the YWCA of North Central Indiana annual Tribute event, as they were honored as Women of the Year. October 21, 2022 Discovering Diverse Talent The Moreau Center for the Arts has been a home for the performing and visual arts for over 50 years. Offering a selection of live theatre, concerts, recitals, and lectures each year, Moreau has brought a variety of artists to campus through the Shaheen/Duggan Performing Arts Series, including Duke Ellington, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Maria von Trapp, George Winston, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. The Shaheen/Duggan Performing Arts Series was endowed to Saint Mary’s in 1987 as a way for students to meet and learn from rising talent. The endowed series continues to bring talent to campus each year for students and the Saint Mary’s community alike. October 20, 2022 Honoring an Everlasting Love with an Everlasting Gift On a blind date in 1951, Rosemarie “Rody” Oppenheim Dilenschneider ’54 and John “Jack” Dilenschneider, a Notre Dame student, began an everlasting love. Jack's planned gift in her honor ensures her legacy at Saint Mary's continues. October 19, 2022 Building Opportunity for Pre-College Girls Over the decades, more than 20,000 girls have participated in SMC summer youth programs. We have great momentum, writes President Conboy in her October letter to the community. Thanks to a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Saint Mary's can now extend their reach, remove barriers to access for under-resourced and first-generation students, and to leverage community partnerships that add value to Saint Mary’s and to the program experience. October 12, 2022 The Compelling Stories of Our Recent Past “Listening to Pandemic Narratives: Selections from COVID-19 Oral Histories in the South Bend Area” featured audio clips from interviews conducted with members of the South Bend community to get different accounts of what pandemic life was like for residents. The research was conducted by professors Jamie Wagman and Julia Dauer. October 10, 2022 A Note From the Cloakroom: In the Wings Saint Mary’s College is constantly making improvements to the buildings and grounds of campus. Among these improvements, the College recently purchased new “soft goods” for the Little Theatre stage at the Moreau Center for the Arts. This included borders (the horizontal curtains near the top of the performance space, legs (the tall vertical side drapes), a cyclorama (white backdrop at the rear of the stage) and a mid stage traveler (a black curtain that can be pulled to divide the stage). October 6, 2022 Rowing Through the Years As we plan our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX this fall, we recognize the Saint Mary’s women who paved the way for future Belles. SMC alumna Ann Deighan Buckley ’78 and Notre Dame alumna Mary Brady Bustin ’78 were rowers, forever joined due to their place in history. In a letter, hey describe the vital role Saint Mary’s women played in the development of the Notre Dame Women’s Crew team. September 28, 2022 College Hosts First of Its Kind Career Fair The Saint Mary’s Career Crossings Office held a virtual career fair in collaboration with nine other women’s colleges and universities across the country—making it the first of its kind. The Women’s College and Universities Diversity Career Expo was held Tuesday, September 27 to help current students land internships, jobs, and post-graduate service opportunities.