So long, summer

By University of Notre Dame

August 19^th, 2025

Campus construction

During the quiet summer months, construction crews nearly completed several of the projects around campus.

August 1: Construction of Grojean Hall. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

August 7: A Santa Claus statue that crews say they found discarded now watches over the work on the redesigned Main Circle. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 22: Additions and updates to Mendoza College of Business. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

July 22: Construction of Grojean Hall. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

ROTC in DC

Notre Dame’s Army and Air Force ROTC cadets, with midshipmen from the ND ROTC program and the United States Naval Academy, as well as Notre Dame International Security Center students, went on a two-week, experiential educational journey of leadership and history along the East Coast. The group explored key American Revolutionary War battlefields, bridging past and present to understand the timeless lessons of courage, strategy, and sacrifice. Photographer Michael Caterina joined them for their time in Washington, DC.

July 17: Students examine the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as Notre Dame ROTC and Naval Academy students tour Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 17: The Washington Monument is reflected in a student’s sunglasses. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 17: Two midshipmen and two cadets participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 17: The wreath laid by cadets and midshipmen at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 17: Congressman Mike Kelly meets with guests at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 17: The National World War I Memorial as Notre Dame ROTC and Naval Academy students tour Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 17: The Washington Monument (Photo by Michael Caterina)

July 17: Students make their way through gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery during a tour of Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Caterina)

Fireworks light up the horizon in a 30-second exposure made at 10:20 p.m. on the Fourth of July. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Oh, a deer! A big male deer!

While scouting for another photo, photographer Michael Caterina was driving along Indiana 933 and stopped at the Brother Andre Drive intersection. Looking over to the east, he thought, “When did they add a deer statue to this corner?” Then, the deer moved. Caterina grabbed his camera to photograph the rare sight of a male deer, with summer velvet still on its antlers, not even 50 yards from the busy road just after 5:00 p.m.