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(05/15/26 4:00am)
During the Alumnae Association Champagne Brunch on Wendnesday, the Saint Mary’s College Alumnae Association Board of Directors honored senior Giselle Martinez with the 2026 Outstanding Senior Award for her academic and professional excellence. Held Wednesday at Noble Family Dining Hall, the board of directors publicly announced Martinez as the recipient and welcomed current students and alumnae to recognize their accomplishments on and off campus.
(05/14/26 4:00am)
For Saint Mary’s 179th commencement ceremony, nine valedictorians have been named to represent the class of 2026. Abigail Newton was selected to give the valedictory address.
(05/14/26 4:00am)
Saint Mary’s College has received a “landmark” gift from alumna Lorraine Sheehan Wilson ’85 and her husband, Notre Dame graduate Chris Wilson ’85, to establish the Wilson Sheehan Scholarship Fund. The announcement was made to the Saint Mary’s community Wednesday afternoon by College President Katie Conboy.
(05/14/26 4:00am)
Martin Soros never expected to be named valedictorian of the University of Notre Dame’s class of 2026.
(05/15/26 4:00am)
With deadlines, grad shoots and commencement speeding up toward the big day of graduation, the class of 2026 of Saint Mary’s College is taking time to celebrate Senior Week. Seniors Mary O’Connell, Brooke Greer and Gwyneth Sheffer were responsible for planning the festivities of Senior Week.
(05/14/26 4:00am)
Out of the nine valedictorians chosen for the 179th commencement, Saint Mary’s College senior Abigail Newton has been designated to provide the valedictory address on Saturday at Le Mans Green.
(05/14/26 5:27pm)
Five Holy Cross College salutatorians have been named for the class of 2026. Hailing from places nationally and globally, students share their experiences at the College and their future plans.
(05/15/26 4:00am)
For the 59th commencement at Holy Cross College, senior Job Herrmann has been recognized as the valedictorian for the class of 2026.
(05/15/26 4:00am)
As students near the end of their undergraduate education at Saint Mary’s College, the Career Services Office has launched a survey for graduates to share their postgraduate experiences.
(05/13/26 4:00am)
Paul Popiel has been hired by the University to take over the Notre Dame band program after the 2025-2026 academic year concludes.
(05/13/26 4:00am)
Through commencement week, graduating seniors at Saint Mary’s representing diverse ethnic backgrounds within their different fields of study hope to celebrate one last time. Leading the 19th annual multi-ethnic celebration is Adriana Petty, the director of Multicultural & International Student Services.
(05/15/26 4:00am)
Before I ever set foot on campus, Eddy Street Commons had already made an impression on me. My parents brought me to it during my only campus visit — the Navy game my freshman year of high school. It seemed kind of picturesque: a walkable strip right off campus with restaurants and shops, clean sidewalks and Touchdown Jesus visible in the background. It looked exactly like what a proper college food scene was supposed to be. I remember thinking: this is where I’ll spend a lot of time with friends I hadn’t even met yet. I was right about that. But I hadn’t realized that the Eddy Street I’d come to love was the culmination of years of change.
(05/13/26 4:00am)
Several on-campus restaurants are set to close, and a number of new dining options will open at the beginning of the fall semester, Notre Dame Dining confirmed in a statement to The Observer.
(05/15/26 4:00am)
As the Commencement Week of Saint Mary’s College offers one last farewell to the Class of 2026, students gather in celebration of not only their degrees but in personal identity. The Lavender Graduation Celebration invites students who identify with the LGBTQ+ community to embrace their journey at the College.
(05/12/26 11:25pm)
University President Fr. Robert Dowd has announced the reappointment of John McGreevy as provost for a second five-year term. Dowd had issued a “highly enthusiastic recommendation” for McGreevy’s reappointment to the University’s Board of Trustees. Faculty were notified of the decision in an email on May 5.
(05/15/26 4:00am)
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” one the most iconic films of the 1980s, is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Writer and director John Hughes spun a classic story: Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) realizes life is too short to watch it go by, so he and two friends, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck) and Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara), decide to skip class and spend a day having fun in Chicago. While doing so, Ferris’s sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey) and Dean Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) are hellbent on exposing Ferris and his truant ways.
(05/14/26 4:00am)
Recently, elite universities have faced criticism for the growing percentage of A’s awarded in each class. The University of Notre Dame has also seen grade inflation in the last several decades.
(05/14/26 4:00am)
I truly did not understand the meaning of bittersweet until I reached the end of my time at Saint Mary’s. For all tri-campus seniors, seeing the fruits of our labor and either going home or traveling to a new place is exciting. At the same time, leaving the close-knit community that you have established and accepting change is unsettling, especially for someone that does not do well with nostalgia. One second, I am filled with impatience to start my next chapter, and the next, I just want to freeze time and hug my friends extra tightly. Therefore, I strung together mini playlists for the stages of graduation seniors might be feeling (and needing!)
(05/15/26 4:00am)
For much of my years, going to Notre Dame had been the ultimate goal in my life. In a column I wrote in this newspaper my freshman year, I compared my dream of attending Notre Dame to Jay Gatsby’s dream of reaching the green light on Daisy’s dock in “The Great Gatsby.” The Golden Dome, which I first set eyes on in eighth grade on a visit with my family, seemed to represent all that I had ever wanted and could become. As a prospective student, I would look across the lake at the light of the Dome, stretching out my arm at my dream as though I could hardly fail to grasp it.
(05/15/26 4:00am)
Jeremiyah Love, junior running back, Notre Dame football
