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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Screening of the Coen Brothers film.

Refreshments provided.

Ridley Auditorium
Â鶹´«Ã½ Notre Dame Library
Lower Level
6:00 PM

Applications due for May 2027 Graduation 

Honors Fall Dinner

McGuire East
6:00 PM

Writers at Work Series: Faculty Writers at Work

Dr. Kathy Forni, English Department, and Dr. James Bunzli, Visual & Performing Arts will discuss their work.

Celebrate the Humanities!

Nachbahr Award and Presentation by 2026 recipient Dr. Amy Bree Backer professor from Communications & Media Department.
Dr. Sondra Guttman, professor from the English department, will receive the 2026 Teaching Faculty Excellence Award.

Also showcasing student learning  and research in the humanities at Â鶹´«Ã½. This year's event will feature short oral presentations by recipients of Center For The Humanities Student Summer Fellowships:

CFH Summer Internship Stipend recipients will discuss their work: 

Fourth Floor Program Room
Student Center
3:00 PM  - 5:00 PM

Center for the Humanities Student Grants Info Session

Join us to learn what grants are available for Â鶹´«Ã½ students from the CFH! 
 
We will discuss Student-led Seminars, Summer Research Fellowships, stipends for Summer Study programs, stipends for otherwise unpaid Internships, and the CFH's newest program, the Humanities Student Conference Grant. After the presentation by CFH Student grant coordinator, Dr. Brett Butler and past student recipients, there will be time for pizza and conversation.

Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE)
Student Center East 317
4:15 PM

Midsemester Holiday (no classes)

NATIONAL FRENCH WEEK

NATIONAL FRENCH WEEK - "Between Friends and Enemies: Franco-American Relationships"

To celebrate National French Week in 2026, events will include a French Walking Tour of Washington with "Washington en Français," a geo-guesser game hosted by the French club, a French fusion food event, a film showing, and a field trip to the French Hermitage Plantation (Frederick, MD)

Check loyola.edu/frenchweek for times and other details. Or you may contact the Department of Modern Languages.

WRITERS AT WORK series

"Person, Place, Thing or Idea: How Nouns Conjure Locale"
talk by Amie Whittemore

Poet Amie Whittemore will encourage student writers to tap into nature so their work might fully honor the places and people they know and love.

6:00 PM
Fourth Floor Program Room

Honors Holiday Party

A festive occasion to eat, drink, and be merry!

Hug Lounge, Humanities Porch & Humanities Patio
5:00 - 6:30 PM

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Commemoration (University Closed)

Center for the Humanities Student Grants Info Session 

Join us to learn what grants are available for Â鶹´«Ã½ students from the CFH!
 
We will discuss Student-led Seminars, Summer Research Fellowships, stipends for Summer Study programs,  stipends for otherwise unpaid Internships  and the CFH's newest program, the Humanities Student Conference Grant. After the presentation by CFH Student grant coordinator, Dr. Brett Butler and past student recipients, there will be time for pizza and conversation.

Writing Department Lounge
Maryland Hall 038
4:15 PM

WRITERS AT WORK series

"Resisting Backstory"
talk by Chris Terry

Terry's talk centers on a new novel-in-progress that explores the effects of gentrification in a Black neighborhood. Terry will explore how the horror genre often reckons with history, and includes villains that are stuck in the past. 

6:00 PM
Fourth Floor Program Room

MARCH 2027

Honors Class of 2027 Wine Tasting

An annual event that the Honors Program sponsors for the graduating seniors. It is a lovely evening with some super wines and plenty of carefully selected finger foods to accompany the wines. Learn and ask questions about food, wines, wine making, wine tasting, the wine industry, and  other wine related topics. Audience participation is part of the fun!

Fourth Floor Program Room
6:00 - 8:00 pm

Saturday, 1 - Friday 7

Commencement,
Location tbd
11:00 AM