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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.
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.
“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.
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.
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!)
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.
Jeremiyah Love, junior running back, Notre Dame football
The light at the end of every grueling school year is the slate of summer films (or maybe that’s just me). Hollywood saves their splashiest films for this release window, making it a very exciting time for moviegoers everywhere. So what does Hollywood have in store for us this year?
I am a pro graduate. “What does that mean?” I hear you squabble intelligibly. Well, well, well, you sweet simple soul, I have several graduations under my belt. I have graduated from elementary school, middle school, high school, Notre Dame’s International Safety 101, the policy academy, flight school, clown school, Alcoholics Anonymous, my first marriage and more. From those graduations, I have learned lessons that I thought were common sense, but as I look around to my peers I see the same thing: failure. I see people getting jobs, starting families, buying homes, brushing their teeth. And I just find myself wondering, “Where did it all go wrong?” I cannot see another person fall down that dangerous path, so, seniors, I am writing directly to you. In this article, I will steer you in the correct life path in order to protect you from being cringe for the rest of your short life. I am an expert, after all.
Senior Allison Elshoff did not expect to finish near the top of her graduating class at the University of Notre Dame.
Jelani Cotton is the first Holy Cross College student to receive a Fulbright scholarship, one of the nation’s most competitive international academic honors. He will be teaching in Asturias, Spain.
Across the three branches of ROTC in the tri-campus community, 60 students will be commissioning into the U.S. armed forces. The class of 2026 also sees the first students from the tri-campus community commissioning into the Space Force.
The preseason-ranked No. 16 Notre Dame women’s and No. 8 Notre Dame men’s cross country teams began the 2025 campaign in the Winrow Valparaiso Open, with team victories in each category. In the National Catholic Invitational, senior Daelen Ackley finished in first place in the 8k at 23:48.4, barely edging out teammate sophomore Cameron Todd, who finished second at 23:48.5. Ackley earned the ACC athlete of the week award for his performance to lead the Irish. The women’s team recorded an equally impressive finish, sweeping the first five places. It was led by the electrifying sophomore trio Arianne Olson, Mary Bonner Dalton and Amaya Aramini, all within four seconds at the top.
From The Atlantic, to Forbes, to The Wall Street Journal, discussions surrounding testing accommodations at U.S. institutions of higher education have proliferated in recent years. The New York Times reported in March that some institutions list over a third of their students as receiving accommodations — a 50% increase over the last decade.
From a Beinecke Scholar, to a Churchill Scholar, to 36 Gilman Scholars and 10 Fulbright Scholars, the class of 2026 has 72 students who have received international awards, scholarships and fellowships.
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture hosted its 15th annual Evangelium Vitae Medal presentation on May 1, honoring the late founding director Wm. David Solomon.
The Meruelo Family Center for Career Development surveyed seniors on their postgraduate plans and shared its preliminary data with The Observer.
There are only three things in life my grandfather loves more than Notre Dame football: His family, his faith and his Notre Dame education. Growing up, he came over to my family’s house every Saturday afternoon to sit down with my mother and watch that week’s football game. He would wear one of his dozen 100% cotton plain ND shirts purchased at the outlet store or, if he got cold, one of his Notre Dame Adidas jackets my mother had bought him when ND signed its apparel over to the company.
On the morning of Jan. 20, Br. Jim Kozak didn’t answer his phone.
The Holy Cross women’s soccer team reached new heights in 2025-2026.
Solutions by The State News
