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Enhancing Connection and Community Among Notre Dame Students

Located on the second floor of the LaFortune Student Center, the Sister Thea Bowman Center exists to provide a welcoming environment where students can foster a culture of belonging and engagement at Notre Dame. The Center also serves as a space for students utilizing resources in Multicultural Student Programs and Services (MSPS), the Gender Relations Center (GRC), and the Office of Student Enrichment (OSE). Additional student organizations housed in the Center include Diversity Council (DCND) and PrismND.

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Multicultural Student Programs and Services

Nurturing a sense of belonging, student success, and servant leadership through relationships rooted in Catholic Social Teaching.

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Gender Relations Center

Engaging the Notre Dame campus in respectful dialogue that seeks to build a community that fully honors the human dignity of each person as a child of God.

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Office of Student Enrichment

Enriching the experience of limited resource Notre Dame students through informing, including, and investing in developmental programming and financial access.