January 2, 2013 Award-winning Writer Sarah Cortez to Speak Sarah Cortez, award-winning poet, memoirist, fiction writer, and editor, will visit Saint Mary's College for a reading and a lecture on Wednesday, April 10, both of which are free and open to the public. The events are sponsored by the College’s Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership, the Center for Spirituality, the Department of Religious Studies, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, the Department of History, and the Department of English. January 2, 2013 Rest in Peace Bishop Emeritus John D'Arcy The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend announced the death of Bishop Emeritus John Michael D’Arcy. President Carol Ann Mooney expressed her sadness at hearing the news, "His visits to our campus were marked by his great personal warmth and love for our students. His homilies at Commencement were legendary, and after Mass he would stand and take pictures with students and their families for as long as needed. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him." 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 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 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.