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Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
11.1.2025
Humor Writer of the Month: R.L.
Maizes
R.L. Maizes is the author of the newly published satirical novel, A Complete Fiction, a humorous story of two writers trying to navigate the minefields of modern publishing and social media. She's our Humor Writer of the Month for November.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
10.31.2025
Matching Gifts, Changing
Lives
“You can write!” Those three simple words from a University of Dayton English professor changed Erma Bombeck ’49’s life. Now, an alumni couple in Columbus, Ohio, wants new generations of students to hear that same encouragement and find their own voices.
Students
10.31.2025
From Service to Student
Success
After serving in the Marine Corps and owning his own business for many years, Gary Martinez decided to pursue his next dream — enrolling at the University of Dayton as a first-generation student.
Law
10.30.2025
Navigating Immigration
Law
See how Sergio Fernández ’22 is using what he learned at Dayton Law to help people trying to immigrate to the United States.
Libraries
10.29.2025
Honoring Native American Heritage Month
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with books and other resources available through the University Libraries.
Law
10.28.2025
Dayton Law Graduates Continue Success on the Bar
Exam
The University of Dayton School of Law saw nearly 9 out of 10 graduates pass the bar exam on their first attempt.
Research
10.27.2025
Immersion in American
Piety
During his Marian Fellowship, a visiting scholar and English theologian delves into “maximalist,” multimedia Marian devotion, reverence and study.
President
10.27.2025
Welcome Home, Father
Jim
What kind of life is worth living? For more than eight decades, Father Jim Heft, S.M., has wrestled with that question, even as he’s lived what I and many others would portray as a life chock-full of meaning.
Faculty and Staff
10.27.2025
Help Students Study Smarter: Google Gemini Notebooks in
Canvas
If you’ve ever wished your students would actually reread the materials before an exam—or at least do it in a way that helps them retain something beyond the next quiz? NotebookLM might be your new favorite tool.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
10.24.2025
A Woodstock for
Writers
The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop marks its 25th anniversary this year and will keep the celebration going through next spring with a keynote lineup of bestselling authors and rising comedy stars, hands-on workshops, networking — plus the opportunity to laugh, learn and be inspired.