U.S. News & World Report Ranks ND, SMC Faculty Support Lgbtq Individuals Seniors Seek Opportunities to Serve
THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 46, ISSUE 28 | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM U.S. News & World Report ranks ND, SMC University rises College named to 17th in list 87th among of national liberal arts institutions schools By ANN MARIE By BRIDGET FEENEY JAKUBOWSKI Associate Saint Mary’s Editor News Writer For the fourth year in a row, U.S. In this year’s U.S. News and News and World Report ranked World Report Best Colleges rank- Saint Mary’s College among the ings released earlier this month, top-100 Best National Liberal Arts Notre Dame jumped from No. 19 Colleges. The College came in at to No. 17, landing at that spot in a No. 87, up from No. 90 last year. tie with Vanderbilt University and This year marks the fourth year Rice University. in a row the College’s position has The rankings take into ac- moved higher in the U.S. News count not only standard data and World Report rankings. such as admission rate, student In a recent press release, Saint retention rate and graduation Mary’s President Carol Ann rate, but also student satisfaction Mooney said she is extremely survey results, faculty resources satisfied with the progress the and percentage of alumni who College has made each year. contribute. “We know that national rank- Donald Bishop, associate vice ings are important to many see RANKINGS PAGE 5 BRANDON KEELEAN | The Observer see COLLEGE PAGE 5 Faculty support Seniors seek LGBTQ individuals opportunities to serve By JOHN CAMERON readers, whereas it had been News Editor limited to The Observer’s website in May.
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