Date	Program	Time	Locations	Attended by
Continuous	Community Service	TBA	TBA	All student-Athletes
*July 24-26th	Freshmen Football Orientation	6:00-8:00 pm	TBA	All freshmen football student-athletes
*Saturday, August 19th	Freshmen/Parent Orientation	7:30-10:00 am	DeBartolo Performing Arts	All freshmen
*Monday, August 21st	Positive TransitionSeminars	9:45am-12:00 pm	DeBartolo Hall Monogram Room	All Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors
*Monday, August 21st	Positive Transition Seminars	7:30-9:00 pm	Monogram Room	All African American student-Athletes
*Wednesday, September 13th	Reception/panel Discussion	7:30-9:00 pm	Monogram Room	All International Student-Athletes
Once per month	Career Development Seminars	7:30-9:00 pm	Monogram Room	All student-athletes
*Fall Semester	Sexual Assault Edu. Rape Prevention	Schedule w/coach	Scheduled by teams	All spring men's teams
*Fall Semester	Self image Risk reduction	Schedule w/coach	Scheduled by teams	All spring women's teams
*Once per month Starting September 12th	SAAC Meetings	7:00 pm	Monogram Room	All SAAC Representatives
Once per month Starting September 10th	Fellowship of Christian Athletes	8:00 PM	TBA	All student-athletes
*Wednesday, October 4th	Alcohol & Drug Awareness Fair	TBA	Joyce Center Concourse	All spring teams
October, 2006	Freshmen Dinner @ Kevin White's	7:00-8:30 pm	Shamrock Hills	All freshmen of spring teams
Tuesday, December 5th	Pediatric Christmas Party	TBA	Joyce Center Concourse	All student-athletes
*Sunday, February 4, 2007	Student-Athlete Leadership Institute	8:30 am-4:30 pm	Monogram Room	Select Student-Athletes
February, 2007	Freshmen Dinner @ Kevin White's	7:00-8:30 pm	Shamrock Hills	All freshmen of fall teams
*Tuesday, February 13, 2007	Alcohol & Drug Awareness Fair	TBA	Joyce Center Concourse	All fall teams
Date	Program	Time	Locations	Attended by
*Spring Semester	Sexual Assault Edu. Rape Prevention	Schedule w/coach	Scheduled by teams	All fall men's teams
*Spring Semester	Self image Risk reduction	Schedule w/coach	Scheduled by teams	All fall women's teams
*April, 2007	Senior dinner @ Kevin White's	7:00-8:30 pm	Shamrock Hills	All seniors
Wednesday, May 2, 2007	O.S.C.A.R.S.	6:00-9:00 pm	Joyce Center	All student-athletes

* Required Attendance



Welfare & Development Annual Events:

Student Development Event Photos

Freshmen Orientation is an event that extends an invitation to all parents of freshmen student-athletes, but is required of all freshmen student-athletes to attend. Freshmen Orientation includes an educational presentation for student-athletes only, about life on campus, and a panel presentation for parents, about the life of a student-athlete at Notre Dame.

Evening at Shamrock Hills is an event hosted by Athletic Director Dr. Kevin White. This special event is for all freshmen and senior student-athletes, managers and cheerleaders. Taken place at Dr. White's house, this social event serves as a welcoming for incoming freshmen and a send-off for graduating seniors.

Fellowship for Christian Athletes (FCA) is a student-athlete led group that focuses on spiritual development and peer support. The group explores various topics, i.e. dating, peer pressure, self-esteem, etc... FCA meets weekly during the academic year.

• The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is the largest interdenominational, school-based, Christian sports organization in America. FCA focuses on serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ. Since 1954, FCA has been challenging coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, junior high and youth levels to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ (www.fca.org)
• Bi-weekly meetings (dates to come)
• For more information about FCA at Notre Dame, please contact Harold Swanagan (hswanaga@nd.edu).

Buddy Walk is an annual event held in honor of children with Downs Syndrome. Several Notre Dame student-athletes volunteer for the event to walk, dance, sing and play games with the Downs Syndrome participants.

International Student-Athlete Social is an event held by the Student-Welfare and Development Department, and the Department of International Student Services and Activities. This event seeks to educate international student-athletes on the resources available to them at Notre Dame. It is also an evening that provides an opportunity for international student-athletes to get to know each other, faculty and staff who will play an integral part in their Notre Dame experience.

Professors at Practice is an annual event that gives professors and their families an opportunity to view a particular team's practice and have dinner with the student-athletes.

Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) consists of representatives from each sport, as well as, cheerleaders and student managers. The goal of the SAAC is to enrich the overall experience of student-athletes by: Streamlining and promoting efficient communication between Notre Dame Athletics administration and student-athletes. SAAC members are encouraged to communicate to administration ideas of how to better serve student-athlete needs, and ideas for programs for the different components of student development. The members are the driving force in getting involvement of student-athletes in campus and community projects, and improving relationships between and among teams and individual student-athletes.

• Officers, 2005-06
  • President, A.J. Andrassy
  • Vice President, TBA
  • Secretary, TBA
  • Representatives, TBA
  • Monthly meetings
    • September 12, October 10, November 7, December 5, January 23, February 20, March 20, April 24

The Pediatric Christmas Party (December 7, 2005) is in collaboration with Memorial Hospital's Pediatric Hematology/Oncology program. The Pediatric Christmas party provides an opportunity for Notre Dame student-athletes to interact with and provide an evening of fun filled activities for youth who are undergoing cancer treatment, or who are survivors of cancer.

Positive Transition Series is an annual seminar that requires attendance by all sophomore, junior, and senior student-athletes. Topics include public speaking, financial planning, life after sports, career development, dining etiquette, sports nutrition, and healthy body image.

Tackle the Arts is a service project developed by former student-athlete Courtney Watson (football), who sought the need to educate and motivate children from low socioeconomic areas of South Bend in reading and the arts. This two day event brings youth in the community to Notre Dame to spend time with football players reading, writing poetry, playing musical instruments, painting and singing.

Rosenthal Student-Athlete Leadership Institute (February 5, 2006) is a full day workshop for student-athletes who have been identified by their coaching staff and peers as having leadership qualities. The leadership program, made possible by Dick Rosenthal (former Notre Dame Student-Athlete), is geared at educating and giving student-athletes the necessary tools to allow their leadership skills to blossom.

Ongoing Service Projects are beneficial to our student-athletes and the surrounding communities and organizations that welcome assistance from Notre Dame student-athletes. This relationship allows student-athletes to connect with youth and adults, thus providing a platform for all who are involved for developing respect, care, and a value system indicative for building a strong and supportive community.



Other Events & Activities

• Robinson Community Learning Center Day
• May 3, 2006 - O.S.C.A.R.S.

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