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Fr. Gary and Kevin discuss this week’s guest speakers and their diverse expertise and experiences that they will be bringing to our conversation as we put what we have learned into practice, “Realizing a University Today.”

Dáire Keogh was elected to a ten-year term as President of Dublin City University in 2020. Professor Keogh, a Dubliner, is a distinguished historian who served as President of St Patrick’s College Drumcondra, and as Deputy President of DCU since its incorporation (2016). He has published extensively on the history of popular politics, religion, and education in Ireland. Professor Keogh is a graduate of the National University of Ireland (BA), the Gregorian University Rome (BPh), the University of Glasgow (MTh) and the University of Dublin (PhD). A former Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellow, he is currently Principal Investigator of an Irish Research Council funded project to publish the extensive correspondence of Cardinal Paul Cullen.

Rachel Ingal is the Study Body President at the University of Notre Dame. Ingal is a senior Political Science major, minoring in Business Economics and International Development Studies. She is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a former Badin Hall Bullfrog. Ingal is a Kellogg Institute for International Studies undergraduate fellow, working with Professor lIaria Schnyder von Wartensee in the area of comparative refugee systems between the U.S. and the EU. Her research focuses on the role of Catholic families in refugee community integration and the education and economic empowerment of refugee women. Rachel is applying to the Rhodes Scholarship this year and hopes to continue her research at the University of Oxford.

Dr. Thomas Greene is the Provost Emeritus of the University of Portland, a Holy Cross sister institution of Notre Dame. Dr. Greene retired this year after more than 35 years as an instructor, administrator, professor, and leader at the University of Portland. Dr. Greene is recognized as a transformative leader for the University of Portland, which today enjoys its highest levels of academic quality and recognition. He led the approval of several new degree programs; guided sustained successes in undergraduate enrollment; supervised a rise in graduation rate; established and revitalized centers and institutes; hired and mentored critical senior academic leaders; coordinated complex reaccreditation, compensation, and curriculum projects; and assisted with the development of various capital projects. Before his long career in higher education, Dr. Greene served as an instructor, Principal, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent in the Oregon public school system.
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