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“Leave it better than you found it.” This motto has inspired Shaq Tensley ’15 to give back to UD as a volunteer, and it has served him in his global travels.
News agencies across the region, the nation and throughout the world often reach out to our faculty experts for their perspectives on today's issues.
For Tom Tappel ’18, ’21, the best way to learn, lead and serve within the Dayton community was to look to the future — of energy. Tappel graduated from the University of Dayton in 2018, then spent some time working as an engineer. But it wasn’t until a graduate assistantship with the ETHOS Center a few years later that Tappel dove into learning everything he could about the household energy burdens disproportionately impacting low-income families around America. He found many of those families live in buildings that were not at all energy-efficient.
There are lots of ways to measure success. For Steve Clark ’88, it’s about more than the job title or the amount of money you earn. When he defines success, he includes the ability to give back to the people and places you love.
- John McCambridge