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Volume 55, Issue 67 | Wednesday, may 5, 2021 | ndsmcobserver.com
University breaks ground on museum Raclin Murphy Museum of Art set to open in fall of 2023 on south side of campus Observer Staff Report
The University broke ground on the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, according to a Monday press release. The museum, which will be located on the south side of campus on Eddy St., will open in the fall of 2023. The location for the museum was chosen because it sits in the middle of the campus arts district, with the Charles B. Hayes Sculpture Park, Debartolo Performing Arts Center, O’Neill Hall of Music and Walsh Family Hall of Architecture close by. The museum is set to open in two phases — the first phase consisting of 70,000 square feet devoted to teaching and
gallery spaces, retail space and a cafe. With the help of leading benefactor Ernestine Raclin — a trustee emerita — as well as her daughter and son-inlaw, Carmi and Christopher Murphy, the museum is meant to be a national attraction. “Since its founding, Notre Dame has valued the vital role the visual arts play as an expression of human creativity, religious experience and insight into the human condition,” University President Fr. John Jenkins said in the press release. The museum was designed by the New York-based design firm of Robert A. M. Stern Architects.
Courtesy of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
A rendering of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, which will open to the public in the fall of 2023, shows the building’s facade. The museum will be located on Eddy Street and in the University’s arts district.
HCC top HCC announces commencement student speaker, honorary degree conferrals revealed Observer Staff Report
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Holy Cross announced senior Dylan Maugel as this year’s valedictorian, according to an announcement on the College website. Maugel, from Wakarusa, Indiana, is a theology and business double major with a minor see TOP STUDENT PAGE 3
Associate dean and director of the Indiana Universit y (IU) School of MedicineSouth Bend and deput y health officer for the St. Joseph Count y Department of Health Dr. Mark Fox w ill deliver the commencement address for Holy Cross College, according to an announcement on the Holy Cross website.
Fox also ser ves as a professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine-South Bend and holds appointments as an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI and as a distinguished adjunct professor of theolog y at Notre Dame. Throughout the COVID-19
pandemic, Fox has ser ved as the COVID-19 response adv isor to Notre Dame. In addition to Fox, chairman and CEO of 1st Source Bank Christopher Murphy III and his w ife Carmen “Carmi” Carmichael Murphy w ill receive honorar y degrees from the College. Carmi ser ves on the boards of the Family and Children’s Center, Inc. and the Snite Museum of A rt
Adv isor y Council. The 54th Commencement w ill take place May 22 at 2 p.m. on the Holy Cross campus. The ceremony w ill follow COVID-19 protocols and families w ill be allowed to attend upon purchase of a ticket. “Families are inv ited, though tickets could be limited depending on public health guidelines,” the announcement said.
Club raises awareness about deaf community The A mer ica n Sig n L a ng uage (ASL) Club was recent ly fou nded at Sa i nt Ma r y ’s a nd a i ms to fol low t he Col lege’s core va lue of foster i ng a n aut hent ic commu n it y, accord i ng to club president Isabel le L atsch. T he sophomore sa id she sta r ted t he club because ha rd of hea r i ng st udents have st r ug g led to adjust to
t he COVID-19 pa ndem ic. “I sta r ted t he club t h is semester because my ha rd of hea r i ng f r iends have been st r ug g l i ng ex t ra t h is yea r w it h mask s, sit t i ng fa r apa r t a nd a l l t he ot her COVIDrelated st u f f,“ L atsch sa id. “It has been ver y i mpor ta nt to me for a long t i me to see more d isabi l it ies v isibi lit y i n t he world, especia l ly here on ca mpus.” Fi rst-yea r a nd v ice president of t he club Emerson
Hen r y sa id t he club ser ves as a n oppor t u n it y for st udents to not on ly lea r n ASL but a lso to lea r n about what l i fe is like as a hard of hearing person. “This club is mainly for people who want to learn American Sign Language and more about the deaf culture or who just have basic interest because it is not really talked about on campus and it is rea l ly i nterest i ng to lea r n about,” Hen r y sa id.
Hen r y sa id joi n i ng t he club a nd ga i n i ng a leadersh ip role ha s been a n i mpor ta nt a spect of her t i me at t he Col lege. She added t hat ser v i ng a s v ice president has empowered her and been a rewarding experience, especia lly as a deaf student. “This v ice president position was ever y t hing because grow ing up as a deaf person, ever ybody k ind of just doubts you for a minute,
like, ‘oh can you do t his? ‘ Well, yea h I can. It just has to come w it h a litt le bit more work and ef fort and time, but it rea lly is wort h it in t he end,” Henr y said. Upon learning about t he club, Henr y immediately wanted to join. She said she ultimately took on t he role of v ice president because she wa nted to ded icate herself to educat ing ot hers
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By CARMEN FEUCHT News Writer
see ASL CLUB PAGE 3