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Volume 57, Issue 13 | WEDNESDAY, September 21, 2022 | ndsmcobserver.com
Jenkins addresses faculty, outlines goals University president emphasizes research, diversity, inclusion and speakers from across spectrum By LIAM KELLY News Writer
Courtesy of Barbara Johnston /University of Notre Dame
On Tuesday Fr. John Jenkins discussed research programs, university goals and increasing diversity in his annual faculty address.
Notre Dame w ill launch efforts to more effectively communicate its achievements in research, global engagement and diversit y and inclusion, Universit y President Fr. John Jenkins said in his annual address to the facult y Tuesday evening. A recent sur vey authorized by The Universit y last year revealed that Notre Dame is significantly less well know n for its research than it is for its Catholic mission and football program, Jenkins said. Vice president of public relations Joel Curran w ill coordinate a strateg y to better advertise Notre Dame’s research and
global engagement. “We must strive to inform a national and global audience about our academic work,” Jenkins said. Jenkins added that it is important that a greater emphasis on research does not lead to a decrease in the qualit y of teaching. Gauging public perception helps understand the perspectives of benefactors and prospective students, he said. “It would be foolish to neglect public perceptions of The Universit y for we know that such perceptions drive the students who apply to attend, the facult y we can attract and the support we receive from benefactors,” Jenkins said.
In addition to improv ing the perception of research programs, Jenkins said, The Universit y also aims to improve the research programs themselves. Jenkins announced t wo new Universit y goals, centered on graduate programs, asserting that Notre Dame w ill aim “to prov ide superb graduate and professional programs that are grounded in disciplinar y excellence, foster interdisciplinar y connections and are applied to the world’s most pressing problems and for advanced human understanding through scholarship and research that seeks to heal, enlighten and unif y.” see ADDRESS PAGE 4
Paul Ryan discusses life after Congress By RYAN PETERS Notre Dame News Editor
Former Spea ker of t he House Pau l Rya n current ly ser ves on t he LEO boa rd at Not re Da me. Pau l Rya n k new it was t ime to move on a f ter 20 yea rs in t he House of Representat ives. Two terms as t he youngest spea ker of t he House since 1869 was
enough for Rya n, who did not seek re-elect ion in 2019. “My last t wo terms were Spea ker of t he House, which is such a consuming job t hat it rea lly took me away f rom my fa mily so much more t ha n I rea lly wa nted to be away,” Rya n sa id in a n inter v iew w it h The Obser ver. “I had t hree k ids in or entering high school at t he t ime, a nd I k new if I on ly
saw my k ids on Sundays, I just wasn’t going to have t he k ind of relat ionship I needed or wa nted.” Now, Rya n g uest lectures at Not re Da me a nd ser ves on t he boa rd for t he Wilson Sheeha n Lab for Economic Oppor tunit ies (LEO). Teaching at Not re Da me was appea ling for Rya n a fter he lef t Capitol Hill, having g row n up a Not re Da me
HCC celebrates Founder’s Day By ANGELA MATHEW Manager of Talent & Inclusion
This Monday marked 56 years since Holy Cross College’s establishment. The College was founded on Sept. 19, 1966 by Holy Cross Brothers whose mission is to be “educators in the faith” to men and women ever y where — especially the poor, aff licted and oppressed.
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Michael Griffin, senior v ice president and interim provost of Holy Cross College, said that the College was originally founded to train Holy Cross brothers to teach at the high school level. “At that time, Catholic brothers were really expanding their ministr y to teaching,” Griffin said. “If see CELEBRATION PAGE 5
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fa n in a n Irish Cat holic household t hat saw t wo of his brot hers attend t he Universit y. “I’ve been coming to ga mes here since I was 10 yea rs old,” he sa id. In addit ion to teaching at Not re Da me, Rya n current ly does addit iona l policy work for t he A merica n Enter prise Inst itute, a public policy t hin k ta n k. But a f ter 20
yea rs in public sector economics, Rya n made sure to bra nch out a nd lea rn how businesses “actua lly work a nd g row.” He is now a pa r tner at Sola mere Capita l, a private equit y f irm, a nd a lso ser ves as v ice cha irma n of Teneo, a CEO adv isor y f irm. Upon his ret irement f rom Cong ress, he launched a n see RYAN PAGE 4
ND dedicates new hydroelectric facility By KELSEY QUINT News Writer
Notre Dame dedicated its new hydroelectric facility, called ND Hydro, on the dam of St. Joseph River in downtown South Bend last week. The 2.5 megawatt facility is situated along the riverbed beneath Seitz Park and has been generating power for the University since its completion in May.
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A statement announcing the plant’s dedication said that it brought Notre Dame one step closer to its sustainability goals. “As a source of clean, renewable energy, the state-ofthe-art facility will generate an estimated 7 percent of the electricity for campus and offset 9,700 tons of carbon dioxide annually, benefiting both the University and surrounding community,” the
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statement said. Assistant vice president of utilities and maintenance Paul Kempf said that plans for ND Hydro have a long history. “This dates back to around 2010, when we were working on our long-range plan for utilities,” Kempf said. “One of the things we were looking at during that time was how to reduce our carbon footprint.” see HYDRO PAGE 3
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