NDND JUNE2016 News for Notre Dame faculty and staff and their families Promoting compassionate medicinecare in Page 5 DOMINIC VACHON and the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center BARBARA JOHNSTON Photo Contest Faculty Milestones Staff Picnic INSIDE Page 3 Page10-13 Page 20 2 | NDWorks | June 2016 ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE RAISES MORE THAN $181,000 Callaghans make $3 million NEWS CASHORE MATT The University’s annual Relay for Life event in the Compton Family gift to endow men’s tennis BRIEFS Ice Arena included 68 registered teams, 68 cancer suvivors and a total of 987 participants. The event raised head coaching position $181,474, for a total of $1,610,536 Sachire first to hold position WHAT’S GOING ON in the 12 years of Notre Dame Relay. BY DENNIS BROWN, MEDIA RELATIONS SMASHBURGER REPLACING SOUTHOLD DANCE THEATER: ‘COPPÉLIA’ Seamon Alumnus Dr. John J. Callaghan ’76 and his wife, Kim, have made a BURGER KING IN LAFORTUNE $3 million gift to endow the Fighting Irish men’s tennis head coaching The Southold Dance Theater pres- Notre Dame Student Govern- position. The gift will provide stability and resources for the long term and ents the ballet Coppélia, “a comic tale ment, Campus Dining and Student create funds for use within the department. of mistaken identity, jealous mischief Activities Facilities have announced A world-renowned joint replacement surgeon and researcher, and a case of love-sickness” in the Callaghan holds the Lawrence and Marilyn Dorr Chair in Hip and Knee that Smashburger will replace CASHORE MATT DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s Burger King in LaFortune Student Reconstruction in the University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine and Decio Mainstage Theatre May 20-22. Center. also is a professor of biomechanical engineering at the university. Performances take place at 7 p.m. Construction began the week of The Callaghans are the parents of two Notre Dame graduates, Patrick Friday, May 20; 2 and 7 p.m. Sat- May 16, and the new facility is ex- (2010) and Katie (2012). urday, May 21; and 2 p.m. Sunday, pected to be “Kim and I and our children, Patrick ’10 and Katie ’12, feel fortunate May 22. Tickets are $20 for faculty open at the to be able to give back, in this way, to the University of Notre Dame for all and staff and $15 for children of all start of the of the opportunities it has provided us in our lives,” John Callaghan said. ages. To purchase tickets, visit per- school year. “Patrick’s experience during his four years on the tennis team under the formingarts.nd.edu or call the ticket Smash- mentorship of Coach (Bob) Bayliss and Coach Sachire provided lifelong office, 631-2800. Notebaert burger is a fast casual restaurant skills that extended far beyond the tennis courts of the Eck Center. serving “smashed-to-order” burgers, “We recognize that endowing the men’s coaching position will ensure chicken sandwiches, salads, sides the same mentoring experience for all men’s tennis student-athletes in the and Häagen-Dazs shakes. PEOPLE named in honor of the late Rev. The- future.” Their tagline “Smashed Fresh, odore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., under The first Callaghan Family Head Men’s Tennis Coach is Ryan Sachire, Served Delicious” speaks to their SEAMON APPOINTED VICE whose leadership the Board was es- now in his third year leading the Irish. commitment to using only fresh PRESIDENT FOR CAMPUS tablished, and Edmund A. Stephan, A three-time All-American at Notre Dame, Sachire joined the coaching ingredients, never-frozen 100 per- first chairman of the Board. staff as an assistant in 2006 and was named the seventh head coach in cent angus beef, and local produce. SAFETY AND EVENT It will be given to a Trustee, wheth- the program’s 91-year history in 2013. In his first season, he led the Founded in 2007, Smashburger has MANAGEMENT er lay or a member of the Congrega- Irish to a No. 13 national ranking, and in his second year he directed 300 restaurants in five countries. Mike Seamon, associate vice tion of Holy Cross, for uncommon the development of junior Quentin Monaghan, who advanced to The decision to bring in Smash- president for campus safety, has been and exemplary contributions to the the NCAA singles semifinals. burger comes in response to student appointed the University’s first vice governance and mission of Notre feedback received through surveys president for campus safety and event Dame during his or her tenure on the and Student Government’s online management by Executive Vice Presi- Board. feedback tool, Onward. Students dent John Affleck-Graves. “We are proud to announce that have clearly expressed a desire for In the newly created position, the first recipient of this new medal is ANDY MEAD a fresh, healthier option to replace Seamon will continue to lead Notre our current Board chairman, Richard Burger King. Dame Security Police, the Notre C. Notebaert,” said Rev. John I. Jen- Dame Fire Department, the Risk kins, C.S.C. “Dick has served as our TWO TREES NEAR MAIN Management and Safety Department chair for the past nine years and epit- BUILDING TO BE REPLACED and football Game Day Operations omizes all of the characteristics for and emergency management, and he which this award has been created.” On Saturday, June 11, Landscape will take on oversight of the multiple Notebaert will become chairman Services will replace two trees on components associated with event emeritus on June 30, to be succeeded the Main Quad near the south en- space on campus. by John J. Brennan. trance to the Main Building. Some walkways will be temporarily closed PIPPENGER APPOINTED Sachire during the project. The European copper beech trees VICE PRESIDENT AND are located between Washington ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR Hall and the Basilica of the Sacred INTERNATIONALIZATION Heart. University arborists indicate Michael E. Pippenger, Columbia the trees’ health has declined due to University’s dean of undergraduate damage from storms, changes in the global programs and assistant vice soil caused by nearby steam tunnels, president for international education, CASHORE MATT and other factors. has been appointed vice president “Unfortunately, efforts by our and associate provost for internation- Landscape Services team to improve alization. He succeeds J. Nicholas the health of the trees and reduce Entrikin, the inaugural occupant of the risk of falling limbs has not the post, who will retire this summer. created the results we’d hoped for,” Pippenger, whose appointment said Sarah Misener, associate vice is effective Sept. 1, will lead Notre president of Campus Services. “The Dame’s efforts to broaden the Uni- potential hazard to the campus versity’s international culture, pro- community and the worsening grams, reach and reputation through viability of the trees have left us with expanded international research, no alternative but to remove them.” collaborative projects and strategic On Monday, June 13, Landscape relationships with global partners. Services will plant two swamp white oak trees in the same area. “The swamp white oak is a stately, sturdy tree with vibrant fall CAMPUS NEWS colors. It will nicely complement the existing landscape on the quad INAUGURAL and contribute to our overall design HESBURGH-STEPHAN AWARD ORDINATIONS goals of biodiversity and beauty,” HONORS NOTEBAERT Misener said. Rev. Matthew Hovde, C.S.C., (at left) and Rev. Dennis Strach II, C.S.C. (at right) were ordained to the The University inaugurated a new priesthood in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on April 2. Center, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, ninth Bishop award during its 171st University Commencement Ceremony May of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders. 15. The Hesburgh-Stephan Medal is Comments or questions regarding NDWorks? Contact NDWorks Managing Editor Carol C. Bradley, 631-0445 ([email protected]) or Cidni Sanders, CONTACT editor and program director for Internal Communications, 631-7031 ([email protected]). For questions regarding The Week @ ND or the University calendar, contact Electronic Media Coordinator Jennifer Laiber, 631-4753 ([email protected]). NDWorks is published 12 times per year. US @ 2016-2017 publication dates are May 19, June 23, July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 22, Oct. 27, Dec. 8, Jan. 5, Jan. 26, Feb. 23, March 23, April 20 and May 18. June 2016 | NDWorks | 3 Get out your cameras (and iPhones)…it’s time for another NDWorks Faculty awards honor exemplary work PHOTO CONTEST! in undergraduate Those of us who work on campus see things visitors don’t — campus at sunrise and teaching and advising BY MICHAEL O. GARVEY, MEDIA RELATIONS sunset, hidden spots that ordinary people don’t get to, close encounters with the squirrels of Notre Dame and more. Twenty faculty members have received Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and three have been honored with Dockweiler Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising. The awards are presented by the Office of the Provost, and the recipients are selected through a process that includes peer and student nominations. The Dockweiler Awards, established in 2007 with a gift from the Julia Stearns Dockweiler Charitable Foundation, recognize faculty or staff members who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to Notre Dame undergraduates through outstanding mentoring, academic advising or career counseling services. The Dockweiler Award winners for the 2015-2016 academic year are: Dee Anne Goodenough-Lashua Chemistry and Biochemistry Abigail L. Palko Gender Studies Rachel Tomas Morgan Center for Social Concerns JEFF MILLER We’re looking for smartphone (and iPad, tablet The Joyce Awards, also established in 2007, are supported or camera photos) from faculty and staff, cele- by a gift from the late Father Joyce’s classmates of Notre brating your favorite people, places and things Dame’s Class of 1937.