January 1, 2012 Food Day-inspired meals, documentary screening, panel discussion Food Day at the College will include special lunch and dinner menus featuring organic and vegetarian recipes by world-renowned chefs, such as Emeril Lagasse and Jamie Oliver, who support the Food Day initiative. The public is invited to attend a free screening of the food documentary “Forks over Knives” and a panel discussion led by faculty and students. January 1, 2012 Students Receive Grant to Curb Teenage Sexual Harassment Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce that two students received a Campus Action Project (CAP) grant through the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to start a program addressing teenage sexual harassment. Catherine (Cat) Cleary ’12 and Laura Corrigan ’13 will use the $3,900 grant to develop “Use Your Voice”, a program they created and plan to introduce to area high schools in the spring of 2012. January 1, 2012 Saint Mary’s Receives 6th Volume of Bible Saint Mary’s College has received Volume 6, Gospels and Acts, of the rare Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible. The College now has six of the seven-volume set. Volume 6 contains the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and the Acts of the Apostles. Volume 7, Letters and Revelation, will arrive later. The six volumes are on display at the Cushwa-Leighton Library at Saint Mary's College. January 1, 2012 Hobson to Deliver Commencement Address (Crain's Chicago Business) Mellody Hobson, president of Chicago-based Ariel Investments LLC, will deliver the Commencement Address at Saint Mary's College. The president of Chicago-based Ariel Investments is a product of the Ivy League — earning a B.A. from Princeton University — but she is also a Catholic school girl at heart, having graduated from St. Ignatius College Prep School in the South Loop. January 1, 2012 Internship Expo, Register by January 16 The Saint Mary’s College Cross Currents Program invites Indiana companies and non-profits with summer, fall, and/or spring internship opportunities to participate in a free internship fair on campus on Wednesday, January 30. January 1, 2012 Middle School Students Attend Hypatia Day (ABC 57) On Saturday more than 90 female middle school students from more than 30 Michiana schools got a first hand look at these careers by attending Hypatia Day. The various STEM departments at the College hosted the girls, who were nominated by their math and science teachers to attend. The day was started by a Saint Mary’s math professor in 1991 to get young female middle school students interested in math and science and show them how it can be fun. January 1, 2012 CANCELED: Judge to Discuss Domestic Violence The Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) at Saint Mary’s College invites the public to a free lecture by Saint Mary's College alumna Mary M. (Rukavina) Kuhnmuench ’78, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge and the presiding judge of the Domestic Violence Division. Her lecture is titled “Ending Domestic Violence: From the Campus to the Community to the Courts; Everyone’s Responsibility.” The talk will take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 10 in the Student Center Lounge. January 1, 2012 Education Student Teaches/Mentors Students (WSBT-TV) Saint Mary's College education majors work "Beyond the Campus" as student teachers in dozens of South Bend area elementary and high schools. WSBT-TV interviewed Mari Cardenas '12 who teaches Spanish at Clay High School in South Bend. She knows what it is like to learn a new language. She moved to the U.S. from Mexico at age 11 and was immersed into a new culture. This story is part of a monthly TV news series called "Beyond the Campus." The series also runs weekly in the South Bend Tribune. January 1, 2012 The Henry Luce Foundation Awards Saint Mary’s $240K Grant for STEM S... Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce that the Henry Luce Foundation under the Clare Boothe Luce Program has awarded the College $240,000 to provide four merit-based scholarships to students in the disciplines of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Beginning with the 2013-14 academic year, scholarships will be awarded to Saint Mary’s students pursuing majors in chemistry, computational mathematics, mathematics, or participating in the Dual Degree Program in Engineering program in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame.