Out of focus pink flowers in front of the Clark Memorial Fountain, which looks like Stone Henge, at the University of Notre Dame.

Normally one of the quietest months on campus, June was instead rejuvenated by special events. Notre Dame celebrated the 50th anniversary of the admission of women undergraduate students with "Golden is Thy Fame." Besides the normal reunions and surge in summer construction, women again took the leading role during the Hesburgh Women of Impact Retreat. They finally ceded the stage to Billy Joel, who performed in the stadium after a two-year pandemic delay.

A man performs on stage alone, behind him, are three large projector screens displaying archival photos.
An elderly woman wearing a bright yellow Notre Dame hat places napkins and cutlery on a table.
Four alumni talk sitting at a table during the all class picnic during Reunion 2022.
A daughter shows her mother, who is behind her holding onto her arm, something on her phone.
A priest stands in front of couples participating in a vow renewal.
Sun shines through a stained glass window in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
A group of women participate in a yoga class inside of a football stadium.
A large ballroom full of people sitting at round tables.
A close up of an older woman with white hair listening to someone speak.
Female graduates of the University of Notre Dame stand in the shape of a 5 and 0 on the field at Notre Dame Stadium.
Ruth Riley Hunter wearing a navy blue suit jacket and pants sits on a chair during an interview.
Dolly Duffy '84, the executive director of the Alumni Association (center) moderates' a conversation with Vice President for Student Affairs Rev. Gerry Olinger, C.S.C., '01, '04 J.D., '09 M.Div., and Vice President and Chief of Staff Ann Firth '81, '84 J.D during the University Leaders Forum in the Jordan Auditorium.
From behind, four women wrap their arms around each others shoulders and look towards a stage.
“Golden Is Thy Fame” gala in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the admission of undergraduate women at Notre Dame.
Two women unveiled a banner with new lyrics to the Notre Dame Victory March at the conclusion of the ‘Golden Is Thy Fame’ celebration gala dinner. Others around them cheer and clap.
A banner that reads 'While her loyal sons and daughters march on to victory.'
A close up of a baseball player wearing a College World Series hat backwards that says 'Omaha Bound, Super Regional Champs, NCAA Baseball.' In the background friends and family greet the Notre Dame Baseball team as they returned to campus after winning the NCAA super regional.
A construction worker stands in a large hole that has been dug up for stairs reconstruction. A dumpster truck in the background.
Construction work being done in front of a building with a yellow excavator.
Professor Adam Jaffe works with graduate students in his new lab in Stepan Chemistry.
Professor Adam Jaffe works with grad students in his new lab in Stephan Chemistry.
Rev. Kevin Grove, C.S.C. celebrates Mass in the Law School Chapel for the DeNicola Center for Ethics and Culture’s Vita Institute conference.
The rain-saturated sky appears orange as it is lit with sunset light as storms pass near campus.
A rainbow stretches over St. Mary’s Lake, Notre Dame's Main Building and Basilica. Three geese are in the lake.
A group of women blurred in the background visit Ivan Mestrovic
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of American studies and Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, speaks in front of a monument to the founding of the University.
Former Women's Basketball coach Muffet McGraw speaks at a 2022 Hesburgh Women of Impact Retreat event.
A Notre Dame flag flies next to a Billy Joel flag in the Notre Dame stadium. In the background the Main Building and Basilica can be seen.
Billy Joel performs in Notre Dame Stadium.
A packed full stadium crowd during a Billy Joel concert.
A glowing blue stage during the Billy Joel concert.
Billy Joel, on a glowing purple stadium, greets the crowd.