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Notre Dame Awarded AmeriCorps Funding to Connect 500 Volunteer Tutors to Cognitive Science

The University of Notre Dame has received a $640,108 grant from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. This funding, provided through the Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF), is...

Elizabeth Watters Schwartze

A Generational Legacy of Catholic Education

“In a way, ACE has always been a part of me.” Elizabeth recounts warmly, “Both my parents worked in Catholic education for more than 40 years.” Born in San Francisco...

LEI Mentor Spotlight: Getting to Know Erin Vu

Mentor principals have played a critical role in the success of the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) since the program’s inception in 2012. The experience, accountability, and personal attention that these...

January 23, 2024

Joey Jegier Receives Dr. Pepper Go Teach Tuition Giveaway

Joey Jegier, a member of the 30th cohort of ACE Teaching Fellows and a fifth-grade teacher at Holy Redeemer Grade School in Detroit, Michigan, was announced as the Notre Dame...

December 18, 2023

Left to Right: Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC; Kevin Baxter; John Sobrato; Sue Sobrato; Lisa Sobrato; and John Staud

Sobratos Receive Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education

John and Sue Sobrato, known for their deep support of Catholic schools in the Bay Area and beyond, were awarded the 2023 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic...

November 29, 2023

Jackie Curran with students at St. Paul's

Small Things with Great Love

“I always say I’m not an unbiased source when I give tours. "I’m class of 1995, my mother is class of 1973, my dad is class of 1971 and my...

November 28, 2023

Recent Notre Dame Graduates Teaching on the Pine Ridge Reservation

Annika Coberly (‘23) and Emily Healy (‘22) are University of Notre Dame graduates who are serving in the Maȟpíya Lúta Volunteer Program. Through this program, recent college graduates teach and...

November 21, 2023

From Increasing Latino Enrollment to Empowering a Community

On 6th Street in North Philadelphia, just across the border from New Jersey, St. Veronica Catholic School is tucked quietly in the middle of a residential block. At first glance...

October 27, 2023

Dan Reynold receiving the Michael Pressley Award for Most Promising Scholar from John Staud

How to Almost Flame Out of ACE but Come to Thrive In It

The well worn cap hangs on the office wall, its navy blue “R” a beacon in a sea of evergreen. “I still have MY REDEMPTORIST WOLVES baseball hat.” Dan Reynolds...

October 25, 2023

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