OEE

 

OEE

    Hallmark 5 of Notre Dame de Namur University is “We embrace the gift of diversity”. During the Orientation Engagement Experience within our first weeks at Notre Dame as incoming freshman, the Freshman Seminar professors came together and held one large class for all sections at the Chapel and Taube Hall. They made sure to introduce both themselves and other staff or school ground leadership members to the students. For our first meeting, they divided everyone into their respective classrooms and then allowed us to meet one another. The point was to express our diverse upbringings and personal interests, which is what hallmark 5 consists of. One of my highest values I have held for as long as I can remember is the willingness to keep an open mind when meeting or being introduced to new people from all over the world with diverse mindsets to what I would normally be exposed to. The OEE helped me meet new people and exercise that value I hold at all times and allowed me to be able to express my own diversity.