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9.2.2026
Honors Student Akshit Battan Makes a Name for Himself at the University of
Dayton
From India to the University of Dayton, Akshit Battan’s journey as a student is just beginning.
8.28.2026
Faith Formed from Marianist
Magic
Erin Anderson-White Face ’06 was set on attending an Ivy League college after high school. Her mother, a 1976 University of Dayton alum, insisted she tour UD. That was when Anderson-White Face first experienced what she calls “Marianist magic.”
8.27.2026
Alive with
Possibility
A permanent home for the Greater West Dayton Incubator signals a promise kept for UD — and a future of success for the city's underserved entrepreneurs.
8.14.2026
Mary Needed Help,
Too
Mary is often remembered for her courage, wisdom and unwavering “yes” to God. But she was also a young woman who needed help along the way. This Assumption reflection explores the comfort of remembering Mary’s humanity—and the holiness of letting ourselves need others, too.
7.6.2026
Launching the National Table for Human Rights
Strategy
"We are the resources."
Those four words captured the spirit of a powerful workshop at SPHR 2026 that has since evolved into the National Table for Human Rights Strategy. In this blog, Joel R. Pruce reflects on the conversations that inspired the initiative and invites readers to join the July 20 launch as advocates across the country work together to build a renewed human rights movement.
7.1.2026
Queer and Disabled: Pride and
Visibility
Celebrate Disability Pride Month by learning more about the queer and disabled experience.
6.1.2026
Queer Fiction Through the
Decades
Recommended reading and LGBTQIA+ literary history for Pride Month.
5.7.2026
Running Back Looking
Forward
Sean Banks will be graduating on May 10 with experience in media production, credits on a documentary, involvement with advocacy and an award to his name — all things he credits to his football career.
5.6.2026
Giving
Hearts
An email recently landed in my inbox that made my day. Gayle Horton, director of Colin’s Lodge, a recreation and enrichment center for adults with cognitive differences, shared how UD students are bringing joy to their members through their MANY volunteer hours.
5.5.2026
The Strength to Start
Again
Nearly a decade after first arriving at UD, Joseph Hughton-Berko is finally crossing the graduation stage — a milestone that once felt out of reach after his academic dismissal in 2020.