The undergraduate and graduate accountancy programs in the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business are ranked fourth nationwide in an annual survey of academic quality by the industry newsletter Public Accounting Report (PAR).

In both the undergraduate and graduate surveys, Notre Dame was rated only behind theUniversityofTexas,BrighamYoungUniversity, andUniversityofIllinois, respectively.

The PAR rankings are based on a poll of faculty members at colleges and universities with accredited accountancy programs. The survey highlights undergraduate and graduate programs offering degrees in accounting that most consistently produce students capable of someday attaining partner status.Notre Dame’s accountancy program long has been rated among the nation’s top 10 by PAR.

Notre Dames department is chaired by Thomas Schaefer, KPMG Professor of Accountancy, and includes 20 teaching and research faculty members.

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A senior marketing major at Notre Dame, Brann died Nov. 10 in an automobile accident on theIndiana Toll RoadnearLaPorte,Ind.A funeral service was held in her hometown ofOrland Park,Ill., on Nov. 13.

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The celebrated days of summer camp – swimming, hiking, arts and crafts, and campfires – run through the memories of our youth.But often times, we might take these simple summer activities for granted.Many children with disabilities have never had the opportunity to partake in these bouts of fun.

It was sad to see some of the older campers, see how happy they were, and to wonder what they had to go through when they were younger when they didnt have these opportunities,said Carolyn Shivers, a junior psychology major and music minor at Notre Dame, who worked at Camp Friendship this summer as a camp counselor to hundreds of children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Founded in 1964,CampFriendshipis one of three camps run by Friendship Ventures, a non-profit organization based in centralMinnesota, offering summer residential camp programs to children and adults with mental and physical disabilities.The campers range between the ages of 5 and 90 and are supervised by camp counselors and program staff.

Counselors and program staff are mostly college kids, a lot with little or no experience working with people with disabilities,Shivers said.We had a weeklong orientation crammed with everything from crisis intervention to vulnerable adult laws.

Each week, Shivers was assigned to a cabin with anywhere from two to 12 campers, depending on their individual needs.

The ratio of counselors to campers was never higher than one-to-four,she said.Our campers ranged from high-functioning individuals who were verbal and able to take care of all of their own personal needs, to one-to-one people who needed constant supervision, behavioral management and total personal care.

Counselors were not only responsible for supervising campers within the cabins, they also accompanied them and participated in their activities.Each session had specially tailored programs for campers, ranging from cooking to dancing to outdoor sports, and even motorcycles.

The campers get a week thats a break from monotony.They get a chance to drive boats, go swimming, climb rock walls and generally hang out in an environment thats completely different than the one that they spend almost all of their time in, be it a group home, an institution, or their own home,Shivers said.

The counselors are sort of the concierges of their vacation.They give company, take them to activities, and give them things to do between activities.They really do become friends,she said.

Shivers recalled a specific instance with a 52-year old non-verbal Downs syndrome man who is considered a camp legend.

The first week I was in his cabin, he was kind of sullen, not really showing much emotion, hardly ever going to activities,she said.The second week he came to camp, I was in a cabin with him again, and for some reason on Wednesday, he was in a really good mood.I was walking back with him from dinner, and he stuck his tongue out at me, so I stuck my tongue out at him.This escalated until he just spit all over me, and then he laughed.Making this man laugh was the greatest feeling ever.

Shivers not only took away a feeling of accomplishment by impacting the lives of her disabled campers this summer, she also received a scholarship from Friendship Ventures in recognition of her outstanding dedication to the mission of the organization.

Shivers plans to obtain her doctorate in child psychology, specializing in music therapy for children with developmental disabilities.

This summer definitely reaffirmed what I want to do,she said.These people have so much to offer, if only people would take to time to communicate.For children who have difficulty learning or verbalizing like their peers, music can make these tasks easier.The rhythm, the melody, these things can make more sense in a childs mind than everyday talking.

At the basic level, its like singing to infants to get them to fall asleep.Music just has a different way of reaching people.So basically, I would like to use music as a way to teach children or as a way of behavior management when children become upset at their lack of ability to get others to understand them.

Coming toCampFriendshipwith little experience in the realm of helping the disabled, Shivers left invigorated to open avenues for interaction with disabled children and adults.

I would really encourage everyone to look into ways that they can help or get to know more about foundations that serve people with developmental disabilities,Shivers said.Theyre a relatively underrepresented part of our population, and they are such amazing people who are capable of teaching and loving so much.

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Charles Bernstein, a renowned figure in innovative American poetics, will deliver a lecture series titledThe Attack of the Difficult Poems: Poetics, Technology, Inventionfrom Nov. 27 to 29 (Monday to Wednesday) in the auditorium of the University of Notre DamesHesburghCenterfor International 91��Ƶ.The events are free and open to the public.

The first lecture,The Task of Poetics, the Fate of Innovation and the Aesthetics of Criticism,will be presented Nov. 27 at 5 p.m.Bernstein will speak onThe Poetics of Invention and the Art of Teachingat 5 p.m. Nov. 28, to be followed by a reading of his poetry.On Nov. 29 at 1:30 p.m., a public discussion of Bernsteins presentations thus far will be led by Notre Dame professors, local scholars and poets, followed by Bernsteins final presentation,Objectivist Blues&the Art of Immemorabilityat 5 p.m.

Bernstein is the Donald T. Regan Professor of English at theUniversityofPennsylvaniaand has been instrumental in producing the most useful and widely known Web-based tools for teaching.A 1972 graduate of Harvard, he is the author of 25 books of poetry, most recentlyGirly Man,the editor of numerous books of essays, and writer of five librettos.His essays have appeared in more than 150 periodicals and his three collections are among the most influential books of prose on the topic of postmodern poetry.Bernstein has received multiple fellowships and has been a writer-in-residence or visiting faculty member at numerous universities.

Bernsteins lectures are sponsored by the Department of English as a part of the 2006 Ward-Phillips Lectures.

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TheUniversityofNotre Dame Officeof Campus Ministry will host two musical events during the holiday season.

The first will be an Advent lessons and carols service Dec. 3 (Sunday) at 7:15 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.

The service will feature numerous campus choirs, including the Notre Dame Women’s Choir, directed by Andrew McShane; the Notre Dame Folk Choir, directed by Steve Warner; the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir and the Basilica Schola, both directed by Gail Walton; and the Notre Dame Handbell Choir, directed by Karen Schneider-Kirner.

Two choirs also will perform at aChristmas at theCoMobenefit concert Dec. 6 (Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m. in the Hammes Student Lounge of theColeman-MorseCenter.The event is open to the public and free with donations accepted to benefit St. Judes Primary 91��Ƶ inJinja,Uganda.The concert is presented by the Notre Dame Celebration Choir, directed by Schneider-Kirner; and Voices of Campus, which includes singers from the various residence hall chapel choirs.

_ Contact: Karen Schneider-Kirner, handbell and celebration choirs director, 574-631-9326, kschnei1@nd.edu
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TheUniversityofNotre Dame Alumni Associationwill host the 11th annual Excellence in Teaching conference Friday to Sunday (Oct. 27 to 29) in McKenna Hall.

Fridays keynote address,Can Teachers Go to Heaven? Spirituality for Teachers,will be offered by Rev. Ronald J. Nuzzi, director of Notre DamesAlliancefor Catholic (ACE) Leadership Program.

The weekend workshop beginning on Saturday and continuing through Sunday will center on a presentation by Ann Anzalone, a teacher of graduate courses atWrightStateandAntiochUniversities.TitledThe Brain Rewired: Teaching at its Best,the workshop will focus on understanding the changes in student learning over the past few years and developing teaching strategies to complement these developments.

The Notre Dame Outstanding Educator Award also will be presented on Friday to Dennis Gleason, a 1975 Notre Dame graduate who also earned his masters degree in aerospace engineering from the University in 1976.Gleason is a teacher in the mathematics department atMaldenCatholicHigh 91��Ƶ, a Xaverian Brothers school inMalden,Mass.The award honors a Notre Dame graduate in elementary or secondary education who has distinguished his or herself in educating students.

The Excellence in Teaching conference is open to teachers, principals and counselors from kindergarten through high school.Participants do not need to be Notre Dame graduates to attend and may be educators from public, Catholic or private schools.This year, more than 100 teachers are sponsored by 57 Notre Dame alumni clubs from across the country.In addition, two teachers are sponsored by the Class of 1952 and seven teachers are sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

* Contact: * _Mirella Riley or Jan Miller, Alumni Association, 574-631-5940 or 574-631-8693
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Chopping wood, hauling water, lifting manure, community prayer three times a day:This is not your typical summer internship.Casey Stanton, a senior in Notre Dames Program of Liberal 91��Ƶ with a peace studies minor, spent this past summer in ruralMassachusetts, waking up early each morning to complete these daily tasks.

Stantoninterned at Agape Community, a small residential community in Ware, Mass.Founded in 1982 in the city ofBrockton, the project was established to bring awareness to non-violence and the idea of simplistic living.

We took vows when we became married to live in a community and to live non-violence from a Christian perspective, to live in voluntary simplicity, and to live the Gospel in our daily life, not just to squeeze it in on the side,said Brayton Shanley, one of the communitys founders.

And that is just whatStantongot to do.She lived, worked and prayed with the Shanley family, other interns, and numerous retreatants and visitors.Agape consists of two homes – the Francis House and St. Brigid House, which is a straw bale building that has solar energy, a compost toilet, and wood cooking and heating stoves.The 32-acre compound includes an organic garden, which provides food to the residents of Agape and the surrounding community.

Each days ordinary tasks included working in the garden, maintaining the grounds, studying non-violence, and praying as a community.

“The mundane and simple, that’s so much of what life is; yet somehow praying together allows the stuff of every day to be transformed,”Stantonsaid.

Such close proximity to, and the dependence on, nature enhancedStantons experience at Agape.

I grew up in the suburbs, never been out in the country,she said.All of the sudden Im out in the dirt shoveling manure.Toads were singing at night, crazy bugs flying everywhere.

For me, it has become a very important aspect of what it means to live out my faith in the world and a need to connect back to my natural environment and not necessarily this conditioned environment that weve brought up around us.

At one point over the summer, the community engaged in a three-day energy fast.Shutting off all electricity, they wanted to draw attention to the use of fossil fuels in everyday life.

At night, we had candles, and it was hard work when we needed water,Stantonsaid.The pump at the Brigid house was run off solar power, so we had to haul water and couldnt flush the toilets.

The energy fast took place at the beginning of the conflict inIsraelandLebanon, adding another dimension to the endeavor.

I know one aspect for me, because life at Agape is so very much connected to spirituality, there was an intentionality in the energy fast – were choosing to do this but there are a lot of people who dont have this choice,Stantonsaid.So many people in parts of the world, especially in conflict zones, but not exclusively, have to go without these things we take for granted everyday.There are deeper spiritual ramifications for all this, and now is the time to reassess our lifestyles and try to move forward while we still have oil.

Stantonhopes to establish Agape as a permanent summer service site for Notre Dame students.

Its like summer camp, but richer,she said.You live in a strong intellectual community that challenges your ideas and helps you in the process of clarification of thought, which is so important as a 20-year-old.It is a place to discern what being Catholic is and what it means to me, and it is a safe place to build that spiritual wisdom and intellectual understanding to then go out in the world.

AndStantonplans to take her lessons learned at Agape and incorporate them in her studies here at Notre Dame.

My thesis has come out of a lot of the actual experiences of Agape, and I am reinvigorated back at school to get down and dirty to do the hard academic work,she said.

As Agape co-founder Suzanne Belote Shanley described it:All interns come with this thirsting for something real, for something truthful, something really different.

After a summer at Agape,Stantons thirst has been quenched and she is prepared to go out in the world to help satiate the thirst of others.

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Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, is one of more than 70 American leaders and legends to contribute toA Hand to Guide Me,a new book edited by actor Denzel Washington, available in bookstores Oct. 3 (Tuesday).

A Hand to Guide Meconsists of a compilation of stories from American leaders in politics, education, theater, business and sports, highlighting the people who were influential in their development.Other contributors include sports legends Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali and Cal Ripken Jr.;former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton; actress Whoopi Goldberg; musician John Mellencamp; author Toni Morrison; Gen. Colin L. Powell; and broadcaster Dick Vitale.

In his story, Father Malloy pays tribute to his grade school teacher Sister Eleanor, crediting her for instilling within him a drive to use his intellect and talents to the best of his ability, both in and outside of the classroom.Father Malloy honors Sister Eleanor becauseshe convinced us that we had God-given intelligence, that we were capable of doing great things, and that a lot of opportunities would open to us if we would only use our capacities to learn.

During Father Malloys 18 years as president, from 1987 to 2005, Notre Dame experienced rapid growth in its reputation due to substantive improvements in the size and scholarly credentials of its faculty, the academic quality and diversity of the student body, and its financial resources and physical infrastructure. Away from campus, he served on numerous boards and commissions locally and nationally with a focus on volunteerism and fighting alcohol and drug abuse.

Father Malloy was appointed to the Notre Dame faculty in 1974 and is a professor of theology. Ordained to the priesthood in 1970, he holds three degrees from Notre Dame and a doctorate in Christian ethics fromVanderbiltUniversity.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will benefit the Boys&Girls Club of America, for which both Father Malloy and Washington are board members.

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The University of Notre Dames John W. Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy will host a public forum on changes in journalism Oct. 2 (Monday) at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the UniversitysHesburghCenterfor International 91��Ƶ.The event is free and open to the public.

TitledDecade Past, Decade Future: Journalism Copes with Constant Change,the forum will give participants an opportunity to engage in dialogue concerning the changes within journalism over the past 10 years and what to expect in the decade ahead.

Members of the Gallivan Program advisory committee, which consists of Notre Dame alumni who work in the media, will be among the featured speakers.

The Gallivan Program was established in 1997 through a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and continued with an endowment made by the family of Notre Dame alumnus John W. Gallivan.The Gallivan Program is an undergraduate concentration for Notre Dame students interested in pursuing careers in print and broadcast journalism.The program sponsors classes, internships, publications and campus visits of prominent journalists as part of its work.

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Steven Cartwright, a University of Notre Dame senior fromPittsburgh, will receive the 2006 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award from Campus Compact.

The first Notre Dame student to receive this award and one of only five selected nationwide, Cartwright was honored based upon his commitment to public service and for developing an innovative program to address issues facing the community.Cartwright will receive a $1,500 contribution to be used in a service program of his choice.

Cartwright has participated in numerous service activities within the Notre Dame andSouth Bendcommunities.In 2004, he founded Lead-ND, a student organization providing equitable after-school opportunities forSouth Bendyouths to learn the value of community service and active citizenship.Operating programs at three local schools, the organization has developed leadership programs, sponsored National Youth Service Day events, and devoted countless hours to engaging young people in the community.

Campus Compact is a national coalition of nearly 1,000 college and university presidents who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education.Cartwright previously has been recognized for his work with an award from Indiana Campus Compact, a member of the national organization.

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TheGigotCenterfor Entrepreneurial 91��Ƶ at the University of Notre Dame will host a panel discussion featuring experienced entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on Thursday (Sept. 7) at 7 p.m. in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza College of Business.

A kick-off event for the seventh annual Notre Dame Business Plan Competition, the panel discussion is sponsored by the NASDAQ Educational Foundation and will be the first of several training sessions scheduled for the academic year.

Five experienced panelists will offer advice on recognizing opportunities, building entrepreneurial teams, and the role of the entrepreneur.

Tom Mendoza, president of Network Appliance and the benefactor for whom theCollegeofBusinessis named, will serve as moderator for the discussion.Panelists include Notre Dame alumni Ellen Carnahan, founder of Seyen Capital; Rich Earley, founder of Dunrath Capital; and John Street, an entrepreneur in telecommunications and technology companies.David Hitz, founder of Network Appliance, also will join the discussion.

TheGigotCenterwas established in 1998 with a $2 million gift from 1972 Notre Dame graduate Gary E. Gigot, a private investor. It offers internships, sponsors several business plan competitions, operates a small business incubator, and provides a broad-based curriculum that gives Notre Dame students the entrepreneurial skills that will enable them to convert ideas into market possibilities.

_ Contact: Melissa Paulsen, program manager forGigotCenter, 574-631-7568, Paulsen.5@nd.edu
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Former U.S. Rep. Tim Roemer will present a talk titledSafeguarding America: National Security in the 21 ^st Centuryon Sept. 14 (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the DeBartolo Hall auditorium at the University of Notre Dame.

Sponsored by Notre Dames Kellogg Institute for International 91��Ƶ, Department of Political Science, and Kroc Institute for International Peace 91��Ƶ, the event is free and open to the public.

Roemer was appointed in 2002 to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9-11 Commission), which issued its final report in 2004 on the terrorist attacks of Sept.11, 2001. He was the key author of legislation in the House to establish the commission.

Roemer, who earned masters and doctoral degrees from Notre Dame, currently serves as president of the Center for National Policy and is a distinguished scholar at George Mason Universitys Mercatus Center, a nonprofit research and educational institution dedicated to improving public policy outcomes.

From 1991 to 2003, Roemer represented the 3rd District of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.Before running for Congress, he served on the staffs of former U.S. Rep. John Brademas ofIndianaand U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini ofArizona.

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The University of Notre Dames Risk Management and Safety Department has received an award of merit in an annual competition sponsored by the Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Division of the National Safety Council.

Competing in the Complete Safety Program category, the Universitys campus safety program was deemed an outstanding program that meets rigorous criteria set forth for environmental, health and safety programs at colleges and universities.The award honors institutions that strive for excellence in designing and implementing safety, health and environmental programs that incorporate novel and/or germane techniques while still meeting regulations.

The Complete Safety Program award was evaluated in the categories of administrative leadership, safety organization and programs, safety training, accident and injury prevention and core services such as radiation safety and hazardous waste management.

Notre Dames program was one of three universities to receive the award, along with theHong KongUniversityof Science&Technology and theUniversityofSouthern California.

The Risk Management and Safety Department provides service and professional advice in the areas of safety, occupational health, environmental protection and risk management.

_ Contact: Bob Zerr, director of risk management and safety, at 574-631-5037, Zerr.1@nd.edu
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Victor Abiamiri and Elizabeth Reed, both senior finance majors and varsity athletes fromBaltimore,Md., andFranklinLakes, N.J., respectively, have been named the 2006 recipients of Eugene D. Fanning Scholarships at the University of Notre Dame.

Abiamiri and Reed were selected by faculty of Notre DamesFanningCenterfor Business Communication for their excellence in communication skills and exemplary personal characteristics. The scholarships include a $3,500 credit to each students tuition account and a commemorative pewter plate.

Abiamiri is a defensive end on the Irish football team, and Reed is a midfielder and forward on the womens soccer team.

Established in 1995 in honor of the late Gene Fanning, the scholarships are funded by donations from members of the Universitys advisory council for the Mendoza College of Business. Fanning was aChicagobusinessman and investor who taught business communication courses as a guest instructor in the college from 1989 to 1995. A 1953 Notre Dame graduate, he also was a benefactor of the University and an advisory council member.

More information on theFanningCenterand scholarship is available on the Web at .

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Admission is $18 for the general public, $16 for faculty, staff and senior citizens, and $12 for students. Tickets are available in advance at the University’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center ticket office, or by calling 574-631-2800 or visiting on the Web.

Hamlet,Shakespeare’s best known tragedy, tells a complicated yet timeless tale of treachery, madness and murder.Following the recent and sudden death of his father, the King of Denmark, Prince Hamlet is called home to attend both his father’s funeral and his mother’s impending wedding to his Uncle Claudius, the King’s own brother.An angry and frustrated Hamlet is visited by his father’s ghost, who urges young Hamlet to avenge his wrongful death.

All roles will be played by five veterans of classical theater – Geoffrey Beevers, Robert Mountford, Anna Northam, Richard Stacey and Terence Wilton.

Actors From The London Stage has called Notre Dame its American home since 2000, when it relocated from the University of North Carolina. Its members hail from such prestigious theater companies as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, among others.

The troupe’s residency is sponsored by a grant from the Henkels Lecture Series with support from Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television and Theatre, Office of the Provost,
Department of English, College of Arts and Letters Shakespeare Initiative, and the DeBartolo Center.

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