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Fitz Center For Leadership in Community

Imagining Community, 2024

The 3rd Annual Imagining Community Symposium is a space for community partners across the Miami Valley to come together in a space of education, dialogue and action. The symposium is free and open to all community members, activists, artists, students, scholars and academics with the goal of exploring the history, legacy and impact of injustice in Dayton, and strategies for moving toward a more just, equitable and inclusive Dayton.

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Educating Leaders. Building Community.

As a Marianist and Catholic university, we are called to more than service. We are called to learning. We are called to leadership. We are called to justice. We are called to build community. The University of Dayton Fitz Center for Leadership in Community cultivates servant leaders and just communities through reciprocal partnerships, engaged learning and scholarship, and community building.

Educating Leaders. Building Community.

As a Marianist and Catholic university, we are called to more than service. We are called to learning. We are called to leadership. We are called to justice. We are called to build community. The University of Dayton Fitz Center for Leadership in Community cultivates servant leaders and just communities through reciprocal partnerships, engaged learning and scholarship, and community building.

McHugh named Fitz Center for Leadership in Community executive director

Community-engaged educator and leader Nancy McHugh is the new executive director of the University of Dayton’s Fitz Center for Leadership in Community.

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Community Leader

Aimed at capturing student voices in Dayton with our partners, the Community Leader hopes to showcase student involvement, community collaboration and voices from the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community. Please subscribe for monthly updates on how we're prioritizing our community partners through our student programs.

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Making News
Campus and Community 02.22.24

The University of Dayton’s Health Equity Activation Think Tank will fund training and certification for 10 doulas.

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Campus and Community 10.17.23

The 2024 University of Dayton River Stewards are breathing new life into the 2020 River Stewards' book.

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Campus and Community 08.28.23

The University of Dayton is partnering with the City of Dayton on key projects through a new Urban Research Initiative.

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On the River

The University of Dayton Rivers Institute and River Stewards, programs of the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community, were invited to participate in the first-ever camp out on the Great Miami River. Our hosts from the City of Troy, Troy Foundation, Miami County Parks, and SmithFly created an experience like no other and hope to replicate for other groups in the future, as a way to connect people to the river and activate their beautiful riverfront Treasure Island Park.

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Fitz Center for Leadership in Community


1401 S. Main Street
Dayton, Ohio 45409
937-229-5400
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5,800+

hours of high-impact service by Semester of Service interns in 2020-21