J.R. Celski, born July 17th, 1990 was a two time gold medalist in the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships. He was also a two time bronze medalist in the same championships and was the overall silver medalist. He was on the fast track to qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing first in points after the first two days, but a crash during the semi-finals of the time trials, held September 8th -12th 2009, threatened to end his dreams before he had a chance to live them.
The “Digital Divide”. It’s a term being used often in the news, but according to the University of Minnesota Duluth’s website, the official meaning is, “The gap that exists between those who have access to Electronic and Information Technology, and those who do not.” For example, high-income, Caucasian, married, and well-educated individuals have more access to IT as compared to low-income, African American and Latino, unmarried, and less-educated individuals (National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 2000, 2002), according to Bnet.
The sense of community at Notre Dame is one of the things that makes our college special. It's one of the first things that prospective students notice when they visit, and one of the important factors that brought many of us here. For some previous students, it also drew them back to their alma mater as faculty or staff members. I was able to interview several of these special alumnae.
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