The Office of Institutional Transformation, in partnership with the Initiative on Race and Resilience, invites students, faculty, and staff to gather weekly for support and fellowship. Wellsprings: A Time for Connection and Care provides a safe space for members of the campus community to discuss fears and concerns related to social divisiveness. Some sessions may feature presentations or information from campus resources. To suggest a topic, please contact Eve Kelly at ekelly11@nd.edu.   Originally published at diversity.nd.edu.

Review the Office of the Registrar's academic calendar for the semester. Dec. 14, 16–19. (Make-up slot, Friday, Dec. 20)

Review the Office of the Registrar's academic calendar and Residential Life's calendar.  

Experience the timeless beauty of Copland's iconic masterpiece, Appalachian Spring, as it vividly portrays the American landscape. Kojiro Uzmezaki joins the South Bend Symphony as he uses the shakuhachi to transform the landscape imagined in Angel Lam's "Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain," and Takuma Itoh's "Faded Aura."   GET TICKETS  

Join UZIMA! Drum and Dance Company for an inspiring evening as we journey down the road less traveled, following in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mary Church Terrell, and other visionaries who have paved the way for peace and progress. Experience the power of expression through the art of music and dance that transformed the course of humanity. Together, we'll explore the desire for change that compels us forward, forever, as suffragist and activist Terrell wrote, "lifting as we climb." GET TICKETS  

"Powering the Future: Reimagining the Grid for Tomorrow" is presented by Sunny Elebua, senior vice president, chief strategy and sustainability officer and Jeanne Jones, executive vice president, chief financial officer, both of Exelon Corporation in Chicago. Exelon is a Fortune 200 company and the nation’s largest energy delivery company, serving more than 10.5 million customers through six fully regulated transmission and distribution utilities. The Ten Years Hence speaker series explores issues, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade. The theme of the 2025 series is Innovation: The Process of Creation and Renewal. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment. This is one of seven lectures in the Ten Years Hence Lecture Series. See website for details and other lecture dates. Free and open to students, faculty, staff and public.