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class="page-title"><span>American Indian Catholic Schools Network Secures $1 Million Grant from the Better Way Foundation to Advance Mission of Indigenous Catholic Education</span> </h2> <p> The American Indian Catholic Schools Network (AICSN), a program within the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI), has been awarded... </p> <p class="text-right"><a href="/news/american-indian-catholic-schools-network-secures-1-million-grant-better-way-foundation-advance" class="btn btn-inline-light">Read More <svg class="icon" data-icon="angle-right"><use xlink:href="#icon-angle-right"></use></svg></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="news-teaser-wrap"> <div> <article class="article news-teaser card hover-bg hover-grow horizontal" typeof="NewsArticle"> <div class="card-image entry-image thumb"> <a href="/news/notre-dame-indigenous-communities-recent-graduates-making-difference" hreflang="en"><img 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This funding, provided through the Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF), is... </p> <div class="meta"> <p class="meta-item publish-info"> <time property="datePublished">November 26, 2024</time> </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article class="article news-teaser card hover-bg hover-grow horizontal" typeof="NewsArticle"> <div class="card-image entry-image thumb"> <a href="/news/2024-aicsn-summer-institute-empowering-educators-indigenous-catholic-schools" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-11/groupphoto1.jpg?itok=hVT2c1YG" width="480" height="315" alt="AICSN Group Photo" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> <div class="card-body hover-more"> <h2 class="article-title card-title" property="headline"><a class="card-link" href="/news/2024-aicsn-summer-institute-empowering-educators-indigenous-catholic-schools"><span>2024 AICSN Summer Institute: Empowering Educators at Indigenous Catholic Schools</span> </a> </h2> <p> The AICSN Summer Institute is a week-long professional development opportunity for educators at American Indian Catholic schools. This year’s convening brought together teachers and school leaders from seven Native American... </p> <div class="meta"> <p class="meta-item publish-info"> <time property="datePublished">November 26, 2024</time> </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article class="article news-teaser card hover-bg hover-grow horizontal" typeof="NewsArticle"> <div class="card-image entry-image thumb"> <a href="/news/generational-legacy-catholic-education" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-11/lizwatters_eas.jpg?itok=ODZbSc9b" width="480" height="322" alt="Elizabeth Watters Schwartze" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> <div class="card-body hover-more"> <h2 class="article-title card-title" property="headline"><a class="card-link" href="/news/generational-legacy-catholic-education"><span>A Generational Legacy of Catholic Education</span> </a> </h2> <p> “In a way, ACE has always been a part of me.” Elizabeth recounts warmly, “Both my parents worked in Catholic education for more than 40 years.” Born in San Francisco... </p> <div class="meta"> <p class="meta-item publish-info"> <time property="datePublished">November 6, 2024</time> </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article class="article news-teaser card hover-bg hover-grow horizontal" typeof="NewsArticle"> <div class="card-image entry-image thumb"> <a href="/news/mike-macaluso-named-senior-editor-alan-review" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-11/michael_macaluso_800x800.jpg?itok=GAovUHaX" width="480" height="480" alt="Michael Macaluso" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> <div class="card-body hover-more"> <h2 class="article-title card-title" property="headline"><a class="card-link" href="/news/mike-macaluso-named-senior-editor-alan-review"><span>Mike Macaluso Named Senior Editor for the ALAN Review</span> </a> </h2> <p> Mike Macaluso, Senior Associate Director for Academic Advancement for Enrollment and Financial Aid, has been named senior editor of The ALAN Review, a peer-reviewed journal focused on the study, scholarship... </p> <div class="meta"> <p class="meta-item publish-info"> <time property="datePublished">November 4, 2024</time> </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article class="article news-teaser card hover-bg hover-grow horizontal" typeof="NewsArticle"> <div class="card-image entry-image thumb"> <a href="/news/learning-listen-gold-star-lessons-teaching-career" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-11/joeaugustinsky.jpg?itok=IE52rWXm" width="480" height="231" alt="Joe Augustinsky" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> <div class="card-body hover-more"> <h2 class="article-title card-title" property="headline"><a class="card-link" href="/news/learning-listen-gold-star-lessons-teaching-career"><span>Learning to Listen: Gold Star Lessons from a Teaching Career</span> </a> </h2> <p> “I was an engineering undergrad. 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