Novice team before launch

Our Men’s Varsity 8 race SUNDAY APRIL 1 at 1030am – Crown Point. Come out and support the varsity in their Grand Final appearance at San Diego Crew Classic.

Four sets of 8 men rowed in four boats, six races on Saturday, March 31 at the San Diego Crew Classic – 2 boats of alums and 2 boats of current members of the ND Men’s Crew Team.

Despite the cool, overcast weather fun was had by all.

The varsity 8 won their heat and made it to the Grand Finals and will race Sunday, April 1 at 1030am. Come out to support our Irish!

The novice 8 made it to the petite finals in their race and subsequently finished 3rd in the race.

The Alumni A boat made it to their petite finals and subsequently finished second.
The Alumni B boat did not fare as well, and only raced once.

Look forward to seeing at the regatta!

Join us for our monthly board meeting and to cheer our Women’s Basketball team to a victory over Maryland in the Elite 8 TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 27 at Prospect Bar and Grill (the usual location for game watches).

Game time: 6pm

Meeting begins: 630pm

For more information, contact the President.  GO IRISH!!

Come out to Crown Point, Mission Beach on Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1 to support our ND Men’s Crew Team as they compete against elite crew teams in the San Diego Crew Classic.

There will be Notre Dame tent for you to join other alums for the weekend and hang out with the team.

Launch and race times follow:
Saturday, March 31
• 6:50 am: Varsity 8 Launch for Cal Cup heats (race time is 7:40 am).
• 10:10 am: 2V Launch for heats (race time is 11:00 am).
• 1:10 pm: Launch OPEN for heats (race time is 2:00 pm).
• 2:10 pm: Launch V8 if in 3rd level finals (race time of 2:50 pm).
• 3:45 pm: N if in the Petite Finals ( Launch @ 4:45 pm, race at 5:30pm)
Sunday, April 1, 2012
• 7:30 am: 2V launch if in the Petite Finals (8:10 am race time)
• 8:10 am: V8 launch if in the Petite Finals (8:50 am race time)
• 9:15 am: Launch 2V for the Grand Finals (race time is 10:00 am)
• 9:45 am: Launch V for the Grand Finals (race time is 10:30 am)
• 10:15 am: Launch N for the Grand Finals (race time is 11:00 am)
• 11:20 am: Launch OPEN for the Grand Finals (race time is 12:00 pm)
• 11:40 am: Launch ALUMNI for the Grand Finals (race time is 12:20 pm)

Updated times will be sent out over the weekend.

R’W IRISH!!!

Support our Men’s Crew team as they race against top schools on Mission Bay at the 2012 San Diego Crew Classic March 31 and April 1.

Come out to Crown Point early Saturday March 31 to watch the varsity team, and then mid-morning to watch JV.  Depending on their finishes they might race again in the afternoon or not til early Sunday morning, April 1.

There will be a tent with ND alums hanging out all weekend.  Come join us for camaraderie and cheer on the Irish.

If you are interested in helping with the weekend, please contact the President (link on this website) and she’ll get in touch with you.

ROW IRISH!!

If you are a Notre Dame alum you can participate in the Notre Dame Alumni Association’s Board of Directors election. The representative for Region 3, which includes the San Diego area, will be elected this year. The candidates for Region 3 are Manuel Grace (’79) of Pasadena, CA, and Joseph P. Mayer (’64) of San Diego, CA. Submit your vote online at mynotredame.nd.edu/vote before the deadline of February 23.

The board is pivotal in communicating alumni views and opinions to the University administration and setting the goals for the Alumni Association. The board president and the president-elect also sit on the University’s Board of Trustees.

Biographies and election statements for each candidate are available at mynotredame.nd.edu/candidates. Alumni can vote for one candidate in each geographical region as well as the Young Alumni category.

New Postings – I just posted the resume for Matthew Belter, an ’09 MBA, who is looking for an executive position in Sales or Operations. He has held executive positions at Sears for the past six years.

I also posted a summer job opportunity from Lisa Campillo ’01 for college students to teach English.

Congratulations go out to Greg Layson ’94 who recently obtained a job with the County of San Diego. If anyone else found a job, let me know and I’ll remove your resume.

Engineering Jobs – Don’t forget to check the job boards for new engineering related jobs at Nokia (provided by Ken Stimeling ’90) and through HireTech (provided by Chris Lussier ’73).

Tax Season Jobs – Just a reminder that Mike Stroud ’05 posted temp jobs at Intuit for the tax season.

To get more details on these new postings and to see those posted in previous weeks, visit our Notre Dame Club of San Diego Jobs Board.

This past weekend, you should have received an email from Tim Schenck regarding membership in the Notre Dame Club of San Diego. If you did not receive the email, please forward your email address to Tim because he either does not have it on file or has an old one on file for you.

In a couple weeks, we will be preparing our annual membership letter, which will be sent by postal mail. Our goal is to:
1. Collect your details such as phone number, spouse name, and career related information;
2. Encourage you to support the club through dues.

For 2012, we have added a new $30 Basic Member level to encourage more alumni to support the club activities. In addition, we have added new benefits for dues paying members at the $50 Regular Member level and above, including a 10% discount all year long at our Game Watch site, the ocean view Prospect Bar & Grill in La Jolla, when you show your membership card.

For complete details, please visit our Membership page.

If you send us the requested information within the next two weeks, we can remove your name from our postal mailing and save on printing and postage.

Also note that Parents of Students, Subway Alumni and other fans of the University can also become dues paying members of the local club.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to your participation in 2012!

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost: free

“Compassionate Presence: Faith-Based Peacebuilding in the Face of Violence”

We live in what Peter Berger called a “furiously religious” world that has served to justify and at times promote violence. Reflecting back across three decades of peacebuilding, John Paul Lederach, professor of international peacebuilding at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, will trace the faith-based resources that contribute to what he calls compassionate presence and reflective spirituality, which underpin his engagement with protracted conflict and cycles of violence. Building from his book The Moral Imagination, the lecture will explore the disciplines of a practitioner-scholar committed to nonviolent social change.

John Paul Lederach, Ph.D.
Professor of International Peacebuilding
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame

Widely known for his pioneering work on conflict transformation, Lederach is involved in conciliation work in Colombia, the Philippines and Nepal, and countries in East and West Africa. He has helped design and conduct training programs in 25 countries across five continents.

He is the author of When Blood and Bones Cry Out: Journeys Through the Soundscape of Healing and Reconciliation, The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace, The Journey Toward Reconciliation, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies and Preparing for Peace: Confliction Transformation Across Cultures.

Lederach holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado.

For more information about the event and to RSVP, visit the page for this event on the USD website:
http://www.sandiego.edu/about/news_center/events/events_detail.php?_focus=40562