Alumni and Friends Making an Impact

Friends and colleagues established funds in honor of Albert J. Burky and Deb Bickford for their recent retirements after more than 80 combined years of service at UD.

In a year when markets are down, the University of Dayton endowment provides consistent, reliable support to our programs, professors and students thanks to exceptional returns from previous years and the forethought and generosity of donors from generations past. This is exactly what an endowment is designed to do.

While their initial motivations differ, young alumni K.C. Scudder ’17 and Tonica Johnson ’12 agree that their love for the University of Dayton, and their appreciation for the experiences they had as students, keep them engaged.

It’s one thing to say the University of Dayton is a Catholic, Marianist university, but how does the University continue to weave those values into the fabric of everyday campus life as the number of vowed religious continues to decrease?

Daisha Williams earned good grades in high school, and her hard work paid off. She now plans to graduate from UD in the spring of 2023 with a degree in education.

But being a Flyer wasn’t always a sure thing for Williams. Until it happened.

When Bill ’81 and Becky ’81 Hilbert established their scholarship in 2006, they wanted to open UD’s doors to promising students from communities near and dear to the couple, like Bill’s hometown and their current residence: Erie, Pennsylvania.