“NOT FERI.”
Not too many people in this world read a judgement like the one above. This was followed by Randy Cain’s glee, that I was threatened by the Boston Mafi. But what is truly astounding, is Alley Valkyrie’s
LOST MOTIVE
Found on……
RAPTURE DAY!
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Alley Valkyrie If you read the rest of his blog, you’ll see why I went after him in the first place. I am making this public because this man is a sick psychopath who takes pictures all over Eugene.
Randy Cain I’m glad the mafia sent him treats.
Storm Faerywolf F(a)eri(e) or non?
Alley Valkyrie Local creeper. Delusional narcissist. Not Feri, but reminds me of a few of them. I sent him a PM firmly telling him to leave a friend of mine alone, and my “threat” will be the subject of his blog tomorrow. He has no idea who he is fucking with.
Storm Faerywolf Give him hell, Alley!
This is the greatest radical film ever made! There’s a love story here. I walked into a coven of Witches and Warlocks at Kesey Square. Here is Gwendolyn having a Witching good time, at the expense of the Kesey family. John McCahill is wearing the death hood. How did Alley know I was not Feri? She read my blog and found Christian stuff in it.”
Alley and Belle were surrounded by a Coven of Wiccans and Feri’s – who put many curses on me. But they rolled off me like water on a duck. Why? On Mount Tamalpias I cast demons our of Rena Christensen whose people came from Denmark where hail the Lgend of the Kraken. I asked Rena to be my wife, but, I woud learn her secret if we had wed,
At midnight, a group of Danish Vampires moved into the empty campus of Notre Dame De Namur, A message was sent to the President of Stanford, and Mayor of Belmont.
Dear Sirs;
I invite you, and a team of scientists and scholar of the paranormal to come stay with my daughter and I, while we show you the secret of the Apply Tree in Paradise. Our genetics have been traced to a lineage that existed before…..
THE FALL!
Take note how similar the temptation story of Adam and Samson, is. Samson is a Danite, the tribe that begat the Danes. Who is the angel that come to all the Nazarites? She is a immortal,
Sincerely
Wolf Dietrich Von Stuttmeister
In my next post I will reveal all the very nasty threats from The Alleybelle Coven, that I will send to Bondi. Fore sure Alley Valkyrie and those who read her reason she is violating my First Amendment Rights, are guilty of CONSPIRACY to violate my Civil Rights. Read my Aer Criminal post below. I am thinking of sending a message to Leavit who wears a cross around her neck. Has she come in contact with the\ IMMORTALS?
HERE IS THE PROOF – MR. PRESIDENT!
Fly me to the United Nations and I will save some aspects of your reputation. You do hace a….
NOSE FOR EVIL!
President Trump signed an executive order designating the antifascist movement antifa a “domestic terrorist organization” on Monday after vowing to crack down on left-wing groups following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
The big picture: White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Axios late Monday that at Trump’s direction, “the entire federal government will work together to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle all illegal operations conducted by” antifa.
- Such designations typically concern foreign organizations. Rights groups say antifa can’t be legally labeled a terrorist group because it’s a decentralized, leaderless movement that’s loosely defined as far-left.
Driving the news: Trump’s order accuses antifa of coordinating efforts to “obstruct enforcement of Federal laws through armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized riots, violent assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement officers, and routine doxing of and other threats against political figures and activists.”
- It directs all relevant federal agencies to “investigate, disrupt, and dismantle” antifa operations.
Zoom in: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing Monday that the U.S. had seen “a rise in violence, perpetuated by antifa, radical people across this country who subscribe to this group.”
- Jackson said in her emailed statement that antifa “is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that uses violence and terrorism to try and accomplish their sick goals.”
- She alleged “Democrat politicians have tried to downplay” antifa’s “reign of terror and looked the other way while left-wing violence plagued American communities” for years, adding: “No more.”
Rapture Rats Give Trump A Free Pass
Republican Leaders are going to do nothing about Trump going after Democrats in a illegal manner in order to get elected, because, the Crazy Rapture Rats Voters will do anything, walk over anybody, in order to get to the Holy Rapture Life Boats. They don’t give a shit about any Democracy that makes non-believer equal with them. These Rats want to destroy all who oppose them, or, compete with them. THE PANIC is on!
The only Bond movie that will make money, now, is one that shows James killing Democrats as he rescues Mike Pence and the Chosen Ones, and gets them to the Beaming Up Stations, while Captain Trump goes down with the ship!
“Save the women and children first!”
John Presco
Robert Jeffress, a pastor who preaches the Rapture, delivered the new embassy’s opening prayer. Jeffress has previously said that Mormons are heretics, Jews fated to hell, Islam promotes pedophilia, and homosexuals are filthy. He prayed, “We thank you everyday that you have given us a president who boldly stands on the right side of history, and more importantly on the right side of you, oh God, when it comes to Israel.”
just found the Maypole these Wiccans dance around. It is a Pagan Tress – with clenched fist! BINGO! This is why these Pagans broke away from OCCUPY and founded SLEEPS who will come to sleep under this Tree of Hope one day! This is why Belle did not ask me to be one with them at the Wandering Goat – after seeing we were on the same path! Well, not quite! These Wiccans read my Biblical stuff, an not understanding any of item were dismayed. They concluded their job was to separate my Pagan stuff from my Biblical stuff – for the sake of the Pagan Word Economy that was just planted in the ground. Emily Semple is their Jeanette Appleseed who may become the Pagan Council-Fairy of the whole goddamn downtown!
Alley Valkyrie read this, and went on the attack the next day! I anoint Belle the Goddess of the Birch Tree and Labyrinth. I have wondered if Alley threatened Belle. Now, I am almost certain of it.
http://paganarch.com/gods-and-radicals/
Here is Storm Faerywolf, a confessed Warlock and Witch who conspiring with Alley Valkyrie to bring me down. He is the Master of the Blue Rose and posts with Alley on The Hunt. That is Ambrose and Emily holding a serpent banner. John Monroe hexed me.
Storm Faerywolf F(a)eri(e) or non?
Alley Valkyrie Local creeper. Delusional narcissist. Not Feri, but reminds me of a few of them. I sent him a PM firmly telling him to leave a friend of mine alone, and my “threat” will be the subject of his blog tomorrow. He has no idea who he is fucking with.
Storm Faerywolf Give him hell, Alley!
This is the greatest radical film ever made! There’s a love story here. I walked into a coven of Witches and Warlocks at Kesey Square. Here is Gwendolyn having a Witching good time, at the expense of the Kesey family. John McCahill is wearing the death hood. How did Alley know I was not Feri? She read my blog and found Christian stuff in it.
Here’s Gwendolyn saying the rock in window was contrived.
“Meanwhile social media is buzzing: Many proponents of Kesey Square have wondered if the vandalism was contrived by someone who wants to see the square developed. “I really think it is someone who has a grudge against the movement to save the square,” says Gwendolyn Iris, a Save Kesey Square activist. “Based on the words and spelling, it just reads like mockery.”
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20160218/slant/slant-2-18-2016
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Well, I just picked a fight with quite the unstable psychopath. May not have been the most sensible thing to do, but it should definitely get interesting…
John McCahill just cant turn it off can you …. LOL
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Alley Valkyrie Local creeper. Delusional narcissist. Not Feri, but reminds me of a few of them. I sent him a PM firmly telling him to leave a friend of mine alone, and my “threat” will be the subject of his blog tomorrow. He has no idea who he is fucking with.
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Alley Valkyrie If you read the rest of his blog, you’ll see why I went after him in the first place. I am making this public because this man is a sick psychopath who takes pictures all over Eugene.
Randy Cain I’m glad the mafia sent him treats.
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Mary Broadhurst yeah well…I’m a bit concerned about labels being applied to this guy. obviously he has issues. but will calling him a psychopath push him over the edge. did anyone consult with Belle before coming to her rescue? perhaps she had a plan as to how to deal with this…
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Alley Valkyrie Yes, I talked to Belle.
Glenn Combs: I’m thinkin’ concrete shoes. We got a river with deep spots… Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Storm Faerywolf is professional warlock, author, and co-owner of The Mystic Dream in Walnut Creek, California. An initiate of the F(a)eri(e) tradition, he has over thirty years of experience practicing witchcraft and has been teaching both privately and publicly across the U.S. and around the world for more than twenty. He holds the Black Wand of the Master and is the founder of BlueRose, his own school and lineage within Faery, offering classes both in-person and online. He is the author of The Stars Within the Earth, and the forthcoming Betwixt and Between: Exploring the Faery Tradition of Witchcraft, due 2017 from Llewellyn Worldwide. For more information about his classes, books, CD’s or art visit his website at
Last year I interviewed Feri initiate, activist, and Wild Hunt columnist, Alley Valkyrie after she was arrested protesting for the rights of the homeless in Eugene, Oregon. Now, the verdict is in, and Alley Valkyrie has been vindicated. Quote: “Lane County violated the constitutional rights of a local activist last year when it had her cited for trespassing following her refusal to leave a public plaza after officials closed it, a Eugene Municipal Court judge has ruled. In her decision, Judge Karen Stenard said the county’s reason for ejecting protesters and shutting the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza — that the area had to be cleaned because human feces were smelled in the area — was too broad and did not pass the rigorous test required for government actions that restrict constitutional freedoms. As a result, Stenard dismissed the charge of second-degree trespassing filed against protester Alley Valkyrie.” – See more at: http://wildhunt.org/tag/grey-school-of-wizardry#sthash.I6X9TL5y.dpuf
Ahead of the embassy opening, over 63% of Americans opposed the move.
Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama all faced pressure from wealthy potential campaign donors to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but Trump is listening to a voice they were not: evangelical Christians who appear to believe in the “Rapture.” Some, like vice president Mike Pence and secretary of state Mike Pompeo, hold posts inside his cabinet. For Rapture Christians, returning Jerusalem to the Jewish people is a key to the second coming of Christ.
Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama all faced pressure from wealthy potential campaign donors to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but Trump is listening to a voice they were not: evangelical Christians who appear to believe in the “Rapture.” Some, like vice president Mike Pence and secretary of state Mike Pompeo, hold posts inside his cabinet. For Rapture Christians, returning Jerusalem to the Jewish people is a key to the second coming of Christ.
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John Nelson Darby
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| John Nelson Darby | |
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| John Nelson Darby | |
| Born | (1800-11-18)November 18, 1800 Westminster, London, England |
| Died | (1882-04-29)April 29, 1882 Sundridge House, Bournemouth, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Writer, translator, educator, clergyman |
John Nelson Darby (18 November 1800 – 29 April 1882) was an Anglo-Irish Bible teacher, one of the influential figures among the original Plymouth Brethren and the founder of the Exclusive Brethren. He is considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futurism. Pre-tribulation rapture theology was popularized extensively in the 1830s by John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Brethren,[1] and further popularized in the United States in the early 20th century by the wide circulation of the Scofield Reference Bible.[2]
He produced translations of the Bible in German “Elberfelder Bibel”, French “Pau” Bible, Dutch New Testament, and English (finished posthumously) based on the Hebrew and Greek texts called The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. It has furthermore been translated into other languages in whole or part.
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Early years[edit]
John Nelson Darby was born in Westminster, London, and christened at St. Margaret’s on 3 March 1801. He was the youngest of the six sons of John Darby and Anne Vaughan. The Darbys were an Anglo-Irish landowning family seated at Leap Castle, King’s County, Ireland, (present-day County Offaly). He was the nephew of Admiral Henry D’Esterre Darby and his middle name was given in recognition of his godfather and family friend, Lord Nelson.
Darby was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Dublin where he graduated Classical Gold Medallist in 1819. Darby embraced Christianity during his studies, although there is no evidence that he formally studied theology. He joined an inn of court, but felt that being a lawyer was inconsistent with his religious belief. He, therefore, chose ordination as an Anglican clergyman in Ireland, “lest he should sell his talents to defeat justice.” In 1825, Darby was ordained deacon of the established Church of Ireland and the following year as priest.
Middle years[edit]
Gravestone of John Nelson Darby
Darby became a curate in the Church of Ireland parish of Delgany, County Wicklow, and distinguished himself by persuading Roman Catholic peasants in the Calary district within this parish to abandon the Catholic Church. The well-known gospel tract “How the Lost Sheep was Saved” [3] gives his personal account of a visit he paid to a dying shepherd boy in this area, painting a vivid picture of what his work among the poor people involved. He later claimed to have won hundreds of converts to the Church of Ireland. However, the conversions ended when William Magee, the Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, ruled that converts were obliged to swear allegiance to George IV as rightful king of Ireland.
Darby resigned his curacy in protest. Soon afterwards, in October 1827, he fell from a horse and was seriously injured. He later stated that it was during this time that he began to believe that the “kingdom” described in the Book of Isaiah and elsewhere in the Old Testament was entirely different from the Christian church.
Over the next five years, he developed the principles of his mature theology — most notably his conviction that the very notion of a clergyman was a sin against the Holy Spirit, because it limited the recognition that the Holy Spirit could speak through any member of the Church. During this time (1827-28) he joined an interdenominational meeting of believers (including Anthony Norris Groves, Edward Cronin, J. G. Bellett, and Francis Hutchinson) who met to “break bread” together in Dublin as a symbol of their unity in Christ. By 1832, this group had grown and began to identify themselves as a distinct Christian assembly. As they traveled and began new assemblies in Ireland and England, they formed the movement now known as the Plymouth Brethren.
It is believed that John Nelson Darby left the Church of Ireland around 1831.[4] He participated in the 1831–33 Powerscourt Conference, an annual meeting of Bible students organized by his friend,[5] the wealthy widow Lady Powerscourt (Theodosia Wingfield Powerscourt). At the conference Darby publicly described his ecclesiological and eschatological views, including the pretribulation rapture.[6] For about 40 years William Kelly (1821–1906) was his chief interpreter and continued to be a staunch supporter until his own death. Kelly in his work John Nelson Darby as I knew him stated that “a saint more true to Christ’s name and word I never knew or heard of”.
Darby saw the invention of the telegraph as a sign that the end of the world was approaching; he called the telegraph an invention of Cain and a harbinger of Armageddon.[citation needed]
Darby defended Calvinist [7] doctrines when they came under attack from within the Church in which he once served. His biographer Goddard [8] states, “Darby indicates his approval of the doctrine of the Anglican Church as expressed in Article XVII of the Thirty-Nine Articles” on the subject of election and predestination. Darby said:
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“For my own part, I soberly think Article XVII to be as wise, perhaps I might say the wisest and best condensed human statement of the view it contains that I am acquainted with. I am fully content to take it in its literal and grammatical sense. I believe that predestination to life is the eternal purpose of God, by which, before the foundations of the world were laid, He firmly decreed, by His counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and destruction those whom He had chosen in Christ out of the human race, and to bring them, through Christ, as vessels made to honour, to eternal salvation.” [9]
Later years[edit]
Darby traveled widely in Europe and Britain in the 1830s and 1840s, and established many Brethren assemblies. He gave 11 significant lectures in Geneva in 1840 on the hope of the church (L’attente actuelle de l’église). These established his reputation as a leading interpreter of biblical prophecy. America did not embrace Darby’s ecclesiology like it did his eschatology which is still being propagated (in various forms) at such places as Dallas Theological Seminary and by authors and preachers such as Hal Lindsey and Tim LaHaye.
In 1848, Darby became involved in a complex dispute over the proper method for maintaining shared standards of discipline in different assemblies that resulted in a split between Open Brethren, which maintained a congregational form of government and Exclusive Brethren. After that time, he was recognized as the dominant figure among the Exclusives, who also came to be known as “Darbyite” Brethren. He made at least 5 missionary journeys to North America between 1862 and 1877. He worked mostly in New England, Ontario, and the Great Lakes region, but took one extended journey from Toronto to Sydney by way of San Francisco, Hawaii, and New Zealand. A Geographical Index of his letters is currently available and lists where he traveled.[10] He used his classical skills to translate the Bible from Hebrew and Greek texts into several languages. In English he wrote a Synopsis of the Bible and many other scholarly religious articles. He wrote hymns and poems, the most famous being, “Man of Sorrows”.[11] He was also a Bible commentator. His writings were collected in his lifetime and published from January 1866 as “The Collected Writings of J. N. Darby”; there were 32 volumes published – two per year 1866–81 and two more soon after.[12] He translated the Bible with the help of various brethren in different countries into German, French and English.[13] He declined however to contribute to the compilation of the Revised Version of the King James Bible even though the revisers consulted Darby’s work.[14]
He died 1882 in Sundridge House, Bournemouth and is buried in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.[15]
Darby is noted in the theological world as the father of “dispensationalism“, whose eschatology was adopted and later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield‘s Scofield Reference Bible.
Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby’s teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. Mackintosh popularised Darby[16] more than any other Brethren author. In the early twentieth century, the Brethren’s teachings, through Margaret E. Barber, greatly influenced the Little Flock or Church Assembly Hall of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.[17]
Darby has been credited with originating the pre-tribulational rapture theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world to its heavenly destiny before the judgments of the tribulation. Thus the prophetic program resumes with Israel’s earthly destiny. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because “God is able to graft them in again,”[18] and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the ways of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. In 1829 he predicted the rebirth of a nation Israel over 100 years before it happened, just by reading the Bible (pgs. 141-160. Prophetic No. 1 Vol. 2. J. N. Darby. Stow Hill Bible & Tract Depot. Kingston-On-Thames 1829)
Criticism[edit]
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle and contemporary of Darby, published criticism of Darby and Brethrenism.[19] His main criticism was that Darby and the Plymouth Brethren rejected the vicarious purpose of Christ’s obedience as well as imputed righteousness. He viewed these of such importance and so central to the Gospel that it led him to publish this statement about the rest of their belief in the Sword and Trowel.
James Grant wrote: “With the deadly heresies entertained and taught by the Plymouth Brethren, in relation to some of the most momentous of all the doctrines of the Gospel, and to which I have adverted at some length, I feel assured that m
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For Notre-Dame de la Paix University Faculties in Namur, Belgium, see University of Namur.
| Former name | College of Notre Dame |
|---|---|
| Motto | Ora et Labora (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Pray and Work |
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 1851; 173 years ago |
| Founder | Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Notre Dame Sisters) |
| Academic affiliations | ACCU, AICCU[1] |
| President | Lizbeth Martin |
| Academic staff | 122 FTE |
| Students | 200 (2023) |
| Undergraduates | 12 (2023) |
| Postgraduates | 188 (2023) |
| Location | Belmont, California, United States37°31′02″N 122°17′04″W |
| Campus | Suburban (46 acres or 19 ha) |
| Colors | Blue, Gold, White |
| Mascot | Argonaut |
| Website | www.ndnu.edu |
Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) is a private Catholic university in Belmont, California. It is the third oldest college in California and the first college in the state authorized to grant the baccalaureate degree to women.[2]
In 2021, the university began to transition to only operate as a graduate school.[3] In 2024, the university was in the process of moving completely online with its campus being sold to Stanford University.[4]
History[edit]
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Notre Dame de Namur University was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the Academy of Notre Dame in 1851 on 10 acres[5] in San Jose, California. The school was chartered in 1868 as the College of Notre Dame, the first college in the state of California authorized to grant the baccalaureate degree to women. In 1922, the Sisters purchased Ralston Hall, the country estate of William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California. The college opened its doors in Belmont in 1923.
In 1953 the College of Notre Dame became a four-year college with 23 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur[6] involved in the school. The college introduced evening classes in 1955, and in 1965, started the teaching credential programs. Originally a women’s institution, College of Notre Dame became coeducational in 1969;[6] three men graduated as part of the class of 1970. The college expanded its offerings to include master’s degrees in 1972 and added evening undergraduate programs in 1987.
In 2001, the college established a structure dividing the university into schools. The name of the institution was changed to Notre Dame de Namur University that same year. In 2009, the university began offering partnerships with local community colleges to provide greater access to higher education, and that same year it became a Hispanic-Serving Institution, meaning at least 25% of its undergraduate population is Hispanic, that same year. The online degree program was established in 2012, and in 2013, the university introduced one of the first PhD programs in art therapy in the nation. The university established a new campus in Tracy, California in 2015, offering evening undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration.[7]
Launched in 2013, Notre Dame de Namur University was one of the first universities in the United States to offer a Ph.D. in Art Therapy. The Art Therapy Ph.D. is also the first doctoral program offered at the university.
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In 2016 the faculty, both full-time and adjunct, unionized with SEIU 1021. This was a historic move since tenure-line professors at Catholic universities have had trouble unionizing since the Yeshiva ruling (1980).[8][9]
In December 2017, BINA48 (a Hanson Robotics robot) successfully participated as a guest student in a full semester college course on philosophy and love created and taught by Professor William J. Barry at Notre Dame de Namur University. The robot used an algorithm framework called TQ Theory created by Professor Barry to interact with rapport with students.[10]
In March 2020, the university announced major changes as a result of on-going financial issues, declining enrollment, and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] The board of trustees made the decision to prioritize current students completing degrees by the end of the 2020–21 academic year while assisting other students in transfer options due to uncertainty of operations beyond the spring 2021 semester. As part of the plan, Notre Dame suspended new student admissions for summer and fall 2020 sessions.[11] This resulted in mass layoffs and the closure of some of their most successful departments including all their undergraduate programs. The university also disbanded the athletics department at the conclusion of the 2019–20 academic year.[11][12]
In 2022, Notre Dame de Namur University became the first West Coast university to provide temporary housing for Afghan refugees.[13]
In the early 2020s, the university publicly experienced severe financial difficulties and declining enrollment. In 2020, the university discontinued all athletics programs.[12] The following year, the university began to transition to only operate as a graduate school.[3] It also established an agreement with Stanford University allowing that university to purchase the Notre Dame de Namur University campus.[4]
In 2022, the university’s accreditor, the WASC Senior College and University Commission, formally warned the university that it was not in compliance with the commission’s accreditation standards. The warning status was removed in 2024 following a special visit but a “notice of concern” was issued due to the university’s ongoing financial challenges.[14]
Campus[edit]
Notre Dame de Namur University is located in Belmont, California on the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula and near the Pacific Ocean. The campus is less than 30 miles from downtown San Francisco and downtown San Jose.[15]
Academic buildings[edit]
Cuvilly Hall, named for Sr. Julie Billiart’s birthplace, is one of the main instructional buildings and houses the School of Business and Management. St. Mary’s Hall is the largest instructional building and includes classrooms; science labs; two computer labs; public safety; and the financial aid, registrar, and business offices. Gavin Hall is the smallest of the three main instructional buildings and houses the Art Therapy program.[16]
The theater of Notre Dame de Namur University is located below the main campus on Ralston Avenue.
Ralston Hall[edit]
Main article: Ralston Hall
The Notre Dame de Namur University campus developed around Ralston Hall Mansion. William Chapman Ralston built Ralston Hall shortly after purchasing the property in 1864.[17] William Ralston was a pivotal figure in the gold and silver bonanzas, which helped Ralston amass wealth. Ralston Hall was built with a steamboat gothic design on the interior, which is rumored to have been influenced by Ralston’s love of boating from a young age.[18] The interior of Ralston Hall is strikingly shaped like the inside of a boat.[18] Ralston Hall was built as an entertainment destination.[18] After William Ralston died, his business partner, William Sharon, came to control the mansion.[18] Sharon was a United States senator representing Nevada from 1875 to 1881.[18] Ralston Hall has been used for a variety of jobs throughout its history; Ralston Hall held one of the largest American weddings when William Sharon’s daughter Flora married Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh of England.[18] Notre Dame De Namur was chartered by the State of California in 1868 but was not affiliated with Ralston Hall until 1922.[18] The mansion was a finishing school for young women until 1898.[19] Since 1923 Ralston Hall has been affiliated with Notre Dame de Namur University.[19]
Until April 2012, the mansion housed admissions, administrative and faculty offices, and its first floor rooms, including a ballroom modeled after the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, were rented for events. However, in late 2011, a preliminary assessment of the structural integrity of Ralston Hall suggested that occupants may not be safe in the event of an earthquake. The building is unoccupied indefinitely, until funds can be raised to complete a replacement or retrofit of the masonry foundation, in addition to extensive seismic work on the upper floors. The renovation is estimated to cost more than $20 million [20]
Organization and administration[edit]
Notre Dame de Namur University is a nonprofit organization governed by a board of trustees.
University administration consists of a president, a provost, vice presidents for enrollment management, advancement, and finance and administration, a dean of students, and deans of the three schools.
The university is organized into three schools: the School of Business and Management, the School of Education, and the School of Psychology. Each school is led by a dean.
Academics[edit]
Notre Dame de Namur University offers master’s degrees. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission. Although the accreditation is valid, the institution is accredited “with Notice of Concern” by the commission due to ongoing financial challenges.[21][14]
Sister Dorothy Stang Center[edit]
The Sister Dorothy Stang Center for Social Justice and Community Engagement (DSC) was established on the Notre Dame de Namur University campus in honor of the work of Sister Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN, who was murdered in Brazil due to her efforts to aid the poor farmers and the environment in that country. The center works to increase awareness of social and environmental justice issues, as well as encourage dialogue, community service, engagement, and activism in these areas. Members of the university and the larger community can work with the DSC to create positive social change, and come to a greater understanding of the issues that affect the community.
Athletics[edit]
The Notre Dame de Namur University Argonauts were the athletic teams of the university until 2020. The university mascot, the Argonaut, was named for the mythical Argonauts who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece. The team colors blue, gold and white reflected the colors of the university.
At the time of the discontinuation, NDNU had 12 varsity sports. Men’s sports included basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, and track & field; women’s sports included basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball.[12]
Notre Dame athletics competed in the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) until after the 1996–97 season when the conference disbanded. NDNU joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) from 1996–97 to 2004–05.[22] The university re-joined the NCAA and the D-II ranks in 2005 when the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) voted to admit Notre Dame de Namur University.[22]
The university most recently competed at the Division II level as members of the Pacific West, except for men’s lacrosse, which had an Independent affiliation after leaving the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association at the end of the 2014 spring season (2013–14 school year).[12] In March 2020, the university announced the discontinuation of the athletics programs effective at the conclusion of the Spring 2020 semester. The decision was part of various changes to the university, citing an on-going financial situation and declining enrollment.[12]
Diversity[edit]
Notre Dame de Namur University is one of the most diverse private colleges in California, qualifying as both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).[23] The university’s commitment to diversity is based on the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community, which states, “We embrace the gift of diversity.”[24]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Maria Cristina Villanova de Arbenz, politician and First Lady of Guatemala
- Lailee Bakhtiar, poet, journalist, author, novelist
- Eddie Baza Calvo, politician, governor of Guam
- Belo Cipriani, writer and LGBT activist
- Simon Enciso, professional athlete in basketball[25]
- Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa, politician and Princess of Hawaii
- Morghan King, Olympic athlete in weightlifting[26][27]
- Matthew Mbu Junior, politician, senator of Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Barbara Morgan, NASA astronaut
- Susan Heon Preston, Olympic athlete in swimming[28]
- Anton del Rosario, professional athlete in soccer[29]
- Dorothy Stang, class of 1964; activist, Sister of Notre Dame de Namur[30]
- Susie Wind, visual artist
- Emily Wu, author and novelist
- Wang Yi, Olympic athlete in volleyball[31]
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