How an experience abroad in high school taught Kate Cooper to say “yes” to more opportunities as an undergraduate
For six years, Notre Dame Pre-College has been sending high school students abroad to Rome, Italy and Ireland for two weeks in the summer to experience the Notre Dame global community. For many, this sparks a love for travel that will follow them into their undergraduate careers (and beyond!).…
Beauty in the aging hands of strife: A reflection on “Every Street”
Andrews in Vienna during fall break 2019 Joe Andrews studied in London during fall 2019, and he spent fall break visiting some of Europe's capital cities. Like most students, he was struck by the beauty and history he encountered on his trip, but he also noticed the poverty and deprivation that often...
Francie Shaft thought her theology and Japanese majors would never intersect — until she went abroad. Now the connections keep appearing.
Francie Shaft has discovered intersections between her theology and Japanese majors through her classes and research — both on campus and in Japan. Those opportunities would not have been possible, she said, without the support she found at Notre Dame. “Notre Dame wants you to start pursuing what you’re passionate about,...
From Brazil to Rome: A Notre Dame student’s experience with the new study abroad locally program
In early July, Nicole Marinho Vieira Weiss found out she would not be able to attend the University of Notre Dame’s campus due to the new COVID-19 regulations. The finance and economics major was excited to start her freshman year, but quickly found herself overwhelmed with disappointment, and started searching...
Santiago alumni series: How an experience abroad led to unexpected opportunities for Erin Aucar
Erin Aucar '16 currently works for Notre Dame's Meruelo Family Center for Career Development in Washington, DC. She writes about her study abroad experience in Santiago and how it changed the path of her career. Working for Notre Dame was never part of my plan. However, if there is one...
The Inspiration Place: Writers and artists find space to create at Ireland's Kylemore Abbey
You want to take it all in, but it’s impossible. Should you focus on the emerald mountain backdrop topped with clouds floating like puffy jelly beans? Or the foreground of willowy reeds swaying on a placid lake? Inevitably your eyes are drawn instead to the castle, a fairy-tale version so...
The O’Connells, COVID, and computer apps: How a study abroad student made the most of her time in Ireland
At age ten, Irene Valdes Salazar’s aunt brought her a souvenir from a recent trip to Dublin, Ireland. “Look, there’s a street named after our family!” she remembers saying. She remembers putting the O’Connell Street fridge magnet up, finding it amusing, but not thinking too deeply about it at the...
Immersed from afar: Canceled study abroad programs got creative to keep students connected
An Irish scone bake-off went viral. A TikTok challenge inspired kicking toilet paper like a soccer ball. An assignment to develop a literary walking tour of London became a walking tour for people in quarantine. Eleanor the Chihuahua became an Instagram celebrity.…
Corona Stories: Notre Dame students share diverse pandemic experiences in their words
Notre Dame students left for spring break and were shocked to hear on March 11 that classes were going online. They had to process emotions, losses and worries. Then the reality of a pandemic literally hit home.…
Meet Jaime Signoracci: NDI's travel security and risk management expert
In June 2014, a plane landed hard at the Kabul International Airport. It was after dark and the flight crew needed medical attention. The plane suffered damage, so the crew needed to stay overnight in Kabul until another aircraft could be flown in. Jaime Signoracci, who was only in her...
How a CBL placement expanded Emily Brigham’s perspective in Ireland
Brigham and Habiba at their last tutoring session Emily Brigham, a junior from Rhode Island, majors in psychology and minors in education, schooling and society, and data science. She spent the 2019 fall semester studying at UCD in Dublin, where she volunteered with Youth and Educational Services for Refugees and...
Finding a common language through dance in Brazil
Godsee Joy is a senior from Silver Spring, Maryland, currently studying economics and peace studies with a minor in data science. While at the University of Notre Dame, she has been heavily involved with research, community engagement, and international travel. Currently, she serves as a department director in …
Japanese major’s study abroad and internship experiences help launch career as U.S. diplomat
Before Beth Gee ’10 studied abroad in Tokyo during her junior year, the Japanese and political science major had never left the United States. Now, as a U.S. foreign service officer, Gee travels for a living. She is currently working at the American Embassy in the Republic of the Congo...
Living stones
Originally published by the Office of Public Affairs and Communications. Just as the sun was rising on a Sunday in late July, a dozen Notre Dame undergraduate students filed into the lobby of the University of Notre Dame at Tantur. Less than 24 hours before, the members of the group had landed...
Meet the Football Friday Bagpiper
NDWorks caught up with David Younger, associate director of Study Abroad, as he helped kick off Football Friday in the Morris Inn lobby by playing his Scottish smallpipes. Before the weather turned colder, Younger played his regular bagpipes on the Wind Family Fireside Terrace. He’ll be entertaining the Morris Inn...
Fusing faith and action: Community Based Learning (CBL) celebrates 10 years in Ireland
CBL orientation day, Spring 2015, where participants meet their mentors and learn a little about the site where they will volunteer for the semester.
2019 marks ten years of collaboration between the Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway…
Over promise, over deliver: Lessons learned from the Global Professional Experience program
Zhang spent her summer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in Beijing
Attina Zhang, originally from Nanjing, China, is a rising junior with a double major in sociology and applied and computational mathematics and statistics…
Living out a dream: Artistic immersion in London
In her application for the London Global Gateway, Rachel Mills’ described a daydream that she often had in South Bend. The fantasy scenario involved her exiting the tube station into Trafalgar Square, and walking the through crowds of buskers, commuters and tourists to reach her place of work: the National...
Year abroad helps Italian major develop language skills, discover senior thesis topic, and strengthen connection to family heritage
Gianna Van Heel’s time studying abroad while at Notre Dame was immersive and comprehensive — the nearly yearlong experience included coursework, research, an internship, and embracing the Italian way of life. She knew it was the best way to truly learn another language. Van Heel, who won the College of Arts...
Majoring in neuroscience helps Arts and Letters student research concussions, study abroad, and land a job at a big consulting firm
When Joseph Weiler was 8, he sustained his first concussion — and he's wanted to study the complexities of the brain ever since. Now a neuroscience and behavior major in the College of Arts and Letters, Weiler's senior thesis oversaw the implementation of the Cogstate Cognigram — a test designed to track early cognitive symptoms...
Easter in Jerusalem: Finding the “Holy” in the Holy Land
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Whitney C. Lim is a junior studying abroad in Jerusalem, Israel, for the spring semester. She is a theology major, with double-minors in sustainability…
Host family provides “perfect introduction” to Santiago for study abroad student Brendan Markey
Brendan Markey is pictured with his host mom, Leticia Larraín Junior Brendan Markey was playing a game of pick up basketball when he fell and broke his wrist. As a study abroad student in Santiago, Chile, his parents were more than 5,000 miles away and weren’t able to help. It...
How a study abroad experience in Ireland led to innovative cancer research
Jenna Koenig’s first love was solving mysteries. She felt compelled to piece together leads and unravel complex puzzles. There was excitement behind the chase, as it ultimately led to discovery. This fascination was followed by her love of science and biology. It was only natural that Koenig was drawn to...
Off the beaten path: Two scholars in Rome explore the city through marathon training
Matthew Canonico, running in front of the Colosseum
Matthew Canonico is studying in Rome with the Rome International Scholars program. On April 7, he completed the Rome marathon. Elle Dietz, a student from the School of Architecture…
An immersive experience: How a study abroad student in Rome learned a new culture through playing water polo
Christopher Kreienkamp was in sixth grade when he first started to play water polo, and he never left the sport. He is currently one of the captains of the Notre Dame water polo team on campus. Kreienkamp never took Italian classes and didn’t speak a word of Italian before coming...
From Hong Kong to South Bend: An international student’s perspective on celebrating differences and taking advantage of opportunities
Notre Dame students and Bethlehem University students spending time together in Jerusalem
James Luk ‘21 is an international student from Hong Kong majoring in political science with a minor in computing digital technologies. Luk is a Kellogg International Scholar…
For anthropology major Grace Garvey, exploring other disciplines is key to research success
Grace Garvey’s academic curiosity isn’t confined to one subject area. Her interest in human migration manifests in all sorts of different disciplines. She’s an anthropology major who is working closely with an American studies professor on her senior thesis. For her capstone project in the Hesburgh Program in Public Service,...
Locked in for the night: A student shares her experience inside the Holy Sepulchre
Eva and two other students spent a night in the Holy Sepulchre for a night of prayer and refection Eva Napierkowski is a junior studying neuroscience at Notre Dame. Originally from Broomfield, Colorado, Eva traveled to Jerusalem last fall to experience the Holy Land through Notre Dame International’s study abroad...
Traveling internationally for Notre Dame? There’s a registration for that.
The University urges faculty and staff traveling abroad for work to register the travel at ndi-tr.nd.edu. Registration is mandatory for undergraduate students traveling internationally on University-sponsored travel, and is strongly encouraged for graduate students, faculty and staff.…
Notre Dame, international since the beginning
Since its inception, the University of Notre Dame has been a global school. It was founded by a French priest and brothers in 1842 with money raised in Europe, and as soon as 1850 was enrolling international students. In the decades that followed, more than 100 students would come to...