Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! The University is looking forward to sharing this momentous occasion with you. Information regarding Commencement week events and guest information is available online.
Come to our next First Thursday info session on JUNE 6 to learn about our degree completion and graduate programs for men and women. Flexible and convenient scheduling make it easier to earn or finish your degree. Choose from programs that address marketplace needs in business, healthcare, education, the humanities and more.
Help your K-12 students become more engaged in STEM activities by being more engaged yourself. Notre Dame's graduate-level STEM Summer Institute will provide you with the resources, knowledge and methodology to engage your students with subject matter related to natural resources.
Camp Notre Dame is a place for your child to create and discover. A Child's Place provides theme-oriented camp sessions for children ages 3 through 6. Space is limited in each program; please call us for availability!
Notre Dame’s STEM summer camp is designed to help students maintain and expand their budding interests in science, technology, engineering and math. Students entering grades 3–5 will explore the theme, "Our Chesapeake Bay."
We make it easy to transfer credits and complete your degree on time. For a smooth transition and a respected degree, consider Notre Dame.
Notre Dame was founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame more than 100 years ago. Based on the progressive vision that education can transform the world, we prepare compassionate leaders who change lives.
An Aquatic Biologist with U.S. Army Public Health Command, Water Resources Program, Lisa says: "I loved the personal relationships students foster with their professors due to the small class size. The women I went to college with remain my closest friends and they’ve all accomplished so much; I’m incredibly proud of these alumnae."
First Thursdays offer prospective students seeking flexible undergraduate or graduate programs the opportunity to meet faculty and network with future classmates. The evening features a wine and cheese reception, followed by breakout sessions tailored to each college and program of interest.
The transition to college is tough, and as a first-generation college student, you may find yourself facing issues and challenges that other students do not encounter. That's why we created the Trailblazers Program.
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On the Saturday evening before the first building opened on Notre Dame of Maryland’s Charles Street campus in 1873, the sisters lit every light in the five-story structure and tower, turning on all gas jets in order to test the fixtures. A published history of the College notes: “the illumination made a spectacle which drew admiring neighbors from far and near.”
President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant attended graduation ceremonies in Commencement Hall, which was located on the fourth floor of Gibbons Hall. Their niece, Bessie Sharp was a student at the Collegiate Institute. President Grant conferred the awards.
The SSNDs established College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1895 as the first Catholic college for women in the United States to award the four-year baccalaureate degree. A press clipping from the time predicted the new college would “meet the ever increasing demand to give women the opportunity for intellectual training as thorough and comprehensive as is afforded to men in the best colleges of the country.”
The Class of 1899 included Helen Burr, Catherine Coll, Ellen Coll, Mary Theresa Curran, Dorothea Kilkoff and Louise Power. Charles Joseph Bonaparte, great-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I, spoke at the first commencement ceremony. He remarked: "Today and here for the first time in America, a Catholic college for the education of young ladies bestows the bachelor's degree."
Originally called "College Hall," Mary Meletia Hall was built in 1910 to accommodate Notre Dame's growing enrollment.
Sing-Song began as an informal competition among the four undergraduate classes as to which could produce the best lyrics for popular tunes and sing them the most entertainingly. It remained a beloved tradition for the next 60 years!
The Honor Code stands as an enduring pact between students and faculty, emphasizes truth and veracity in academic work, and challenges students to incorporate these ideals in all aspects of their lives.
The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was the second largest American world's fair of all time, attended by 44 million people.
O’Connor was not only the most important female Catholic writer of the 20th century, but was also a treasured correspondent of poet and College of Notre Dame English professor Maura Eichner, SSND ’41, through late 1963 and early 1964. O’Connor’s letters to Sister Maura offer insight on her abiding Catholic faith, as reflected in her body of work.
When many single sex colleges and universities in the country moved to co-education, Notre Dame organized Quest ’70, a landmark event that brought students, alumnae, faculty and trustees together in dialogue about single sex education and to determine the school’s future course. After thoughtful and often lively debate, participants reached an overwhelming consensus: Notre Dame would remain first and foremost a women’s college, as envisioned by the SSNDs nearly three-quarters of a century earlier.
The Loyola/Notre Dame library is the first in the country to be jointly owned by two independent colleges.
Addressing the students, Mother Theresa stressed the gifts that women can bring to service to the poor. She was one of many internationally known women who helped Notre Dame celebrate the International Women's Year with an historic lecture series.
Notre Dame begins master’s in management program, its first graduate-level offering.
As Notre Dame celebrated its centennial, His Holiness Pope John Paul II visited the nearby Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. He observed: "Catholic schools, historically and as a matter of duty, have made a substantial contribution to society by giving special attention to economically disadvantaged segments of society. I hope that you will continue to look for ways of ensuring the continuation of this essential service, despite the financial burdens it entails. Catholic education serves the future of all Americans, by teaching and communicating the very virtues on which American democracy rests."
Mary Pat Seurkamp, Ph.D. becomes Notre Dame's eleventh president and the first layperson permanently appointed to the role. Dr. Seurkamp's inauguration festivities drew more than 1,000 students, alumnae and friends to the campus.
The Sister Kathleen Feeley International Center opens. Named for Notre Dame’s ninth president, the Center houses not only the classical and modern languages department, but also the office of international programs, study abroad, and the English Language Institute. It provides an atmosphere of international cooperation and exchange for all members of the Notre Dame community.
Notre Dame opens its first professional school, the School of Pharmacy, offering the Pharm.D. Nearly 500 students apply for the 70 seats in the inaugural class. It is the first pharmacy school located on the campus of a women’s college in the United States and the second in Maryland (after University of Maryland).
On September 9, 2011, the 116th anniversary of the first day of classes at the College, Notre Dame of Maryland University is dedicated.
Notre Dame breaks ground on a new academic building for the School of Education and School of Nursing.
On April 5, 2013 Notre Dame celebrated the inauguration of James F. Conneely, Ph.D., as president. He is the first man and only the second permanent layperson in the school's 118-year history to serve as president.