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President
December 21, 2022
Hands-On Learning
At the beginning of the semester Professor Kim Bigelow and Rachel Zidaroff, director of operations for United Rehabilitation Services (URS), gave four mechanical engineering students a modest $1,500 budget and a challenge — create a prototype of a portable device that would help people with limited motor skills take their work gloves on and off by themselves using just one hand.
Students
December 17, 2022
The Challenge of Change
"Some people are book-smart, but lack empathy, kindness and mercy. You cannot go about transforming the world — which is ultimately your assignment when you leave today — without both," President Eric Spina told the Class of 2022 at winter commencement. "As Flyers, you’re called to use your minds and hearts to work across disciplines and differences to make the kind of profound change the world needs."
President
December 13, 2022
Miracle on UD Street
As 33 school buses rolled into parking lot C with 1,100 children on Dec. 8, my heart leaped for joy at the familiar sight. Christmas on Campus, now in its 59th year, was back in all its glory, and you could feel the euphoria. This year's theme could not have been more perfect: "Miracle on UD Street."
President
November 15, 2022
Wind Beneath Their Wings
During Sunday’s scholarship brunch, I marveled at Daisha Williams' poise, confidence — and ease in articulating why investing in students pays dividends.
President
November 09, 2022
The Flyer Connection
If I’m wearing a Dayton Flyers baseball cap in Santa Fe, New Mexico, or Pittsburgh or even Bryce
Canyon National Park, someone invariably will smile and yell, "Go, Flyers!"
President
November 07, 2022
A Home for Mary
As a child, Melissa Kitchin '95 pretended to be Indiana Jones as she explored the estate and garage sale "treasures" in her grandfather's filled-to-the-brim garage.
President
October 31, 2022
In the Running for the "Heisman"
Flyer running back Jake Chisholm, who scored the winning touchdown with 18 seconds left on the clock in Saturday’s game against Valparaiso, is in the running for the Heisman. The academic Heisman, that is.
President
September 19, 2022
A Great First Impression
Walking through the Employer Engagement Center, our tour group noticed that nearly all the walls in the interview rooms and throughout the impressive building were painted various shades of blue.
President
September 17, 2022
By the Numbers
"You’re the kind of leaders who don’t just imagine a better world. You go about the business of creating it," University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina told the 2022 Alumni Awards recipients at a dinner on Sept. 17.
President
September 06, 2022
A Voice at the Table
Universities are often criticized for being ivory towers disengaged from the world and inaccessible to students from middle- and low-income families. That’s not the narrative we’re writing at the University of Dayton.