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The South Bend community and surrounding areas provide a vibrant home for the University, its students, faculty, and staff with numerous opportunities for learning, service, entertainment, and recreation.
South Bend and Surrounding Area
South Bend and Surrounding Area
There are some 220 churches and synagogues in the South Bend/Mishawaka area, which has a population of around 300,000. Medical facilities include St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Mishawaka and Memorial Hospital in South Bend. St. Joseph County Public Library, located in downtown South Bend, regularly ranks among the top ten libraries in the nation for cities of its size.
The Farmers’ Market beside the St. Joseph River and the Purple Porch Coop provide fresh produce from Indiana and farms in neighboring Michigan, and a variety of restaurants attests to the area’s cultural and ethnic diversity.
Many fine city, county, and state parks are within easy reach of Notre Dame, and more than 50 freshwater lakes and streams are less than one hour’s drive by auto. Approximately one hour from South Bend, on the shores of Lake Michigan, you can visit the Indiana Dunes State Park and the Warren Dunes State Park (Michigan). The parks are attended by knowledgeable rangers and offer a wide variety of activities: swimming, boating, picnic areas, hiking and nature trails, camping facilities, and downhill and cross-country skiing in the winter.
In the arts, South Bend has the Midwest Chamber Orchestra, South Bend Symphony Orchestra, South Bend Symphonic Choir, South Bend Chamber Music, Indiana Dance Theatre Company, Beaux Arts Civic Ballet Company, Michiana Ballet, Presbyterian Players, Broadway Theatre League, Civic Theater, Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame), and South Bend Regional Museum of Art (Century Center).
Local musicians and visitors from Chicago give frequent blues, jazz, and folk performances in a variety of clubs and bars and outdoor venues in the summer. Numerous attractions come to Notre Dame, South Bend’s Century Center and Morris Performing Arts Center, Indiana University at South Bend Theatre, O’Laughlin Auditorium at Saint Mary’s College, the South Bend Civic Theatre, and Notre Dame’s Edmund P. Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center.
More information about activities in the South Bend/Mishawaka area can be obtained from any of the following websites:
Best trails in South Bend, Indiana | AllTrails
The Kellogg staff will also be glad to share their local knowledge.
Transport between South Bend and Chicago
Transport between South Bend and Chicago
Chicago, the third largest city in the US, is approximately two to two-and-a-half hours from South Bend by car, train, or bus.
By car: Via the Indiana Toll Road (I-80/I-90).
South Shore Railroad: Runs daily between South Bend International Airport and Chicago (more frequently on weekends). See their website at www.nictd.com for a current schedule and fares.
Amtrak: Runs a little less frequently than the South Shore to and from South Bend and Niles (Michigan) and is more comfortable but also more expensive.
Greyhound Bus: Runs in the morning, afternoon, and evening to and from Chicago.
Air Transportation: There are commuter airlines at the South Bend Regional Transportation Center with many flights to and from Chicago daily.
Your Children, Day Care, and South Bend Schools
Your Children, Day Care, and South Bend Schools
The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) is a nonprofit early childhood program serving young children age 2 through age 6/Kindergarten during the school year and age 2.5 through age 10 during the summer. ECDC offers preschool/part time enrollment, child care/full time enrollment and Kindergarten. ECDC offers two programs for young children, one on the beautiful Saint Mary’s College campus (ECDC-SMC) and the other on the lovely University of Notre Dame campus (ECDC-ND).
Contact: Ms. Terri Kosik 574/631-3344; Fax: 574/631-7808; tkosik@saintmarys.edu
If your children are at the primary, secondary, or high school level and will accompany you during your residence at Notre Dame, they may be attending school in South Bend. For more detailed information about schools, enrollment, and educational and medical records required, write or telephone:
South Bend Community School Corporation
215 South St. Joseph Street
South Bend, IN 46601
574/283-8000
You are to bring birth certificate(s) or passport(s), report card from previous school, immunization record and proof of residence (address where you live) while you are here at Notre Dame.
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