Flaherty Hall (University of Notre Dame)

Flaherty Hall
Campus quad Mod
Motto Fortuna Audaces Iuvat
Motto in English Fortune Favors the Brave
Established 2016
Named for Mary Hesburgh Flaherty
Colors Lavender and Navy          
Gender Female
Rector Sr. Mary Donnelly, O.P.
Benefactor Jay Flaherty '79
Undergraduates 226[1]
Chapel Mary, Queen of Angels
Mascot Bears
Interhall sports Interhall Flag Football
Charities TBD
Major events Flaherty Fair (benefiting the Robinson Community Learning Center)
Website Home Page

Flaherty Hall is the newest of the 31 Residence Halls on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and one of the 15 female dorms. It is located on Mod Quad, between Knott Hall and McCourtney Hall. Built in 2016 together with its twin dorm Dunne Hall, it was the first dorm built since Ryan Hall in 2009.[2][3] The coat of arms is taken form the Flaherty family, with the bears (the hall mascot) replacing the Flaherty dragons.


History

It was built in 2015-2016,[4] it opened for the Fall 2016 semester.[5] It was constructed with 20 million dollars donated by Jay Flaherty, a 1979 graduate of Notre Dame and a member of the University's Board of Trustees.[6] Flaherty served for 11 years as chairman and chief executive officer of HCP, Inc..[5][7]

Flaherty Hall

Flaherty served for 11 years as chairman and CEO of HCP, the third largest REIT in the United States, and currently serves as managing director of a real estate joint venture with NorthStar Asset Management.[8] Flaherty Hall is dedicated to Mary Hesburgh Flaherty, a 1979 Notre Dame graduate from one of the first classes to include women. She is a member of Notre Dame's Undergraduate Experience Advisory Council She is also the niece of the late Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.[5][9]


Features

The building was built in the neo-gothic style used for other recent constructions at Notre Dame. The chapel is visible from the outside, unlike many other dorms whose chapel is inside the building. The chapel is named after Mary, Queen of Angels.[3] Flaherty Hall is approximately 71,000 square feet.[10] Student rooms will host 226 students, and rooms feature singles, doubles, quads. Half of each first floor is devoted to community spaces, featuring a two-story floor lounge, reading room, and study areas.[11] Additional space will include pass-through floor lounges on the second, third and fourth floors, designed to promote gathering in community. The building has full kitchens adjoined to the lounge on every floor.[7]

It opened in the fall of 2016, and it hosted the community incoming from Pangborn Hall. The colors, Lavender and Navy, and mascot, Bears, were chosen by popular vote by the residents.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Dame, ENR, ZCR // Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Flaherty Hall // Division of Student Affairs // University of Notre Dame". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Home // Flaherty Hall // University of Notre Dame". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Dunne and Flaherty Halls become two newest dorms // The Observer". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Reports, WANE Staff (19 May 2016). "2 couples give $20M each to Notre Dame for 2 dormitories". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Dunne Hall, Flaherty Hall to open for fall semester // The Observer". 17 May 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "2 couples give $20M each to Notre Dame for 2 dormitories - Indiana - Journal Gazette". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. 1 2 Report, South Bend Tribune. "Notre Dame names two new residence halls". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Center, Foundation. "Notre Dame Receives $40 Million in Gifts From Alumni". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Notre Dame receives two $20 million dollar gifts in dorm naming rights". 18 May 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Brown, Alex. "Major Gifts to Fund Notre Dame Residence Halls". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Notre Dame receives two $20 million dollar gifts in dorm naming rights". 18 May 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Flaherty, Dunne halls select mascots, colors // The Observer". 14 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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