Service
9.10.2024
Ben Heigel
’14
Ben Heigel ’14 says he discovered his passion to learn, lead and serve at the University of Dayton.
Service
9.9.2024
Legacy and
Leadership
When I was asked to serve as president of the University of Dayton Alumni Association Board of Directors, I thought of my father. He was a proud alum, and this University is a part of his legacy.
Business
9.3.2024
Finance for the Common
Good
In Maria Vivero’s Finance for the Common Good course, business students learn about finance's role in supporting social causes. One day, they explore theory; the next, they meet business and community leaders who put it into practice.
Giving
8.26.2024
Do What You Can
Do
Margaret Cavanaugh’s legacy is steeped in faith, dedication and service. Her roles as scientist, educator and lay Marianist all connect to her UD experience, and by supporting scholarship funds, she’s ensuring the whole-person UD education endures.
Service
8.6.2024
Catherine Sulecki ’17, ’18
These days, Catherine Sulecki ’17 is ensuring young children have access to reading.
Giving
8.5.2024
The Complete College Experience
As she was growing up, Donna Fournier Nock ’83 witnessed her father persevere as a nontraditional student. It was a struggle. He worked full time during the day to support the family and went to school at night to improve his family’s prospects.
Service
7.9.2024
Ellen Gerstner
’19
It hasn’t been all that long since Ellen Gerstner ’19 graduated from UD with her bachelor of science degree in business administration, but you wouldn’t know it from the way she jumped into her job as senior operations manager at Amazon.
Experiential Learning
6.28.2024
Programs celebrate more than a decade of developing public servants
Veronica Paulson Scherbauer dreamed of pursuing a career in government. She thought that might mean working in Washington, D.C., but after a semester’s long internship in the nation’s capital, she realized she’d prefer to serve closer to home.
Service
6.21.2024
Radio
Flyers
Dan Covey ’77 had his ears on campus long before he attended his first class. Growing up in the Dayton area, he was a big fan of WVUD, the commercial radio station run by UD students making waves at the time with their progressive rock format.
Service
6.18.2024
Dan Ratterman
’15
While a student at UD, Dan Ratterman ’15 had a side hustle. Ratterman now is the chief operating officer at Shady Rays and the company employs more than 100 people and often ships more than 10,000 orders a day.