September 12, 2012 Groundbreaking

Community leaders, college presidents, trustees and friends of the University gathered with the campus community to mark the groundbreaking for our new academic building.

Enjoy highlights from the ceremony:

• Welcome by Board of Trustees Chair Patricia J. Mitchell, '69
• Invocation by Sister Eileen O'Dea, Vice President for Mission
• Remarks by President James F. Conneely, Ph.D.
• Blessing of the ground by Father Robert F. Leavitt, S.S.

Enjoy more photos from this wonderful day! 

Read the press release from the day's events and learn more about our plans for the academic building.

The media is buzzing about the biggest capital construction project on the Notre Dame campus in decades!

• Baltimore Sun: Notre Dame University to Break Bround on Nursing and Education building
• Catholic Review: Notre Dame of Maryland University to Break Ground on New Academic Building
• Baltimore Business Journal: Notre Dame to Begin Construction of New Nursing and Education Building
• College Classes.com: Notre Dame of Maryland Breaks Ground on New Nursing Building

Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger congratulated the University on the new academic building and spoke about the critical role of nurses and teachers.