Overview
- The updated ND Values list now emphasizes community, collaboration, excellence, and innovation after staff town halls in late October.
- The prior value titled “Leadership in Mission,” which required staff to understand, accept, and support the Catholic mission, was removed.
- A prefatory statement says all staff efforts seek to advance Notre Dame’s mission as a global Catholic research university to be a force for good.
- Vice president for human resources Heather Christophersen said the goal was to weave the Catholic mission throughout the values and called it present in everything the university does.
- In statements to multiple outlets, the university said its mission is unchanged, as some coverage characterizes the new wording as more generic.