Recent Posts : University of Dayton, Ohio

Faith/Mission

9.11.2026

UD Summer Appalachia Program enters a new chapter with a vision to purchase its home.

For more than 30 years, the UDSAP house has been more than a house. It has held prayers, meals, bonfires, tears, laughter, and the stories of hundreds of UD students. Now, UDSAP is working to make this sacred place its permanent home. Discover the next chapter of UDSAP in “A Home with Heart.” by Meaghan Crowley Director of the Center for Social Concern Campus Ministry at the University of Dayton. UDSAP 2011 BA Class of 2013 MA Class of 2017 MSE Class of 2022

9.2.2026

Listening for the Handmaid

Side-by-side examinations of Kannon and Mary lend context and depth to summer scholar’s research.

Faith/Mission

9.2.2026

A Conversation Among Students, Trustees and the Holy Spirit

Listening without immediately responding requires patience and presence. It’s also a skill sophomore mechanical engineering major Courtney Boomer practiced with the University’s board of trustees this summer.

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.”

8.24.2026

Finding His Voice in Music, Ministry and Community at UD

From the music therapy classroom to singing at Sunday Mass to Camp Blue, Michael Drvenkar has wasted no time making his mark at UD.

Faith/Mission

8.17.2026

College appoints Elizabeth Groppe as University Professor of Faith and Culture

The endowed chair examines the roles of faith in addressing major issues in contemporary culture, drawing on the resources of the Catholic intellectual tradition.

Faith/Mission

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.

7.29.2026

Leadership, the UD Way

At the University of Dayton, leaders aren’t expected to be born, nor do they suddenly develop mad leadership skills when they are promoted to a supervisory position or when they read the latest leadership book.

Faith/Mission

6.15.2026

Our Nation’s Patron Saint

The Marian Library honors America250 and Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the United States.

6.3.2026

Higher Ed Should Answer the Pope's Challenge

Every college president from public flagships to community colleges, private and public, should consider the challenges presented by Pope Leo XIV in his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. It speaks to our shared stakes: whether our graduates can still think, judge and do work that machines cannot or should not.