That is why for the past decade our investment in the coach-educators who comprise our assistant coaching staff in football has always placed us among the top-10 nationally and that will continue to be the case as we support Coach Freeman in his hiring of a staff that meets the exacting criteria he articulated for me when this hiring cycle began.įinally, given your strong interest in Notre Dame having the resources it needs to compete effectively with the most successful athletic programs in the country, I encourage you to become a member of Notre Dame’s Rockne Athletics Fund ( ) Through this giving society our fans, family, and alumni provide the resources that are critical to our ability to meet our commitment to provide our student-athletes with the best academic, athletic and student experience in college athletics. Our focus is not matching the expenditures made by our competitors it is making investments calculated to advance us toward our goals of 1) promoting the University of Notre Dame, 2) providing an unrivaled educational experience for our student-athletes, and 3) winning a national championship in football. In correcting the record in this instance, I also want to be clear that Notre Dame will never apologize for being a good steward of the resources provided to us by our fans and partners. To the extent the buyout was an “obstacle” in the case of one candidate, that was true of a brief period of time only because of conflicting information that had been provided to us regarding the amount and mechanics of the buyout. However, it was an obstacle we knew could be quickly resolved. As a policy matter, we do not discuss the details of personnel matters but given the extraordinary reaction by you and others in this instance I am comfortable sharing that while, prior to this week, our discussions with candidates never reached the point where we extended a formal offer, we communicated clearly in each and every instance that any offer we made would include our funding of their buyout with their current institution. During our discussion with a candidate for our offensive coordinator position a national reporter accurately noted that the candidate’s buyout in his current contract was an “obstacle.” Without seeking any clarification from us, some of the individuals who comment on Notre Dame Football concluded that this meant that Notre Dame was unwilling to pay the buyout. In this case, the passion is, however, misdirected because it springs from a fundamental misunderstanding. And your passion and that of our other fans is among Notre Dame’s most valuable resources. To paraphrase the character Terence Mann played by James Earl Jones in one of my favorite movies, “Field of Dreams,” we admire your passion … misdirected though it might be, it is still a passion. The second week of camp will go from July 19-24 and the final week of camp will be from July 26-31.Thank you for your email. Margaret's House, La Casa de Amistad, and Reins of Life to name a few. Volunteering will be done at 25 different community partner sites, which includes St. In total, 74 families from 23 states will participate in the three different week event. The camp has grown a lot over the past three years and this year organizers had to add a third week. They’ve done individual things but we’ve never done it as a family so we’re excited as a family," said Leslie Anand who is volunteering at the camp for the first time with her husband and children. The week is an opportunity for past and current students to volunteer with their family to help make the community a better place to live. “We’re trying to honor his memory to give back to the community the way that Father Ted did his whole life,” said Head Student Leader of Family Volunteer Camp Zack Imfeld. Father Hesburgh to me has always felt like the soul of the university,” said Molly Butler, Service Program Director of the Notre Dame Alumni Association. “Camp is all about embracing our neighbor. It is themed "Honoring Father Ted through participating: an event deeply rooted in his values", for Father Hesburgh who passed away earlier in the year. This year the camp theme is dedicated to a notable Notre Dame figure who left his mark on the university. The Notre Dame Alumni Association kicked off their second week of Family Volunteer Camp on Sunday.
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