NDNU Photo Gallery

Welcome to the NDNU Photo Gallery where, from time to time, we post images of life on campus and activities of the NDNU community.

Dorothy Stang Celebration

More than 250 people attend the commemoration of Sister Dorothy Stang’s life and work in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, February 28, at the Notre Dame High School in the Dining Room.  Speakers included Sr. Jon Julie Sullivan; David Stang; Marlene DeNardo; and Rita Beamish. Photos

Chicago

NDNU's Department of Music and Vocal Arts razzle dazzles the stage with Kander and Ebb's Chicago, a satire of criminal celebrity and corruption in the justice system in prohibition-era Chicago. Fabulous tunes and sensational dancing - what more could you want? Photos

Student Showcase 2010

Every year NDNU's senior theatre students show off their craftsmanship and talent by staging and directing one act plays. each senior selects her/his own play, casts fellow students, and directs and stages it for our enjoyment - not to mention a final grade! This year's plays are Welcome to the Moon, directed by Hayley Hart, Thirst, directed by Lauren Tannous, and The Valentine Fairy, directed by Sarah Lopez. Photos

A Christmas Carol

For the 24th year, the Performance Group is staging a musical version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in the NDNU Theatre as its Christmas gift to the community December 4 - 12.And once again it is an absolutely stunning show. The performances are free but the audience is asked to bring donatiions of food or toys. Photos

The Magic Flute

The Department of Music and Vocal Arts brings Mozart's fairy tale masterpiece to Cunningham Memorial Chapel December 4-6. The Magic Flute is filled with serpents, magical instruments, enchanting spirits, and, like any good opera, a little bit of love, with guest artist Gregory Stapp as the Egyptian high priest Sarastro. Photos

Thanksgiving in the Park 2009

More than 40 members of the NDNU community--students, faculty, and staff--were on hand in Golden Gate Park Thanksgiving morning to share a Thanksgiving meal with hundreds of San Francisco's homeless. This was the 17th consecutive year the NDNU community has reached out on Thanksgiving. Photos

School of the Americas Protest 2009

Eight NDNU students joined about 20,000 protesters at the School of Americas Watch Protest in Fort Benning, Georgia in hopes of shutting down the school also known as “the school of the assassins.” The NDNU students attended workshops, protests, and had the opportunity to tour the school and talk to the SOA students and instructors.  Photos

Halloween in the Tenderloin 2009

Over 300 ghosts and goblins showed up at the Tenderloin Children's Playground to play a few tricks and collect many treats on the day before Halloween. Photos

Misalliance

The NDNU department of Theatre and Dance presents George Bernard Shaw's Misalliance. a delightful high-spirited comic romp set in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Tarleton, king and queen of the British underwear industry. It's a clever, fast-moving, and thought-provoking play about class, gender, age, imperialism, and the human obsession with pairing up. Photos.

Inauguration

September 25 was an inspirational day for everyone involved as we inaugurated Judith Maxwell Greig, Ph.D. as the 18th president of Notre Dame de Namur University. The day began with a thought-provoking panel discussion on the Future of Catholic Education followed by the inauguration ceremony itself and a wonderful dinner on the library lawn. Photos

Company

The Department of Music and Vocal Arts presents Stephen Sondheim's Company, a musical comedy chronicling one man's battle with love and commitment. Through a series of vignettes featuring Bobby's married friends and various girlfriends, he comes to learn that he needs not only someone to take care of him, but also someone for him to take care of while “Being Alive”. Photos

Convocation 2009

The real start of the school year is convocation. It's a time to greet old friends, make new ones, share summer experiences and settle into the new academic year. Photos

Freshman Engagement Experience

Welcome tro NDNU. This is who we are. That's the message every incoming freshman and transfer student receives during the week of welcome. They have a great time getting to know their classmates and are introduced to tye service culture that is so important to the NDNU community. Photos

St. Mary's Repairs

It was busy summer for the staff and faculty overseeing the remodeling of St. Mary's. Work will continue, as circumstances allow,throughout the school year and will be finished next summer. Photos

Jerry's Divas

Some of the top local divas and divas in training (NDNU students) put on a benefit performance in Taube Center to raise funds for the University's summer Music Theatre Conservatory, which is jointly sponsored with Broadway By the Bay. Photos

Commencement 2009

Friends and family watched as over 360 students received their degrees in the Commencement ceremony on Koret Field on Saturday, May 9. Undergraduate and graduate speakers Caitlin Brown and Meerwais Abdiani delivered rousing speeches, followed by a keynote speech on the "Power of Perspective", given by NDNU alumna and former astronaut Barbara Morgan. Photos

Graduation Mass 2009

The Graduation Mass is a wonderful moment for graduates, family, friends, staff, and faculty to celebrate the culmination of the graduate's career at NDNU. Photos

Honors Convocation 2009

This year, award ceremonies for each school were combined into a school-wide Honors Convocation, held in the NDNU Theatre. Students received their cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude medallions, as well as awards within their program for academic achievement and community service. Photos

Carnival

It's the end of the school year and time for one last celebration before hitting to books for finals. We all had a great time at thre annual carnival. Photos

NDNU Muves Dance Show: Poetic Motion, Rhythm, Sonnets and Sound

The talented dancers of the NDNU Department of Theatre and Dance took Shakespeare as their muse and wove a stunning tapestry of drama, humor, joy and movement. Dance pieces inspired by Shakespeare's plays and sonnets were choreographed by NDNU students under the direction of Choreographer Colleen Lorenz. Photos

Dialogues of the Carmelites

Pocket Opera at Notre Dame (POND), a partnership of NDNU's Department of Music and Vocal Arts and Pocket Opera, presents Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites", an opera based on the events of the Reign of Terror and the martyrdom of the Carmelites of Compiegne. It is a stunning work that is both terrifying and inspiring. Photos

Grapes of Wrath

NDNU's Department of Theatre and Dance presents Frank Galati's adaptation of "The Grapes of Wrath," by John Steinbeck. Set in 1938 during the Great Depression, "The Grapes of Wrath" is the compelling saga of three generations of the Joad family who find themselves unwilling migrants to California when the bank forecloses on the family farm and bulldozes their house. It is an inspiring story of courage and conviction to survive and to care for others. Photos

2009 NDNU Gala

A record number of attendees showed up at this year's NDNU Gala to honor our own Sr. Roseanne Murphy, SNDdeN, who received the sixth annual NDNUCommunity Service Award. Photos

Alternate Spring Break

Campus chaplain Fr. Tom Splain led a group of 14 NDNU students to the outskirts of Tijuana over the spring break to help build homes for Mexican farm workers and their families. They came back with callouses, great memories and these wonderful photos. Photos

Anything Goes

The NDNU Department of Music and Vocal Arts presents Cole Porter's immortal "Anything Goes."featuring such unforgettable tunes as I Get A Kick Out of You, You're the Top, All Through the Night, It's De-Lovely, Friendship, and Let's Misbehave.Photos

Celebrating the Life of Dr. Ardavan Davaran

On January 28, NDNU lost a beloved teacher and friend. His students immediately went to action organizing a concert in celebration of the teacher they loved. A few days later his friends and family filled Cunningham Memorial Chapel to overflowing for a memorial service. Photos

Chocolate Fest 2009

Once again, Programming Board caused a sugar rush across campus with it's annual Choclate Fest, just in time for Valentine's Day. Local chocolatiers and merchants provided the sweets, while Campus Life showcased its programs. Photos

Voci Valentine's Concert 2009

The Department of Music and Vocal Arts brought us another wonderful performance of romantic ballads and powerhouse tunes in its annual Voci concert. Don't they clean up nicely? Photos

Student Showcases 2009

The Theatre Department treated us again to the directing and acting talents of its outstanding students. The plays were directed by seniors Cailtin Brown, Laura Hill, Rebecca Fazio, and junior Clark Pierron. Photos

Obama Inauguration Celebration

The University chose to celebrate this historic day by broadcasting the Inaguration ceremonies live on a big screen. The official event was followed by a panel discussion on the following topics: "How Minorities in San Mateo County Feel About Having Someone Like Obama Elected", "The Business of Business: What the President Must Deal with Over the Nest Four Years", "The American Story Becomes More Inclusive", "Dead Authors and Democracy: What Nineteenth Century American Literature Tells Us About the Inauguration of Barack Obama", and "When Hope and History Rhyme: Barack Obama in American History". Photos

Fall Sports 2008

It was a wildly successful year forNDNU's men's soccer team. In its fiirst year of eligibility, the team won the Pacific West Conference title and made it into postseason play.The women closed out the season in fourth place in the Pac West with a 7-5 record. It was a tough season for women's volleyball but they finished strong with victories in two of their last three matches. The men's cross country team took fourth in the Pac West championships while the women finished fifth. Photos

Christmas Carol - the musical (2008)

Once again Scrooge and the whole crew delighted the NDNU and the Belmont communities with another stunning performance of Christmas Carol - the musical. It wouldn't be Christmas without this wonderful show. Photos

And The World Goes Round

NDNU's Music Theatre Class staged its "final exam" a revue of songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, spotlighting songs from Cabaret, Chicago, New York New York, Funny Lady, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, and more. Photos

Suor Angelica

Presented by the Pocket Opera at Notre Dame "Suor Angelica," Giacomo Puccini's brilliant one-act opera, highlights the 2008 "Christmas in the Chapel" production. Sung in the original Italian by a talented cast of NDNU Music and Vocal Arts students, the opera centers around the trials of a young nun sent off to the convent by her family after having an illegitimate child. Photos

Thanksgiving in the Park 2008

The NDNU community led once again by Dr. Cheryl Joseph, shared a Thanksgiving feast with the homeless in Golden Gate Park. Nearly 50 faculty, staff, board members, and students, including most of the NDNU women's basketball team, turned out to share their blessings with those less fortunate. This was the 16th year for the event and the eigth in which we were joined by Vet SOS, which provided care for the pets of many of the homeless. Photos

Dorothy Stang Center Luncheon with guest Martin Sheen

Renowned actor and activist Martin Sheen joined us for a fundraiser luncheon to celebrate the life of Sr. Dorothy Stang and the work of the newly-created Dorothy Stang Center. Sr. Dorothy Stang was murdered in Brazil in 2005 while working for social justice, and the Center honors her legacy through it's social justice work. Photos

Hunger Banquet

A handful of well-fed, reasonably prosperous Americans learned first-hand what it means to go hungry at our Hunger Banquet. Whether they were given a measely dollop of rice on a banana leaf, or a filling steak meal, the participants enjoyed a night of hunger awareness. Photos

Halloween In The Tenderloin 2008

Every year, students from Dr. Don's Streetwise Sociology Class organize a safe Halloween event that includes games, food, and trick-or-treating for the children of the Tenderloin Neighborhood in San Francisco. A sea of color invaded the Tenderloin Children's Playground as 400 children played with our students. Photos

Fall Dance Showcase 2008

Ghosts, golbins, and vampires dancing. The NDNU Dance department showed us a great way to celebrate halloween with their Fall Dance Showcase. Some great tricks and a real treat! Photos

Hotel Paradiso

The NDNU Theatre and dance Department treated the NDNU community to a hilarious, French romp through the rooms of the naughty Hotel Paradiso. Adam Ellison, Laura Hill, Elana Ron, Clark Pierron, and John Paul Manfredi highlighted a stellar cast that also included high-kicking dance numbers featuring Becky Fazio, Caitlin Brown, Sarah Lopez, Lindsay Saier, and Alina Fontanilla. Photos

Soledad First Year Experience

Nearly half of this year's NDNU freshman class journeyed down to Soledad on October 12 to put on a carnival for the children of migrant workers. Students connected with the children through many fun activities, including a bounce house, face painting, chalk art, cake walk, temporary tattoos, basketball and soccer clinics, and mini pumpkin designing. Photos

Fall Theatre Festival 2008

NDNU's annual Fall Theatre Festival featured the world premier of "The Lower Gym", written by NDNU alums Judy Albi Rechsteiner, Patty Colman Lawler, and Kay Alimisis. Other performances in the "Short Play Series" include "Ghost Stories," "The Golden Accord," "Executive Dance," "Vinny's Vision," "Pistachio Stories," and "Infant Morality," to name a few. Photos

Convocation 2008

The official start to the school year was a rousing success, enjoyed by everyone who attended. New students were intyroduced to the NDNU community and we were all treated to the wisdom of this year's Keller Award recipient, Dr.Hélène Laroch- Davis. Photos

Community Engagement Day

Incoming freshment were introduced to a bit of the NDNU culture when they spent all day Monday, Aug. 25 volunteering at six social service facilities around the Peninsula. They gardened, painted, repaired, cooked, prepared lunches, visited the elderly and met with Notre Dame de Namur sisters at the province center. Photos

University Day 2008

Faculty and staff spent the day getting caught up on what's been happening on and off campus over the summer and what will be coming up in the new school year. Photos

Repairs

It's been a summer of hammering, sawing, drilling, and nail pounding but the work is nearly complete. The covered walkway that connects St. Mary's, Campus Center and St. Joe's has been repaired and the bathrooms in St. Joe's and JB Hall are just about done. Here's what it looked like. Photos

La Boheme

Several times a year, Pocket Opera of Notre Dame brings together talented NDNU students and some of the Bay Area's top opera professionals for some awe inspiring performances. POND's summer production of La Bohem is no exception. These photos were taken during a recent rehearsal presidee over by the maestro himself, Donald Pippin. Photos

Commencement 2008

For some it was four long years, for others a lifetime, but 488 NDNU students received their undergraduate and graduate degrees in a ceremony at Koret Athletic Field on Saturday, May 10. Lorry Lokey, founder of Business Wire, was the main commencement speaker. Photos

Graduation Mass

A mass like no other brings faculty, students, and staff together the evening before graduation to give thanks and celebrate. Photos

Awards

What would commencement week be like without school and department awards? Here's a sample from the Schools of Business and Management. Education and Leadership, Arts and Humanities, Sciences, and the Athletics Department. Photos

NDNU Muves: Mosaic in Motion

This year's dance concert features some breathtaking performances by NDNU dancers. Senior John Babin puts his circus training to good use and stops the show with a really high-flying dance routine. All the routines are choreographed by NDNU students. Photos

Career Week

Yep, it's time for the seniors to stop fooling around and get serious about finding a job. Career Services helps by devoting a whole week to presentations, workshops, and a job fair to help NDNU seniors take that big step. They learn how to dress, which fork to use,how to handle money, and what opportunities are out there. Photos

Spring Sports 2008

Spring is really sports season at NDNU. We move back outdoors to enjoy lacrosse, softball, golf, and tennis.The NDNU lacrosse team posted an impressive 11-2 record, including victories over most of the eastern powerhouse teams. Both golf teams were impressiove with the women posting a victory and four top five finishes while the men placed fourth in the PacWest conference. It was an up and down season for the softball team and the women's tennis team continued to make progress. Photos

Winter Sports 2007-2008

At NDNU winter sports means basketball. The women's team enjoyed a great season, placing second in the PacWest conference and placing three players on All Pac West teams. Tanaia Keyes became the first NDNU player to earn First Team All-PacWest honors while Corazon Riley and Jennifer Dreessen received Second Team recognition.  Chris Clock and Ryan Cooper took All PacWest honors for a men's team that provided plenty of thrills throughout the year. Photos

Campus Beautification and Earth Day Celebration

NDNU's finest put on their grubbies, rolled up their sleeves, and played in the dirt all day long to help make the NDNU campus even more beautiful. This annual event began with an Earth Day ceremony in St. Mary's that unveiled a permanent display of NDNU historical photos. There was action in the Quad too. Photos

Fall Sports 2007

The NDNU Volleyball, Soccer, and Cross Country teams provided plenty of thrills and excitement for loyal Agronaut fans this year.The Men's Cross Country team came within a hairsbreadth of winning the Pacific West Conference Champuionship. The otherNDNU teams made their presence felt with a two second place finish, a third, and two fourths. Seventeen Argo athletes from the five teams won All Pac West honors. Photos

Children Of Eden

Freely based on the Book of Genesis, “Children of Eden” enthralled NDNU audiences with a melodic, energetic score consisting of pop, folk, rock, reggae, gospel, Broadway, and powerful choral styles. Act I begins with the Creation story of Adam and Eve, begging the question of how it all began and where do we go from here. Act II follows with the story of Noah and the Flood. The concert’s powerful message brings to light that “the hardest part of love… is letting go.” Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz , book by John Caird. Photos

2008 NDNU GALA

Once again Gleason Center was transformed into a place of music and light for the annual NDNU GALA, NDNU's premier fundraising event. More than 300 people turned out to help honor alumna Marie Damrell Gallo '57, who received the Fifth Annual Community Spirit Award from Chairman of the Board of Trustees Marc Desautels and Acting President Judith Greig. Photos

My Ticket to Hell

NDNU senior Kirk Pierron was invited to perform “My Ticket to Hell,” a modern version of “Faust” which Pierron wrote in 2003 at the 40th Annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), February 11-16 in Los Angeles. "My Ticket to Hell" performed to an overflow audience of conference participants that included students, faculty, staff along with representatives from the KCACTF regional and national festivals who responded with a standing ovation.Pierron wrote and produced the original version of the play two years ago. It was produced as a part of the Theatre Departments’ fall Theatre Festival and was performed in the NDNU Theatre in August. Photos

Orpheus in the Underworld

The first production of the Pocket Opera at Notre Dame, a collaboration between NDNU and San Francisco's Pocket Opera was a rousing, fun journey to hell and back. A blended cast of NDNU students and Pocket Opera professionals left the audience begging for more. Photos

Christmas Carol - the musical (2007)

Once again NDNU presdented its annual gift to the community, Christmas Carol - the musical. Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future played to standing room only audiences and enriched the Christmas season for us all. Photos

Amahl and the Night Visitors

The NDNU Department of Music and Vocal Arts in cooperation with Pocket Opera presented a Christmas concert - Amahl and the Night Visitors - in Cunningham Chapel in early December. Photos

Musical Theatre Workshop

Imagine having to take your final exam in front of 100 or so strangers. That's what the Musical Theatre Workshop students do every semester. Looks like all A's to us. Photos

Thanksgiving in the Park

Every year40 to 50 NDNU students, staff, and faculty under the leadership of Dr. Cheryl Joseph, prepare and share a Thanksgiving dinner with the homeless in Goldengate Park. Since 2001 we've been joined by Vet SOS, whose volunteers tend to the needs of their pets. Photos

Follies in Concert

Some of thre brightest musical theatre and opera stars in the Bay Area joined with some of NDNU's best student performers in a stunning performance of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in Concert. The performance was a fundraiser for the Musical Theatre Conservatory sponsored each summer by NDNU and Broadway by the Bay. Photos

You Can't Take It With You

NDNU's Theatre Department scored another hit with its proiduction of Kaufman and Hart's You Can't Take It With You. The productio n, featuring some of NDNU's brightest young stars, received rave reviews. Photos

Halloween in theTenderloin

Dr. Don Stannard-Friel's Streetwise Sociology class helped organize and run the annual Halloween in the Tenderloin again this year at the Children's Playground on Ellis Street in San Francisco. Photos

Basketball Clinic in the Tenderloin

The NDNU Women's basketball team with the assistance of Dr. Don Stannard-Friel's Sports, Service, and Society Class hosted a clinic for Tenderloin youth at the Children's Playground on Ellis Street in San Francisco. Photos

Faculty Reunion

Dr. Elaine Cohen and her husband George were kind enough to host a reunion of former NDNU faculty at their home in early October. Photos

Alumni and Family Weekend

More than 100 NDNU alumni came back to campus the weekend of September 28-29 for NDNU's annual Alumni and Family Weekend. The Class of 1967 used the occasion for a 40th class reunion. Photos

Drumming For Peace

Dr. Bobby Vaughn led more than a dozen members of the NDNU Community in a celebration of International Peace Day. As they do every Thursday afternoon, they gathered at the Peace Pole next to the chapel, and dedicated their drumming to peace on earth. Photos

Belmont Youth Soccer Clinic

On September 5, 2007 the NDNU men's and women's soccer teams opened one of their practices to a group of about 200 young players from the Belmont youth soccer association for a two hour clinic on soccer fundamentals -- with the emphasis on fun! Photos

Convocation 2007

The official start to the school year, Aug. 29, 2007. Photos

2007 Guadalajara Project

As they do every year, students, faculty, and community members traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico over the summer to help run a day camp for children from one of the poorest sections of the city. Photos

2007 Commencement

• Class of 2007 Commencement
• Commencement Breakfast
• Graduation Mass
• Arts & Humanities
• School of Education
• School of Sciences