Intramural sports

Everyone knows about Notre Dame's varsity athletics, but what about the intramural and clubs sports? The Princeton Review ranked (and we know they love their rankings!) Notre Dame #1 for intramural sports.

In our survey of enrolled students, we routinely find that anywhere between 60-80% of first year students played a varsity sport in high school. With this in mind, it is not surprising that so many of our students play intramural sports.

Domers in the Olympics

www.nd.edu has a nice montage of former and current Notre Dame students who are participating in the Beijing Olympics. You can watch the video off of the "wheel" on the main page.

Picture of the Day - August 5

Multicultural video

There's a great video on www.nd.edu right now showcasing some of the multicultural groups, activities and opportunities available for students on campus. The video includes links to a number of relevant websites and serves as a good source of information for your interactions with prospective students.

As an added "bonus", the film was produced by Macarana Ivanissevich, a former student assistant in our office!

UPDATE: Here is a permanent link to the video.

Graduate wins Fullbright scholarship

Notre Dame graduate Jessica Nelson was recently awarded a Fullbright scholarship. Jessica, a 2008 graduate, will teach English in Spain.

The full (though very short) article is here. Congratulations to Jessica!

Admissions and athletics

So maybe the last post, about how much ND spends to recruit student-athletes, bothered you a little. If so, this one will definitely reassure you about our athletic programs.

I think we all pride ourselves on the fact that our alma mater holds itself, and its student athletes, to higher standards than most institutions out there.

Recruiting

According to this article, Notre Dame spends the second most amount of money to recruit its student-athletes out of any university (University of Tennessee was number one). If this fact bothers you, you should be reassured by the next post!