First Summer Mailing


	1. credit by exam 2. math exam & language placement schedule 3. orientation 4. travel, accommodations, maps printable version of this mailing

May 18, 2005

Dear First-Year Student,

Congratulations once again on your acceptance to the University of Notre Dame. We are pleased that you have chosen to continue your intellectual journey with us. You are about to join a community of learning known for its vibrancy, creativity, and commitment to liberal education in the Catholic tradition. Your four years here will present you with a once in a lifetime opportunity to explore life's larger questions and participate in the creation of new knowledge while at the same time acquiring those habits of mind and heart that equip one to be a responsible steward and agent of positive change in our world.

Your first year at Notre Dame is one of your most important. Its intent is to provide a foundation in the arts, sciences, and humanities that has both breadth and depth. The curriculum is designed to enable you to appreciate the implicit values of liberal learning and to make an informed choice about a field of academic specialization. It will be exciting, challenging, and tremendously rewarding.

During the next few months, you will receive information to help you prepare for your arrival here in August. All mailings from our office will be sent in hard copy and posted on our website (fys.nd.edu). Included in this mailing are these four pieces:

Other First Year of Studies (FYS) mailings to watch for this summer:

In early June you will receive course selection materials. Completing the Course Selection Form and returning it by July 1st is the most important thing you will do this summer.
You will receive information on how to get your NetID so you can access a wide variety of Notre Dame computer resources.
Finally, in August, you will receive your course schedule and the name of your advisor.

You begin your Notre Dame career at an historic moment as Father John Jenkins, C.S.C., is inaugurated as the University’s 17th president. Part of the celebration on September 22 and 23 will be an academic forum led by retired NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw in which a panel of internationally renowned leaders will discuss the role of religion in promoting world peace. In preparation for this event, we will provide electronic access to selected writings of these speakers so that you can read them over the summer.

As your final days of high school draw to a close, please be assured of my very best wishes as you celebrate having reached such a significant milestone. Your final year marks the end of one phase in your life and your entry into the First Year of Studies signals the beginning of another. We look forward to your arrival in August and to working with you as this next stage in your educational pilgrimage unfolds.

Sincerely,

Hugh R. Page, Jr., Ph.D.
Dean Designate, First Year of Studies
Walter Associate Professor of Theology

Printable Version of this Mailing

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Letter from the Dean

1. Credit by Examination at Notre Dame

2. Math Credit Examination and Language Placement Schedule (screen may appear blank; scroll down for text);
web version of the August Testing Reservation Form (sign up on-line)

3. First-Year Orientation

4. Travel, Accommodations, Maps

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