October 20, 2022 Honoring an Everlasting Love with an Everlasting Gift On a blind date in 1951, Rosemarie “Rody” Oppenheim Dilenschneider ’54 and John “Jack” Dilenschneider, a Notre Dame student, began an everlasting love. Jack's planned gift in her honor ensures her legacy at Saint Mary's continues. October 19, 2022 Building Opportunity for Pre-College Girls Over the decades, more than 20,000 girls have participated in SMC summer youth programs. We have great momentum, writes President Conboy in her October letter to the community. Thanks to a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Saint Mary's can now extend their reach, remove barriers to access for under-resourced and first-generation students, and to leverage community partnerships that add value to Saint Mary’s and to the program experience. October 12, 2022 The Compelling Stories of Our Recent Past “Listening to Pandemic Narratives: Selections from COVID-19 Oral Histories in the South Bend Area” featured audio clips from interviews conducted with members of the South Bend community to get different accounts of what pandemic life was like for residents. The research was conducted by professors Jamie Wagman and Julia Dauer. October 10, 2022 A Note From the Cloakroom: In the Wings Saint Mary’s College is constantly making improvements to the buildings and grounds of campus. Among these improvements, the College recently purchased new “soft goods” for the Little Theatre stage at the Moreau Center for the Arts. This included borders (the horizontal curtains near the top of the performance space, legs (the tall vertical side drapes), a cyclorama (white backdrop at the rear of the stage) and a mid stage traveler (a black curtain that can be pulled to divide the stage). October 6, 2022 Rowing Through the Years As we plan our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX this fall, we recognize the Saint Mary’s women who paved the way for future Belles. SMC alumna Ann Deighan Buckley ’78 and Notre Dame alumna Mary Brady Bustin ’78 were rowers, forever joined due to their place in history. In a letter, hey describe the vital role Saint Mary’s women played in the development of the Notre Dame Women’s Crew team. September 28, 2022 College Hosts First of Its Kind Career Fair The Saint Mary’s Career Crossings Office held a virtual career fair in collaboration with nine other women’s colleges and universities across the country—making it the first of its kind. The Women’s College and Universities Diversity Career Expo was held Tuesday, September 27 to help current students land internships, jobs, and post-graduate service opportunities. September 21, 2022 Theater Group Breaks Bread at Saint Mary’s The circus is coming to Saint Mary’s College! The bold Bread and Puppet Theater is making its way down The Avenue on Saturday, September 24 with a free show titled “The Apocalypse Defiance Circus.” The College welcomes the political theater group through the Margaret Hill Endowed Visiting Artist Series as a way to offer new performing art experiences for students, faculty, and staff. September 13, 2022 37 Words That Opened Opportunities for Women Our fall sports are well underway, and President Conboy is reflecting on the history of women in sports and the impact of Title IX. In her monthly letter to the community, Katie writes, “...at Saint Mary’s, our entire purpose—from our founding in 1844—has been to provide access and opportunity for women.” August 26, 2022 College Receives $1 Million Grant President Katie Conboy recently announced that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the College a $1 million grant to enhance and expand on-campus educational summer programs for girls. This grant will modernize the College’s existing programs and introduce numerous new programs in the next three years. Recruitment for the enriched summer programming will focus heavily on girls who could be the first in their families to attend college.