- 2:01Fighting to Build BridgesWhen Notre Dame senior Luis Llanos was nine years old, political violence forced his family to flee their native Colombia. After arriving in the United States, the generosity of strangers helped them survive and start a new life.Now, Luis is paying it forward by using his Notre Dame education to help those in need. He is a member of Notre Dame Students Empowering through Engineering Development (NDSEED), a service projects course that partners with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), a nonprofit organization that builds bridges in impoverished areas. Luis and other Notre Dame undergraduates help ensure that residents in these rural communities are not cut off from health care, education or markets by impassable rivers.NDSEED was formed in February 2008 at the University of Notre Dame when six civil engineering students decided to combine their academic interests with their passion for service in support of the University's mission. The following year, NDSEED formed a partnership with B2P to build a footbridge for a rural Honduran community. Led by Tracy Kijewski-Correa, professor of engineering, the group has built five bridges in three different Central American countries, giving residents access to a better life. Next summer, they have plans to build their sixth bridge in Nicaragua.The University of Notre Dame asks you, "What would you fight for?" Learn more about this work at http://fightingfor.nd.edu.Related links: Notre Dame Students Empowering through Engineering Development: http://ndseed.nd.edu Bridges to Prosperity (B2P): http://www.bridgestoprosperity.org/ Professor Tracey Kijewski-Correa: http://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/tcorrea
- 2:01Fighting for our Military CommunityDuring Jayme Hentig’s career as an Army medic, he was comfortable caring for others every day. But in 2010, he went from caregiver to patient after an accident sent his armored vehicle into a rollover. As he grappled with a traumatic brain injury and struggled to regain his cognitive abilities, doctors eventually told him there were no more therapeutic options. But Jayme was undeterred and decided if there were no existing options, he would create them.After earning his undergraduate degree, Jayme came to Notre Dame to pursue a doctorate in biology. Working with zebrafish, he was able to better understand how and why brain cells regenerate. After graduation he will continue to study traumatic brain injuries in active-duty service members and veterans as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/MilitaryCommunityFF
- 2:01Fighting for the Advancement of MedicineShahriar Mobashery, Professor of Chemistry and Biology "MRSA is especially insidious because of the way it goes from one person to another it can spread very readily in locker rooms, in prisons, nurseries and the like." Watch "What Would You Fight For?" Series: http://www.nd.edu/video/ College of Science: http://www.science.nd.edu/
- 2:02Fighting for a VoiceProfessor George Lopez, Department of Political Science "Here at Notre Dame, the impact on U.S. students from the international students is a strong one in understanding how every vote is both an obligation, but also a privilege. Thats the key to democracy." Learn More: Watch "What Would You Fight For?" Series - http://nd.edu/video/
- 2:01Fighting to Rebuild CommunitiesGod, Country, Notre Dame. For Keith Flatley, MBA '09, the words are more than a familiar phrase; they are a call to action. In 2008, the former member of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, along with fellow MBA students from the Mendoza College of Business, traveled to Bosnia as part of the college's innovative Business on the Frontlines course. In Bosnia, they witnessed the horrific effects of civil war and ethnic cleansing, and in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, created an economic relief model that eased the path for refugees to return and start businesses.Taught by Viva Bartkus, associate professor of management, Business on the Frontlines is demonstrating to students—and to the world—the powerful impact business can have in pulling populations out of poverty and stabilizing communities following a war or violent conflict.Mendoza College of Business asks students like Keith to "ask more of business." The University of Notre Dame asks you, "What would you fight for?" Learn more about Business on the Frontlines.
- 2:01Fighting to Control DiabetesFor parents of a child with Type 1 diabetes, stress is relentless. There’s a constant need to monitor blood sugar levels, and that need doesn’t stop once the child goes to sleep.Professor Matt Webber ’06 was inspired when a colleague mentioned she and her husband slept in shifts while the other monitored their diabetic child through the night. Since then, he has been devising material technologies that could be easily applied on or beneath the skin before bedtime. If blood sugar drops, the material automatically releases medication to stabilize levels. While distribution is still years away, Professor Webber hopes that in the future, his work will help take some of the burden off worried parents and serve as an extra measure of safety for millions with Type 1 diabetes worldwide.Read more: https://go.nd.edu/DiabetesWWYFF
- 2:10Fighting the Effects of Natural Disastershttp://fightingfor.nd.edu - Predicting the future. When it comes to severe weather, it can mean the difference between life and death, as witnessed with Hurricane Katrina. While neither human nor machine can forecast the future with 100% accuracy, research at Notre Dame is leading to better forecasting models that can better protect humankind from the forces of nature. Joannes Westerink, professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences and co-developer of the Advanced Circulation Model (ADCIRC), is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Southern Louisiana's $15 billion flood protection system of levees. His model, a finite element-based shallow water equation model that's also used by both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, predicts water levels resulting from a hurricane storm surge.
- 2:02Fighting to Develop Great LeadersIs this a dream we can make come true? When she was just 15 years old, current Notre Dame sophomore Caitlin Crommett founded DreamCatchers, a volunteer organization that works with hospice care professionals to fulfill the dreams of terminally ill patients. Today, thanks to support from Notre Dame's Hesburgh--Yusko Scholars Program, the sophomore's vision of fulfilling the dreams of others is now active in 10 states and counting.Founded upon Notre Dame's rich tradition of academic excellence and social concern, "The Hesburgh--Yusko Scholars Program," says director Joseph A. Buttigieg, "is based on the core belief that each person can truly make a difference." Seeking to cultivate visionary leaders in the image of Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., the four-year, merit-based scholarship program helps young men and women like Caitlin pursue their passions and discover their purpose.Caitlin asks, "Is this a dream we can make come true?" Yes. The University of Notre Dame asks you, "What would you fight for?" Learn more about this program at fightingfor.nd.edu.
- 2:01Fighting for Literacy Across AmericaTeaching English at Oakland High in the late 1990s, Ernest Morrell faced the age-old problem of how to get modern students interested in a canon of long-dead writers and poets. He watched kids muddle through class, heads down, interest limited. Then one day, while teaching Beowulf, a student’s eyes lit up when he realized the story was similar to a popular rap song. That day, Professor Morrell saw a spark of joy, enthusiasm and engagement and wondered how he could give that spark to all his students.He started bringing in other contemporary tangents – pop culture references, movies, music – but without losing the basis in classic literature. His students were learning. They were engaged. And, most importantly, Professor Morrell says, they were learning to love school and love themselves.Since then, Professor Morrell has authored K-5 and 6-12 curricula which are being taught by schools in every state. He’s advocated for teaching that not only improves academic outcomes, but also personal and social ones. And he’s teaching Notre Dame undergraduates and ACE students to find that spark in their lives and the lives of those around them.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/LiteracyAcrossAmericaWWYFF
- 2:07Fighting to Protect the InnocentThrough collaboration with the National Immigrant Justice Center, Notre Dame law students are able to participate in an NIJC externship program allowing them to work on asylum cases of immigrants entering the United States.Law School alumnae Stephanie Torres and Christina Shakour took on the case of Maria and Ariel, immigrants from El Salvador seeking a safer life after receiving threats of violence from gangs. The team worked up to 30 hours a week on top of their course work to help the family in need. In total, they filed more than 300 pages of documentation to prove that the family qualified for asylum. After hours of preparation, Shakour and Torres presented the case before Immigration Court and obtained asylum for Maria and Ariel in the United States.*Because the well-being of Maria's daughters is still in jeopardy in El Salvador, and because gang retaliation could still occur in the U.S., actors were used in this What Would You Fight For video.*
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