Resources for Faculty

Faculty-Student Life Partnership

The Office of Student Affairs strives to build residential communities in the halls which include a vibrant culture of intellectual engagement. Faculty are welcomed into the halls and encouraged to be part of the residential community; in recent years, a variety of programs have developed which connect students and faculty in the students' homes on campus. For more information about any of these programs, please contact Ann Firth, 1-2685.

Discernment Dinners

The goal of Discernment Dinners is to bring first-year students together with faculty to discuss how to choose a major and to encourage students to begin the process of considering their vocations. At each dinner, twenty first-year students from “brother-sister” halls share a catered meal with three or four faculty members. Faculty speak for five to ten minutes each on how they chose their particular field of study and discovered their vocation. A discussion follows.

Residential Scholars Program

The aim of the Residential Scholars Program is to permit first-year students from selected residence halls to meet and interact with members of the Notre Dame faculty and administration in an informal setting. Dinners with distinguished members of the faculty and administration and the first-year students are held monthly. more >

“Invite Your Favorite Faculty Member to Dinner”

The goal of this program is to allow sophomores and juniors to interact informally with faculty and to invite faculty into the residence halls. Students invite their favorite faculty members to a catered dinner in their hall. Several new faculty are also invited and paired with student hosts. After the meal, faculty are offered tours of the hall.

Hall Fellows Program

The Hall Fellows Program aims to invite faculty to have an ongoing relationship with a residence hall community and to participate in various hall events throughout the academic year. Among those halls that participate in this program, the extent to which Hall Fellows are involved in the activities of the hall varies widely, depending on the time and interest of both students and faculty.