January 2, 2013 Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) Open House The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Saint Mary's College will host an open house from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 20. ECDC is located in Havican Hall. Click for a campus map. Families interested in enrolling children for the 2013-14 school year and/or 2013 summer program are encouraged to attend. It is an opportunity to see the program, meet the ECDC staff, and register. Click for more information on ECDC at Saint Mary's College and the University of Notre Dame. For information on this open house, contact Kari Alford, program director at ECDC Saint Mary's, at (574) 284-4693 or kalford@saintmarys.edu. January 2, 2013 Belles Win Manchester Invitational NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Saint Mary's cross country team won the 2013 Manchester Invitational with a team score of 34 for their first invitational win since the 2007 season. January 2, 2013 Four Belles Named as NFCA Scholar-Athletes LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Four members of the 2012 Saint Mary's softball team earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete honors for their outstanding academics. January 2, 2013 Author Writes about STEM/Cites "Status of Girls" Report (Inside Indian... An Indiana author told Inside Indiana that she is "very alarmed" about the lack of interest among Hoosier girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Erin Albert cites Saint Mary's College's report, "The Status of Girls in Indiana," that finds the state's boys outperformed girls in STEM-related AP exams last year. She wrote a children's book to try to address the issue. January 2, 2013 Intercultural Studies Professor on Cheerios Ad (ABC 57) In late May, General Mills began to air a Cheerios commercial featuring a mixed-race family. Even at a time when the nation's president is African-American, much of the social media response to the mixed-race ad was poisonous. The YouTube comments section for the ad was disabled soon after the commercial was posted there. Months after the commercial first started airing, some are still expressing outrage about the ad, like one ABC 57 viewer. The station came to intercultural studies professor Mana Derakhshani to get some perspective. Derakhshani said the backlash is proof that a racial divide still exists, but she sees hope. January 2, 2013 Sister Olivia Marie Hutcheson, CSC Award for Service in the Health Fie... Karah Susnak ’13 is a senior level nursing student. Karah was in the community health nursing course during the fall semester. One of her clinical assignments was six clinical days at the Sister Maura Brannick Clinic. The other was six days with a partner at the Center for the Homeless. Students work with preceptors in the community course and faculty spend pieces of time with students and preceptors several times over the 6 week experience. The first time I stopped at the clinic to see Karah, I immediately noticed that she was working and moving around the clinic as if she had been there for months. She integrated into the staff in a manner that I only see once or twice a year in students’ clinical practice. January 2, 2013 Three Belles Named to All-MIAA First Team ROYAL OAK, Mich. - For the first time in the history of the program, three Saint Mary's soccer players were recognized with All-MIAA First Team honors as announced by the league office today. January 2, 2013 Belles Sink Comets for First MIAA Win NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Saint Mary's soccer team snapped their streak of ties with a 3-1 win over Olivet on Saturday for their first conference victory of the 2013 season. January 2, 2013 Faculty/Staff Affected by Fire in O’Laughlin Briefed on Damage Faculty and staff affected by the fire that occurred in O’Laughlin Auditorium on Sunday, January 27 were briefed on the damage today. Restoration to the affected spaces will begin as soon as fire investigators are done with their work. While the fire was contained to the curtain on stage left, there is extensive water damage to the stage floor and to the space below the stage.