Recent Posts
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.2.2026
Our Un-Empty
Nest
When our youngest and quietest daughter recently graduated from high school and immediately requested that we host a bonfire fueled by her notebooks, folks began congratulating my wife and me on becoming "empty nesters."
Business
6.2.2026
From Classroom to Co-op: Building Career-Ready Skills at
Dayton
Early experience, real results—how UD business students turn opportunities into careers.
Libraries
6.1.2026
Queer Fiction Through the
Decades
Recommended reading and LGBTQIA+ literary history for Pride Month.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.1.2026
Humor Writer of the Month: Pamela
Chandler
Pamela Chandler, a Dayton-area writer, columnist, humorist and blogger, is our Humor Writer of the Month for June.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
5.30.2026
Who's Publishing What: The Quitters
Club
From USA Today bestselling author Jessica Strawser comes a hopeful and empowering novel about the messy beauty of female friendship and the deep courage it takes to rebuild a life at any age.
Giving
5.28.2026
Refusing To Be
Silent
This Flyer came back to campus with a USA TODAY bestseller and 40 years of stories. Robert Stack ’76 is fighting for disability rights.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
5.27.2026
Dorky Dancing: No More Staying in a
Corner
These days, I find plenty of opportunities to get my groove on. Grocery stores, big box stores, ice cream shops: they all seem to be spinning my kind of tunes. (Does that mean I’m officially old?) My husband will playfully walk away, putting some distance between himself and this dancing nut.
Faculty and Staff
5.26.2026
Endowed chair receives Fulbright Scholar award to teach, develop curricula in
Bhutan
Suki Kwon's project in Bhutan will explore the role of art and design in society through classroom teaching and community engagement.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
5.20.2026
Snail
Gel
I demo and use what Amazon, TikTok and Yahoo — my top beauty advisors — tell me is good for my beauty regimen.
Libraries
5.18.2026
The Art of Compassion: A Lasting
Impression
St. Veronica’s selfless act during Christ’s Passion is depicted in a new artwork gifted to the Marian Library.