Center for Global Leadership
The Center for Global Leadership, rooted in the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur learning community, provides students with authentic experiences that educate, empower, and inspire them to develop cultural curiosity, humility, and compassion in order to inform their leadership and service experiences in both the local and global communities.
- CGL Mission Statement
Virtual Exchanges & Partnerships with Sister Schools
The CGL offers Curriculum enhancement based on The Asia Society's global competence framework that will deepen intercultural knowledge and understanding across all departments, increase experiential learning opportunities at Notre Dame and abroad, and expand course offerings and extracurricular options to include more global topics and perspectives.
Travel Programs, Club & Conferences
The CGL offers various types of travel programs and authentic student conferences each year that weave our mission and curriculum into lived experiences both near and far. Travel programs are broken into three categories; Domestic Service, Curricular Cultural Immersion Programs, and Academic Exchange.
Global Citizen Scholar Program & CGL Events
Speaker Series and Panel Discussions that provide the school community access to speakers who offer expert opinions and information relevant to global issues and a Scholar Program that focuses on global themes and issues.
HorizonEd Tutoring Program
The HorizonED tutoring program was brought to the Global Citizen Scholars (CGS) by Elena Herpel '26 and we are soon completing the fifth seasonal session. We partner with a small, non-profit organization in Nairobi called Impact Champions to carry out this important and impactful work between Notre Dame GCS tutors and children living in orphanages in Kenya. Over the course of 10-week sessions in the Fall, Spring and Summer our tutors connect with the young children every Saturday morning over Zoom to provide more practice in Math, Science, and English.
At the same time, everyone involved is developing cross-cultural competencies and broadening their hearts, minds, and worldviews to embrace people from the other end of the world. Recently, our Mother Compost food recycling efforts at Notre Dame have crossed over with our HorizonED partnership and our leaders in Nairobi are currently meeting to bring a closed-loop food economy to the orphanages with whom we work. We know that community improvement efforts are best led by those living and working locally and so Notre Dame is consciously standing by to support these life-changing initiatives for so many young people and continue to offer our assistance, as needed.
“Every Saturday, the student's bright smiles, endless curiosity, and eagerness to learn remind me to appreciate the opportunities I often take for granted. Their determination despite every obstacle inspires me to always work hard and dream big no matter what!”
Gabriella Kasser '27
Inspiring Compassionate, Global Leaders
Notre Dame’s Center for Global Leadership realizes the Academy’s Strategic Vision 2015-2020 goal to educate, empower, and inspire women to be compassionate leaders in a global society. The Center is inspired by the legacy of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, who live and serve on five continents.
Nora Moffat
Director of Center for Global Leadership
nmoffat@ndapa.org
610.687.0650, ext. 172
The Center is more than student travel. Over the past ten years, the CGL has gone from a concept to a multi-pronged department that impacts various aspects of the student experience at Notre Dame. Through thoughtful programming and global collaborations, our students and teachers are offered myriad opportunities to develop leadership skills, global competencies, and an informed and empathetic worldview.
Mrs. Nora Moffat
Director for the Center for Global Leadership