Inspiring the Next Generation of Servant Leaders

During her time at UD, Julianne Evans ’19 has been heavily involved in community work, devoting time to the Center for Social Concern, the REAL Dayton program and Service Saturdays, and volunteering for the Mission of Mary Cooperative and Homefull.

One of her classes, Leadership in Building Communities, gave her insight into successful approaches to work in community. She said that her professor, Brother Ray, “talked a lot about having a shared vision with community members, which really impacted me because you don’t want to impose your own ideas on somebody else to create the social change; you want to use the ideas community members have, coordinating them with your own passions.”

She plans to put this approach into practice upon graduation, using her degree in dietetics to address food equity and health care issues, ideally through community nutrition work or research.

Brother Ray has influenced countless students through his classes and one-on-one engagement, informing — and inspiring — them to make a difference in communities. The incoming chair will have the opportunity to do the same, thanks to the Society of Mary.