The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association recently unveiled an online engagement center with social-networking capabilities fit to engage — and elicit gifts from — even the feistiest of the Fighting Irish alums.

By Abny Santicola

But Irish Online isn’t just a way to keep in touch with the younger generations of alumni. For Notre Dame, Web-savvy grads come in all ages.

“People think that only alumni within the last 10 years understand how the Internet works, and they’re the ones who are Internet-savvy,” Nanni says. “The class of 1956 has one of the best Web sites of any Notre Dame class, so it’s kind of fun to see how some things fly in the face of conventional wisdom.”