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Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching Fellows to Serve Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Columbus

The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), part of the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame, is excited to announce a new partnership with the Diocese...

Sister Paula Kleine-Kracht and Meghan Weyland

A Legacy of Faith, A Future of Hope: Meghan Weyland and the Mission of Nativity Academy

At Nativity Academy at St. Boniface in Louisville, Kentucky, students are formed for lives of purpose, possibility, and hope. As a Catholic middle school serving students in grades 6 through...

Evan Phillips: Sharing Purpose and Joy

Ask Evan Phillips how he is doing—I dare you. Without hesitation and with a smile brighter than sunshine, he will say, "I'm blessed!" Evan, ACE 23, is the sort of...

June 27, 2017

Moira Coomes Named Superintendent of Red Cloud Indian School

Photos © Red Cloud Indian School/Willi White Ms. Moira Coomes has been named Superintendent of Schools for the Red Cloud Indian School. Coomes, the first woman to hold this job...

June 23, 2017

Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellow Wins Prestigious STEM Policy Fellowship

To be an effective science teacher, the teacher must be a true scientist herself. This much is clear to Kelly McCarthy, a teacher and researcher who is one of 12...

June 22, 2017

Evan Rhinesmith: Examining Remediation Policies in Higher Education

In Evan Rhinesmith's ACE classroom at Sacred Heart School in Washington, DC, his third-graders were already asking about college. They were worried that college might not be for them, that...

June 13, 2017

Laura Andrews: the Confluence of the Academic, the Spiritual, and the Communal

It's a weekday afternoon when my colleague Matt Rhodes and I dial Laura Andrews in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to talk with her about her experiences with Catholic education. We detect traces...

June 7, 2017

"We Love the God We Cannot See by Loving the Neighbor We Can"

For Steve Dole, becoming principal at Lourdes Academy meant an opportunity to truly embody the core values of a Notre Dame ACE Academy. As a member of the Mary Ann...

May 31, 2017

Celebrating Father Ron Nuzzi

We look back at 15 years with Father Ron Nuzzi, who will retire and join Notre Dame's emeritus faculty June 30. Father Nuzzi came to ACE in 2002 to lead...

May 25, 2017

For 20+ years, AmeriCorps and University of Notre Dame Have Been Partners for Educational Success

This piece first appeared on the Corporation for National and Community Service Official Blog. The President's recently proposed budget includes a small amount of money to support the shutdown of...

May 19, 2017

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Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching Fellows to Serve Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Columbus

A Legacy of Faith, A Future of Hope: Meghan Weyland and the Mission of Nativity Academy