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NOTRE DAME INTERNATIONAL On the cover: Sacred Heart of Connemara, Ireland Photo by student intern Mary McGraw IN 1850, the first international student arrived on Notre Dame’s campus from Mexico. In the decades that followed, an influx of more than 100 students from Canada, Cuba, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Panama and Poland would enrich and diversify the campus. During this time, a significant majority of international students came from Mexico, largely due to the efforts of Rev. John Zahm, C.S.C., and the “Zahm Special” rail car. Leased by the University in the 1880s, the train car would take Zahm as far south as Chihuahua, Mexico, to pick up students and provide them transportation to campus. MISSION Advance Notre Dame through international education, research, and engagement worldwide. VISION Called by Notre Dame’s mission, ensure that we flourish as a global university. II NOTRE DAME INTERNATIONAL BRINGING THE WORLD TO ND Introduction WELCOME A LETTER FROM MICHAEL PIPPENGER Vice President and Associate Provost for Internationalization elcome to Notre Dame International. Thanks to the opening of the Keough School of Global We are proud to be at the center of Notre Affairs, 2017 has been a special year for Our Lady’s Dame’s work as it defines, shapes, and university. The inauguration of the first new school at sustains its role as a leading global university in the Notre Dame in almost a century marks the University’s twenty-first century. profound commitment to global education. Yet it is important to recognize the role that all schools and Notre Dame International is the strategic force that colleges have long played and will continue to play in helps advance the University community’s individual building Notre Dame as a global presence. Notre Dame and collective goals to engage the world. Our leadership International works equally with all of these partners, in these efforts is a recent development, and so across campus and around the globe. within these pages we introduce you to the ways in which we facilitate and support the work of our While this Review captures a particular moment in time students, faculty, and administrators. You will see how and provides a vision for what the future holds, we also undergraduate and graduate students take advantage have taken this opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with of global programs that advance their intellectual, our past—with Notre Dame’s rich and varied history professional, and personal goals. You will learn about of global engagement. These values were embedded the vibrant research our faculty members conduct within the University from its founding by Father across multiple continents. You will witness the ways Sorin, an immigrant who brought European ideas about in which international students enhance the quality of community and education. As you hear these stories, our campus at home. And you will glimpse the ways in may you begin to imagine anew how you can join us in which our Global Gateways and Centers work daily to our work to make the University of Notre Dame a force support the University community around the world. for good throughout the world. November 2017 REVIEW 1 In Brief NOTRE DAME 95 5 6 EMPLOYEES GLOBAL GLOBAL 33 on campus, GATEWAYS CENTERS 62 abroad As Notre Dame becomes an ever more global institutional partnerships through our global university, Notre Dame International (NDI) is a network in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. This valued partner and resource. With five Global impressive network allows us to share ideas and Gateways and six Global Centers located across to start global conversations which serve the nine countries, opportunities for growth, common good. collaboration, and success span the world. We also continue to bring more international Our undergraduates have a long and storied scholars to campus by providing opportunities tradition of exploring the globe. Today, more for high school and undergraduate international than 64 percent go abroad to study, intern, students to visit and experience Notre Dame. conduct research, and serve. Their experiences Should they decide to join the community, NDI not only teach them to travel, adapt, and grow, works with international students and scholars but the immersion also fuels their curiosity and so they can smoothly and successfully transition creativity as they formulate their futures. NDI to life here in the U.S. provides opportunities for these ventures, and partners with other Notre Dame programs to Through these services and more, Notre provide critical resources in health and safety Dame International is committed to serve our for all travelers. students, faculty, and partners as they learn, research, and grow as global citizens. Faculty opportunities for international research, exchange, and partnerships are growing exponentially thanks to a wide variety of research grants, faculty resources, and 2 NOTRE DAME INTERNATIONAL BRINGING THE WORLD TO ND Table of Contents PAGE 7 PAGE 18 INTERNATIONAL STUDY ABROAD STUDENT AND SCHOLAR PAGE 22 AFFAIRS TRAVEL, HEALTH, & SAFETY PAGE 12 INTERNATIONAL PAGE 24 DELEGATIONS FACULTY RESEARCH PAGE 14 PAGE 28 AMERICAN SHORT- GLOBAL NETWORK TERM PROGRAMS BRINGING THE WORLD TO NOTRE DAME AND NOTRE DAME TO THE WORLD REVIEW 3 BRINGING THE WORLD TO NOTRE DAME What does it mean to be a dedicated to educating and global university? To be a global learning from one another. Even university, we must send our without leaving South Bend, students, our scholars, and global opportunities abound. our administrators out into We can learn from international the world to learn and to work. students and faculty, welcome But here, we see our reverse international delegates, mission as equally important. attend events that highlight We must bring the world to this international cultures and campus and allow it to expand experiences, and partner with our understanding, transform researchers from other nations in our thinking, open our minds, shared academic goals. and enrich our community. This intellectual engagement is both But we can’t stop there. We are a part of our academic objective, called to be constantly curious and central to our responsibility about the world and cultures as a Catholic research university. around us. We must provide students and faculty with the As part of our Catholic mission experiences and resources to to seek truth, we must do it from work with people from around all ends of the earth. And as the globe. By understanding their we aspire to love one another, world and their neighbor, we set we must know one another. all members of the Notre Dame We must bring people from community up to become global different ethnicities, religions, citizens who can effectively lead and upbringings together on and serve the common good. one campus in a community Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program 4 NOTRE DAME INTERNATIONAL BRINGING THE WORLD TO ND REVIEW 5 From its earliest days, Notre Dame has had its sights set on the world. Since 1850, Notre Dame has drawn1850 scholars from around the globe into the shadow of the Dome. HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT NOTRE DAME 1842 1850 1856 Founding of the First student First student University of Notre Dame from Mexico from Germany 6 NOTRE DAME INTERNATIONAL BRINGING THE WORLD TO ND Making our international They work with scholars to update their Notre Dame, students are also encouraged students feel at home and records, make corrections to necessary to serve their new community through paperwork, and help students apply for independent projects or through ISSA- supported at Notre Dame is employment authorization for internships facilitated opportunities at the South Bend a critical component of their and post-graduate opportunities. Center for the Homeless and the Food Bank success during their time of Northern Indiana. Once students reach campus, ISSA helps on campus. foster an international community which Our hope is that each international student Before an international scholar even arrives spans undergraduates, graduate students leaves campus with a better understanding in South Bend, International Student and their spouses, visitors, and Americans. of American culture; an appreciation for and Scholar Affairs (ISSA) prepares to ISSA-sponsored cultural events like Global Notre Dame’s values of scholarship, service, help usher in a seamless transition. From Café and International Taste of South Bend and solidarity; and the knowledge and navigating procedures with the Department provide opportunities for students and area pride that they have educated their fellow of Homeland Security, to managing residents to learn about other cultures and students about their home countries, timelines on visa and immigration papers, to uncover unique ethnic communities and as they make our collective home at the to providing a comprehensive orientation businesses in the South Bend area. Beyond University a richer place. to the university, the ISSA staff ensure South Bend, ISSA hosts educational trips to students and faculty studying at Notre places such as Indiana Amish country and Dame can do so with minimal worry. Chicago’s Chinatown. During their time at 36,930 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 20,000 16,651 15,000 10,875 10,000 5,167 5,000 1,749 1,326 768 56 338 0 1850-1879 1880-1899 1900-1919 1920-1939 1940-1959 1960-1979 1980-1999 2000-2016 1859 1860 1862 First student First student First student from Canada from Cuba from Ireland REVIEW 7 ISSA The international students who have enriched Notre Dame’s campus since its founding have voyaged from all around the world. Here’s where scholars from 1842 until 2017 have called home. Asia Europe North 16,695 America 5,013 3,083 Middle East 966 Africa 1,294 Latin America 9,586 1868 1904 1905 First student First student Over 11% of the student body was from Panama from the Philippines made up of international students 8 NOTRE DAME INTERNATIONAL BRINGING THE WORLD TO ND International Taste of South Bend Since 2010, the International Taste of South Bend has brought the tastes, sights, and sounds of the world to campus for the 1,100-person audience to sample.